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Ride Along Exclusive Giveaway: Score Gas Card, T-Shirt & More!

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Ride Along lands in theaters January 17 and features a can’t miss duo of Kevin Hart and Ice Cube in the action comedy. As teased in the Ride Along trailer, Hart portrays a high school security guard who dreams of joining the Atlanta police force. Ice Cube is an experienced, albeit hard-nosed Atlanta cop and… Hart is dating his sister!

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Hart wants Cube’s permission to marry his sibling, but in order to secure his blessing, he must prove to him he’s worthy andride along with him on the gritty streets of Georgia’s biggest city.

To celebrate the arrival of the film, Movie Fanatic is presenting one lucky winner with a Ride Along prize pack. Given the nature of the film, we’re giving away a $50 gas card so you too can take some friends on a ride along, as well as a Ride Along T-shirt, a Ride Along air freshener (for your car of course!) and a Ride Along Beanie!

We’ve seen the hilarious and thrilling film (review coming next week) and want to do our best to get you in the mood to go on a fun-filled and heartfelt Ride Alongwith Cube and Hart.

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I, Frankenstein Clip: The Secret to Possession

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Aaron Eckhart stars as Frankenstein’s monster in I, Frankenstein and the film has unleashed its first clip. From that first I, Frankenstein trailer, we knew that this story of a modern day Frankenstein monster and the pivotal role he could play in saving our world from demons had the potential to be one of the most original movies of the year. This clip has only reinforced that opinion.

Eckhart is Adam, and he is Frankenstein’s Monster, surviving for hundreds of years by staying in the shadows and avoiding human contact as best he can. But, when our world comes under attack due to the bloody battle between gargoyles and demons, he must chose a side in order to continue to live in the world he has come to admire.

I, Frankenstein hits theaters January 24. 

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Unveils Four New Stills

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Chris Evans is back for his third go-around as Captain America and Marvel Studios has released four new stills. The photos feature Evans, but also someone that is new to the Marvel world, Anthony Mackie as Falcon.

Captain America The Winter Woldier Anthony Mackie Chris Evans

We’ve also got a look at the first photo of Samuel L. Jackson and Evans together, beyond what we saw of the two in the Captain America: The Winter Soldier trailer.

Captain America The Winter Soldier Samuel L. Jackson Chris Evans

The final two photos feature star Evans solo and the first has him holding that iconic shield, but without his legendary costume!

Chris Evans Stars Captain America The Winter Soldier

Lastly, it’s Evans as Cap and it looks like the man from the 1940s is working… a computer!

Captain America The Winter Woldier Star Chris Evans

Captain America: The Winter Soldier hits theaters April 4

Lone Survivor Battles to Victory: Weekend Box Office Report

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Lone Survivor, riding a wave of fantastic reviews (check out our five-star Lone Survivor review), landed atop the weekend box office chart and dominated with an opening weekend gross of $38.5 million.

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That was over twice as much as the second place film, Frozen. The Disney instant classic, who just announced its Frozen DVD release date and bonus features, earned $15.1 million -- taking its total to $317.7 million

Third place belonged to the fifth collaboration between Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio. Their The Wolf of Wall Street took in $9 million, taking its total to over $78 million. Fourth place found a tie, with both American Hustle and new to theaters The Legend of Hercules earning $8.6 million.

Closing out the top five was The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The former three-top box office champ made just over $8 million in its fifth week of release.

Box office Top 10:

1. Lone Survivor, $38.5 million
2. Frozen, $15.1 million
3. The Wolf of Wall Street, $9 million
4. American Hustle, $8.6 million
4. The Legend of Hercules, $8.6 million
5. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, $8 million
6. August: Osage County, $7.3 million
7. Saving Mr. Banks, $6.6 million
8. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, $6.3 million
9. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues: $6.1 million
10. Her, $5.4 million

Golden Globe Awards: American Hustle & 12 Years a Slave Win Big

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The Golden Globes have been passed out and the winners are now ready to prepare for those Oscar nominations being announced January 16 as the next stage of the award race continues. And it appears at the outset that American Hustle has got some serious momentum heading forward into the full swing of award season.

Both actresses from the David O. Russell movie scored a victory -- Jennifer Lawrence for Best Supporting Actress, Musical or Comedy, and Amy Adams for Best Actress, Musical or Comedy. And the film won Best Picture, Musical or Comedy. But, it will have a tough foe in Best Picture, Drama: 12 Years a Slave. Looks like those two pictures are the two front-runners for your Oscars.

Jennifer Lawrence Golden Globes

In a surprising win, Leonardo DiCaprio scored a Best Actor, Musical or Comedy award for his work on The Wolf of Wall Street. Given our Oscar predictions and how his nomination is on the fence -- even though we think he deserves it -- we hope the Golden Globe win helps his case for a nod.

Best Director went to someone who could not have deserved it more, Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity. What an accomplishment that film is, right?! 

In another surprise, U2 upset Frozen and it's Let it Go for Best Song. But several locks proved why they were locks, such as Jared Leto for his work on Dallas Buyers Club, Blue Jasmine star Cate Blanchett (Best Actress, Drama) and Frozen and its win for Best Animated Film. 

And in what should set up the toughest category to call at this year's Oscars -- Best Actor -- Matthew McConaughey won Best Actor, Drama for his work on Dallas Buyers Club.

The winners of the 2014 Golden Globes are: 

Best Picture, Drama
12 Years a Slave

Best Picture, Comedy or Musical
American Hustle

Best Actress, Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams, American Hustle

Best Actress, Drama
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Best Actor, Musical or Comedy
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor, Drama
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

Best Supporting Actor
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

Best Animated Film
Frozen

Frozen: Idina Menzel Voices Elsa

Best Score
Alex Ebert, All Is Lost

Best Original Song
No Ordinary Love, by U2 from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Best Screenplay
Spike Jonze, Her

Best Foreign Language Movie
The Great Beauty

Star Wars Episode VII: Michael Fassbender, Hugo Weaving to Star?

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Filming of Star Wars: Episode VII is getting closer to its start date and casting rumors are starting to heat up. The latest has us seriously intrigued and we think it's this side of brilliant. There have been many names mentioned as being attached to the new Star Wars trilogy, most notably Saoirse Ronan and Michael B. Jordan, but what would you all think about the idea of Michael Fassbender and Hugo Weaving being part of J.J. Abrams' movie?!

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Also being mentioned is Breaking Bad veteran Jesse Plemons, and given how much he looks like Mark Hamill, we’re thinking he’s auditioned for the part of Luke’s son. As for Fassbender and Weaving, well, who cares who they would play… both are absolutely stellar talents and would bring a gravitas to the film, regardless of their roles.

Weaving has already been a part of two iconic franchises, The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings, and is no stranger to playing a part in sci-fi and fantasy magic. As for Fassbender, he brings the kind of acting talent that comes along once in a generation.

Now the biggest of all the questions circling this production is whether Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher will return. Given what we’ve heard of late, they could have a bigger part than previously thought. With Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan re-working the script from Michael Arndt, rumors have heated up that instead of focusing the film on the children of Han and Leia, it would instead focus on Han, Leia and Luke only… with the children being the focus of subsequent episodes.

What do you think of the latest casting and story rumors? For Movie Fanatic, it all is music to our ears. Star Wars Episode VII arrives in theaters December 18, 2015. 

Get On Up: First Look at Chadwick Boseman as James Brown

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When it was announced that Chadwick Boseman was James Brown in the long-in-the-works biopic of the singer, Movie Fanatic could not have thought of a better person to star as the icon. After all, if the man can successfully play the legend that is Jackie Robinson (in 42), he can certainly handle the subject of the film Get On Up. And judging by the first pic released from the currently filming movie, he sure looks the part. And yes, that is Craig Robinson as part of his famous horn section!

Get On Up Chadwick Boseman

Tate Taylor is directing the film, his follow-up to the Oscar-winning The Help, and the movie looks at Brown’s successful and tumultuous life from his beyond poor upbringing to his place among the most astounding music figures of all time.

Look for Get On Up in theaters August 1. 

Oscar Watch: Do The Golden Globes Influence Oscar?

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The Golden Globes winners have been announced and American Hustle scored big with stars Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams winning their acting categories and the film taking home the trophy for Best Picture, Musical or Comedy. On the dramatic side, 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture, Drama, setting up what appears to be a collision course for the Academy Awards’ top honor. Or… does it?

Amy Adams Golden Globes

First of all, as the Hollywood Foreign Press has a different taste than the members of the voting Academy, one could argue that the winners of the Golden Globes have very little influence over what happens on Oscar night. We shall see if any of the Golden Globe winners get a boost from their victory when Academy Award nominations are announced this Thursday, January 16.

We actually think two people that were on the bubble in our Oscar nomination predictions may be helped by their victories last night: Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wolf of Wall Street and Adams for American Hustle.

DiCaprio has the unfortunate position of turning in his career-best performance (as we stated in our The Wolf of Wall Street review) during a year that is the most competitive for lead actors in recent memory.

Adams, we feel, is dueling it out with Meryl Streep in August: Osage County for the final spot in the Best Actress category with the other four spots being locks: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Judi Dench (Philomena), Sandra Bullock (Gravity) and Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks). So, yes, Adams is helped by her Golden Globe victory, but the fact that she’s going against the all-time Oscar nominations leader in Streep may cancel that out!

George Clooney Sandra Bullock Gravity

The real battle in terms of the Golden Globes and their influence over the Oscars comes in the Best Picture realm. With the Globes breaking their film awards into two categories: Drama and Musical/Comedy, we get 10 nominations. Now Oscar has expanded to allow 10 nods for its Best Picture, and if there was a year to have 10 films, it was 2013. But it is unlikely that the 10 movies that the Globes honored will be the 10 that Oscar salutes come Thursday morning.

What could happen is that race for the award of Best Picture itself has been influenced. Where Gravity, American Hustle and 12 Years a Slave were thought to be battling it out for the top honors, with their Golden Globe victories in hand, our race may be down to two… American Hustle and 12 Years a Slave.

But then again as we said before, the voters of Golden Globes (The Hollywood Foreign Press Association) and the Oscars (The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences) are two very different beasts. And we would still put our money on Gravity remaining in the race for the top prize come Oscar night. 


Quentin Tarantino Western Gets a Name and Stars!

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When Quentin Tarantino announced his next film would be a Western, judging by how well he handled that time period with Django Unchained, his fans were filled with anticipation. He has now revealed the film’s title and it’s called The Hateful Eight. Is that not a perfect moniker for a Western or what?!

Django Unchained Photo: Tarantino

In terms of stars, Tarantino wants his go-to guy Christoph Waltz for a part. Waltz would be silly not to take it as his last two roles with Tarantino have resulted in him holding Oscar gold. Waltz won for Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. As for the other actor in talks to join Tarantino in another Western adventure, the name swirling out there has us thinking it's another perfect casting choice for a gruff Western… Nebraska star Bruce Dern!

Now, given that the title, The Hateful Eight, tells us there will be six other “Hateful” souls, we can’t imagine the all-star cast that will fill out those roles. Until then, picture Waltz and Dern with cowboy hats on and go about your day with a smile on your face! 

The Nut Job Exclusive Giveaway: Win a Nutty Prize Pack!

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The Nut Job lands in theaters January 17, and to celebrate, we have an exclusive prize pack giveaway! The animated film tells the story of an outcast squirrel (Will Arnett, soon to be also heard in The LEGO Movie) who is simply, as he says in The Nut Job trailer, “just trying to get a nut.”

The Nut Job Will Arnett

Well, that’s not entirely true. He’s trying to get a whole lot of nuts. The film follows his squirrel, who has been banished from the park by Raccoon (Liam Neeson), who rules over it, for his selfish ways as their food supply is dwindling and the harshness of winter approaches.

Katherine Heigl voices another squirrel in The Nut Job who is quite heroic and she feels that she can change Arnett’s character and help him see the good in the world. In the balance is their effort to steal the inventory from a nearby nut store that holds the key to their surviving the colder months. Can she convince him that there is more to be found in working together than alone? Time will tell…

We have a The Nut Job prize pack for two lucky Movie Fanatic readers that includes a The Nut Job coloring puzzle with set of crayons (4 pack), a peanut shaped adhesive note pad, a foldable lunch tote, a purple acorn shaped pen, a The Nut Job character sticker set, The Nut Job poster and a The Nut Job T-shirt.

The Nut Job Prize Pack

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The LEGO Movie Trailer: Channing Tatum is Superman!

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With the latest The LEGO Movie trailer, we get our first chance to hear Channing Tatum as Superman. But, as the teaser below explains, he isn’t the world’s greatest hero. Then again, neither is Batman, Wonder Woman or The Flash! It’s Chris Pratt as Emmet.

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street) have directed a film that should make the millions of LEGO fans jump up and down as Pratt does in that first The LEGO Movie trailer! It combines some of comic books’ greatest heroes with some that only exist in the LEGO universe to come up with a story about an evil man (Will Ferrell) who seeks to control the world of LEGOs.

Someone must stand up to him and it appears that “the one” is Pratt’s Emmet. Even if it’s by mistake, he still should step up to the challenge… right?

The LEGO Movie hits theaters February 7.

The Wolf of Wall Street: Margot Robbie Talks "Blinding" Leonardo DiCaprio!

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Many women may swoon at the opportunity that The Wolf of Wall Street star Margot Robbie had appearing opposite Leonardo DiCaprio (recent Golden Globe winner for Best Actor, Musical/Comedy) as his wife in the Martin Scorsese film. “I’m hated worldwide,” she joked to Movie Fanatic. But, Robbie is also the person who apparently almost blinded the beloved actor as well.

The Wolf of Wall Street Margot Robbie Leonardo DiCaprio

As seen in this The Wolf of Wall Street clip, Robbie’s character Naomi had to throw water in the face of DiCaprio’s Jordan Belfort after she discovers he has not been exactly honest. Knowing how movies are made, we knew that was a scene that could not have been successfully captured in one take. So, how often did she douse DiCaprio?

“So many times! It was so funny, the angle I was throwing the water, somehow it got upside into his eyelids, and I was temporary blinding him and he didn’t tell me until the fourth take. And so every time he flinched and held his eye, I thought ‘Oh God, he’s such a good actor.’ But, then he said ‘You need to throw it at my chin or something because I cannot see anything!’”

The film is based on a true story of a man (Belfort) who bilked investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars, and Robbie plays the real life wife of Belfort, whose name was changed for the film from Nadine. Meeting Nadine proved more fruitful and insightful than the Australian actress could have ever imagined.

“She was great about it, really unfazed by it all. It’s a real attribute to her, how strong she is as a person. She has to be to put up with Jordan and his shenanigans. What I got from her was why he was so obsessed with her, because after meeting her for a half an hour I was in love with her,” Robbie said.

The Wolf of Wall Street Margot Robbie

What was fascinating was, as seen in this The Wolf of Wall Street trailer, the two fought quite a bit. But about what, was the most surprising thing to Robbie. “When I asked her, ‘What did you fight about?’ she said, ‘The drugs, the fact that he was a drug addict.’ He conveniently doesn’t talk about it in the book. He makes it sound like she was upset because he was sleeping with hookers and coming home late at night,” Robbie admitted.

“Her version of events was ‘I didn’t care about the hookers. He’s a man, he’s going to (expletive) around, I don’t give a (expletive).’ What upset her was him doing crack in front of their newborn baby. Any mother would divorce their husband for that! That was so helpful for my character, so I could say any horrible thing and know that my motivation was out of protection for her child.”

Robbie also had interesting insight into her expectations for The Wolf of Wall Street viewer. “Whether or not the audience sees my side of events is another matter. You’re not meant to sympathize with my character. The audience doesn’t need to see my side. You’re meant to see Jordan’s version of the events. If you get the opportunity to sympathize with Naomi’s side that’s great, it’s not necessarily the goal of the film.”

The actress also found that perhaps she put up with the cheating because of her becoming used to the lavish lifestyle that Belfort’s questionable business practices provided them.

“She got caught up in the whirlwind. She enjoyed the lifestyle, but when that lifestyle stopped she felt like that wasn’t what she signed up for,” Robbie said. “That coincided with his drug habit becoming more of an issue. It became dangerous. Drugs were a fun byproduct of the lifestyle, but it became the lifestyle. Plus, she had kids then, and it wasn’t worth it any more. She had different priorities. At least that’s the way I see it.”

One thing that stands out, besides Robbie’s overall awesomeness in the role, is how the Australian actress nailed a New York accent in The Wolf of Wall Street. She had never done an accent from the area before, and was in fact quite specific about how she approached it.

“It’s meant to be Bay Ridge. This is how specific I was hoping it would be. It was meant to be a Bay Ridge accent from the beginning, and then once they were living in Long Island, it was meant to have Long Island influences with her making a conscious effort to dull down the Brooklyn from the accent because she was aware she was hanging out with people with a lot of money. She would be a little bit embarrassed by her original humble beginnings,” Robbie said.

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When the actress moved to America, she noticed something immediately about us that she infused into her portrayal in The Wolf of Wall Street. “Often, people have these general American accents. But when they get upset or angry their original accents come out! I thought whenever she’s angry or overexcited the accent should come out.”

As we mention in our The Wolf of Wall Street review, the film features many memorable and outrageous party scenes. Robbie was only privy to one, and it also featured star Jonah Hill whipping something of his out. “That was my first day of shooting,” she said of the scene that featured Hill’s “wolf.” “I thought… 'Nice to meet you, Jonah,'" she said with a laugh. "That was literally our first day of working together!” 

Ant-Man: Michael Douglas to Play Hank Pym

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That Ant-Man movie casting is catching fire with the news that Paul Rudd is Ant-Man, and now we’ve got word that Michael Douglas has signed on to play Hank Pym. Hot on the heels of his Golden Globes win last night, Douglas is set to join the Edgar Wright-directed film from Marvel Studios that is landing in theaters in 2015.

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Douglas will play the scientist Pym, and from the sounds of Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige in a statement, they truly nailed it when it comes to the casting.

“With Hank Pym’s rich history in the Marvel Universe, we knew we needed an actor capable of bringing the weight and stature to the role that the character deserves. We felt incredibly relieved when Michael Douglas agreed to step into the part with the charm and fortitude he brings to every character he inhabits, and couldn’t be more excited to see what he will do to bring Hank Pym to life,” Feige said.

Now Wright, let’s get to filming!

Enough Said Exclusive Clip: Exploring James Gandolfini Greatness

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Enough Said was one of the final works of James Gandolfini and as our theatrical Enough Said review stated, it is a stunning last film role. Gandolfini stars opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a divorced single mom who is more concerned with her daughter going off to college than with finding love. Then, she meets Gandolfini and sparks fly from the most unexpected of places.

As Enough Said hits DVD and Blu-Ray tomorrow, January 14, Movie Fanatic is proud to present an exclusive clip from the release. It features filmmakers and Dreyfus extolling the outstanding virtues of their late, great creative partner. The clip also features scenes from the movie that further prove it was a great loss when James Gandolfini died in 2013 while on vacation in Italy.

Gandolfini’s chemistry with Dreyfus is astounding. This treat of a movie is only teased in the Enough Said trailer and is a “must-see” if there ever was one. As the cast and filmmakers state in the above exclusive clip, all you need to know about what a loss it was when Gandolfini passed -- in terms of his screen presence -- is seen in what we feel was his most astounding cinematic work ever… Enough Said.  

Gravity: Returning to Theaters This Weekend

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On the heels of its Golden Globe win for Best Director for Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity is coming back to theaters for a re-release January 17. In case you missed the astounding piece of work (it topped our Top 10 Movies of 2013) or perhaps you just want to see it again on the big screen, Warner Bros. is re-releasing the Sandra Bullock-George Clooney starring space epic.

Sandra Bullock Stars As Dr. Stone in Gravity

As we stated in our Gravity review, Cuaron has managed to create a spectacle for the eye while still pulling on the heart strings of the audience. Bullock plays a scientist up in space on her first mission when all hell breaks loose thanks to a Russian satellite that has blown up, sending debris on a collision course with her Space Shuttle. She becomes detached and floats off into space with little hope for survival.

What happens next is a study in the human nature quality that has kept us going for many millennia.

And don't think it's a coincidence that Gravity is returning to theaters the day after the Oscar nominations are announced where the film will surely be up for Best Picture and Bullock and Cuaron are locks to earn nods as well. 


The Judge Photo: Robert Downey Jr. Heads Home

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Warner Bros. has released our first look at The Judge, featuring dramatic heavyweights Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man 3) and Robert Duvall. The Judge stars Downey as a big city lawyer who is drawn back to his small town home where his father, the town’s judge (Duvall), has been charged with murder.

As he sets out to discover the truth, not only does he find out more than he bargained for, he also reconnects with his family from whom he had become estranged.

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The Judge lands October 10 and features an all-star cast including Vera Farmiga, Vincent D’Onofrio, Dax Shepard, Leighton Meester, Melissa Leo (The Fighter) and Billy Bob Thornton. 

Ant-Man: Michael Douglas Ready for Some “Fun”

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Some may have been shocked when it was announced yesterday that Michael Douglas was cast as Hank Pym in Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man. But, if you know the story, there are truly two Ant-Mans, one young (played by Paul Rudd) and one older (Douglas). And if you wondered why Douglas would be interested in joining a comic book movie, in a recent interview with Reuters, he explains why and it makes perfect sense.

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“The script is really fun, the director is really good. Dylan (his 13-year-old son) will love it. He'll have a picture he can see," Douglas said. “I've been dying to do a Marvel picture for so long.”

Well, there you have it. The veteran actor wants to have some fun. And as someone who has followed his work for decades, seeing him in this role is honestly a match made in heaven. In fact, both he and Rudd will bring some serious acting mettle to a Marvel movie that greatly needs it as the average moviegoer truly has no idea what to expect from an Ant-Man movie.

With two quite popular stars in the lead roles, its anticipation factor has just shot through the roof. Ant-Man hits theaters July 31, 2015. 

24 Movie: Kiefer Sutherland Says Could Still Happen

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24 star Kiefer Sutherland is currently talking to the Television Critics Association about his rebooted TV smash, which will be called 24: Live Another Day and admitted that even though a 24 movie seemed like it faded from view, it could still happen.

Kiefer Sutherland Stars as Jack Bauer in 24

If 24: Live Another Day scores with viewers, which arrives on Fox May 5, his Jack Bauer character and his unique style of extolling justice (which we just adore) could be coming to a big screen sooner than later.

"If this ends up rebooting the show and causes a film to be made, so be it," Sutherland said.

Not that that is a ringing endorsement, but for someone who was clearly excited to hit the big screen as Bauer was, one can understand a bit of reserve when it comes to whether a 24 movie will happen. After all, when the 24 movie was put on hold, we were all saddened. 

But, we at Movie Fanatic believe that people are generally beyond pumped for Bauer’s return in 24: Live Another Day, and that it will in fact mean that Sutherland’s dream of playing the CTU agent on the big screen will happen.

Stay tuned! 

Oscars Broadcast to Celebrate “Heroes”

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The Academy Awards announced today that unlike last year’s tribute to James Bond and his 50th birthday, this year’s tribute would in fact be the theme of the entire evening. As the Academy salutes the best and brightest of the film year 2013, it will also be saluting a history of heroes in Hollywood. Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced that the March 2 broadcast, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, would salute movie heroes, both real and fictional, throughout the evening.

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“We wanted to unify the show with an entertaining and emotional theme,” said Zadan and Meron in a statement released to Movie Fanatic.

“People around the world go to the movies to be inspired by the characters they see on the screen. By celebrating the gamut of heroes who have enriched our movie-going experience, we hope to create an evening of fun and joy. And that includes the filmmakers and actors who take risks and stimulate us with provocative subjects and daring characters. They are all heroes in the cinematic landscape."

It won’t be all heroes, all the time! “Of course, there will be no shortage of comedy with Ellen DeGeneres as our host,” the producers added. “There may also be a few musical surprises along the way.”

To enhance the heroic theme of this year’s awards, the Academy will present an exhibition at its Beverly Hills headquarters. It will feature still photos and posters from movies featuring heroes of all kinds including real (Gandhi, Silkwood), superheroes (Superman, The Dark Knight) and animated heroes (Shrek, The Incredibles… and where is thatThe Incredibles sequel, people?!). Also action heroes will get their due (such as Gladiator) and literary heroes (To Kill a Mockingbird).

A Haunted House 2 Trailer: Twice the Hilarious Horror?

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Marlon Wayans is back as the creative force behind A Haunted House 2, the sequel to his surprise horror parody, A Haunted House. Given his connection to the Wayans family and their history with the Scary Movie franchise, in hindsight the success of A Haunted House should not have been such a shock. The film has released its second A Haunted House 2 trailer, giving us minutes of new footage… and yes, some laughs.

A Haunted House 2 hits March 28 and features the addition of Jaime Pressly to the cast as Wayans’ new girlfriend. He has exorcised himself from his ex (Essence Atkins, who reprises her role from the first film). Wayans is set to begin life anew helping to raise Pressly’s two kids and having nothing but hope for the future.  

This time out, Wayans has moved into a new house, hoping to leave the horror from the first film behind. Little does he know that the scares don't have to do with the abode he resides in and the horror goes much deeper. 

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