WAMG has some last minutes passes to see CHERNOBYL DIARIES - an original story from Oren Peli (@Oren_Peli), who first terrified audiences with his groundbreaking thriller, “Paranormal Activity.”

Click on the link to see the screening of the film in St. Louis THURSDAY: http://www.quarantineyourcity.com/#MO/St.+Louis

or enter your name below and email address to receive a gofobo code!

The film follows a group of six young vacationers who, looking to go off the beaten path, hire an “extreme” tour guide. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years ago.

After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, however, the group soon finds themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone…

Brad Parker makes his feature film directorial debut with CHERNOBYL DIARIES.

Alcon Entertainment, FilmNation Entertainment and Oren Peli/Brian Witten Pictures present, an Oren Peli/Brian Witten Pictures production, “Chernobyl Diaries.” The film opens on May 25, 2012 and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

The film has been rated R for violence, some bloody images and pervasive language.

The screenplay was written by Oren Peli and Carey Van Dyke & Shane Van Dyke, based on a story by Peli. Peli also produces, with Brian Witten. Richard Sharkey, Rob Cowan, Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Allison Silver, Milan Popelka and Alison Cohen serve as executive producers.

The film’s cast includes Devin Kelley, Jonathan Sadowski, Ingrid Bolsř Berdal, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Jesse McCartney, Nathan Phillips and Dimitri Diatchenko.

Parker’s behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Morten Sřborg, production designer Aleksandar Denic, editor Stan Salfas, visual effects supervisor Mark Forker and costume designer Momirka Bailovic. The music is by Diego Stocco.

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Today at 1:30pm, St. Louis fans who have been eagerly awaiting the July 20 release of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ “The Dark Knight Rises” will have an opportunity to get a firsthand look at the Tumbler and the Bat-Pod, which are rolling out on a coast-to-coast tour, sponsored by Mountain Dew®. and IMAX®

1:30 PM – 7 PM

BUSCH STADIUM

700 CLARK ST
ST. LOUIS, MO

Both the Tumbler and the Bat-Pod have served as high-powered modes of transportation for Batman in Christopher Nolan’s earlier blockbusters—with the Tumbler first appearing in “Batman Begins,” and the Bat-Pod being introduced in “The Dark Knight.” They will both be featured in different ways in the hugely anticipated finale to the director’s Batman trilogy, “The Dark Knight Rises.”

The full schedule details have been posted. Visit www.tumblertour.com to see if the Tumbler and the Bat-Pod are pulling into a city near you! They’re still adding stops, so be sure to check back often for updates.

Be sure to tweet your pics using the hashtag #TumblerTour or email them to wbtumblertour@gmail.com for a chance to be featured in the gallery.

More information on the tour can be found at:
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About “The Dark Knight Rises“:

Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Legendary Pictures, a Syncopy Production, a Film by Christopher Nolan, “The Dark Knight Rises.” The film stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Morgan Freeman.

Christopher Nolan directed the film from a screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven are the producers, with Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull serving as executive producers, and Jordan Goldberg co-producing. “The Dark Knight Rises” is based upon Batman characters created by Bob Kane and published by DC Comics.

Opening in theatres and IMAX on July 20, 2012, “The Dark Knight Rises” will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. The film has been rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sensuality and language.

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Once upon a time…or maybe twice…there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland…

The Beatles’ classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, has been digitally restored for DVD and Blu-ray release on June 5th in North America. The film’s songtrack album will be reissued on CD on the same date.

Currently out of print, the film has been restored in 4K digital resolution for the first time by Paul Rutan Jr. and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc. Due to the delicate nature of the hand-drawn original artwork, no automated software was used in the digital clean-up of the film’s restored photochemical elements. This was all done by hand, frame by frame.

Bonus features for the Yellow Submarine DVD and Blu-ray include a short making-of documentary titled “Mod Odyssey” (TRT: 7:30), the film’s original theatrical trailer, audio commentary by producer John Coates and art director Heinz Edelmann, several brief interview clips with others involved with the film, storyboard sequences, 29 original pencil drawings and 30 behind-the-scenes photos. Both Digipak packages will include reproductions of animation cels from the film, collectible stickers, and a 16-page booklet with a new essay by Yellow Submarine aficionado John Lasseter (Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios).

Lasseter writes in his essay, “As a fan of animation and as a filmmaker, I tip my hat to the artists of Yellow Submarine, whose revolutionary work helped pave the way for the fantastically diverse world of animation that we all enjoy today.”

Enter for a chance to win Yellow Submarine.

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1. YOU MUST BE A US RESIDENT. PRIZE WILL ONLY BE SHIPPED TO US ADDRESSES.

2. FILL OUT YOUR REAL NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW.

3. What is Paul McCartney’s first name?

WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN FROM ALL QUALIFYING ENTRIES. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PRIZES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED.

Directed by George Dunning, and written by Lee Minoff, Al Brodax, Jack Mendelsohn and Erich Segal, Yellow Submarine began its voyage to the screen when Brodax, who had previously produced nearly 40 episodes of ABC’s animated Beatles TV series, approached The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein with a unique vision for a full-length animated feature.

Yellow Submarine, based upon a song by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, is a fantastic tale brimming with peace, love, and hope, propelled by Beatles songs, including “Eleanor Rigby,” “When I’m Sixty-Four,” “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” “All You Need Is Love,” and “It’s All Too Much.”  When the film debuted in 1968, it was instantly recognised as a landmark achievement, revolutionising a genre by integrating the freestyle approach of the era with innovative animation techniques.

Inspired by the generation’s new trends in art, the film resides with the dazzling Pop Art styles of Andy Warhol, Martin Sharp, Alan Aldridge and Peter Blake. With art direction and production design by Heinz Edelmann, Yellow Submarine is a classic of animated cinema, featuring the creative work of animation directors Robert Balser and Jack Stokes with a team of animators and technical artists.

“I thought from the very beginning that the film should be a series of interconnected shorts” remembered Edelmann. “The style should vary every five minutes or so to keep the interest going until the end.”  These styles included melding live-action photography with animation, 3-dimensional sequences and kaleidoscopic “rotoscoping” where film is traced frame by frame into drawings.  The entire process took nearly two years, 14 different scripts, 40 animators and 140 technical artists, ultimately producing a groundbreaking triumph of animation.

On April 24, Candlewick Press released a new, compact hardcover edition of the Yellow Submarine picture book, a read-aloud journey for the whole family. Featuring the lighthearted wit of the film’s script alongside original artwork from the movie that has charmed children and adults through several generations, the beautiful, 40-page book will be sold by retailers everywhere and on the Beatles Store (www.thebeatles.com). An interactive digital version of the book is also available as a free download on Apple’s iBookstore for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch at www.iTunes.com/TheBeatles.

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Yellow Submarine synopsis:

Once upon a time… or maybe twice, there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland, a place where happiness and music reigned supreme. But all that was threatened when the terrible Blue Meanies declared war and sent in their army led by a menacing Flying Glove to destroy all that was good.  Enter John, Paul, George and Ringo to save the day! Armed with little more than their humour, songs, and of course, their yellow submarine, The Beatles tackle the rough seas ahead in an effort to bring down the evil forces of bluedom.

Production credits
Running Time: 89 minutes
Director – George Dunning
Producer – Al Brodax
Screen story – Lee Minoff
Screenplay – Lee Minoff, Al Brodax, Jack Mendelsohn, and Erich Segal
Art Director – Heinz Edelmann
Animation directors – Robert Balser and Jack Stokes
Production Executive – John Coates
Music Producer and Supervisor – George Martin
Featuring music by The Beatles

Yellow Submarine [DVD, Blu-ray]

Feature film [TRT: 89:00]
Fully restored in 4K and presented in the original aspect ratio of 1:66-1

Audio options:
English 5.1 DTS
German 5.1 DTS
Italian 5.1 DTS
English Dolby Stereo
Original Mono

Audio Commentary – Heinz Edelmann (Art Director) and John Coates (Producer)

Subtitle languages (feature only):
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Finnish, Japanese

Extra features:
Mod Odyssey documentary [TRT: 7:30]
Original theatrical trailer [TRT: 3:30]

Storyboard sequences:
- Sea of Monsters (split screen footage) [TRT: 4:20]
- Battle of the Monsters [118 images]
- Pepperland [64 images]

Interviews:
- Paul Angelis (voice of Ringo and Chief Blue Meanie) [TRT: 1:39]
- John Clive (voice of John) [TRT: 2:03]
- David Livesey (key animator) [TRT: 1:11]
- Millicent McMillan (Heinz Edelmann’s assistant) [TRT: 1:12]
- Jack Stokes (animation director) [TRT: 3:42]
- Erich Segal (co-writer) [TRT: 1:38]

Original pencil drawings [29 images]
Behind-the-scenes photos [30 images]

Yellow Submarine Songtrack [CD]
1. Yellow Submarine
2. Hey Bulldog
3. Eleanor Rigby
4. Love You To
5. All Together Now
6. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
7. Think For Yourself
8. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
9. With A Little Help From My Friends
10. Baby, You’re A Rich Man
11. Only A Northern Song
12. All You Need Is Love
13. When I’m Sixty Four
14. Nowhere Man
15. It’s All Too Much

MOONRISE KINGDOM is the new movie directed by two-time Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Rushmore).

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, MOONRISE KINGDOM tells the story of two 12-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in every which way. Bruce Willis plays the local sheriff, Captain Sharp. Edward Norton is a Khaki Scout troop leader, Scout Master Ward. Bill Murray and Frances McDormand portray the young girl’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bishop. The cast also includes Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, and Bob Balaban; and introduces Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward as Sam and Suzy, the boy and girl.

Enter for a chance to win a MOONRISE KINGDOM prizepack from Focus Features and WAMG.

Two (2) winners will receive:

T-Shirt

Patches (set of two)

Cooler

Canteen

Soundtrack

Prizing values: $46.99

Prizing provided by Focus Features

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1. YOU MUST BE A US RESIDENT. PRIZE WILL ONLY BE SHIPPED TO US ADDRESSES.

2. FILL OUT YOUR REAL NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW.

3. WATCH THE TRAILER BELOW. LIST THE FIVE DIRECTIONS TO THE MEADOW.

WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN FROM ALL QUALIFYING ENTRIES. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PRIZES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED.

CONTEST WILL END ON MONDAY, May 28, 11:59pm CST.

A Focus Features and Indian Paintbrush presentation of an American Empirical Picture. MOONRISE KINGDOM. Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton. With Jason Schwartzman and Bob Balaban. Introducing Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward. Casting by Douglas Aibel. Associate Producer, Octavia Peissel. Co-Producers, Molly Cooper, Lila Yacoub. Costume Designer, Kasia Walicka Maimone. Khaki Scout Marches by Mark Mothersbaugh, Performed by Peter Jarvis and his Drum Corps. Original Music by Alexandre Desplat. Music Supervisor, Randall Poster. Editor, Andrew Weisblum, ACE. Production Designer, Adam Stockhausen. Director of Photography, Robert Yeoman, ASC. Executive Producers, Sam Hoffman, Mark Roybal. Produced by Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson. Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola. Directed by Wes Anderson. A Focus Features Release.

Focus Features presents MOONRISE KINGDOM,
coming to select theatres May 25, 2012.

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(l to r.) Actor Jared Gilman and director Wes Anderson on the set of Moonrise Kingdom, a Focus Features release. Credit: Niko Tavernise.

Newcomer Jared Gilman stars as Sam in Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, a Focus Features release. Credit: Niko Tavernise.

In case you missed it, check out the four-minute preview of  Columbia Pictures’ THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone.

One of the world’s most popular characters is back on the big screen as a new chapter in the Spider-Man legacy is revealed in The Amazing Spider-Man™. Focusing on an untold story that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story, the new film stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, with Martin Sheen and Sally Field. The film is directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay written by James Vanderbilt and Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves from a story by James Vanderbilt, based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad, and Matt Tolmach are producing the film in association with Marvel Entertainment for Columbia Pictures, which will open in theaters everywhere in 3D on July 3, 2012.

The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Stone), and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents’ disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Ifans), his father’s former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors’ alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.

Irrfan Khan in Columbia Pictures’ THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. Photo Courtesy of CTMG./ImageMagick’ COPYRIGHT: © 2012 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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THE DICTATOR is the heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. Prepare for more imprisonments by General Aladeen. From director Larry Charles, THE DICTATOR stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, John C. Reilly and Ben Kingsley.

WAMG is giving away Run-Of-Engagement Passes to THE DICTATOR in the St. Louis area.

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ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: Read Tom Stockman’s review HERE.  The film is dedicated to which “Dictator”?

WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PASSES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED. DUPLICATE TICKETS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

THE DICTATOR is in theaters now.

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In the epic action-adventure SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN, Kristen Stewart (Twilight) plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Oscar® winner Charlize Theron) out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth, Thor) dispatched to kill her. Sam Claflin (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) joins the cast as the prince long enchanted by Snow White’s beauty and power.

The breathtaking new vision of the legendary tale is from Joe Roth, the producer of Alice in Wonderland, producer Sam Mercer (The Sixth Sense) and acclaimed commercial director and state-of-the-art visualist Rupert Sanders.

WAMG is giving away passes to the advance screening of SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN, May 29th - Wehrenberg Ronnie’s 20 Cine at 7:00 PM.

OFFICIAL RULES:

1. YOU MUST BE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA THE DAY OF THE SCREENING.

2. FILL OUT YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW. REAL FIRST NAME REQUIRED.

3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:  From SNOW WHITE, through THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA and SLEEPING BEAUTY…heck even the one in ALIENS….tell us who the Best Evil Wicked Queen in film history is and why.

WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PASSES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED. DUPLICATE TICKETS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN is rated PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Violence, Intense Sequences of Action and Brief Sensuality

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Tickets are on sale now for SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN, click below for showtimes and tickets:  https://www.facebook.com/snowwhiteandthehuntsman/app_163978533708856

Watch the exclusive debut of the music video for “Breath of Life” by Florence + The Machine, the first single from the Official Motion Picture Soundtrack – available for pre-order now. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007WFR0R2/?tag=unimotrecunir-20

SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN arrives in theaters nationwide on Friday, June 1, 2012.

Visit the film’s official site:  http://www.snowwhiteandthehuntsman.com

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Follow it on Twitter: @SnowWhite #SWATH

Win prizes by creating your own SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN inspiration board on Pinterest! http://pinterest.com/swathmovie/swath-pinterest-challenge-win/

An irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust and human possibility, THE INTOUCHABLES has broken box office records in its native France and across Europe. Based on a true story of friendship between a handicap millionaire (Francois Cluzet) and his street smart ex-con caretaker (Omar Sy), THE INTOUCHABLES depicts an unlikely camaraderie rooted in honesty and humor between two individuals who, on the surface, would seem to have nothing in common. Directed by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, the film was nominated for a total of nine 2012 César Awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscars, including Best Picture, and won Best Actor for breakout star Omar Sy. The film also won the Grand Prize at the 2011 Tokyo International Film Festival. THE INTOUCHABLES has received Audience Awards from U.S. film festivals including the San Francisco Film Festival, COL COA, and the Nashville Film Festival.

WAMG has passes for you to see this great film on May 23rd at the Plaza Frontenac Cinema in St. Louis, MO.

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1. YOU MUST BE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA THE DAY OF THE SCREENING.

2. FILL OUT YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW. REAL FIRST NAME REQUIRED.

3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: After watching the trailer, who is the Phillippe in your life?

WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PASSES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED. DUPLICATE TICKETS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

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WAMG is giving away Run-Of-Engagement passes for CHERNOBYL DIARIES - an original story from Oren Peli (@Oren_Peli), who first terrified audiences with his groundbreaking thriller, “Paranormal Activity.” The passes are good at Wehrenberg Theatres…valid through June 28th.

Click on the link to bring an exclusive screening of the film to St. Louis: http://www.quarantineyourcity.com/#

The film follows a group of six young vacationers who, looking to go off the beaten path, hire an “extreme” tour guide. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years ago.

After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, however, the group soon finds themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone…

Brad Parker makes his feature film directorial debut with CHERNOBYL DIARIES.

Alcon Entertainment, FilmNation Entertainment and Oren Peli/Brian Witten Pictures present, an Oren Peli/Brian Witten Pictures production, “Chernobyl Diaries.” The film opens on May 25, 2012 and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

The film has been rated R for violence, some bloody images and pervasive language.

OFFICIAL RULES:

FILL OUT YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW. REAL FIRST NAME REQUIRED.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant reactor number four explodes, releasing radioactive contamination into the atmosphere greater than that of 400 atomic bombs. It is a nuclear meltdown of catastrophic proportions, the worst of its kind in history, a Level 7 event on the International Nuclear Event Scale. What year did this take place?

WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PASSES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED

The screenplay was written by Oren Peli and Carey Van Dyke & Shane Van Dyke, based on a story by Peli. Peli also produces, with Brian Witten. Richard Sharkey, Rob Cowan, Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Allison Silver, Milan Popelka and Alison Cohen serve as executive producers.

The film’s cast includes Devin Kelley, Jonathan Sadowski, Ingrid Bolsř Berdal, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Jesse McCartney, Nathan Phillips and Dimitri Diatchenko.

Parker’s behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Morten Sřborg, production designer Aleksandar Denic, editor Stan Salfas, visual effects supervisor Mark Forker and costume designer Momirka Bailovic. The music is by Diego Stocco.

Visit the official site: http://chernobyldiaries.warnerbros.com/

“Like” on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chernobyldiaries

Follow on Twitter: @SeeChernobyl  #ChernobylDiaries

In MEN IN BLACK™ 3, Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back… in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K’s life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him — secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

Also featuring Jemaine Clement, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Emma Thompson MEN IN BLACK 3 will be released in 3D in theaters nationwide on May 25, 2012. You can be the first to see it by entering for a chance to win passes to the advance screening on Thursday, May 24^th at the Galaxy at 7PM.

OFFICIAL RULES:

1. YOU MUST BE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA THE DAY OF THE SCREENING.

2. FILL OUT YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW. REAL FIRST NAME REQUIRED.

3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: Who is your favorite extraterrestrial from the MIB series?

WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PASSES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED. DUPLICATE TICKETS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Check out the first live performance of the new Pitbull song “Back In Time” – theme song for Men In Black 3.

Barry Sonnenfeld directs MEN IN BLACK 3. The film’s screenplay is written by Etan Cohen, based on the Malibu Comic by Lowell Cunningham. Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald produce, and Steven Spielberg and G. Mac Brown are the executive producers.

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This film has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for SCI-FI ACTION VIOLENCE, AND BRIEF SUGGESTIVE CONTENT.

Hugh Jackman has a special message for Mom from the set of Les Misérables.

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there!

WAMG has a little announcement … you can be the first to see WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING on Monday, May 14th – Ronnie’s 20 Cine – 7pm.

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1. YOU MUST BE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA THE DAY OF THE SCREENING.

2. FILL OUT YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW. REAL FIRST NAME REQUIRED.

3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: Everyone loves pictures of babies. What are your top baby photo tips??

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WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING has been rated PG-13.

Inspired by the perennial New York Times bestseller of the same name, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING is a hilarious and heartfelt big screen comedy about five couples whose intertwined lives are turned upside down by the challenges of impending parenthood.

Over the moon about starting a family, TV fitness guru Jules and dance show star Evan find that their high-octane celebrity lives don’t stand a chance against the surprise demands of pregnancy. Baby-crazy author and advocate Wendy gets a taste of her own militant mommy advice when pregnancy hormones ravage her body; while Wendy’s husband, Gary, struggles not to be outdone by his competitive alpha-Dad, who’s expecting twins with his much younger trophy wife, Skyler. Photographer Holly is prepared to travel the globe to adopt a child, but her husband Alex isn’t so sure, and tries to quiet his panic by attending a “dudes” support group, where new fathers get to tell it like it really is. And rival food truck chefs Rosie and Marco’s surprise hook-up results in an unexpected quandary: what to do when your first child comes before your first date?

A kaleidoscopic comedy as universal as it is unpredictable, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING finds humor and uplift in all the unexpected trials and triumphs of welcoming a child into the world. The film stars Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Chace Crawford, Brooklyn Decker, Ben Falcone, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock, Rodrigo Santoro, Joe Manganiello, Rob Huebel, Tom Lennon and Amir Talai. The film is directed by Kirk Jones, written by Shauna Cross and Heather Hach and inspired by the book “What To Expect When You’re Expecting” by Heidi Murkoff. Lionsgate presents in association with Alcon Entertainment, a Phoenix Pictures production / a Lionsgate production of a Kirk Jones film.

WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING is due May 18, 2012!

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Dyer Straits Productions (DSP) presents year three of St. Louis’ only pop-culture, horror and sci-fi convention on June 15-17, 2012. Contamination 2012 3D takes place at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport and is bigger and better with film icons, TV stars, models/Playmates, super heroes, ghost hunters, filmmakers and musicians.  Peter “Chewbacca” Mayhew (“Star Wars”) and a cast reunion of the original “The Munsters” TV show (Butch “Eddie” Patrick & Pat “Marilyn” Priest) are headlining this year along with an impressive lineup of icons at this highly anticipated follow-up event.

In addition to super heroes The Flash (John Wesley Shipp) and “Shazam’s” Captain Marvel (Jackson Bostwick), horror fans will get their fix with Michael Berryman (“The Hills Have Eyes 2”), Planet of the Apes enthusiasts will be able to meet Linda Harrison (Nova) from the Original “Planet of the Apes & Beneath the Planet of the Apes” along with Don Pedro Colley (“Ongero”) from “Beneath the Planet of the Apes,” plus many more (full list on their website).

Fans of all genres will get a total “Celebrity” experience with a weekend full of options: a chance to meet the celebrities, get autographs and pictures and a lucky few will even get to know their favorite celebrity one on one at an intimate dinner overlooking the Lambert Airport landing strip.  Contamination’s 24 Hour Grindhouse Cinema returns…a new 3D haunted attraction has been added…take a ride in “The Munsters” Koach Kar…be amazed by burlesque and side show acts…party in the pool Friday night… get your dance on at ”Club Chaos” Saturday night…shop in the dealer room all weekend…attend seminars with the celebs and filmmakers…and end the weekend with a live charity auction to raise money for “Scares That Care.”

Tickets for the weekend convention are available online now for a discount, but prices will be higher when purchased at the door. A limited amount of VIP Passes and Celebrity Dinner tickets are available online while supplies last. Vendors can reserve a spot, sponsorship packages are still available and discount rooms at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport are still available.  Much more information can be found on the DSP website. Check the site and their Facebook page for updates and a complete list of celebrities, artists, filmmakers, musicians and vendors

The successful events that began this new tradition in St. Louis – Contamination 2010 and Contamination 2011: The Sequel – have featured film legends from popular horror series such as “Halloween,” “Friday the 13^th,“”Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Candyman,” cult favorites “The Boondock Saints,” pop culture icon Larry Thomas “The Soup Nazi” from “Seinfeld,” Grammy winning G Tom Mac, sports legend Ken Norton and showcased one of the most recognized cars in the world – The Batmobile.

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On May 18, 2012, the battle for Earth begins at sea.

Peter Berg (Hancock, The Kingdom, Friday Night Lights) directs and produces BATTLESHIP, an epic-scale action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. WAMG is giving away passes to the advance screening of BATTLESHIP, May 15th, at The Galaxy – Mega Screen –  at 7pm.

OFFICIAL RULES:

1. YOU MUST BE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA THE DAY OF THE SCREENING.

2. FILL OUT YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW. REAL FIRST NAME REQUIRED.

3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: Name the last Battleship to see military use.

WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PASSES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED. DUPLICATE TICKETS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

BATTLESHIP is rated PG13 for intense sequences of violence, action and destruction, and for language.

BATTLESHIP stars Taylor Kitsch as Lieutenant Alex Hopper, a naval weapons officer assigned to USS John Paul Jones; Alexander Skarsgĺrd as Hopper’s older brother, Stone, Commanding Officer of USS Sampson; global music superstar Rihanna, making her motion-picture debut as Petty Officer Second Class Cora Raikes, Hopper’s crewmate and a weapons specialist on USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam Shane, Hopper’s fiancée and a physical therapist specializing in the rehabilitation of military combat veterans; Tadanobu Asano, as Captain Yugi Nagata, Commanding Officer of the Japanese destroyer Myoko and Hopper’s archrival; and Liam Neeson as Hopper and Stone’s superior (and Sam’s father), Admiral Shane, Commander of the Pacific Fleet.

Supporting the cast are Hamish Linklater as Cal Zapata, a scientist who mans the international satellite station in Hawaii that searches the skies for signs of life; Jesse Plemons as Jimmy “Ordy” Ord, a boatswain aboard USS John Paul Jones; New Zealander John Tui as the ship’s engine room expert, Chief Petty Officer Walter “The Beast” Lynch; and, in his professional acting debut, U.S. Army Colonel Gregory D. Gadson, a battalion leader who lost both legs in Iraq in 2007. Gadson plays Lieutenant Colonel Mick Canales, an Army combat veteran and double amputee who begins his recovery just as the alien attack begins.

Inspired by Hasbro’s classic naval-combat game, BATTLESHIP is produced by Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir of Hasbro (the Transformers and G.I. Joe franchises), Scott Stuber (Safe House, Couples Retreat), Film 44’s Sarah Aubrey (The Kingdom), along with Duncan Henderson (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Perfect Storm). The action-adventure is written by Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber (Red).

BATTLESHIP will be in theaters May 18!

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HIS EXCELLENCY ADMIRAL GENERAL ALADEEN – SUPREME LEADER, ALL TRIUMPHANT GENERAL, BELOVED OPPRESSOR, AND CHIEF OPHTHALMOLOGIST OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF WADIYA – is allowing WAMG to distribute passes for the advance screening of his film THE DICTATOR on May 10 at 7PM at Wehrenberg Ronnies 20 Cine.

Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris and Ben Kingsley, THE DICTATOR is the heroic story of a North African dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. The Ruthless Protector of the Precious and Expendable People of Wadiya will release his film upon the masses on May 16, 2012.

(c) 2012 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

OFFICIAL RULES:

1. YOU MUST BE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA THE DAY OF THE SCREENING.

2. FILL OUT YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW. REAL FIRST NAME REQUIRED.

3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: Sacha Baron Cohen has made three films – each starring one of his three characters from the “Da Ali G Show” show. Name the 3 movies.

WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PASSES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED. DUPLICATE TICKETS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

THE DICTATOR has been rated R for strong crude and sexual content, brief male nudity, language and some violent images. It is a Paramount Pictures Release.

General Aladeen’s finest computer scientists have created a Wadiyan Games app where he neutralize all opponents! Hafla! http://www.republicofwadiya.com/game/

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Review by Barbie Snitzer

Barbie Snitzer has worked in the entertainment industry in the US and France.  The combination of both passions distinguishes her blog Le Movie Snob where she regularly posts on American and French movies. Comments in English and/or French are welcomed.

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“Damsels in Distress”- or “How I felt watching this movie”

The word “damsel” connotes a helpless woman, she of the archetypical silent movie scene tied to the railroad tracks helplessly overacting her anguish until she rescued by a handsome hero.  Intentional or not, this evocation of Golden Hollywood is entirely ŕ propos my strong disappointment with this movie:  Hollywood, we are taught by the movies themselves, is the land where dreams are made, and failure just means success is even closer!

Thus does Hollywood function like as a lottery; the majority of its product is dreck , a fact that nutures every soul with the faith and courage to make the trek out west.  They are confident in their abilities to produce superior work; they will embody the prosperity gospel as they concurrently enrich their ego and humanity’s cultural canon.  Talk about a win/win!

Before you think I’m too cynical, remember that I am a snob (not a cynic), one who punctures pretension that we may truly be enriched by movies rather than lower our standards to feed the myth.

Perhaps it was this noble intention that explains director Whit Stillman choice to make and set his films on the East Coast thus avoiding the dehumanizing dues-paying Baywatch PA gigs.  It does however explain why he felt entitled that his voice be heard again after an 18 year absence.

Absence can make the heart grow fonder, and age need not be a liability, but it is incumbent on the voice to justify its absence with growth, or just be fresh and entertaining.   For all those who complain about Woody Allen’s career of late (and I’m not going to defend him for the French) he certainly has tried to say something different with each film, albeit with the same characters (himself and an inappropriately younger love interest), and he doesn’t rest on his laurels.

Stillman’s first film, “Metropolitan” (1989) was original:  a rich chat-fest among privileged white young people from New York.  Cool.  He followed that up with “Barcelona” in 1994 about chatty rich white young people from New York studying in Barcelona. Okay. So I wasn’t interested in seeing “The Last Days of Disco,” but I could guess from the subject that it involved rich white people in New York with maybe less chatter.

I probably would have skipped this one too had I not been invited to a screening, but I was not holding Stillman’s past against him.  But someone should have.  To paraphrase a snarky button I have:  just because you want to say something doesn’t mean it deserves to be heard.

His characters are less than stereotypes; they are speech delivery vessels who take turns giving monologues rather than having dialogues.   Lead actress Greta Gerwig (who I thought was Chloë Sevigny cleaned up until corrected afterwards! ) was masterful in owning Stillman’s longwinded, awkward monologues. She is a superb actress, bravo!   Stillman does have talent for spotting smart non MAWs (Model-Actress-Whatevers).    Outsider Lily is played by Analeigh Tipton, a finalist from America’s Next Top Model who is definitely not a MAW.  Casting men, I’m not so sure.  He seems to cast exclusively dark-haired, square-jawed, Ivy League-ish rogues for all principal male roles.  Even the annoying French actor Hugo Becker has an exquisitely angular jaw.

The “Damsels” attend Seven Oaks, a fictional formally all-girls East Coast college that could be a non-paid nod to the Seven Sisters colleges.  Its campus is a Potemkin Village East Coast College set that was very likely the exact one used in “Ordinary People” in 1981 or “Class” in 1982.  The buildings have no names, just Doric columns and very precisely strewn dead leaves- good job Set Decorator!

The film centers around a not-at-all believable clique of diverse young women, who live Brady-Bunch style in one bedroom, as if.  They spend most of the movie walking around campus in a gaggle, carrying only binders.  Occasionally, they stop to have short encounters with goofy characters, most of whom are “Roman” fraternity members.

The director seems to not want any details that would remind us of our own college lives.  The time and place seem intentionally unspecific.  There are no cell phones or computers, let alone books. There are no consistent cultural clues; maybe this is also intentional but it’s actually confusing. Violet dresses as June Cleaver with no irony whatsoever; her cohorts are latter era generic preppies, and outsider Lily’s attire is contemporary hipster-blah.

I sensed a theme about what a great time of life it is when you’re young at college.  It’s great! No one goes to class, has a computer, or even carries a textbook. College is about happy times.  Like a frosted cupcake that doesn’t need that extra sugar decoration that is always added anyway, there’s a happy song to conclude:  George and Ira Gershwin’s “Things Are Looking Up.”  This wasn’t a musical earlier, but that’s okay! They did this in “Slumdog Millionaire,” and that made a lot of money, so a song at the end means this movie will make a lot of money too.  And get Oscars.
The overall theme is the same as every other movie about college anyone has ever seen:   Love hurts.  I’ll never get over it.  Ok, maybe I will (upon receiving attention from someone else).  Life gets better.  I’ll love my friends forever.

Am I wrong?

Those who are at least a decade out of school and matured normally have learned that as time passes, the Law of Nostalgia kicks in. We tend to remember our college years and entire youth for that matter, through rose-colored glasses, minimizing the adversities.  Our lives and memories evolve and change because they are supposed to.

So, here’s my hypothesis:

A couple of days ago, I decided to watch the much hyped new HBO series Girls.  In the début episode, I recognized, but couldn’t immediately name an actor. OMG!  It was Chris Eigeman, the handsome young star of “Metropolitan.” What happened to him? I was astonished to see how much he’d aged.  It looked like a lot more than twenty-four years.  He’d gained a little weight, but he looked haggard, fatigued and worn down by life. Maybe he didn’t become a superstar, but he’s enjoyed a very consistent long career.  To be fair, I’ve not seen comparable pictures of Stillman, and as a director he is not held to the same standard, but I would suspect life has rocked his foundations as well.

Here is where the Hollywood Lottery mindset comes in:  those who achieve success young are cursed with not only having set an impossible standard for themselves, but with ignorance of how they did it.  If they are unable to maintain their success, they revert to their immature selves, do what the younger self did.

Whit Stillman was a hot young director on top of the world.  Over two decades ago. His subsequent films weren’t completely trashed, but they didn’t overtake or even match his earlier acclaim.  It’s not a fault to want to succeed more than once.  Wanting to be successful and respected, even as a movie director does not define a narcissist. (I know, it does seem like it should, but it doesn’t.)

The delusion occurs when one begins to think past success entitles one to a free pass to future success . If you don’t believe me, watch any “Behind the Music” or almost any “E! True Hollywood Story.”

So, from seeing the change in Chris Eigeman and enduring ninety minutes of bloviating prose, I’m guessing Whit Stillman, upon reaching midlife thinks he has something to say, and because he’s been a successful movie director, someone gave him money so he could say whatever he wanted.
He didn’t say anything.   This aggravates me.

There are so many people who do have something to say who never get the chance, and they won’t because life isn’t fair.  When I see a movie, I want to be challenged, to be entertained, to see something new, even from a director who isn’t.

I repeat:  this is only my hypothesis based on my snobby opinions.

I advise all damsels and their rescuers to avoid enduring the distress of this movie.

DAMSELS IN DISTRESS opens in St. Louis today at Landmark’s Tivoli Theater

Review by David Henry

The Korean film MY WAY is an ambitious, continents-sprawling epic set against the backdrop of World War II, and simultaneously an intimate drama about two men who find themselves swept up in the tsunami of history, with their destinies intertwined. In some ways it is not unlike Ben Hur, minus the Christian elements. Filmmaker Kang Je-kyu, known in his native land as a top-notch director of action films, demonstrates an uncanny ability to juggle both of these normally disparate elements in a way that seems effortless, so that the movie feels big and small at the same time. In a way, it almost feels like three or four films playing back-to-back, or even an epic miniseries. Kang is telling a very episodic story here, one that eschews the traditional Western 3-act model of filmmaking and adapts a 4-act structure which makes the film seem longer than its 143 minute running time, but in the best way possible. My Way is always compelling and always engaging, and I honestly wouldn’t have minded if this had been 3-4 hours long.

As a Westerner, I found it fascinating to see World War II depicted from the ‘other side’, as it were, although My Way is really not about the war at all, but rather about the experiences of its two main characters, Korean marathon runner Kim Jun-shik and Japanese aristocrat and soldier Tatsuo Hasegawa. We follow them from Korea to Russia to Europe, seeing the war from the perspectives of a Japanese base, a Russian POW camp, and the German encampment at Normandy Beach.

Kang Je-kyu’s reputation as one of Korea’s top-acclaimed filmmakers is well-earned. He shows off his skills quite well with this film, assisted by a terrific ensemble of artists that have come together to communicate his vision. Cinematographer Lee Mo-gae has photographed a gorgeous-looking film that is always breathtaking to look at. At $23 million dollars, My Way is the most expensive movie ever made in Korea, and it looks like it cost twice as much. The battle scenes (of which there are plenty) look amazing, and Kang manages to communicate the chaotic nature of modern warfare while never confusing the viewer. You feel the claustrophobic bedlam of every surrounding battle and yet you never lose track of what is happening. The special effects are also top-notch, and I found that I was so immersed in the action that I couldn’t tell where the practical effects ended and the CG began. Kang wisely doesn’t dwell on his effects as if they are the story, but rather uses them to tell the story, a lesson that a few Western filmmakers could certainly stand to learn.

One Western filmmaker Kang may draw comparisons to with this film is Steven Spielberg. I expect that the battle sequences in My Way will certainly remind people of Spielberg’s own WW2 opus, Saving Private Ryan, especially as both films feature an epic depiction of the storming of Normandy Beach on D-Day (interestingly enough, while Saving Private Ryan begins with that battle, My Way ends with it). If so, the comparison will be well-earned, because Kang echoes Spielberg’s instinct for camera placement and the cause-and-effect structuring of action scenes that draw the viewer in rather than distancing or confusing them as so much of today’s films that pass for “action” are guilty of.

Kang is also helped along here by a fantastic cast. Korean leading man Jang Dong-gun plays the leading role of Kim Jun-shik, and reminds me of a young Chow Yun-Fat, bringing a similar type of brooding intensity to the role. Curiously enough, the role of Jun-shik is an anomalous one in My Way, as he is the only character who stays relatively the same throughout the war while everyone around him changes. My Way never shies away from the horrors of war, and demonstrates in a very real way how those horrors can change people, both for worse and for better. Friends become enemies and enemies become friends. There is some powerful character development going on in this movie, particularly in the character of Hasegawa Tatsuo, played by Joe Odagiri, who is the other main character of My Way. Oddly enough though, while everyone else is represented in various shades of grey, Jun-shik is consistently depicted as more or less heroic. His decent humanity never really falters, unlike the other characters in the film. Could this be because he is the Korean hero in a Korean film? I admit I don’t know about Korean filmmaking to hazard a guess, but I can’t help but wonder about it, especially when the film deals with such difficult and sensitive topics of Korean history such as the Japanese occupation during World War II that serves as the setting of the film. I wonder if Kang Je-kyu (who also produced the film and co-wrote the script) felt the need to feature a consistently noble Korean hero whose dignity always remains intact?

It’s a minor complaint, though, in what turns out be a terrific film; one of the best I’ve seen in 2012. MY WAY deserves to earn a place in the pantheon of great WW2 films alongside modern classics like Saving Private Ryan. And it certainly deserves your patronage as a great movie.

4 of 5 Stars

MY WAY opens wide today, May 4th, though not in St. Louis

The B&B Wildwood 10 will be showing all of the Marvel films this Thursday leading up to MARVEL’S  THE AVENGERS at midnight!  Tix are $35 for all 6 films including MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS!

In honor of the opening of MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS, our own resident artist Jim Batts has assembled the WAMG staff and transformed all of us into Super Heroes.

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Tom Hiddleston, with Stellan Skarsgĺrd and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, directed by Joss Whedon, from a story by Zak Penn and Joss Whedon with screenplay by Joss Whedon,MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. Prepare yourself for an exciting event movie, packed with action and spectacular special effects, when MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS assemble in summer 2012. MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS is presented by Marvel Studios in association with Paramount Pictures. The film is being produced by Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige and executive produced by Alan Fine, Jon Favreau, Stan Lee, Louis D’Esposito, Patricia Whitcher, Victoria Alonso and Jeremy Latcham. The film is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS in theatres in 3D, Real D 3D and IMAX® 3D May 4

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WAMG has passes to the May 8th screening of Johnny Depp’s latest film DARK SHADOWS. Now we’re all carrying around phones with cameras so here’s the horrific gig. In order to receive a pass you MUST send in a a “Vampire” themed photo of yourself. Please email them to michelle@wearemoviegeeks.com and we’ll post the images here as well as our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/WeAreMovieGeeks.

Easy-peasy, right? Oh and be sure to read Tom Stockman’s interview with one of the stars of the original TV show, Kathryn Leigh Scott  HERE.

Director Tim Burton brings the cult classic series “Dark Shadows” to the big screen in a film featuring an all-star cast, led by Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Helena Bonham Carter.

In the year 1750, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from England to start a new life in America, where they build a fishing empire in the coastal Maine town that comes to carry their name: Collinsport. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of falling in love with a beauty named Josette DuPres (Bella Heathcote) and breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death—turning him into a vampire, and then burying him…alive.

Nearly two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972, a stranger in an even stranger time. Returning to Collinwood Manor, he finds that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin, and the dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets.

Family matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) is the one person Barnabas entrusts with the truth of his identity. But his rather odd and anachronistic behavior immediately raises the suspicions of the live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), who has no idea what kind of problems she’s really digging up.

As Barnabas sets out to restore his family name to its former glory, one thing stands in his way: Collinsport’s leading denizen, who goes by the name Angie…and who bears a striking resemblance to a very old acquaintance of Barnabas Collins.

Also residing in Collinwood Manor are Elizabeth’s ne’er-do-well brother, Roger Collins, (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Chloe Grace Moretz); and Roger’s precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gully McGrath). The longsuffering caretaker of Collinwood is Willie Loomis (Jackie Earle Haley), and new to the Collins’ employ is David’s nanny, Victoria Winters (Bella Heathcote), who is, mysteriously, the mirror image of Barnabas’ one true love, Josette.

Burton directed “Dark Shadows” from a screenplay by Seth Grahame-Smith, story by John August and Grahame-Smith, based on the television series created by Dan Curtis. The producers are Oscar® winner Richard D. Zanuck (“Alice in Wonderland,” “Driving Miss Daisy”), Oscar® winner Graham King, (“Rango,” “The Departed”), Johnny Depp, Christi Dembrowski, and David Kennedy. The executive producers are Chris Lebenzon, Nigel Gostelow, Tim Headington, and Bruce Berman.

The behind-the-scenes creative team includes cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel, Oscar®-winning production designer Rick Heinrichs (“Sleepy Hollow”), Oscar®-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (“Alice in Wonderland”) and editor Chris Lebenzon. The score was composed by four-time Oscar® nominee Danny Elfman (“Milk,” “Big Fish,” “Men in Black,” “Good Will Hunting”).

A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, an Infinitum Nihil/GK Films/Zanuck Company production, a Tim Burton film, “Dark Shadows” will be distributed worldwide in theatres and IMAX by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.

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