RA: Renters Anonymous – February 9th, 2010
New Releases
The Time Traveler’s Wife – 6.2/10 – Trailer
Starring Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston
When Henry DeTamble meets Clare Abshire in a Chicago library they both understand that he is a time traveller, but she she knows much more than this about him as he has not yet been to the times and places where they have met before. He falls in love with her, as she has already with him, but his continuing unavoidable absences time travelling – and then returning with increasing knowledge of their future – makes things ever more difficult for Clare.
82nd Annual Academy Awards Nominations
While yesterday (or early this morning for some of us) brought news of possible leaks of nominations, we now have the official nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. It looks like the leaked list was just best guesses put out by ABC’s editors in preparation for today’s announcement of the official list. Luckily for them, it appears there aren’t a lot of surprises overall on the list and most of the predictions turned out correct. Some of the bigger surprises are Woody Harrelson getting a nod for Best Supporting Actor and District 9 getting a Best Picture nod. Too bad It’s Complicated and The Hangover weren’t the surprise nominees yesterday’s list pinned them to be.
Catch the official nominations list after the jump.
List of Rumored Leaked ABC Oscar Nominations
If ABC’s possible leak turns out to be true, we’ve got quite a list a bit early of the nominations for this year’s Oscars ceremony. While we won’t know until later today, catch the best we’ve got to go on so far after the jump.
Breaking: Did ABC Just Leak the Oscar Nominations?
It looks like ABC has let the Oscar results out a bit sooner than planned. While they’re not supposed to be released until later tonight (Tuesday February 2nd), a search on ABC’s site for “Oscar” brings up what appears to be the results for Oscar nominated films. Is it real? You tell us. See a larger screenshot after the jump.
RA: Renters Anonymous – Feb 2nd, 2010
New Releases
Zombieland – 7.7/10 – Trailer
Starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
The horror comedy Zombieland focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies. Columbus is a big wuss — but when you’re afraid of being eaten by zombies, fear can keep you alive. Tallahassee is an AK-toting, zombie-slaying’ bad ass whose single determination is to get the last Twinkie on earth. As they join forces with Wichita and Little Rock, who have also found unique ways to survive the zombie mayhem, they will have to determine which is worse: relying on each other or succumbing to the zombies.
DVD Reviews: TopGear Seasons 11 and 12
TopGear (Seasons 11 and 12)
Warner Brothers Entertainment
If you’re big into luxury vehicles, then you have undoubtedly heard of the popular BBC series TopGear. Jeremy Clarkson and his co-hosts, Richard Hammond and James May, present the pros and cons of luxury vehicles as well as some “average” cars. These hour-long episodes include plenty of playful bantering betwixt the hosts and many bluntly stated opinions about the vehicles being tested and reviewed, whether good or bad. This show has a bit of a Mythbusters feel to it and provides some interesting information regarding the latest and greatest luxury vehicles.
RA: Renters Anonymous – Jan 26th, 2009
New Releases
Michael Jackson’s: This Is It – 8.7/10 – Trailer
A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.
Special Features:
- 1.78:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
- Making of
- Featurettes: The Gloved One – Costumes
- Memories of Michael
- Auditions: Searching for the World’s Best Dancers
DVD Review: Chuck Season 2
Chuck (Season 2)
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Starring: Zachary Levi (Chuck), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah), Joshua Gomez (Morgan), Adam Baldwin (John Casey)
Everyone’s favorite nerd-turned-spy is available again on DVD with the deluxe six-disc season two box set. The season two set contains 22 episodes filled with action, hot scantily-clad women, and enough nerd culture references to make an eleven year old school girl giggle.
DVD Review: Facing Ali
Facing Ali
Lionsgate
Runtime: 100 minutes
Rating: R for some language
Genre: Documentary
Directed by: Pete McCormack
Format: Widescreen
Subtitles: English and Spanish
DVD Audio: 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital
The first thing you should know about Facing Ali before viewing it is that it is a documentary style film. Knowing little about the most famous boxer from the 1960s and 70s, viewers will learn quite a bit about Ali’s boxing career through the recollections of ten of his opponents. Facing Ali is an honest film told by those who fought against Muhammad Ali throughout his career, including fighters like Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Henry Cooper, and more.
RA: Renters Anonymous – Jan 19th, 2010
New Releases
Gamer – 5.3/10 - Trailer
Starring Gerard Butler, Michael C Hall, Amber Valletta, Logan Lerman, Terry Crews, Ludacris, Kyra Sedgwick
Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player from a game called “Slayers” looks to regain his independence while taking down the game’s mastermind.
RA: Renters Anonymous – Jan 12th, 2010
New Releases
The Hurt Locker – 8/10 – Trailer
Starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty
An intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. James behaves as if he’s indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James’ true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever.
RA: Renters Anonymous – Jan 5th, 2010
New Releases
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – 7.4/10 – Trailer
Starring Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Neil Patrick Harris, James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Andy Samberg, Mr T, Will Forte, Lauren Graham
The most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children’s book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain.
RA: Renters Anonymous – December 29th, 2009
New Releases
Jennifer’s Body – 5.2/10 – Trailer
Starring Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody, Johnny Simmons
Nerdy, reserved bookworm Needy and arrogant, conceited cheerleader Jennifer are best friends, though they share little in common. They share even less in common when Jennifer mysteriously gains an appetite for human blood after a disastrous fire at a local bar. As Needy’s male classmates are steadily killed off in gruesome attacks, the young girl must uncover the truth behind her friend’s transformation and find a way to stop the bloodthirsty rampage before it reaches her own boyfriend Chip.
RA: Renters Anonymous – December 22nd, 2009
New Releases
District 9 – 7.7/10 – Trailer
Starring Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Robert Hobbs
In 1982, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed “The Prawns,” appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-eight years later, the initial welcome by the human population has faded. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population with operative Wikus van der Merwe in charge. In this operation, Wikus is exposed to a strange alien chemical and must rely on the help of his only two new ‘Prawn’ friends.
DVD Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Warner Bros Pictures
Runtime: 153 minutes
Release Date: December 8th, 2009
U.S. Rating: PG for scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ronald Weasley), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Jim Broadbent (Professor Horace Slughorn), Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Michael Gambon (Dumbledore), Alan Rickman (Snape), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy)
Written by: J.K. Rowling (novel), Steve Kloves (screenplay)
Directed by: David Yates
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth installment of the Harry Potter saga, follows the world’s most popular wizard, Harry Potter (Radcliffe), and his friends as the fight against Dark Lord Voldemort continues. Like an individual episode from a television series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is not a film that can be treated as a stand alone piece. As all Harry Potter fans know, Half-Blood Prince is but an individual part of a detailed fantasy world in which wizards and witches live in secret, sending their young to train at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to become… well, witches and wizards.
