Dark UFOWe think these are the real deal! Thanks to collider.com, we may have found the official released photos of Chris Evans as Captain America and Chris Hemsworth as Thor for the new movie, The Avengers (directed by Joss Whedon), which is bound to be a HUGE hit! Wanna see the pics? Check them out HERE and let us know what you think. Looking forward to the movie?
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It’s been a long time coming, but as a huge fan of Jeremy Renner’s, I can tell you that it’s been a very frustrating wait.
Jeremy Renner was nominated in the category of Best Actor this morning, for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, because of his stunning portrayal of Staff Sgt William James in Kathryn Bigelow’s (also nom’d this morning and will be the first female to win a Best Director Oscar) gut-wrenchingly good “The Hurt Locker”. This man is a truly undiscovered gem in Hollywood, the paradigm of underappreciated talent in Hollywood, a Hollywood oversaturated with bubble gum actors and actresses who get mainstream attention for talent, when compared to this man, is like stacking up a Tootsie Roll against Creme Brulee. I remember going to see 28 Weeks Later in the theater. I remember watching this character, Doyle, and wondering “Who is that guy in real life? Not only is he extremely attractive, but damn, he’s really good!”. Then I happened to catch wind of earlier works of his, such as Dahmer, 12 and Holding (my personal all time favorite movie), and waited six hundred years to finally catch an early morning viewing of Neo Ned on Starz. Then I drove a decent distance to catch The Assasination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, just to see him in it. And each time I’d see him in a movie, it would take my breath away how talented he is and I’d wonder, “Why hasn’t Hollywood embraced this man yet? Do they not see what an asset they have in him?”. But it seems now like finally Hollywood has caught on. And watching his immediate reaction on The Today Show (and thank you to our own Mystycl for alerting me that he was on!) just shows you how genuine he is as well. This was no fake reaction. It took nearly 15 years in the industry, but finally Hollywood sees what it has. He may not win (although I hope he pulls a Sean Penn and swoops in to take it, remember how Rourke got the Globe and SAG but lost the Oscar to Penn?) but I sure hope he does! And hear me now Academy members, even if you do decide to give the award to a just as deserving Jeff Bridges, if you don’t give the film itself and it’s director those Oscars as someone on Twitter said, I will have to hurt Cameron. In 3-D. Want to discuss this? Head on into our special Oscar section here and let your voice be heard! Goooood Morning Yakksters! Stick to the Yak for the up-to-the-minute nomination announcement! And the Nominees are … Continue reading “YY on the Red Carpet ~ 82 Academy Awards Nominees Announced!” »
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Science meets greed in this gloriously-filmed movie from director James Cameron. It’s been in the works for several years- only taking a backseat to wait for technology to catch up to his vision. And what a vision it is! Click below to read about it and come discuss with us in our forums! Happy New Year, Yakksters!! We asked, you spoke! I LOVED the quick synopsis of this movie: girl is kidnapped and sold into a brothel; she meets a man…a man with MONEY!! Other girls in brothel are haters and give her a hard time. Okay, that was pretty quick and it’s pretty much what I read to make me rent it.
MY Synopsis: Girl is kidnapped by some criminal who was ratted out by girl’s father. Criminal decided to give the father the finger by selling the girl into a brothel. (It would REALLY be giving the father the finger if he knew what the criminal did…even years later.) The girl grows up to be a beautiful songstress. The girls aren’t even giving her a hard time in the brothel; they even seem to like her. Girl meets a man…with MONEY! He falls in love with her and he visits her all the time. The catch: Oopsie, his dad says “Hell no! I’m not supporting your little relationship with a whore! If you don’t cut her off, I’m cutting YOU off of my money!” *GASP* Dumb man chooses the woman, but the brothel keeper doesn’t want him coming there without the money! Business is business. Okay. Sounds exciting…until you watch it!! I was intrigued by this story when I read about it, but you don’t know which way is up when you’re watching it. The actors don’t even kiss!!! You don’t know if she’s screwing or not screwing– therefore, telling us if she’s an ‘experienced’ courtesan- which would help the story further down the line! The biggest NO-NO: breaking into song! (Thank goodness for ‘fast forward’) Okay, obviously this is Bollywood– but “HUH?” The guy would just stand there, looking doofy, while she’s singing. Oh yeah: The ending ain’t happy! Yaks:
The critics of this movie are all shining about Mo’Nique as the evil, selfish, lazy mother to Clareece (Precious) Jones; as well they should. Mo’Nique is unrecognizable as the abusive mother of Precious, played by newcomer Gabourey Sidibe. You can barely associate her with the sassy/sexy/humorious comedienne that we’re all used to. You want to throw her ignorant mother down a few flights of stairs after she just got done being chased around in a fish tank by a hungry, angry great white shark! Yes, Mo’Nique makes you hate her. But it’s Mary, Precious’ mother, who you want to see burn on a stake while medievil prayers are chanted to save her soul. Mary’s very ignorance of life and need to “stay on the welfare” will have you saying “Oh no!” all throughout the film. When she plays nice for a visiting social worker, it’s quite humorous. Continue reading “Precious: based on the novel Push by Sapphire” »
Chris Pine is great as James T. Kirk: he has the flirtatiousness, arrogance and egotistical charm that William Shatner gave the character so many years ago. Zachary Quinto is a perfect Spock: he brings the seriousness, intelligence & stern need for duty that Leonard Nimoy brought to Spock’s character in the 60’s. Zoe Saldana plays a very young, upbeat Uhura. Sexy, smart & energetic sides of Uhura that we rarely saw in Nichelle Nichols are portrayed as a playful, but serious Zoe as the communications specialist. There’s nothing that’s cheesy about this movie; you don’t roll your eyes in your head at any lines and no uncomfortable moments with sexy scenes. The humor is there, but only in the right moments. I was grateful enough to see this movie at an IMAX theater, so it was no surprise that I’d invest in the DVD…even if buying it for my mother was a good excuse. Thanks to LittleMama, our very own Movie Special Correspondent, we have a preview of what’s to come. She’ll be making her debut soon! Read on below to see her take and see how many Yaks she gave the movie! Don’t forget to come share your thoughts here! Hello Yakkity Yaksters! As your movie correspondent, I’ve decided to give you all my honest opinion of some movies that are on DVD. Maybe I haven’t seen them in the theater, maybe I have. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen One word: sucked.
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