Drama, drama, drama. And no, I’m not referring to the genre. We’ve got folks at odds all throughout the industry. India’s Central Board of Film Certification isn’t happy with the level of nudity in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but David Fincher isn’t willing to make the required cuts, so it looks like Dragon Tattoo will be a no go for India. Similarly, Hungary gave a rather naughty Shame poster the thumbs down. On the other hand, we’ve also got quite a bit of film appreciation floating around out there, namely the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards. Hugo topped the pack with 11 honors while The Artist followed…

A new vintage poster for director Lee Daniels The Paperboy has been released. Due out in theaters sometime this coming New Year, the first look features and older looking Zac Efron sitting shotgun across from Nicole Kidman with a devilish smirk. Matthew McConaughey is seen lingering in the backdrop, with a crazy looking John Cusack below the scene. An interesting cast line-up, the new thriller follows McConaughey in the role of Ward James, a reporter who returns home to Florida to investigate and save a man on death row. Efron plays his younger brother and sidekick. Efron is also the guy who decides to have an affair with the much…

Not many people liked “Valentine’s Day,” and for an understandable reason; there was just too many stars in the film and there were too many storylines for there to be a clean follow-through in the story. The same is true for “New Year’s Eve,” according to the critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The film, starring too many stars (but to name a few, Zac Efron, Halle Berry, Robert De Niro and Sarah Jessica Parker), garnered a 6% from critics, but the audience gave it a solid 60%, showing that this movie, like “Valentine’s Day,” is a crowd-pleaser even though critics hate it. However, let’s read why the critics hate it: “It’s…

Title: New Year’s Eve Director: Garry Marshall Starring: Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Abigail Breslin, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Katherine Heigel, Seth Meyers and Michelle Pfeiffer People often think their lives are going in one direction, and don’t realize the impact someone they don’t know, or haven’t recently connected with in a long time, can have on them. But once they do make that connection with a stranger, they start to question their choices and what they can do to improve themselves. The new ensemble comedy ‘New Year’s Eve’ is an amusing reminder of the potential everyone has when they start to reflect on their choices. The multiple story-lines featured…

With a release date of April 20th 2012, The Lucky One that stars Zac Efron, has just unveiled a new featurette for the Nicholas Sparks adaption that will have its female fan base running to theaters. Under the direction of Scott Hicks, the movie follows Sparks’ best seller about a marine, who after fighting in the Iraq war goes in search of a woman in a picture he found that brought him good luck. Although a movie trailer has yet to be released, as pointed out by Collider, the featurette includes High School Musical star Zac Efron and novelist Nicholas Sparks discussing the storyline. The movie also stars actress Taylor…

The international rights to Josh Radnor’s upcoming drama ‘Liberal Arts’ have been acquired by Hyde Park International (HPI). The director, who also wrote and stars in, the light-hearted film, which features an ensemble cast, including Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins, Allison Janney and Zac Efron. ‘Liberal Arts’ follows Radnor’s character, Jesse Fisher, who returns to his alma mater for a professor’s retirement dinner. While there, he discovers that live is passing him by. He falls for a 19-year-old coed, played by Olsen, and must contend with the attraction that forms between them. Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra and Lauren Munsch of BCDF Pictures produced ‘Liberal Arts’ with Radnor and Jesse…

While the Cheat Sheet is normally packed with the usual suspects – The Hunger Games, The Dark Knight Rises and Twilight, just to name a few – this time around, we’ve got some rather unique stories to share. Unfortunately for Howard Stern, he’s part of the bunch as a hole in his team led to the leaking of Super 8. Another punch to the gut also goes out to 3D technology, as a recent study proves the extra dimension does nothing to enhance a story, rather only offers the potential for discomfort. On the brighter side, Kenny Ortega snagged a dream of a gig, as he’s been recruited to direct…

“There’s going to be more celebrities here than rehab,” says Katherine Heigl’s cahracter in the newly-released “New Year’s Eve” trailer. While the character was talking about people being in Times Square for New Year’s Eve, that statement could have applied to the movie itself. Just like its predecessor “Valentine’s Day,” it seems like everyone who’s alive in Hollywood is in this movie. The trailer, which is embedded below, shows a lot but really nothing at all except for fluffy, happy, easy-going rom-com movie tidbits. Basically, the story is the same as “Valentine’s Day,” except that Ashton Kutcher and Jessica Biel are playing two different characters (I assume Hector Elizondo, who…

Good evening, Shockya readers! Yes, it’s Sunday again and that means it’s back to school or work tomorrow, but at least we’ve got some great movie-related conversation starters to brighten up your day. Amongst the mass of information this week comes a few release date changes, some casting updates and news from the Cannes Film Festival. On top of that, Hunger Games addicts rejoice, because this week brought us our very first look at Jennifer Lawrence as the film’s heroin, Katniss Everdeen and she looks fantastic. Check out Lawrence all suited up for the arena as well as a shot of Tom Hardy rocking the Bane costume and more in…

Everyone has their own opinions about the film adaptations of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas, “The Cat in the Hat”and “Horton Hears a Who”. Most of those opinions are negative ones. But yet another Dr. Seuss book is being made into a film. According to ScreenCrave, “The Lorax” is being made into a film. At the very least, it’s not going to be live-action. It’ll be an animated film that will star the voice stylings of Danny DeVito as the Lorax, Taylor Swift as the love interest to Zac Efron’s character, who is on the hunt for the Lorax, Betty White as Efron’s character’s grandmother, and “Daily Show” stars Ed…