WEIRDLAND

New Moon nominated for The Scorecard Review movie awards

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart as Edward and Bella in the birthday scene from "New Moon" (2009).

New Moon is nominated in the categories for "Best Blockbuster," "Best Music," "Best Action Hero" (for both "Jacob Black" and "Edward Cullen"), "Best Ending," "Best Visual Special Effects", and "Best Screenplay (Adapted)."

Robert Pattinson's ending line in New Moon [*spoiler warning*] - "I have just one condition. If you want me to do it, then marry me Bella" - is nominated for "Quote of the Year."

Kristen Stewart is nominated for "Actress of the Year (Multiple Roles)" for her work in New Moon and Adventureland, and Michael Sheen is nominated for "Actor of the Year (Multiple Roles)" for New Moon and The Damned United.

Voting for this awards group is available here, and you should note that instead of having to choose one film over the other in the traditional voting sense, TSR utilizes a ranking system. Source: www.examiner.com

A never before seen clip of Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart Flirting on the set of "New Moon".

Nominees attending Oscars Luncheon

"Check the trailer out below this plot synopsis:

Reality intersects with delusion in the mind of Arthur Poppington (Woody Harrelson), a regular man who adopts a superhero persona known as Defendor, and combs the city streets at night in search of his arch-enemy, Captain Industry.

In his attempts to combat crime and bring down Captain Industry, a drug and weapons dealer who he mistakenly blames for the death of his mother, Defendor ends up befriending a young prostitute, Katerina Debrofkowitz (Kat Dennings).

Kat Dennings as Caroline Wexler on the set of "Daydream Nation".

Armed with unconventional weapons of mass confusion, aided by his new friend, and putting his life on the line, Defendor proves that everyone is capable of making a difference". Source: www.totalfilm.com

Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster in "The Messenger" (2009).

"Before "The Messenger", Harrelson said he generally had viewed the war and the troops fighting it in the same light.

"I always kind of lumped it all together, and it wasn't until I had the opportunity through the shooting of `The Messenger' to spend a lot of time with people in the Army that I started to realize how amazing these people are," Harrelson said. "As much as I have come to love the warrior, I still loathe the war."

Woody Harrelson with director Ruben Fleischer shooting a scene in "Zombieland" (2009).

Harrelson had a concise reply when asked if he ever expected to earn an Oscar nomination for a film released the same year he played a gleeful slayer of flesh-eating fiends in "Zombieland."

"Short answer, no," Harrelson said.

Mulligan, a best-actress nominee for the British drama "An Education", said awards season has been a thrill because of the Hollywood idols with whom she has rubbed elbows, including Bullock and fellow best-actress contenders Meryl Streep ("Julie & Julia") and Helen Mirren ("The Last Station").

"They've all been so unbelievably kind and not intimidating," Mulligan said. "You have them on such a pedestal and you think they could be a nightmare if they wanted to because they're so good. And they're just lovely."

Also among the idols she has met is Tarantino, a directing nominee for best-picture contender "Inglourious Basterds." Moments earlier, Mulligan said, she and Tarantino had accidentally bumped butts while milling about among the luncheon crowd.

Though the best-picture field was doubled to 10 films this season, the contest for top prize is considered a two-movie race between "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker."

Others on hand included acting nominees George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick ("Up in the Air"), Morgan Freeman ("Invictus"), Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal ("Crazy Heart") and Colin Firth ("A Single Man").

Gyllenhaal, a supporting-actress nominee for "Crazy Heart," said she got some valuable advice from brother Jake Gyllenhaal, a past nominee for "Brokeback Mountain", about not letting the Oscars go to her head.

Jake Gyllenhaal and sister Maggie Gyllenhaal attending the 77th Annual Academy Awards on 7th February, 2005 in Hollywood, CA.

"He said, `There isn't actually anything at the end of the rainbow', Gyllenhaal said. "He said, `It's a lot of fun and enjoy it in that spirit. If you make it mean too much more than that, you'll probably go astray." Source: www.google.com

Triangle of deep bitterness in "Brothers"

"Lionsgate Home Entertainment have announced the US DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Brothers on 23rd March 2010. Starring Toby Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman, this drama directed by Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father) tells the story of how two brothers come to terms with issues of love, loyalty, and manhood with the woman caught between them". Source: www.dvdtimes.co.uk

"Brothers" is nominated to 2 Golden Globes (Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama - Tobey Maguire, and Best Original Song 'Winter' by U2".

Caps of Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brothers" Extra Interview (Clip).

"Sheridan captures that layering on of years of weariness with war through his extraordinary cast, who carry it like a physical weight.

This is a remarkable showcase for Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man 3, Seabiscuit), Jake Gyllenhaal (Rendition, Zodiac), and Natalie Portman (The Other Boleyn Girl, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium), who remind us again that they are three of the most expressive, most compelling young actors working today. It sneaks up on you in this film, how startlingly good they are, how they can hit you with an emotion you didn’t see coming but that feels so perfectly right anyway. One brother -- Gyllenhaal’s Tommy -- is just out of prison (we don’t know for a long while why he was there). The other -- Maguire’s Sam, a Marine captain -- is off to Afghanistan again, and eager for it; once there, he ponders how it “almost feels like home.” Portman’s Grace, Sam’s wife, is the quiet anchor who has been keeping the rest of the family together: her and Sam’s small daughters, Isabelle (Bailee Madison: Bridge to Terabithia) and Maggie (Taylor Geare), the guys’ dad, Hank (Sam Shepard: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Charlotte’s Web), an ex-Marine himself, and his wife, Elsie (Mare Winningham). The roadmap of the story to come is laid bare here, in the things no one can say to one another and the things they can -- there’s a triangle of deep bitterness, disappointment, and resentment between Hank and his sons; and it’s here that the amazing performance that Bailee Madison will give begins to reveal itself. In some ways, the little girl who is Isabelle will be the canvas upon which the family drama will paint itself; the actress, who only just turned 10, is able to express the terrible inner turmoil of a child watching her family fall apart. I’ve never seen a child so young be so effective onscreen -- she is heartbreaking.To say that Sam is lost in Afghanistan and presumed dead, and that his family mourns him and moves on, and then has to readjust again when he is found and returns home is no kind of spoiler. Indeed, the fact that Sam is not dead is not a matter of suspense at all.) Because it is in all the same, eloquent, authentic details of the people, not the plot, that makes this movie work so well as it does". Source: www.flickfilosopher.com

Rules to survive in "Zombieland"

Zombieland - Deleted scenes
With almost 45 minutes cut out of the feature film, however, there still has to be more scenes somewhere! Below, watch Jesse Eisenberg in the aftermath of Amber Heard's attack, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin getting scruples, and the jobs Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson had before the zombies took over! Source: ww.hugazombie.com

Rules for Surviving in "Zombieland":

Rule #1: Cardio - because the fat people are the first ones to die.
Rule #2: Beware of bathrooms - because when you go into a stall there is no way out.
Rule #3: Seatbelts - perfect for ejecting that zombie on the backseat.Rule #4: Doubletap - a second bullet in the head makes sure it is dead.
Rule #5: No attachments - makes you make stupid decisions.
Rule #15: Know your way out - plan your exit in all situations.
Rule #17: Don't be a hero - always let someone else go first if you can.
Rule #18: Limber up - don't want to pull a muscle in the middle of a fight to the death.Rule #31: Check the back seat - there is likely to be a zombie back there.Rule #32: Enjoy the little things - who knows how long you have to live.