An Epic Victory

Fox's "EPIC MOVIE" vowed at #1, beating NIght at the Museum, Stomp the Yard ( formerly the #1), Oscar contenders and co-opener "SMOKin' ACES" which hails at #2.

Epic Movie, a spoof of Hollywood Box-Office breakers like Pirates of the Carribean, Narnia, Harry Potter, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,Da vinci code and others ,took an estimated $18.6 on it's debut. Critics were not given a chance to see this film before it was released unlike Smokin which already received Thumbs up and down from various critics, Smokin Aces opens with a beating $14.6 in the box-office.

Another newcomer, the chick flick "Catch and Release" opens at #5 with $7.7 gross while another Fox's "Night at the Museum" remains a strong contender on it's sixth week which nabbed $9.6 beating the former #1 movie, "Stomp The Yard" with $7.8. The movies are at the 3 and 4 spots respectively.

The Biggest box-office lo0ser is the 4th freshman "Blood and Chocolate", bleeding itself with just $2.1 and even failed to get into the top ten.

The movie was written by 2 of the six writers who scribed the succesful "Scary Movie" trilogy, they also wrote last year's spoof of Romantic movies "Date Movie".

Smokin' Keys

ALICIA KEYS's included in a new action/chaos(whatever) flick, entitled SMOKIN' ACES! It will be out in the US this Friday!

DETAILS:
This Friday, director Joe Carnahan (NARC) is back with his first film in over four years. What took him so long? Well, for a while he was busy developing a little movie called MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3 . Fifteen months into it, however, Carnahan left the project over creative differences with the film’s producers. The experience left Carnahan with a bad taste in his mouth, so he decided to take out all of his rage on a movie. The result is SMOKIN' ACES, a violent, chaotic film that just might put Carnahan back on the map.

Alicia was interviewed during their Presscon, here are some excerpts:

Alicia, You've probably gotten offers in the past to starting a movie career before. What made you want to do this project?

Keys: I did not want to play a character that was a reflection of who I am. I also wanted my first film to be something where I was surrounded by an amazing cast. This fit that criteria to the fullest. I wanted to do something that was completely unexpected, totally out of the box, something that would blow people's minds, that the last thing on the planet earth that they would ever think I would do would be– this met that criteria as well. It was very exciting and it totally took me out of my element and out of my comfort zone completely and it challenged me in a way that was very rewarding for me.

Alicia, what did you learn about acting that will inform you now as an artist and vocalist?

Keys: I felt that I rediscovered how tremendously close the two worlds are. I grew up in the theater. My mother is an actress. I was always around the world of acting and theater and I was always amazed the way that people would come in looking one way and transform completely to the point where I couldn't recognize their language and their accent, the way that looked and their hair and their faces even changed in becoming so inside of the character. So, I think that I reconnected to the way that that affects me so much when I see a film that moves me in one way or another, either angers me or makes me feel good or saddens me – whatever – and how that connects so much to what I do as an artist as well.

The casts also include Ben Affleck, Jeremy Piven, Common, Ray Liotta, and Ryan Reynolds.

..LONG LIVE THE "KING"!

Another King authored movie is now being buzzed and hollywood fans wait as Frank Darabont’s long-in-the-making movie version of Stephen King’s story THE MIST is finally gathering steam with more potential victims being added with alarming alacrity.

Actor, genre fan and generally cool cat Thomas Jane is already on board as the hero of the haze-filled horror flick, and now he’ll be holed up in the frozen foods aisle with the lovely Laurie Holden (who Darabont utilized for his female lead in THE MAJESTIC and who has experience with battling beasties from SILENT HILL and X-FILES). In addition, dignified actor Andre Braugher will be hurling verbal barbs and broccoli as Jane’s neighbor and (human) adversary.

In case you didn’t know, the tense tale involves an eerie creature-filled fog that rolls into New England, leaving one diverse group of people trapped inside a supermarket. Darabont (whose creature feature past includes writing the 80s remake of THE BLOB) plans to remain faithful to the material and stick with a more old school 1950s monster movie vibe with the otherwordly beasts loping outside the store.
FAST FACTS!
In the 3-D audio version of THE MIST, the lead character was voiced by DIE HARD 2(I haven't seen this movie yet) villain William Sadler!
( Who the hell is this person anyway?... You know him?,send me a message! Let me know!)

Fall Out Boy, debuts at #2!

Beyonce remains atop, yet scared enough of losing the throne.

Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" begins an eighth week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 but barely edges out Fall Out Boy's "This Ain't a Scene, It's An Arms Race," which debuts at No. 2 thanks to 162,000 digital downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan. This is the highest bow for a band since radio-only titles joined the chart in December 1998.

Records! Records!
The last group to start as well or better was Aerosmith, who debuted at No. 1 under prior Hot 100 rules with "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing" in September 1998. In addition, the download totals for "This Ain't a Scene" are the largest opening-week tally for a group since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking digital sales in 2003.

Kudos to Fall Out Boy! Whew! You guys definitely rock!

FORT MINOR!

Check out FORT MINOR's cool new video fro their song "Remember the Name"
(Pls.click the pause button on the mp3 player below)

27th GOLDEN RASPBERRY AWARDS Nominees

It has been a hollywood tradition that prior to the Oscar Awards night the Raspberry Awards is being held, giving awards to the year's worsts of hollywood. And as the Academy Awards announced the nominees yesterday (tuesday), the nominees for this year's Razzies were also announced.
Unfortunately, much like the Oscars, their aren't a lot of surprises with the likes of "Basic Instinct 2" and "Little Man" dominating the nominations. The winners will be announced February 24th.The day before the Oscars. Check out the nominees below:

Worst Picture
- Basic Instinct 2
- BloodRayne
- Lady In The Water
- Little Man
- Wicker Man

Worst Actor
- Tim Allen (The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, The Shaggy Dog and Zoom)
- Nicolas Cage (Wicker Man)
- Larry The Cable Guy (Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector)
- Rob Schneider (The Benchwarmers and Little Man)
- Marlon Wayans & Shawn Wayans (Little Man)

Worst Actress- Hilary Duff & Haylie Duff (Material Girls)
- Lindsay Lohan (Just My Luck)
- Kristanna Loken (BloodRayne)
- Jessica Simpson (Employee Of The Month)
- Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct 2)

Worst Supporting Actor
- Danny DeVito (Deck The Halls)
- Ben Kingsley (BloodRayne)
- M. Night Shyamalan (Lady In The Water)
- Martin Short (Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause)
- David Thewlis (Basic Instinct 2 and The Omen)

Worst Supporting Actress
- Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns)
- Kristin Chenoweth (Deck The Halls, Pink Panther and RV)
- Carmen Electra (Date Movie and Scary Movie 4)
- Jenny McCarthy (John Tucker Must Die)
- Michelle Rodriguez (BloodRayne)

Worst Screen Couple
- Tim Allen & Martin Short (Santa Clause 3)
- Nicolas Cage & His Bear Suit (The Wicker Man)
- Hilary & Haylie Duff (Material Girls)
- Sharon Stone's Lop-Sided Breasts (Basic Instinct 2)
- Shawn Wayans & EITHER Kerry Washington OR Marlon Wayans (Little Man)

Worst Remake or Rip-Off
- Little Man (Rip-off of the 1954 Bugs Bunny cartoon "Baby Buggy Bunny")
- Pink Panther
- Poseidon
- The Shaggy Dog
- Wicker Man

Worst Prequel or Sequel
- Basic Instinct 2
- Big Momma's House 2
- Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
- Santa Clause 3
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Worst Director
- Uwe Boll (BloodRayne)
- Michael Caton-Jones (Basic Instinct 2)
- Ron Howard (The Da Vinci Code)
- M. Night Shyamalan (Lady In The Water)
- Keenan Ivory Wayans (Little Man)

Worst Screenplay
- Basic Instinct 2
(Screenplay by Leora Barish & Henry Bean
Based on Characters Created by Joe Eszterhas)
- BloodRayne
(Screenplay by Guinevere Turner
Based on the Video Game)
- Lady In The Water
(Written by M. Night Shyamalan)
- Little Man
(Written by Keenan Ivory Wayans, Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans)
- Wicker Man
(Screenplay Adapted by Neil LaBute
From a Screenplay by Anthony Schaffer)

Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment
- Deck The Halls
- Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
- RV
- Santa Clause 3
- The Shaggy Dog

I'll be posting the winners soon...

Pixar's Next is..."WALL-E"??

I first heard rumors about Pixar's next film about two weeks ago when the rumors about Disney/Pixar taking over JOHN CARTER OF MARS began to materialize. D/P wanted MARS as a project for Andrew Stanton (FINDING NEMO) to direct but there was concern that Stanton wouldn't be done with the next Pixar film until 2008, pushing back MARS considerably. I did some research to see what I could find out about this 2008 Pixar film but was able to find nothing else other than a mysterious name, WALL-E. Yesterday, Pixar announced in a letter to shareholders that WALL-E, directed by Andrew Stanton, will indeed be their next film after RATATOUILLE and that the film will follow a young robot looking for love and a home in outer space (at the above right is Wall-E himself). WALL-E will hit theaters on June 27, 2008. Pixar's 2009 film is expected to be TOY STORY 3 but that has yet to be confirmed by the studio. The first teaser for WALL-E will be attached to RATATOUILLE when it hits theaters this June.

The "Worst Films" of 2006!

-This is not to discriminate or dishonor any film I would write on my list. This is just a way of expressing thoughts and opinions. I was just exercising my "human rights". And if it does affect the way of your thinking, fine. The more you react, the more I'll feel better about my posts." Being bloody doesn't always mean your badly wounded-Your brains may bleed; because you keep too much things in your head"

15. The Ant Bully - Out of nowhere this film was made, out of knowledge this film was crafted. and out of their mind; this stupid, dull,and unamazing film was released.

14. Poseidon - The worst epic-tragedy film of the year. The worst Wolfgang Petersen movie ever, and another worst project for Kurt Russel.

13. Bottoms Up - Paris Hilton was as great as an old man dying because of "mental illness"

12. D' Lucky Ones - The worst Sandara Park film of the century. Eugene and Pokwang was good, bur Joseph-Sandara, nah! I'd rather watch a porn movie
than seeing them together.

11. Pulse - The original film was good but the hollywood remake was a curse. A certified flop, and a certified non-sense.

10. Mission Impossible 3 - Tom Cruise was insanely ineffective the third time around.The screenplay was a junk and the cast(except for Mr.Capote- Philip
Seymour Hoffman) was a total mess.

9. The Da Vinci Code - Probably the worst "from book to film" movie. A non-audience friendly and the first worst film for Tom Hanks. The only
thing great about this movie is the musical scoring by Hans Zimmer, and the left was a waste of time.

8. Just My Luck - Watching this movie's like stabbing yourself to death. Ingeniously created, worst screenplay and another worst film for Lindsay Lohan.The humors are too corny, and the sequences are too unimaginative,
a certified unromantic,lack-luster!

7. I Will Always Love You - The movie for all stupid seasons. If you want to die watching a film then this flick would be the perfect choice.
Unmoving, cursingly stupid, and cinematically raw. The film was a total dismay for every one. Lifeless and untouching.

6. Underworld: Evolution - I wish this sequel was never made, I love the first one and this movie makes me forget how wonderful the first film was!
I felt like I lost my money when I watched it.

5. Snakes on a Plane - It was a wrong move for Jackson to do this film, it's a stain on his filmography, it is as stupid as watching a purple dinosaur dancing. The first minute you watch it was already horrible and the next minute, you'd be searching for the remote!

4. Eternity - A certified flop! An unwanted film! Recognized and Recommended by the Stupid Persons For Stupid Films Advocates. Dull and senseless on the first half and a sore for the eyes in the other half. Buy or watch this film and you'll die in seven days. ( Who of us here still can remember this film existed? I was unlucky I saw it's tape on Video City, pls. make me forget it! please!)

3. Little Man - I never like the Wayan brothers since. Scary Movie was their only project I enjoyed watching (because there was Anna Faris). And then
this movie came out, and I was like "Are they insane? Let me see it on theaters and I'll walk out when the film starts!" Of course I did'nt.....watch the movie.

2. The Nun - Actually, I never saw the film. But it's enough for me to say "This is the worst horror film of 2006" based on the ticket sales, weak storyline, worst trailer and worst "The making" tv special, and as I observed
I never heard someone who saw the movie, say it was good.

1. Lady in the Water - The movie was an all thumbs down for M. Night Shyamalan.
It was greed enough to capture the audience attention on the trailers
and make them feel like an idiot little children believing on stupid
creatures when they see the film. It was a total mess, a softdrink-can
throwing dullness and unimaginably insane and lifeless the entire movie.
The cinematography was not great, the scoring was overrated and the
screenplay was like it was made by a 4 year old. The kid from the movie
tells the characters how to save the nymph(?) by just looking at the box
of cereals, who's someone intellectually able would believe on something
like that? The whole movie was a trash, Shyamalans worst and hopefully
the last.

The "Best Films" I've seen in 2006!

15. Over The Hedge
- Dreamworks the best when delivering laughable animations. Avril Lavigne was
good on her film debut.

14. Stick It - This film is so youthful and entertaining,I recommend this to those sports
minded.

13. The Lake House - Romantically memorable, I'm maybe a man, but I fell in love with this
movie ever since I saw the trailer.

12. American Dreamz
- This movie is entertainingly imaginative, Mandy Moore's most memorable comedy
film! And the songs, awkwardly enjoyable.

11. Agent X44 - Vhong's comeback was never a failure, this flick's a nationwide hit, but there
were just things I dont like about it, I kept on thinking whether I like the
movie or what, and it turned out, I like it but not too much.

10. Pirates of the Carribean: Dean Man's Chest
- Johnny Depp was an excellent actor in this movie, Keira was ok, and Bloom
was more than ok. What I like most in this film is the visual effects and
the bubbly character played by Depp. The film was too long though.

9. Cars - The story was amazing and heartwarming, the animation was superb! But the film
lacks with humor, which I always look in every animated movie.

8. Kasal,Kasali,Kasalo
- I never thought this movie would be great. I entered the cinema with 30%
assurance I'll enjoy it, and I came out with 98% happiness and contentment.

7. The Devil Wears Prada
- The film was to feminine for me, but it was entertaining and Hathaway's
extremely gorgeous.

6. Scary Movie 4 - I've been waiting for this sequel for 2 years, and I enjoyed the film even if
I was alone watching it, the films too short for me though,but its ok.

5. The Departed
- I was intrigued by this film the very moment I read it's article from the
Empire magazine, and the film, story, scoring and Di Caprio and Damons superior
acting is a must-see.

4. Sukob
- This Chito Rono film may not be horrifying as his last flick "Feng Shui" was.
But I enjoyed watching the movie with my friends in theaters, so it was
memorable. I like the flower girl character!

3. Click
- Adam Sandler's best film since "50 first dates!". Contentively hilarious! The
film is a must-see for every Adam Sandler fan.

2. Happy Feet
- The best animated movie of 2006! The animation, the songs, the humors and the
powerful voice cast with high-class production scenes explains why missing
this film's like loosing a quarter of your life!

1. Perfume: The story of a murderer
- This became the best film I've ever seen since "Titanic" the moment I saw it!
It is inexplainably dark. Superior musical scoring, outstanding cinematography,
and an excellent powerful story,it will leave you breathless and amazed
the entire movie and the sooner you see the ending, the sooner you'll think how
geniously it was made.

I'll be posting my worsts soon. So keep visiting my site..tnx.

The Mis-takes of Agent X44

Finally, last January 17,2007 Vhong Navarro's long awaited movie was released and as expected,crowd of people flocked the theaters to see it, and I was one of those people.

Since, D'Anothers. I call myself an avid Vhong Navarro movie fan. I made a decision that every Vhong Navarro movie coming up, I would see it on the very first day of release and the first full show available(that is to skip also the line of people buying tickets during the middle shows), and last wednesday I succesfully saw the movie as what I have planned, I watched it on the first and the last full show!

During the movie, I found some disturbing elements,undue gimmicks and faults commited by the film, making it not boring though, but let's just say,they could have done better.

A.) The way Pokwang talk makes me think of Amy Perez doing her own style of hosting in Pera O Bayong, not very likely though,but similarly...yes.

B.) The effects were not convincingly good, it would have been much better if they stick to the cartoons type.hehe..just joking,Im not blaming Bb.Joyce Bernal..let's just say that the movie (as what other filipino films do) suffered from our visual effects technology's,low performance and obsulity.

C.) The scene where Mustafa made a grand entrance was so typically pinoy, unstable flying and strings attached landing,uh! the fight scenes in D'Anothers during Vhong and Jhong flight on top of the haunted house was great,what happen to that thing?

D.) The acting of Toni Ferrer ( Agent X44,senior citizen edition) is lifeless and kinda-amateur as an actor.(no hard feelings)

E.) The scene after the awarding of Vhong's "Bravery" where the agents on stage danced to the tune of "chickboy" was so corny, they could have deleted that scene and find some better idea to replace it. Toni Ferrer's dancing was horrifyingly 80's.

But, the entire movie was good though, the fight scenes, the comedy, the over-all Vhong Navarro-Joyce Bernal tandem greatness was there, except those things I've written, the movie was excellent, and worthy of payment....and waiting.

I still consider the movie "D'Anothers" the best among Vhong Navarro's films. But Agent X44 was still second on my list.

And lastly, I must congratulate the movie as they have (for me) the most brilliant Musical Scoring ever for a comedy in the entire Philippine Cinema!

2007 Golden Globe Award Winners

MOTION PICTURE:

Best Motion Picture - Drama
BABEL

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
DREAMGIRLS

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
FOREST WHITAKER- The Last King of Scotland

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Helen Mirren - The Queen (2006)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Meryl Streep- The Devil Wears Prada

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Eddie Murphy-Dreamgirls (2006)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Jennifer Hudson- Dreamgirls

Best Director - Motion Picture
Martin Scorsese-The Departed (2006)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
-The Queen (2006): Peter Morgan

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Happy Feet (2006)("The Song of the Heart")

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
The Painted Veil (2006): Alexandre Desplat

Best Foreign Language Film
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)Best Animated Film

Best Animated Film
Cars (2006)

PINK PANTHER 2's COMING!

Waaaahhhhh!!! For those who loved the first remake of the PINK PANTHER movie, then you'll surely love this one. A pink panther sequel is now cooking up!! Yup, and they were not even bothered by the news that the first Pink Panther movie will be nominated for this year's GOLDEN RASPBERRY AWARDS for Worst Picture and here they go,with the part 2!!If Beyonce's gonna star back? That's a big,I dont think so?..she's now an award nominated actress, I dont think she'd fall for another stupid project I guess. Use your mind,Bee.

Here's,the complete write up from Joblo.com.

I didn't think THE PINK PANTHER remake with Steve Martin was a total failure but I didn't think it was a success worthy of a sequel either. How wrong I was. Columbia is moving forward with THE PINK PANTHER 2 and has hired Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel to write a new script. Ganz and Mandel are highly sought after rewriters in Hollywood yet the movies they've rewritten include KANGAROO JACK, FEVER PITCH and FAT ALBERT (though I'm inclined to say those movies were doomed long before either of these writers came aboard). Steve Martin will again return to star and the studio is in negotiations with Shawn Levy (NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM) to once again direct. No word yet on what sort of plot we might expect in the sequel though I can imagine there will be bumbling, stumbling and (from me) grumbling. Martin is currently on a break after the last PANTHER movie and PANTHER 2 is expected to be his next film.

It ends tonight!!!

CHECK OUT THE ALL AMERICAN REJECTS COOL VIDEO FOR THEIR SONG "It Ends Tonight"

THis song has earned good reviews and now succesfully invading the airwaves, for those who haven't seen it yet..this is it, and for those who did,well enjoy it again..

TRAILERS PARADE!!!!

Note: If you would like to view any of the trailers pls click the pause button in the music player below, this is for your convenience.

GRINDHOUSE- Tarantino and Rodriguez at their best!


THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2- I love the first remake! I hope this one's good too!


STOMP THE YARD- This trailer's too lenghthy,but i love the steps though.


MUSIC AND LYRICS- I'll be posting the info's about this movie soon,so watch out!

tc.

2007 Grammy WINNERS

Fellas,here are the list of the winners from the recently concluded Annual Grammy Awards..and the Dixie Chicks had a victorious night,being the most winner of major awards...(I'm sorry if this post does not appear in the main page,I just edited my Nominees post for the list is so long to repost-hope ya'll understand:by the way the winners are written in bold)
Record of the Year: "Be Without You," Mary J. Blige; "You're Beautiful," James Blunt; "Not Ready to Make Nice," Dixie Chicks; "Crazy," Gnarls Barkley; "Put Your Records On," Corinne Bailey Rae.

Album of the Year: "Taking the Long Way," Dixie Chicks; "St. Elsewhere," Gnarls Barkley; "Continuum," John Mayer; "Stadium Arcadium," Red Hot Chili Peppers; "FutureSex/LoveSounds," Justin Timberlake.

Song of the Year: "Be Without You," Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jason Perry (Mary J. Blige); "Jesus, Take the Wheel," Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson (Carrie Underwood); "Not Ready to Make Nice," Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison and Dan Wilson (Dixie Chicks); "Put Your Records On," John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou and Corinne Bailey Rae (Corinne Bailey); "You're Beautiful," James Blunt, Amanda Ghost and Sacha Skarbek (James Blunt).

New Artist: James Blunt; Chris Brown; Imogen Heap; Corinne Bailey Rae; Carrie Underwood.

Pop Vocal Album: "Back to Basics," Christina Aguilera; "Back to Bedlam," James Blunt; "The River in Reverse," Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint; "Continuum," John Mayer; "FutureSex/LoveSounds," Justin Timberlake.

Rock Album: "Try," John Mayer Trio; "Highway Companion," Tom Petty; "Broken Boy Soldiers," The Raconteurs; "Stadium Arcadium," Red Hot Chili Peppers; "Living With War," Neil Young.

R&B Album: >"The Breakthrough," Mary J. Blige; "Unpredictable," Jamie Foxx; "Testimony: Vol. 1, Life and Relationship," India.Arie; "3121," Prince; "Coming Home,"Lionel Richie.

Rap Album: "Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor," Lupe Fiasco; "Release Therapy," Ludacris; "In My Mind," Pharrell; "Game Theory," the Roots; "King," T.I.

Country Album: "Taking the Long Way," Dixie Chicks; "Like Red on a Rose," Alan Jackson; "The Road to Here," Little Big Town; "You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker," Willie Nelson; "Your Man," Josh Turner.

SOME OTHER WINNERS worthy TO NOTE:
Female R&B Vocal Performance: Be Without You, Mary J Blige.

Female Pop Vocal Performance: Ain't No Other Man, Christina Aguilera.

Male Pop Vocal Performance: Waiting on the World to Change, John Mayer

Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: My Humps, Black Eyed Peas.

Rock Song: Dani California, Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers);

Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: Dani California, Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Rap Solo Performance: What You Know, TI.

Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Ridin, Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone.

Rap/Sung Collaboration: My Love, Justin Timberlake featuring TI.

Rap Song: Money Maker, Christopher Bridges and Pharrell Williams (Ludacris featuring Pharrell).

Urban/Alternative Performance: Crazy, Gnarls Barkley.

Male R&B Vocal Performance: Heaven, John Legend.

R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Family Affair, (Sly and the Family Stone), John Legend, Joss Stone With Van Hunt.

Alternative Music Album: St Elsewhere, Gnarls Barkley.

Dance Recording: Sexy Back, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland.

Electronic/Dance Album: Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madonna

Contemporary R&B Album: B'Day, Beyonce.

Country Song: Jesus, Take the Wheel, Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson (Carrie Underwood).

"This year's top awards contender according to Rottentomatoes.com"

Want to know who the top contenders are in this year's awards race? We scour the awards shows, Top 10 lists, and the buzz-o-sphere to see who the contenders are and how they are ranked. Read how we compute the rankings below.

Method:

-Tomatometer is worth 100 points.
-Top 10 list scores are based on the averaged rankings and number of mentions.
-Awards: noms are worth half a point, while a win gets a full point.
-Points are then summed up for a final score.
MOVIE TITLE # of Awards
1 The Departed 34.5
2 The Queen 25
3 Little Miss Sunshine 24.5
4 Pan's Labyrinth 14.5
5 Half Nelson 14
6 Deliver Us From Evil 4.5
7 Dreamgirls 23
8 Letters From Iwo Jima 9.5
9 United 93 11
10 The Last King of Scotland 10.5
11 Volver 9.5
12 Notes on a Scandal 11.5
13 Kekexeli: Mountain Patrol
14 The Lives of Others 3
15 Babel 26
16 Little Children 14
17 Casino Royale 2
18 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America... 5
19 Wordplay 0.5
20 Shut Up & Sing 2.5

For more information and data,complete score table
visit www.rottentomatoes.com

James Cameron's AVATAR set with time defying tech's!

"We've been hearing about "James Cameron's next movie" for what seems like twelve years, but according to a recent New York Times story, the "Titanic" director's "Avatar" is not only the next project on his plate -- it's already in production!
Starring Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana, "Avatar" will focus on a paralyzed ex-marine who employs an experimental avatar, one that happens to be a giant alien humanoid creature.

The story sounds intriguing enough, but the revolutionary new technologies used to bring "Avatar" to the screen should prove to be pretty darn amazing. Cameron aims to meld CGI and live-action in previously unseen ways, oh, and the movie will play in 3-D at all standard movie theaters.

Said Mr. Cameron: "This film is a true hybrid — a full live-action shoot, with C.G. characters in C.G. and live environments ... Ideally at the end of the of day the audience has no idea which they’re looking at."

Sounds like Mr. Cameron has himself a fantastic new toy to fiddle with for the next few years; "Avatar" is due in theaters in the summer of 2009."

Tarantino and Rodriguez, on the grind!

"GRINDHOUSE"
Yup! Quentin Tarantino, the master of brilliant films like Kill Bill,Pulp Fiction is back!! teaming up with his coleague,another brilliant filmmaker,Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) to create one of the most unforgetful and shocking movie event this year,the Dimensinon films' GRINDHOUSE!!
A 2 full-length,double feature horror movie will scare and amaze you as the movie is cinematically themed on past moviemaking(watch the excellent trailer for this movie and see what I really mean),who could top this 2 brilliant directors in terms of directing style and creativity?Answer?...ah,none of course! and it should'nt be questioned in the first place' got it?
Another exciting element in this movie is that Stacy Ferguson showcases her acting talent after her short but memorable appearance in Poseidon (2006) as the club singer. By the way, she died when the ship was strucked by that giant wave, Is she going to die again in this movie? Nah, it would be great! Dying on Tarantino and Rodriguez's films has been an art. For those who did'nt know who's Stacy, I'm talking of Fergie from BEP folks!
In Tarantino's "Death Proof," Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna an Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.

In Rodriguez's "Planet Terror," two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and her ex-boyfriend Wray lead a team of accidental warriors into the night.

Expect another stunning visual effects, mad driven fight scenes, wonderful cinematography, excellent musical scoring and a good story like any other film of these 2 movie geniouses.
CAST and CREDITS:

CASTS: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey
DIRECTOR: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
PRODUCER: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Quentin Tarantino

DISTRIBUTED BY: Dimension Films
RELEASE DATE: April 6th, 2007 (wide)

RATING: 10/10- I have'nt seen any Rodriguez film but Tarantino is my favorite director so I can assure myself that this movie is another classic!!

Stomp the Yard

Yo!are you a fan of Ne-Yo? If you loved You got served, Honey, Drumline, step up, take the lead and so forth..then you better pay attention to this upcoming movie!Watch the young RnB artist on the big screen do his thing! And see if he would be another Will Smith or Jamie Foxx on the rise.

DJ, a troubled youth from Los Angeles attending the historically black Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. When adapting to his new environment proves difficult, DJ finds solace in joining a struggling fraternity where he begins implementing his street-style dance moves in an attempt to help the step team win the coveted National Step Show Championship. Before long DJ becomes the competing fraternity's main rival, while trying to pursue his new love interest, deal with his own troubled past and learn the true meanings of brotherhood and Fraternity along the way.

CAST AND CREDITS

Cast: Columbus Short, Brian J. White, Ne-Yo , Courtney B. Vance, Meagan Good ,

Directed by: Sylvain White

Produced by: Rob Hardy, William Packer

RATING: 8/10- If this movie is another You got served,dance all the way theme...hip-hop filled, hood talking,lack of good storyline movie,then I may not convince myself to see it..but if it does promise a good soundtrack like that of Step Up,I might change my mind and watch it on DVD,hehe.