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JOHN CARTER's no weakling! Posted on 12 Mar 2012 Nobody expected Disney's JOHN CARTER to be a big hit, but when tracking results came in a few weeks ago, industry watchers jumped at the numbers, saying that the US$250mil blockbuster could very well be one of the biggest writeoffs in history. Alas, the joy of gloating in their predictions was somewhat knocked out by a better than expected opening for the adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs& ... more

The Odds in Favour of THE HUNGER GAMES Posted on 13 Apr 2012 UPATED: In Singapore, The Hunger Games collected over S$4 million in its first 3 weeks. This impressive box office result puts Singapore as the best performing Asian territory in terms of print average. Locally, the movie has outshined the likes of popular film franchise, Twilight. The highest grossing title in the Twilight movie series in Singapore is The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which closed ... more

OSCARS 2012 Posted on 27 Feb 2012 Probably one of the most boring Oscar awards in recent history with expected results and nothing out of the norm to speak of. Even host Billy Crystal can't save the day. Best Picture - THE ARTIST Actor In a Leading Role - Dean Dujardin (THE ARTIST) Actress In a Leading Role - Meryl Streep (THE IRON LADY) Actor In a Supporting Role - Christopher Plummer (BEGINEERS) Actres ... more

THE DICTATOR AND THE OSCARS Posted on 25 Feb 2012 So even as preparations for the Hollywood motion picture industry's most prestigious event hit fever pitch, Sacha Baron Cohen has managed to inject more excitement into the line-up by publicly announcing his plans to walk the red carpet as the fictional General Alladeen from his upcoming movie 'The Dictator'. Those who followed the news this week would know that every day promised a ... more

"THE WEDDING DIARY" GARNERS A STRONG OPENING WEEK IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA! Posted on 16 Feb 2012 Clover Films and Golden Village Pictures are proud to announce that local romance comedy THE WEDDING DIARY raked in an impressive S$250,000 at the Singapore box office and MYR$2.1 million at the Malaysia box office in its first week of theatrical release (from 9 to 15 February)! The movie opened on 9 February in both terrorities. THE WEDDING DIARY is the No. 1 Asian movie in Singapore, des ... more

OSCAR WATCH - BAFTA WINS Posted on 13 Feb 2012 Once again, the black and white silent film THE ARTIST has proven that it is the frontrunner of this year's awards season that will climax with the Oscars on the morning of Feb 27. Not only did the movie win Best Picture at the British Academy Film Awards, it also snagged wins for a Best Actor award for Jean Dujardin and a Best Director award forMichel Hazanavicius. Even more surprising ... more

SUPER BOWL ADS 2012 Posted on 02 Feb 2012 Summer is round the corner or so. Here's a roundup of the Superbowl ads of 2012. Love Matthew Broderick's Honda CR-V one. And of course, don't miss the teaser of the teaser ofAvengers, GI Joe Retaliation, The Dictator and John Carter. ... more

MARVEL STUDIOS SPONSORS GLOBAL TWITTER CHAT WITH DIRECTOR AND CAST FOR FANS AROUND THE WORLD Posted on 30 Jan 2012 Marvel Studios announced that they will be sponsoring a Global Twitter Chat on Tuesday, 31 January, 2012 at 11 a.m. (PST)/ Wednesday, 1 February, 2012 at 3 a.m. (SGT)with cast members and the director of their highly anticipated action-adventure “Marvel’s The Avengers,” opening in theaters on 1 May, 2012. The 30-minute live tweeting event features writer/director Joss Whedon a ... more

We Not Naughty - Top Grossing Chinese Movie For 2 Weekends! Posted on 17 Feb 2012 UPDATE: We Not Naughty, the local Chinese New Year movie by director Jack Neo starring Joshua Ang, Shawn Lee, well-known Hong Kong artiste Daniel Chan, Taiwanese actress Cherry Hsia etc, hits the S$2 million mark at the box office as of 15 February, after four weeks of its theatrical release! Several schools also showed their support by doing group bookings for their students to watch WE N ... more

OSCAR WATCH - PGA and DGA WINS Posted on 29 Jan 2012 It's no secret that the most deserving films don't always win the top Academy prizes- just take a look at the nominees and you'll see that the Academy also recognises those who have paid their dues. Anyhow, these few weeks as we approach the all important ceremony on the morning of the 27th of February are especially telling in who or which movie will walk away with the golden statu ... more

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