Freshly Popped Movie Blog Archives - October 2008

October 2008 Archive

'Twilight' Tix on Sale NOW

By: Lizerne Guiting on October 31, 2008 at 9:07AM Comments (1)

It’s official! Twilight tix are on sale and they'll be going fast. Even better, everyone who buys a ticket for the movie will receive a free download of "Bella’s Lullaby (Remix)." We know you’re trying to stifle your squeals of excitement! Grab the rest of your coven or pack, don the Team Edward or Team Jacob T-shirts and count down to watch the show you’ve...

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'Quantum of Solace' Premiere

By: Lizerne Guiting on October 30, 2008 at 10:36AM Comments

Last night's Royal World Premiere of the new 007 movie took place in London’s Leicester Square where the celebs braved the brisk weather. The film opens tomorrow in the UK and Nov. 14 in the U.S. Daniel Craig, the blue-eyed Bond, showed up with a woman on one arm and a sling holding up the other.Looks like Solace's strenuous stunts took their toll. Bond beauty Olga Kurylenko...

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DVD of the Week: Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D

By: Stacie Hougland on October 28, 2008 at 10:14AM Comments (1)

Of Brendan Fraser's two releases last summer, better by far was Journey to the Center of the Earth, the latest take on Jules Verne's classic adventure tale. In it, he stars as disheartened scientist Trevor Anderson, who brings his nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson) along on a wild goose chase to find his long-lost brother in remote Iceland -- but in their search they wind up lost in a strange...

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New!: 'Harry Potter' UK Trailer

By: Lizerne Guiting on October 27, 2008 at 11:06AM Comments (6)

Half-Blood Prince's new international trailer fleshes out the dark and creepy feel the book so easily evokes. While the last trailer we saw focused on young Voldemort, this one spotlights Harry as the "chosen one" to rival him. It's the first lengthy view we get that reveals some of the eerie locations — such as the mysterious cave enchanted with the Dark Lord’s...

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Poll: 'HSM3' or 'Saw V'?

By: Lizerne Guiting on October 24, 2008 at 11:49AM Comments (5)

The Wildcats battle the Jigsaw legacy this weekend as the two vie for top spots at the box office. Can you guess who’s winning? On the Fandango front, High School Musical 3 is already one of our best all-time advance ticket-sellers, joining the ranks of Star Wars 3, The Dark Knight and Harry Potter 4. Fandango is selling an average of four HSM3 tickets per transaction, which may mean...

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New 'Watchmen' Teaser Poster and Footage

By: Chuck Walton on October 23, 2008 at 12:40PM Comments

I'm going on record now to say that if Watchmen can live up to the graphic novel (and based on the recent preview screenings in L.A. and Portland, and Kevin Smith's reaction, it just might), then this will be one of the most groundbreaking and massive hits of 2009. Here is the latest, cool teaser poster, and below is a link to the new Watchmen preview from Spike TV's Scream...

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DVD Giveaway! 'The Incredible Hulk' Prize Packs

By: Stacie Hougland on October 21, 2008 at 9:36AM Comments (30)

Five years after Ang Lee's namby-pamby, green-jellybean take on the Incredible Hulk, directer Louis Leterrier put together an all-star team that included writer Zak Penn, Edward Norton, Tim Roth and William Hurt in an attempt to improve upon the previous version of the smashing giant with The Incredible Hulk. Whether it succeeded or not depends on your outlook--were you into the gooey,...

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Poll: Who's the Sexiest Movie Vampire?

By: Lizerne Guiting on October 20, 2008 at 5:05PM Comments (5)

Twilighters are smitten with the actors portraying their favorite "cold ones" in the film, devoting detailed fan sites to Robert Pattinson, Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene—a few of the sizzling cast of Cullens. Author Stephenie Meyer, however, isn’t the first to portray vampires as attractive creatures to their prey. We’ve got a long list of big screen bloodsuckers...

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'Star Trek' for the Masses

By: Lizerne Guiting on October 16, 2008 at 12:31PM Comments (6)

A smorgasbord of Star Trek info just launched into cyberspace with EW’s new feature. The eight-page spread gives us the latest on the upcoming J.J. Abrams project, set for release May 8, 2009, and budgeted at $150 million. The exclusive includes new set photos, more on the cast, and a few spoilers about a time-travel plot. Purists, beware: “The movie is about the act of changing what...

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New on DVD: 'Indy 4,' 'Matrix' & 'Halloween' Collectors' Eds.

By: Stacie Hougland on October 14, 2008 at 10:32AM Comments

New and noteworthy DVD releases this week: Indy hits the small screen, plus collectors' editions of some old favorites.Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Harrison Ford's long-awaited return as the iconic adventurer had its pros (seeing him back onscreen after all these years) and cons (pretty much everything else), but Lucasfilm spared nothing in its DVD/BD release. The...

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Costume King: Joker Beats Batman

By: Lizerne Guiting on October 13, 2008 at 2:24PM Comments (2)

This year brings us an interesting array of Halloween getups, with all the superheroes, villains and divas portrayed on the big screen recently. We surveyed nearly 3,000 filmgoers about the top movie-inspired costumes for Halloween, and, no surprise here, the crown goes to “The Joker,” as immortalized by the late Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight. Christian Bale’s...

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Gosling as the Green Lantern?

By: Stacie Hougland on October 9, 2008 at 3:20PM Comments (4)

If the latest rumors are true, Ryan Gosling can add one more thing he'll be known for to his résumé -- playing the Green Lantern.According to the folks over at Latino Review, it looks like Warner Bros. will continue the welcome trend of casting talented, smart young actors in superhero roles by casting Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl, The Notebook) in the DC Comics role. Green...

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The 2008 Eyegore Awards

By: Stacie Hougland on October 8, 2008 at 11:14AM Comments

Universal has a lonnng history with horror movies, spanning way back to genre classics like Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy and all their repective sequels and spinoffs (and let's not forget the Abbott and Costello comedies). So it's only fitting that Universal Studios Hollywood ushered in the park's annual Halloween Horror Nights last Friday with its 6th annual Eyegore Awards,...

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New on DVD Oct. 7

By: Stacie Hougland on October 7, 2008 at 11:34AM Comments

Check out these new releases this week: The HappeningHollywood keeps taking a chance on M. Night Shyamalan, most recently with this film about a mysterious plague sweeping the East Coast that incites people to commit suicide. Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel play a couple on the run from the unstoppable threat -- is it a government conspiracy? terrorists? aliens? -- with a friend...

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New: Final 'Twilight' Poster

By: Lizerne Guiting on October 7, 2008 at 10:36AM Comments (3)

Twilighters must be thinking, Yumm… Edward Cullen, you never looked so good! Either that or you think the exact opposite and are utterly disappointed, because author Stephanie Meyer painted a picture of Edward so gorgeous that not even drool-worthy Robert Pattinson could embody the supermodel vampire of her saga. Here’s the final poster from Cinematical: Click the image to view the...

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