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Hey everyone, Ryan here with a look at three clips from the upcoming sequel, HOSTEL PART II. The clips have been put together and they represent a short teaser shown at the Comic Con in New York.

Rob Zombie, director of the upcoming remake of HALLOWEEN, has released an image of Michael Myers on his MySpace page. Check out the image below.

Hey everyone, Ryan here with some great news.

Martin Scorsese has won the Academy Award for Best Director for THE DEPARTED, while THE DEPARTED won an Academy Award for Best Motion Picture of the Year. Other wins include: Best Writing On Previously Produced Material and Best Achievement in Editing.

For the full list of winners of the 2007 Academy Awards, click here.

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Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: THE DEPARTED

Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Martin Scorsese for THE DEPARTED

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Forest Whitaker for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Helen Mirren for THE QUEEN

Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: THE DEPARTED

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Winner: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Winner: BABEL

Best Documentary, Feature
Winner: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Best Documentary, Short Subject
Winner: THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Jennifer Hudson for DREAMGIRLS

Best Foreign Film
Winner: LEBEN DER ANDEREN, DAS

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Winner: LABERINTO DEL FAUNO, EL

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Winner: MARIE ANTOINETTE

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Winner: THE DEPARTED

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Winner: HAPPY FEET

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Alan Arkin for LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Best Achievement in Sound
Winner: DREAMGIRLS

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Winner: LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner: WEST BANK STORY

Best Short Film, Animated
Winner: THE DANISH POET

Best Achievement in Makeup
Winner: LABERINTO DEL FAUNO, EL

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Winner: LABERINTO DEL FAUNO, EL

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February 20th, 2007

	FLUSHED AWAY The first computer animated film from Britain’s Aardman Animation (of Wallace and Gromit fame) is a spirited adventure about a pampered pet mouse (voiced by Hugh Jackman) with a james Bond fantasy life who gets flushed into a miniature subterranean London in the sewers. Kate Winslet voices the spunky sewer rat and Ian McKellen spoofs his villain roles as a toad crimelord plotting the end of rat civilization. The film is quick witted and colorful, stuffed with sight gags and clever comments and lots of action. The voice cast also features Jean Reno, Bill Nighy, Andy Serkis, and Shane Richie.
	THE PRESTIGE Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale are journeyman magic assistants in Victorian era London who become rivals as they rise to fame as magicians in their own right, Jackman as the fame-hungry showman and Bale as the consummate professional and purist out to create the perfect trick. Christopher Nolan directs with his trademark narrative shuffling, moving back and forth through their lives to find the roots of the obsessive competition turned fatal rivalry. Michael Caine is the engineer who helps concoct the devices, Scarlett Johansson a sexy assistant turned spy, and David Bowie plays real-life inventor and visionary Nikola Tesla. Piper Perabo, Andy Serkis, and Ricky Jay co-star.
	BABEL Three stories across four countries and three continents are woven together in the third film in the loose trilogy from director Alejandro González Iñárritu and writer Guillermo Arriaga. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, it stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett as an American couple in Morocco, Adriana Barraza as their Mexican nanny back home in California, Gael García Bernal as her nephew, and Rinko Kikuchi as a deaf-mute Japanese teenage daughter of Kôji Yakusho. Their stories are intertwined by misunderstandings and miscommunications.
	MARIE ANTOINETTE Sofia Coppola casts Kirsten Dunst, the star of her debut film The Virgin Suicides, as Marie Antoinette, the teenage Austrian princess married off to France’s young and indifferent King Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman) and sent to an alien world where politics has become social spectacle: the French court. It’s a rock and roll version of history, where royal life is a bubble of privilege and culture is reflected through Coppola’s modern sensibilities. Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento, Molly Shannon, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, and Steve Coogan co-star.
	MAN OF THE YEAR Robin Williams plays a popular talk show host famous for speaking his mind about politicians and their cronies who is swept into running for president by a grassroots movement. The more he skewers his opponents, the higher his poll numbers go. Barry Levinson directs the political comedy and Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Jeff Goldblum, and Lewis Black co-star.

Hey everyone, Ryan here. Well, it looks as though Fox Atomic has just released the official trailer for THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2 over at Yahoo!

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Hey everyone, Ryan here. I ran across some new pictures from Disney’s upcoming PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END.

These are some real good pictures, epecially the one of Chow Yun-Fat, who looks really badass in this shot. Enjoy!

Hey everyone, Ryan here with some more information from Andrew regarding Fanshen Cox’s possible role in SAW IV. Here is what Andrew had to say:

Ryan, I had my meeting with Fanshen Cox today, and she had so much to tell me about her character in the film. Fanshen plays Detective Rae Solomon, a determined part of the team on the hot trail of John Kramer. Fanshen tells me that Solomon is going through a divorce, and that her husband has been cheating on her for the past year with another man’s wife/mother of two (Tara Reid possibly?) Solomon and her team discover many of “Jigsaw” crime scenes, including the bathroom and the house.Fanshen says that she fell in love with the script when she got to the part about when she and Hoffman stumble upon the bathroom. Fanshen also says that she would be willing to act in Saw V if the script called for it. As for now, she says Saw IV does not make it clear as to whether Solomon survives the entire affair, even though she makes it clear that her character does not endure any physical pain throughout the entire film. Fanshen also talked about the “Jeff” character. She says the audience will relate with him more in this film. Fanshen says she most creeped out about what the little girl, Corbett, and Jeff have to endure. Fanshen went on to reveal to me some more information about the background behind some of the new characters, and she talked a little bit about how much she enjoyed the twist at the end of the film, the most shocking for her by far she said. More info on Saw IV as I receive… For now, check out Thomas Fenton’s new website, in which he features Saw IV fan-made posters.

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Hey everyone, Ryan here with another message coming from Andrew. This time he tells us of some information he has regarding the lead parts in the upcoming SAW sequel. Read below:

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Hey everyone, Ryan here with some breaking news on Sacha Baron Cohen’s next project after BRUNO, the gay Austrian reporter, BORAT 2!

According to Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corp., Cohen has signed up to do a sequel to his popular BORAT movie based on the controversial Kazach journalist.

The plans for the new film have not been announced by Murdoch’s film studios or by Cohen, but this news comes as great surprise to many after the controversial film that swept the nation last year.

Source: IESB.net