New York, NY, Monday, October 18, 2010 – Three months and 800 million dollars in box office receipts since its release in July, Warner Brothers’ “Inception” proved to have penetrated the psyches of moviegoers worldwide as it garnered six awards at Spike TV’s “SCREAM 2010,” the first and only event honoring the best in fantasy, sci-fi, comics and horror. With its acclaimed screenwriter and director Christopher Nolan on hand, the psychological science fiction thriller took home acting awards for its stars Leonardo DiCaprio (Best Science Fiction Actor), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Best Supporting Actor) and Tom Hardy (Breakout Performance), “Fight Scene of the Year” for its unforgettable Anti-Gravity Elevator battle, “Best Science  [ Read More ]

Julia Roberts, Scott Pilgrim and a horde of man-eating piranha may have been no match for Sly and the gang, but the devil is a different story. Not only did The Last Exorcism snag the top spot from the The Expendables but this week’s other newcomer Takers, too, but not by much. Eli Roth and Lionsgate are likely very pleased with The Last Exorcism’s $21.3 million opening especially considering the film only took $1.8 million to make. And the same goes for the folks over at Screen Gems. After being bumped from its original May release date, who would have thought Takers would help end the summer with a bang  [ Read More ]

Here’s the complete 2010 Teen Choice Awards Winners: MOVIES Choice Movie: Action Adventure Sherlock Holmes Choice Movie: Liplock Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: New Moon Choice Movie Actor: Fantasy Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: New Moon Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure Channing Tatum, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure Rachel McAdams, Sherlock Holmes Choice Movie: Sci-Fi Avatar Choice Movie: Fight Mia Wasikowska vs. The Jabberwocky, Alice in Wonderland Choice Movie: Hissy Fit Miley Cyrus, The Last Song Choice Movie: Chemistry Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: New Moon Choice Movie: Male Breakout Liam Hemsworth, The Last Song Choice Movie: Female  [ Read More ]

The thought of James Cameron spending $300 million on Avatar is outrageous, but for some reason, M. Night Shyamalan getting $280 million -$130 million for marketing, $150 million for production – for The Last Airbender seems downright ridiculous. Cameron spends big, but delivers big; with Shyamalan, that’s not always the case, especially recently. Okay, despite getting trounced by the critics The Happening did manage to take in $163.4 million worldwide, but $280 million still seems like too much to gamble on a filmmaker that can’t guarantee quality. Plus, the guy is in a total slump. Ever since Signs, he’s fallen further and further. The Village isn’t terrible, but far from  [ Read More ]

Here’s the complete nominee list for the “2010 MTV Movie Awards” airing LIVE on Sunday, June 6 at 9pm ET/8pm C from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA. BEST MOVIE – Alice In Wonderland Director: Tim Burton, Producers: Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd, Joe Roth and Richard D. Zanuck (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) – Avatar Director: James Cameron, Producers: James Cameron and Jon Landau (Twentieth Century Fox) – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Director: David Yates, Producers: David Heyman and David Barron (Warner Bros. Pictures) – The Hangover Director: Todd Phillips, Producers: Todd Phillips and Dan Goldberg (Warner Bros. Pictures) – The Twilight Saga: New Moon Director: Chris  [ Read More ]

Ever since Avatar smashed every box office record in history, it’s been understood that a sequel will follow. But beyond that, nobody really knows anything about Avatar 2 at all, even the first film’s producer, Jon Landau. While talking to ComingSoon at a sneak peek of Avatar on Blu-ray, Landau revealed that he’s feeling some sequel stress. “Look, I think one of the things that we have been successful at is that the most pressure we feel is our own pressure,” he said. “We’ve always said that if the public wanted a sequel that we would do a sequel.” He added, “We’re only going to do it when we have  [ Read More ]

So-so reviews can’t hold Tim Burton down. Not only did Alice in Wonderland perform strikingly well at this weekend’s box office earning a whopping $116.3 million, but it broke a number of records including 300′s $70.9 million intake making it the highest grossing March release. It even stole the biggest 3D opening honor from Avatar, which secured the spot with just $77 million. It doesn’t even end there. Alice also became the biggest non-sequel release of all time, the biggest IMAX opening and the biggest international release for a film debuting between January and April. To top it all off, this is Burton’s most successful release ever demolishing Planet of  [ Read More ]

The Art Directors Guild (ADG) honored ‘The Hurt Locker,’ ‘Avatar’ and ‘Sherlock Holmes’ at its 14th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards on February 13 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Karl Juliusson won for best contemporary film for ‘The Hurt Locker,’ Rick Carter won for best fantasy film for ‘Avatar’ and Sarah Greenwood won for best period film for ‘Sherlock Holmes.’ Production designers were also honored for the categories of television, commercials and music videos during the black-tie ceremony. Among the winners for television were Dan Bishop for the single-camera series category for the ‘Souvenir’ episode of ‘Mad Men;’ Kalina Ivanoy won for ‘Grey Gardens’ in the  [ Read More ]

America usually embraces and loves come-backs from former Hollywood favorites, such as Mickey Rourke in his Golden Globe-winning turn last year in ‘The Wrestler.’ But audiences weren’t so quick to overlook Mel Gibson’s shortcomings, as the director and screenwriter’s first movie as an actor in eight years, the crime thriller ‘Edge of Darkness,’ grossed only $17.1 million during its opening weekend. The film, which is the first time Gibson graced the screen since his drunk driving arrest and alleged anti-Semitic rant in 2006, paled in comparison to Liam Neeson’s similarly themed hit ‘Taken.’ That movie made $24.7 million during its opening weekend last year, even though it lost the majority  [ Read More ]

New Australian superstar Sam Worthington, who starred in last year’s hit movies ‘Avatar’ and ‘Terminator: Salvation,’ has reportedly signed on to star as Vlad the Impaler in Universal Picture’s new film ‘Dracula: Year Zero.’ LatinoReview.com reported on January 25 that Universal is being pressured by Comcast, which in December 2009 bought a 51 percent controlling stake in NBC Universal, to release at least eight movies next year, and ‘Dracula’ is on the fast track to be one of them. Universal reportedly has up to 14 projects in the works, but has yet to finalize which will continue ahead into development. Many of these already have scripts, actors and directors, including  [ Read More ]

Here’s the complete winners list for The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2010. 1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA AVATAR 2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE (DRAMA) SANDRA BULLOCK in THE BLIND SIDE 3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE (DRAMA) JEFF BRIDGES in CRAZY HEART 4. BEST MOTION PICTURE (COMEDY OR MUSICAL) THE HANGOVER 5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE (COMEDY OR MUSICAL) MERYL STREEP in JULIE & JULIA 6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE (COMEDY OR MUSICAL) ROBERT DOWNEY JR in SHERLOCK HOLMES 7. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM UP 8. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE  [ Read More ]

Here’s the complete nominees list for The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2010. 1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA AVATAR, THE HURT LOCKER, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE, UP IN THE AIR 2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA EMILY BLUNT in THE YOUNG VICTORIA SANDRA BULLOCK in THE BLIND SIDE HELEN MIRREN in THE LAST STATION CAREY MULLIGAN in AN EDUCATION GABOUREY SIDIBE in PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE 3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA JEFF BRIDGES in CRAZY HEART GEORGE CLOONEY in UP IN THE AIR COLIN FIRTH in  [ Read More ]

“Avatar” director James Cameron has has optioned the rights to Charles Pellegrino’s upcoming nonfiction book “The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back” for a big-screen adaptation. Cameron obtained the rights with his own personal funds to Pellegrino’s book. Hitting bookstores January 19th, the book takes place over a period of two days and is about eyewitness accounts of the Japanese civilians and American pilots who experienced the atomic explosions during World War 2. No other information about the production has been released so far. Stay tuned for more on “The Last Train From Hiroshima” right here at Shockya.com. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety)

Watch a pretty cool Italian trailer for James Cameron’s epic film, “Avatar” aka James Cameron’s Avatar by director James Cameron (Terminator 5, Battle Angel, Titanic) stars Sam Worthington (Clash of the Titans, Terminator Salvation), Sigourney Weaver (Ghostbusters III, Aliens), Michelle Rodriguez (Fast & Furious) and Zoe Saldana (Star Trek). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from James Cameron’s Avatar. Synopsis: In a distant future, humanity discovers the planet ‘Alpha Centauri B-4′, and for those scientists and astronauts who’ve traversed the gulf between neighboring suns and arrived on its alien soil know it as ‘Pandora’. A world filled with an incredible diversity of beautiful and deadly ammonia-breathing lifeforms. Its  [ Read More ]

While other film sites tend to put together top 10 movie review lists, we find it much more interesting to put together a top 10 list of most buzzed about films of 2009 based on our user popularity and comments. This list contains both old, new and upcoming films. #10 – The Last Airbender, by director M. Night Shyamalan #9 – Avatar, by director James Cameron #8 – Tekken, by director Dwight H. Little #7 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by director David Yates #6 – Twilight, by director Catherine Hardwicke #5 – Alice in Wonderland, by director Tim Burton #4 – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, by  [ Read More ]