Every now and then, a movie comes out of nowhere and becomes a cult hit, and the posters become big selling items. That happened in 2010 and 2011 with Senna, a sports documentary about the life of late Formula 1 racecar driver Ayrton Senna. How did Senna make it movie screens? That’s a big of a strange journey.
In 2004, director James Gay-Rees stumbles upon an article marking the 10th anniversary of the death of Ayrton Senna – who some believe was the greatest motor-racing driver of all time. The article triggers James to recall his father telling him the tale of when he once met Senna and how he was different than all other drivers. This eventually leads the director to make a film about the last 3 days in the life of Ayrton Senna, who was so tragically killed at the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994. At a pitch meeting with Universal in 2008, James shows actual race footage he has on his laptop and the movie gets greenlighted based on that. The movie finally gets released in 2010 and throughout 2011, it gathers buzz for the stunning race footage and also gains very strong film critic support. There you go – the making of a cult classic!
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One of the big animated family movie releases for Summer 2012 is the return of the animals from Madagascar, back in Madagascar 3 Europe’s Most Wanted – opening on June 8th.
The stars provide the lead character voices are all back again: Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith. The new movie picks up a year after Madagascar 2: the animals decide they want to return to the New York Central Park Zoo again from their current home in Africa. On their travels, the gang will meet several new animal characters, with voices provided by Martin Short, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Chastain and more. And of course, the scene-stealing penguins are back again!
It’s Hunger Games Friday at MovieGoods: let The Hunger Games begin! Today is the much anticipated, much buzzed about opening of The Hunger Games movie!
To celebrate the opening of Jennifer Lawrence starring as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games, MovieGoods is selling all available Hunger Games posters today for just $9.99 each. This special sale price is for today, March 32rd only! Order your Hunger Games posters today during Hunger Games Friday!
Could there be a new world record price coming for a movie poster?
An original 3 Sheet poster from 1927′s Metropolis is currently being offered at the price of $850,000. According to the Hollywood Reporter, this Metropolis 3 Sheet poster is one of four in existance today.
Original Metropolis posters have pulled in very large prices in the past. The 1927 Fritz Lang classic is considered the original sci-fi film, arguably influencing the film genre ever since. The last time this particular poster changed hands it was sold for $690,000, which is the current record high price for a movie poster.
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The nominees for the 32nd Annual Razzie Awards have been released and its a record-setting year…..for Adam Sandler.
With 3 critically lambasted movies in 2011, Sandler easily smashed Eddie Murphy’s old record for most individual nominations in a year with 11 nominations. Sandler set the new mark by being an actor, writer and/or producer for Jack & Jill, Bucky Larson Born to be a Star and Just Go With It.
Click here to view all the nominees for the 32nd Razzie Awards.
You can also check out additional categories like Worst Cast Emsemble, Worst Screenplay
and Worst Prequel/Remake/Ripoff.
APRIL 2, 2012 UPDATE:
Adam has made movie history!
Sandler’s Jack and Jill managed a Razzies first, claiming 10 awards to sweep every single awards category. Razzie winners usually are announced the night before the Oscars, but organizers this time decided to move out of Hollywood’s busy awards season and do their show on April Fool’s Day. It is expected that the Razzies will move back to Oscars weekend again next year though. It wasn’t a total lost weekend for Adam Sandler though: he did manage to win a Best Actor award at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. Of course, those are chosen by you know, young kids…..
2012 is going to be a big year at the movies, including the long awaited return of James Bond to the big screen. Daniel Craig is returning as the Agent 007 in Skyfall, scheduled for release in early November.
As production continues, some plot details from Skyfall are starting to emerge. Perhaps one of the most intriguing Skyfall tidbits is info that this is the last film with Judi Dench as M. Ralph Fiennes is in Skyfall as a government leader and word is his character will replace M as Bond’s trusted superior. Why the regime change? Is M simply retiring, or is M leaving due to some past misdeeds catching up to her and Bond no longer having the faith in her he once did? Also cast in Skyfall are Naomie Harris as Bond’s latest love interest, always a plumb Hollywood role.
It has also been revealed that Skyfall will be the first ever James Bond film to be released on IMAX screens. For more Skyfall plot details, check out the recent press conference video below:
Happy Presidents’ Day! In honor of this day, we present to you our list of some of the best presidential movies ever made. Our list includes action, comedy, drama and more – the list is presented in no particular order.
Dave: a good comedy starring Kevin Kline as a look-alike who accidentally becomes the Prez Air Force One: a solid action flick with Harrison Ford battling hostage takers in the air In the Line of Fire: another action thriller, with Clint Eastwood as a Secret Service Agent trying to stop a presidential assassination Thirteen Days: this film should have garnered more praise when it was released in 2000. A gripping behind the scenes look at the JFK presidency during the Cuban Missle Crisis W: love him or hate him, Oliver Stone brings us the story of George W. Bush, the most polarizing President in decades My Fellow Americans: an under-rated comedy, James Garner and Jack Lemmon star as two ex-presidents and bitter rivals on the run Frost/Nixon: although a bit of a dud at the box office, critics considered this Oscar nominee one of the best films of 2008 Primary Colors: based on a book chronicling the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign. Provides great insights into the political campaign process The American President: a romantic President movie? yes indeed. Michael Douglas stars as the Commander in Chief, who’s romance with a lobbyist threatens his re-election campaign
Did our list miss any of your favorite Presidential movies?
Could there be a new world record price coming for a movie poster? 
