Mike Sampson
The 'Men in Black' are back in a new trailer for this summer's third blockbuster outing.
Every year it seems like the summer movie season starts earlier and earlier. You can argue that last year it started in April with the release of 'Fast Five.' This year, you can argue that it starts in March with the release of 'The Hunger Games.'
In 1984, a young Disney animator named Tim Burton directed his live-action debut, the short film 'Frankenweenie.' Disney planned for the short to run before a theatrical re-release of 'Pinocchio,' but once they screened the completed project, they fired Burton on the spot.
Burton, of course, went on to a somewhat legendary career as a filmmaker and in 2010 made Disney over $1 billion on 'Alice in Wonderland.' And now, in 2012, Disney is finally OK with the idea of a little boy who brings his dead dog back to life.
The ultimate superhero crossover movie is almost here. Marvel released the full trailer for 'The Avengers' today, which shows Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Nick Fury in action. While the teaser trailer hinted at the action to come, this new trailer lays it all out there for you (including plenty of shots of a rampaging Hulk).
It's only fitting that after the 2012 Oscars, Jimmy Kimmel would debut a trailer for the most epic, star-studded movie of all-time. It's over eight minutes long, stars 2012 Oscar nominees George Clooney, Gary Oldman, and Meryl Streep plus Matt Damon, Jessica Alba, Samuel L. Jackson, Charlize Theron, Tom Hanks, Cameron Diaz and Gabourey Sidibe as Black Hitler (who threatens Earth while riding on a meteor). It is, as Kimmel himself put it, the "greatest movie ever made."
While the movie world gathers to celebrate the best in film for 2012, the nominations for The Razzies - celebrating the absolute worst in film for 2012 - were announced and it was a record-breaking year. For Adam Sandler.
The 2012 Oscars managed to include the expected and shocks all at the same time. Odds on favorite, 'The Artist', won five awards including Best Picture, Best Actor for Jean Dujardin and Best Director for Michel Hazanivicius. But 'Hugo' gave it a run for its money, also bringing home five awards (though none in the major categories).
Every year, when the Oscar nominations are announced, a considerable amount of time is spent debating who was snubbed. But for every film that was expecting to get nominated and didn't, there's a film that no one was expecting to get nominated and did. This is the story of those films. The movies you'll look back on and wonder exactly how the heck it ever got nominated for an Oscar.
This summer's animated adventure 'Brave' is notable for a few reasons: One, it's Pixar's first foray into the world of fairy tales (something their partners at Disney are quite good at) and, two, it's Pixar's first female-driven film. While the plot seems reminiscent of 'How to Train Your Dragon' - a young Scot fights the odds to battle a fierce beast while becoming a valiant hero - it's the little things we see in this new extended clip that set 'Brave' apart from the rest.
It's easy to feel out of the loop at an Oscar party. Odds are many of the films nominated this year for Oscars didn't open up in a theater near you and even if they did, you may have been too busy to actually see them all. That's where we come in.