The Star Online: Entertainment: Movies
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| Posted: 29 Oct 2012 02:22 AM PDT Everybody knows Bond. James Bond. From the very first Bond movie, Dr. No to the latest, Skyfall, we've grown to love this MI6 spy with the license to kill. He's been played by some of Hollywood's best leading man from the suave Sean Connery to the ruggedly handsome Daniel Craig. To celebrate the 23rd Bond film, Skyfall, Buena Vista Columbia Tristar and ecentral are giving away limited edition Skyfall premiums and movie passes. Over the next three consecutive days, beginning today (29 October), we'll be asking you two simple questions pertaining to James Bond, the man and the movie. Answer the questions correctly and you could win Skyfall premiums plus a pair of in-season passes to the movie. For the questions and the rules and regulations to the contest, please visit ecentral's facebook page here. |
| Schwarzenegger returns as Conan Posted: 28 Oct 2012 10:56 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger is reprising one of his most famous movie roles - Conan the Barbarian - for an upcoming sequel, Universal Pictures said on Friday. Schwarzenegger, 65, will play the sword-swinging hero in The Legend Of Conan, 30 years after the film that launched the Austrian body-builder as a Hollywood star. "I always loved the Conan character, and I'm honored to be asked to step into the role once again," Schwarzenegger said in a statement. The original films, 1982's Conan The Barbarian and 1984's Conan The Destroyer, together grossed more than US$70 million at U.S. box office. The Conan franchise was remade in 2011 with Game Of Thrones star Jason Momoa, but the film -- also called Conan The Barbarian -- failed to repeat the success of its predecessors, earning only US$21 million at the North American box office, according to film tracking site BoxOfficeMojo.com. The new Conan film is the latest Hollywood venture by Schwarzenegger since the action movie hero ended his term as governor of California in January 2011. He starred alongside Hollywood's veteran action heroes in this summer's The Expendables 2, and is lined up to star in five other films, including thriller Ten and Triplets, a sequel to his hit 1988 comedy Twins alongside co-star Danny DeVito Schwarzenegger, a Republican, also has launched a global policy think-tank in his name at the University of Southern California, and released a memoir in October, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life. The book revealed details of the child Schwarzenegger fathered with his family's housekeeper 15 years ago, while married to Maria Shriver. |
| Hostage drama 'Argo' takes box office top spot Posted: 28 Oct 2012 09:17 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Acclaimed Iran hostage drama Argo took home its first box office win over the weekend, grabbing US$12.4 million in ticket sales at U.S. and Canadian theaters. Argo, directed by and starring Ben Affleck, came in ahead of new sci-fi drama Cloud Atlas, which was also edged out by Halloween-themed animated film Hotel Transylvania. Cloud Atlas, starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry, earned US$9.4 million from Friday through Sunday, while Hotel Transylvania earned US$9.5 million, according to studio estimates. Argo moved up to the top spot after two weeks in second place, helped by rave reviews from critics and audiences who praised the story about a mission to rescue U.S. government employees from Iran in 1979. Hotel Transylvania features voice work by Adam Sandler and Selena Gomez, and set a record for a September film opening in the United States and Canada when it opened on September 28, and has performed solidly since its release. In the family comedy, Frankenstein, the Invisible Man and other monsters gather for a party at a high-end resort operated by Dracula. Their celebration is disrupted when a boy discovers the hotel and falls in love with Dracula's daughter but must deal with her overprotective father. Cloud Atlas has divided critics with six interweaving stories that span from the 1840s to the future. Warner Bros., a unit of Time Warner Inc, released Argo and Cloud Atlas. Sony Corp's movie studio released Hotel Transylvania. |
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