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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian – DVD Review
46 minutes ago | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
Movies like the film in question are pretty critic proof. What my review is for anyone over the age of ten is more of a survival guide even though I’m approaching it like I do every film. Kids are going to want to see it and most parents aren’t going to bring them to the latest action spectacle. It’s bigger than the first film, certainly throws in as many historical references as it can, and has two monkeys join in on slapping Ben Stiller around as opposed to just one. Night at the Museum: Part Deux is a family film through and through, and doesn’t care if the parents in the audience will know it.
For those parents, brothers, sisters, and whoever that will be dragged into this, you have someone you can enjoy who gets a fair amount of screen time. This woman (along »
- Philip Barrett
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian – DVD
4 December 2009 7:11 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
DVD Review
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Directed by: Shawn Levy
Cast: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Robin Williams, Bill Hader
Running Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Rating: PG
Due Out: December 1, 2009
Plot: Ex-museum night guard Larry (Stiller) returns with his historical friends to stop an evil Egyptian pharaoh (Azaria) staying at the Smithsonian from taking over the world.
Who’S It For?: Kids who are in elementary school will be amused, but like a trip to any mediocre museum, they probably won’t remember it.
Movie:
The original film’s intent on education through entertainment drops the former in favor of slacking on the latter. Historical figures like Ivan the Terrible, Al Capone, Teddy Roosevelt, Sacagawea, Genghis Khan, and others, along with some famous art pieces, are turned into Saturday morning cartoon characters (and not the ones seen on PBS). We are given their quirks instead »
- Nick Allen
Ricky Gervais's New Cartoon Screened In U.K And U.S.
4 December 2009 3:30 AM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
"The Ricky Gervias Show" is the comedian's animated series that is based on his podcasts and is set to be aired in the U.S. and U.K. The 13 part series will air on U.S. cable channel HBO in February and then is expected to be shown on U.K. television the next month.
Ricky Gervais is the comedy genius behind "The Office" and "Extras" which were aired on the BBC, however apparently Channel 4 "made [him] an offer [he] couldn't refuse". The podcasts, which the cartoon show is based on, made the Guinness Book of Records as the most downloaded podcast of 2007. It is estimated that by 2006 it had been downloaded around eight million times.
The animated series stars Gervias and his comedy partners Stephen Merchant and producer Karl Pilkington. Gervais has said that this show is different from his other projects where he says he "stopped prematurely through fear of »
Channel 4 to air Gervais podcast cartoon
4 December 2009 3:20 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Channel 4 will air an animated version of Ricky Gervais's podcasts in 2010. According to the BBC, the 13-part series, which will first be broadcast on HBO in February, will air in the UK in March. Gervais's radio show, which started on London station Xfm in 2001, is in the Guinness Book of Records as the most downloaded podcast of 2007. The series includes discussion between Gervais, his comedy writing partner Stephen Merchant and producer Karl Pilkington. The stand-up has described Pilkington (more) »
- By Alex Fletcher
Ricky Gervais animated podcast shows to be aired on Channel 4
3 December 2009 11:30 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
The Ricky Gervais Show will be shown on HBO in the Us first
Channel 4 is to show the new animated version of Ricky Gervais's comedy podcast next year.
The Ricky Gervais Show, which is due to premiere on Us cable channel HBO on 19 February, is expected to air on Channel 4 in March.
Gervais has made the show with the Us film company Mrc, with whom he worked on the recent movie The Invention of Lying, and the animation house Wildbrain.
Based on his series of audiobooks of the same name, which originated in an Xfm show and later ran as a podcast for the Guardian website, The Ricky Gervais Show will feature the same banter between the comedian and his sidekicks Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington, with animation accompanying original recordings of the trio.
Although Gervais's hit sitcoms The Office and Extras aired on the BBC, he has appeared on Channel 4 before. »
- Chris Tryhorn
Golden Globes 2010: 173 Features Submitted
3 December 2009 9:40 AM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
And here’s another Golden Globes 2010 item: 173 live-action feature films (105 dramas and 68 comedies or musicals), 15 animated feature films, 133 television series (79 drama and 54 comedies), 33 mini-series or telefilms, and a record 69 foreign language films have qualified for 2010 Golden Globes, Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Philip Berk has announced. Additionally, a record 103 songs are eligible for the Golden Globe for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture. Nominations for 2010 Golden Globe Awards will be announced at 5:00 a.m. Pt on Tuesday, December 15. Hosted by Ricky Gervais, the 2010 Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be broadcast live coast to coast Sunday, January 17, on NBC (5 to 8 pm Pt, 8 to 11 pm [...] »
- Anna Robinson
My new Christmas classics
3 December 2009 6:30 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
When I was growing up, animated Christmas specials were an essential family tradition. Over several years, my brother and I had filled a Betamax tape with our favorites (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Mickey's Christmas Carol, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, etc.), and as soon as the Thanksgiving turkey was finished, we simply wore it out. (To be completely honest, I couldn't swear that the tape didn't get some play on a few rainy days in July, too.) As an adult, my affection for Christmas comfort-tv is as strong as ever, and in recent years, »
- Jeff Labrecque
"Night at the Museum" DVD Includes Contest For Washington Tour
1 December 2009 11:24 PM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" is currently available on DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def.
The summer blockbuster, released on December 1 through Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, is available in both a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and the limited edition "Monkey Mischief" DVD set, bringing home the kind of family entertainment first popularized by the original "Night at the Museum," and the book of the same name upon which it was based.
The movie follows former museum night watchman Larry Daley (Ben Stiller), now a successful businessman and inventor, as he learns the exhibits from New York's Museum of Natural History are about to be put away in storage in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Having befriended the exhibits - who magically come to life at night thanks to an ancient Egyptian tablet - during his tenure as a guard, he wants to do everything he can to help them. »
Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 12/1
1 December 2009 10:32 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
I suspect McG's movie will play really well at home, with the volume turned up and the surround sound explosions masking the lack of a compelling story and lackluster performances. Everyone from Christian Bale to Anton Yelchin to Sam Worthington to Bryce Dallas Howard was overshadowed by the special effects and the robots running rampant. However, at home you can walk in and out, pause, rewind, and replay -- and yes, freeze frame Moon Bloodgood's extremely brief topless scene -- without harming an essentially harmless movie. Rent it. Also available in a 3-disc Blu-ray edition, with theatrical and director's cut, alternate endings, featurettes, and more
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Our reviewer, Eric D. Snider, described it as "a mix of genuinely funny performances and highly lazy storytelling. You know how it goes: the plot is inane, »
- Peter Martin
'Terminator Salvation' Blows Up The World, Ben Stiller Spends The Night And More, In The DVD Report For Dec. 1
1 December 2009 8:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Let's get this out of the way right off to bat: I enjoyed "Terminator Salvation." I know I'm sitting in a somewhat lonely circle, but what can I say? I'm a sucker for big, loud robots, cyborgs, whatever you want to call them, and "Salvation" has some jaw-droppingly cool scenes. The film is now hitting store shelves, and leads the DVD Report for Tuesday, December 1.
The studio was taking a gamble when it greenlit a fourth film in the venerable "Terminator" franchise. After a lackluster response to 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," many fans advocated for putting the series to bed, either to breathe or permanently. But away we went with director McG at the helm, and Christian Bale and Anton Yelchin -- two figures with legitimate geek cred -- attached to the budding sequel. The resulting story saw a band of resistance fighters battling to save humanity from the ever-evolving SkyNet. »
- Brian Jacks
'New Moon' retains Aus box office lead
1 December 2009 2:39 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
New Moon has retained its place at the top of the Australian box office in its second weekend in the charts. The second movie in The Twilight Saga raked in an additional $$6 million to again push disaster film 2012 into second. New release Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs jumps straight into third and is followed by another new entry, Ricky Gervais vehicle The Invention Of Lying. The top five is completed by A Christmas Carol, which drops from third, while Michael Jackson's This Is It just clings onto its top (more) »
- By Mayer Nissim
Gervais: 'Fraudsters stole £200k'
1 December 2009 2:12 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Ricky Gervais has revealed that criminals stole £200,000 from him. The comedian, who played David Brent in The Office, said that the fraudsters used a photo of his character to take money from his bank account. Gervais revealed in a recent podcast: "I tell you what, we were laughing for ten minutes. All they did was cut out the picture on the first series of The Office DVD! So it's a picture of David (more) »
- By Rebecca Davies
'Nine', 'Up in the Air' Lead Satellite Award Nominations
30 November 2009 2:15 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
There are a few good reasons to hate on the Satellite Awards. First of all, we really don't need any more end of the year movie and television honors. Second of all, the Satellites seem to be little more than a knock-off of the Golden Globes, which are already pretty unnecessary. Third, they happen way too early, missing out on seeing and thereby qualifying perhaps the biggest film of the year (Avatar).
But over the years I've come to appreciate the Satellites and their bestowing organization, the International Press Academy, for their constant surprises when it comes to nominating and awarding unlikely films and talent. Just look at some of last year's acting winners: Richard Jenkins; Rosemarie DeWitt; Ricky Gervais; Michael Shannon.
Now check out this year's nominees, which continue to prove that Ipa voters like to go at least slightly against the grain. Okay, so there are a lot »
- Christopher Campbell
Ricky Gervais robbed by Office
30 November 2009 2:36 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Fraudsters stole £200,000 from Ricky Gervais using a photo of his 'Office' character. The British funnyman has revealed criminals took the huge amount of money his bank account and tried to buy gold with it after creating a fake identity card in his name using the pic of geeky office manager David Brent - which had been cut out from the cover sleeve of a DVD box set. The 48-year-old star was telephoned by concerned bank staff who asked for his permission to contact police, and was later visited by an officer after the fraudsters were arrested. He revealed: "I said, 'How did they think they were going to get away with it?' "He said, 'They normally get »
Golden Globes Preview: Will Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep and George Clooney receive double nods?
27 November 2009 3:01 AM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
There are a number of guilty pleasures only the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's annual rite of passage, the Golden Globe Awards, can provide. Whether its the intoxicated nominees, the magic of when the worlds of television and movies mix (or is that mutual disdain?) or arguably the biggest collection of true stars in one room (sorry Oscar), the Globes have cemented themselves as a must watch television event and an intriguing precursor to the movie industry's more serious and prestigious night down the road. The 67th edition of the Globes will have some big changes, however. The always hilarious Ricky Gervais... »
From The Office to Nativity!
25 November 2009 1:17 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Martin Freeman made his name in the The Office as the lovely Tim. Now he's playing another nice bloke in Nativity! So why is he so defensive about being typecast?
Martin Freeman is sitting opposite me in a London hotel, and he's being charming. He's already offered to fetch me some refreshments ("Well, if you were in my kitchen I'd get you a drink") and is responding to my questions with vigour, practically bouncing out of his chair as he talks.
We meet during his promotional tour for the film Nativity! It's billed as a "heartwarming and hilarious tale of the true meaning of Christmas" but don't worry – it's better than it sounds. Freeman plays Mr Maddens, a frustrated and frayed teacher at a bog-standard primary school who finds love, joy and personal redemption through directing the school nativity play. As you may expect, there are sing-along songs and cute »
- Alice Wignall
From The Office to Nativity!
25 November 2009 1:17 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Martin Freeman made his name in the The Office as the lovely Tim. Now he's playing another nice bloke in Nativity! So why is he so defensive about being typecast?
Martin Freeman is sitting opposite me in a London hotel, and he's being charming. He's already offered to fetch me some refreshments ("Well, if you were in my kitchen I'd get you a drink") and is responding to my questions with vigour, practically bouncing out of his chair as he talks.
We meet during his promotional tour for the film Nativity! It's billed as a "heartwarming and hilarious tale of the true meaning of Christmas" but don't worry – it's better than it sounds. Freeman plays Mr Maddens, a frustrated and frayed teacher at a bog-standard primary school who finds love, joy and personal redemption through directing the school nativity play. As you may expect, there are sing-along songs and cute »
- Alice Wignall
Robert Pattinson Would Kiss...Under Mistletoe
19 November 2009 1:01 AM, PST | Reel Empire | See recent Reel Empire news »
So who exactly would the British hunk kiss under a mistletoe? Well our first guess would obviously have been his "Twilight" co-star Kristen Stewart. You know, the one he's rumored to be dating and even engaged to? Of course, we all know how mysterious the actor can be and he's not about to reveal the obvious. Hell, it's not even a female the star says he'd kiss. Are you ready for this? Wait for it...wait for it...Ricky Gervais. You heard me right. When asked who he would kiss under a mistletoe, the actor said he'd kiss Ricky Gervais simply stating that he really liked him a lot. I don't know about you guys, but to me, that's just weird. You can see Pattinson along with the rest of the gang in "Twilight: New Moon" which hits theaters this Friday, November 20.
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- Michelle Thorton
Star Says Modern Warfare 2 Movie in the Works
18 November 2009 2:02 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
If movie coverage has been a little light in the past week, it’s because I have been parked on the couch shooting strangers. Sadly, I’ve logged entirely too many hours unloading digital bullets and shouting curses at random teenagers since “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” was released last Tuesday (November 10).
I haven’t even cracked the single player campaign yet. My game time has been spent teaming with friends and family to outsmart artificial intelligence or blast online players with my grenade launcher. All while reports surfaced that Russia recalled the game due to an airport scene in the single player missions where Russian extremists massacre innocent civilians. I suppose I’ll eventually get to the controversial storyline and hopefully before the potential movie is released. That’s right, Call of Duty: The Movie.
Kevin McKidd, the star of HBO’s “Rome” and the voice actor for Captain “Soap” MacTavish in the game, »
- Jeff Leins
Animation dominates awards season
18 November 2009 6:38 AM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
Following the recent announcement that the Academy Awards intend to expand the amount of nominees in the Best Animated Feature category from three to five, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are reporting that the Golden Globes intend on following suit.
The amended rules state that films eligible for the category must be feature-length, seventy or more minutes in length, and have no more than one quarter running time. However, if less than eight films are submitted in this category or not enough are deemed legible, the award will not be given. Instead, the submitted animations would be eligible for the Best Picture award instead.
The Academy Award’s expansion stemmed from having over twenty films submitted for its Best Feature category. In an unprecedented year for strong animation features the fore-runners for the awards, both the Oscar and the Golden Globes, include Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, »
- Kieron
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