Movie News (Page 5)

The People's Choice Awards aired last night. Here's a look at the major winners from the world of movies:

• Movie: The Dark Knight
• Family Movie: WALL-E
• Action Movie: The Dark Knight
• Movie, Comedy: 27 Dresses
• Movie, Drama: The Secret Life of Bees
• Cast: The Dark Knight (Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Maggie Gyllenhaal)
• Male Movie Star: Will Smith
• Leading Man: Brad Pitt
• Male Action Star: Will Smith
• Female Movie Star: Reese Witherspoon

The Producers Guild has announced its five nominations for Best Picture, a list that ought to put the Oscar race into clear focus.

Over the last five years, the Guild has matched four of the five eventual Best Picture nominees.

Its nominees are:

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk
• Slumdog Millionaire

Due to its unique take on a fascinating subject, we'd like to see Slumdog Millionaire take the Best Picture prize.

Paramount Pictures has released a few release dates for major movies in 2009. Let's take a look...

January 16
Defiance

January 30
The Uninvited

March 20
I Love You, Man

March 27
Monsters vs. Aliens 

April 24
The Soloist

May 8
Star Trek

June 12
Imagine That

June 26
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

August 7
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

December 11
The Lovely Bones

Three major movies open this weekend. Let's take a closer look at each now...

Seven Pounds
Stars: Will Smith
Quick synopsis: Ben Thomas plays a man with a secret that wants to help others.
Prediction: A box office bust, not the role people wanna see Smith play.

The Wrestler
Stars: Mickey Rourke
Quick synopsis: A washed-up wrestler can't let go of his former, glory-filled life.
Prediction: Will clean up in limited release.

Yes Man
Stars: Jim Carrey
Quick synopsis: A man agrees to the power of positive reinforcement.
Prediction: A major hit; the perfect, light-hearted movie in these less-than-happy times.

Walt Disney Pictures has released the following 2009 preview, featuring 14 movies the studio hopes make it big in the new year.

Here are their release dates:

February 13, 2009
Confessions of a Shopaholic

February 27, 2009
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience

March 13, 2009
Race to Witch Mountain

April 10, 2009
Hannah Montana The Movie

April 22, 2009
Earth

May 29, 2009
Up

June 12, 2009
The Proposal

July 24, 2009
G-Force

Summer 2009
When in Rome

September 25, 2009
Surrogates

October 2, 2009
Toy Story 3

November 6, 2009
Disney's A Christmas Carol

November 25, 2009
Old Dogs

Christmas 2009
The Princess and the Frog

Awards season is almost upon us.

Nominations for the 2009 Golden Globes have already been announced; and the Screen Actor's Guild has followed up with nominations for its January 25 ceremony.

Here's a look at the contenders for this event's equivalent of Oscar's Best Picture: Best Motion Picture Ensemble...

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Doubt
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk
• Slumdog Millionaire

Other notable nominations include Heath Ledger in the supporting actor category; and Brad Pitt (pictured) and Angelna Jolie as best leads, for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Changeling, respectively.

According to Variety, Rob Zombie will write and direct sequel to Halloween, with plans to release the horror movie in October 2009.

The film will follow Zombie's 2007 reinvention of the John Carpenter horror classic. It will pick up right as the first remake ended, following the aftermath of Michael Myers' murderous rampage through the eyes of the sister he hunted.

It's been years since the original Crow took flight, but Variety reports that Stephen Norrington will write and direct a new version of The Crow, based on the comic created by James O'Barr.

In, 1994 Alex Proyas directed the original movie, in which rock musician Eric Draven is murdered trying to rescue his girlfriend from thugs. He returns from the dead one year later to exact vengeance.

"Whereas Proyas' original was gloriously gothic and stylized, the new movie will be realistic, hard-edged and mysterious, almost documentary-style," Norrington said.

No production date has been set.

The movies opening this weekend are ideal for those seeking a look at religion and/or space visitors. Take a closer examination of each below...

Doubt
Stars: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Quick synopsis: A nun suspects a priest of getting too cozy with a boy at their church.
Prediction: It won't result in box office clout; just a few Oscar nominations for its cast.

The Day the Earth Stood Still
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connolly
Quick synopsis: An alien has a warning: earth may soon perish!
Prediction: A solid chance to sit atop the box office throne. People love their aliens.

This year's Golden Globe Award nominees have been announced.

As always, these are the best indications of which movies/actors will be up for an Oscar in March. Let's take a look at the nominees in several major categories for the Golden Globes, which will be handed out on January 11...

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• The Reader
• Revolutionary Road
• Slumdog Millionaire

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

• Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
• Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
• Sean Penn, Milk
• Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

• Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
• Angelina Jolie, Changeling
• Meryl Streep, Doubt
• Kristin Scott-Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
• Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

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