One of the most buzzed-about films, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” starring Colin Firth and Gary Oldman, is about to be in theaters (January 6, to be exact). However, you can start participating in the movie fun by entering the “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Twitter giveaway. The prize pack includes one $25 Fandango gift card, a t-shirt, a voice recorder pen and a Post-It note cube. Here’s how to win the prizes: First, follow us @ShockYa if you don’t already. Secondly, give us an @mention with the phrase, “Win a Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Prize Pack, Follow @Shockya and Retweet“. You have until January 13th at 5 p.m. PST to tweet…

Title: Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy Directed By: Tomas Alfredson Starring: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, David Dencik If critics rave about a film, there will still certainly be some folks who aren’t into it and the same goes for a movie that gets panned; every movie out there is going to appeal to some, even if it’s a very select few. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a rather frustrating film to review as it’s a piece of immense quality, boasting impeccable performances, a strong sense of tone and a stellar score, but, in the end, there’s just no denying…

Title: Melancholia Director: Lars von Trier Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgard and Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd Lars von Trier is a good example of the auteur theory at work today. His films are very divisive, relentlessly punishing and emotionally heartbreaking, but at the same time there’s this lyrical beauty to them, looming in the background, in terms of the human condition and its extremes. Even at his most basic and simplistic, stripping away the limitations of cinema with his Dogme 95 films, von Trier tries to nail down the limits of human emotion. In his new film, “Melancholia,” von Trier evolves as a filmmaker…

Title: Immortals Directed By: Tarsem Singh Starring: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Stephen Dorff, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans, John Hurt, Joseph Morgan, Greg Bryk, Kellan Lutz, Isabel Lucas, Daniel Sharman There are so many pieces to the filmmaking puzzle; it’s really no wonder so many movies can’t pull it all together. With the visual king, Tarsem Singh, behind the lens, Immortals was basically guaranteed to be imagery eye candy and, sure enough, Singh delivers big time. If only he’d learn to put the same amount of time and energy into honing his script, Immortals could have given 300 a run for its money. Way back when, there was a brutal war…

A discussion and review the week’s new movie release from your favorite entertainment and celebrity website. Hello everyone, this is episode 18 of the Movie Night Podcast. This week Rudie Obias and is joined by Jeremy Kirk, a writer for FilmSchoolRejects.com and the co-host of The Golden Briefcase on FirstShowing.net, they discuss “The Thing,” the prequel to John Carpenter’s “The Thing”. Also, Rudie Obias and Perri Nemiroff discuss “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” “Melancholia” and “The Skin I Live In,” as part of the 49th New York Film Festival. Subscribe on iTunes or Download and Listen Here. “The Thing” features Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen and…

Relativity Media becomes the first studio to run media on Spotify in the the United States. Relativity Media announced the long-term partnership with the award-winning digital music service Monday. The partnership will be in effect by promoting the epic adventure “Immortals,” which will be released November 11, 2011, to Spotify’s U.S.-based customers. “With its worldwide presence, growing popularity in the U.S., and deep integration with Facebook, Spotify is the perfect digital platform to reach socially-engaged music lovers and early adopters in order to continue to build our fan base for Immortals and upcoming releases,” said Relativity’s President of Theatrical Marketing, Terry Curtin. Jon Mitchell, Head of U.S. Sales for Spotify,…

Title: Melancholia Directed By: Lars von Trier Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård, Stellan Skarsgård, Brady Corbet, Udo Kier, Cameron Spurr As someone with an appreciation for a more literal approach to storytelling, taking to Lars von Trier’s style of work has never been easy. However, with Melancholia, von Trier finds an absolutely impeccable middle ground, providing the audience with a uniquely sensible tale, but not holding back when dousing the piece with his authorial expressivity, giving us something that’s tremendously stirring. Broken up into two sections, the first part of Melancholia focuses on Justine (Kirsten Dunst). Right after marrying Michael (Alexander Skarsgård),…

Title: Brighton Rock Director: Rowan Joffe Starring: Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren, John Hurt, Andy Serkis, Nonso Anozie, Sean Harris A solid cast fall victim to bad storytelling through the lens in Brighton Rock. The 111 minute crime-drama, set in 1964 around a tourist pier England (think Atlantic City), somehow received a scatter-brain edit. Which is kind of inexcusable since this is a remake of the 1947 original based off a class novel from the late 30s, in which both garnered respectable praise. Crime dramas tend to focus on an up-n-comer in the criminal underworld and the story will chronicle the subject’s rise to power. Along the way, there…

He brought us The Cell and The Fall and now director Tarsem Singh is back, but in, well, a more commercial way. His latest film, Immortals, is a big-budget, effect heavy, action adventure featuring Theseus (Henry Cavill), a man hell bent on taking down the individual responsible for killing his mother, Hyperion (Mickey Rourke). Hyperion’s on a mission to find the invincible Bow of Epirus and will do whatever it takes and kill anyone necessary in order to get his hands on it. And that’s where the gods come in, as they’re left with no choice, but to intervene for the sake of humanity. The Immortals showing at San Diego…

Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Directed By: David Yates Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Evanna Lynch, Warwick Davis, John Hurt, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Isaacs, Helen McCrory, Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Devon Murray, Bonnie Wright, Maggie Smith, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Mark Williams, Oliver Phelps, James Phelps, Gary Oldman, Robbie Coltrane After ten years and seven films, it’s a near impossible task to wrap up the Harry Potter franchise. As someone who’s never read the books, I sat down for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 expecting to say goodbye to the gang in their graves…