Gina Carano & Michael Fassbender in "Haywire"

Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone close to her in her own agency. Suddenly the target of skilled assassins who know her every move, Mallory must find the truth in order to stay alive.

Using her black-ops military training, she devises an ingenious--and dangerous--trap. But when things go haywire, Mallory realizes she'll be killed in the blink of an eye unless she finds a way to turn the tables on her ruthless adversary.

"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" International 'Memorial' Poster

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is a re-imagining of the 16th President's life that depicts him as an axe-throwing, highly accomplished killer of vampires -- an obsession of his since those bloodsuckers supposedly took the life of his mother. Lincoln eventually learns that the vampires have fled to the southern states of the U.S. and are concocting a plan to conquer and enslave the entire country -- this in turn leads to the Civil War between the Union and the Confederacy, the latter of which the vampires are aligned with.

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69TH Annual Golden Globe Award Winners

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual Golden Globe Awards have enabled the non-profit organization to donate more than $12 million in the past seventeen years to entertainment-related charities, as well as funding scholarships and other programs for future film and television professionals. In the year 2010 the donation was a record 1.541,000 dollars, the largest tally ever distributed in the organization's history.

Known worldwide for its glittering Golden Globe Awards ceremony held every January and its multi-million dollar donations to charity, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had humble origins that stemmed solely from a group of journalists' desire to efficiently and accurately cover all aspects of the world of entertainment.

Cecil B. DeMille Award - Morgan Freeman

1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

THE DESCENDANTS
Ad Hominem Enterprises; Fox Searchlight Pictures

THE HELP
DreamWorks Pictures, Participant Media; Touchstone Pictures

HUGO
Paramount Pictures presents a GK Films Production; Paramount Pictures

THE IDES OF MARCH
Columbia Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures, Exclusive Media Group, Crystal City Entertainment; Sony Pictures Releasing
MONEYBALL
Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing International

WAR HORSE
DreamWorks Pictures; Touchstone Pictures

2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

MERYL STREEP -- THE IRON LADY

GLENN CLOSE -- ALBERT NOBBS

VIOLA DAVIS -- THE HELP

ROONEY MARA -- THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

TILDA SWINTON -- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

GEORGE CLOONEY -- THE DESCENDANTS

LEONARDO DICAPRIO -- J. EDGAR

MICHAEL FASSBENDER -- SHAME

RYAN GOSLING -- THE IDES OF MARCH

BRAD PITT -- MONEYBALL

4. BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

THE ARTIST
a La Petite Reine – Studio 37 – La Classe Americaine – JD Prod- France3 Cinema - Jouror Production-uFilms coproduction; The Weinstein Company

50/50
Summit Entertainment and Mandate Pictures; Summit Entertainment

BRIDESMAIDS
Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Apatow Productions; Universal Pictures

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
A Mediapro, Versatil Cinema & Gravier Production; Sony Pictures Classics

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
The Weinstein Company; The Weinstein Company

5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

MICHELLE WILLIAMS -- MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

JODIE FOSTER -- CARNAGE

CHARLIZE THERON -- YOUNG ADULT

KRISTEN WIIG -- BRIDESMAIDS

KATE WINSLET -- CARNAGE

6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

JEAN DUJARDIN -- THE ARTIST

BRENDAN GLEESON -- THE GUARD

JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT -- 50/50

RYAN GOSLING -- CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE.

OWEN WILSON -- MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

7. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN
Paramount Pictures/Columbia Pictures/ Hemisphere Capital/Amblin Entertainment/Wingnut Films Production/ Kennedy/Marshall Production A Steven Spielberg Film; Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
Columbia Pictures & Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing International

CARS 2
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures

PUSS IN BOOTS
DreamWorks Animation; Paramount Pictures

RANGO
Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink / GK Films Production; Paramount Pictures

8. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

A SEPARATION (IRAN)
[Jodaeiye Nader az Simin] Asghar Farhadi; Sony Pictures Classics

THE FLOWERS OF WAR (CHINA)
[Jing Ling Shi San Chai] New Pictures Film Company; New Pictures Film Company

IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY (USA)
GK Films; FilmDistrict

THE KID WITH A BIKE (BELGIUM)
[Le Gamin au Velo] Les Films du Fleuve; Sundance Selects

THE SKIN I LIVE IN (SPAIN)
[La piel que habito] El Deseo D.A., S.L.U.; Sony Pictures Classics

9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

OCTAVIA SPENCER -- THE HELP

BERENICE BEJO -- THE ARTIST

JESSICA CHASTAIN -- THE HELP

JANET MCTEER -- ALBERT NOBBS

SHAILENE WOODLEY -- THE DESCENDANTS

10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER -- BEGINNERS

KENNETH BRANAGH -- MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

ALBERT BROOKS -- DRIVE

JONAH HILL -- MONEYBALL

VIGGO MORTENSEN -- A DANGEROUS METHOD

11. BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

MARTIN SCORSESE -- HUGO

WOODY ALLEN -- MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

GEORGE CLOONEY -- THE IDES OF MARCH

MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS -- THE ARTIST

ALEXANDER PAYNE -- THE DESCENDANTS

12. BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

WOODY ALLEN -- MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

GEORGE CLOONEY, GRANT HESLOV, BEAU WILLIMON -- THE IDES OF MARCH

MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS -- THE ARTIST

ALEXANDER PAYNE, NAT FAXON, JIM RASH -- THE DESCENDANTS

STEVEN ZAILLIAN, AARON SORKIN -- MONEYBALL

13. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

LUDOVIC BOURCE -- THE ARTIST

ABEL KORZENIOWSKI -- W.E.

TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS -- THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

HOWARD SHORE -- HUGO

JOHN WILLIAMS -- WAR HORSE

14. BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

“MASTERPIECE” — W.E.
Music & Lyrics by: Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry

“HELLO HELLO” — GNOMEO & JULIET
Music by: Elton John / Lyrics by: Bernie Taupin

“THE KEEPER” — MACHINE GUN PREACHER
Music & Lyrics by: Chris Cornell

“LAY YOUR HEAD DOWN” — ALBERT NOBBS
Music by: Brian Byrne / Lyrics by: Glenn Close

“THE LIVING PROOF” — THE HELP
Music by: Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason, Jr. / Lyrics by: Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

Homeland (SHOWTIME)
SHOWTIME Presents, Teakwood Lane Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet, Fox 21

American Horror Story (FX)
Twentieth Century Fox Television

Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions, Sikelia Productions and Cold Front Productions, HBO Entertainment

Boss (STARZ)
Lionsgate Television in association with Grammnet NH Productions, Roya Productions and Old Friends Productions

Game Of Thrones (HBO)
Bighead, Littlehead, 360 Television, Grok and Generator Productions in association with HBO Entertainment

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

Claire Danes – Homeland (SHOWTIME)

Mireille Enos – The Killing

Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife (CBS)

Madeleine Stowe – Revenge

Callie Thorne – Necessary Roughness

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

Kelsey Grammer – Boss (STARZ)

Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire (HBO)

Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad

Damian Lewis – Homeland (SHOWTIME)

Jeremy Irons – The Borgias

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Modern Family (ABC)
Twentieth Century Fox Television

Enlightened (HBO)
Ripcord Productions in association with HBO Entertainment

Episodes (SHOWTIME)
SHOWTIME Presents, Hat Trick Productions, Crane Klarik Productions

Glee (FOX)
Ryan Murphy Television, Twentieth Century Fox Television

New Girl (FOX)
Chernin Entertainment in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Laura Dern – Enlightened (HBO)

Zooey Deschanel – New Girl (FOX)

Tina Fey – 30 Rock (NBC)

Laura Linney – The Big C (Showtime)

Amy Poehler – Parks And Recreation

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Matt LeBlanc – Episodes (SHOWTIME)

Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC)

David Duchovny – Californication (SHOWTIME)

Johnny Galecki – The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Thomas Jane – Hung (HBO)

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) (PBS)
A Carnival/Masterpiece Co-production

Cinema Verite (HBO)
A Pariah Production in association with HBO Films

The Hour (BBC AMERICA)
Kudos Film and Television/BBC America co-production.

Mildred Pierce (HBO)
A Killer Films/John Wells Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and HBO Miniseries

Too Big To Fail (HBO)
A Spring Creek and A Deuce Three Production in association with HBO Films

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Kate Winslet – Mildred Pierce (HBO)

Romola Garai – The Hour (BBC AMERICA)

Diane Lane – Cinema Verite (HBO)

Elizabeth McGovern – Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) (PBS)

Emily Watson – Appropriate Adult

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Idris Elba – Luther

Hugh Bonneville – Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) (PBS)

William Hurt – Too Big To Fail (HBO)

Bill Nighy – Page Eight (Masterpiece)

Dominic West – The Hour (BBC AMERICA)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Jessica Lange – American Horror Story (FX)

Kelly MacDonald – Boardwalk Empire (HBO)

Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) (PBS)

Sofia Vergara – Modern Family (ABC)

Evan Rachel Wood – Mildred Pierce (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Peter Dinklage – Game Of Thrones (HBO)

Paul Giamatti – Too Big To Fail (HBO)

Guy Pearce – Mildred Pierce (HBO)

Tim Robbins – Cinema Verite (HBO)

Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family (ABC)

*Thanks To TheDailyBlam for the formatting on this one.

Watch the First 5 minutes of Soderbergh's 'Haywire'

Last month director Christopher Nolan released the first five minutes from his Batman finale The Dark knight Rises in front of select IMAX screens showing Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. The reaction despite some minor fanboy bitching was unanimously positive. Back in December of 2007 Nolan did the same thing when he released the first five minutes of The Dark Knight in front of IMAX screens for I Am Legend, which was also met by massive amounts of praise from excited fans. Well now it seems the trend has caught on in Hollywood, as director Steven Soderbergh has released the first five minutes from his action spy thriller Haywire  for fans to drool over. The only real difference being that Soderbergh released the footage online, making it much more accessible to anyone who might want to see it.

I would definitely suggest checking out the video below as it should no doubt get you pumped the fuck for the film. Haywire will be the third last film from the director as he plans to retire after shooting only two more films after this. The first five minutes are intense and awesome ass fuck. They've secured my ass and hopefully yours too in a theatre seat for next weekend when it opens everywhere.

Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone close to her in her own agency. Suddenly the target of skilled assassins who know her every move, Mallory must find the truth in order to stay alive. Using her black-ops military training, she devises an ingenious—and dangerous—trap. But when things go haywire, Mallory realizes she’ll be killed in the blink of an eye unless she finds a way to turn the tables on her ruthless adversary.

Schwarzenegger Could be Joining Stallone in 'The Tomb'

After working together on this summers Exepndables 2 it appears the 80's action pals Shwarzenegger and Stallone could be re-teaming again in another action pic, The Tomb. The film was originally set to star Bruce Willis with Antoine Fuqua set to direct, but both dropped out of the project. Stallone came on to star with no director in place, but TOLDJA! says Mikael Hafstrom is considering the gig.

AICN now has the scoop that Schwarzenegger will likely be joining the cast as I'm guessing the possible antagonist. He was originally offered the same role as Willis and now the one Stallone is set to take on, but he turned it down in favor of starring in The Last Stand.

The Tomb centers on the designer (Stallone) of an impenetrable prison who must work against his own creation when he’s framed and improperly jailed by an antagonist (hopefully Schwarzenegger).

Whenever you have the team up of Schwarzenegger and Stallone it has the ability to be the equivalent to a De Niro Pacino team up like Heat, only more geared towards 80's action nostalgia and pure cheese. Still great none the less, and if it turns out to be true it's one more film in Arnie's comeback I have to look forward to.

The Deadpool Movie Isn't Dead Yet

After Ryan Reynolds appearance as Deadpool in the X-men spin off Wolverine, he was said to have signed on for a solo franchise starring the character. All was fine on that front until Reynolds also signed on to star in Warner Bros big screen adaptation of Green Lantern. If Green Lantern had been the success everyone thought it would be, WB would have done everything in their power to block Reynolds from doing the Deadpool movie. That is at very least until they were done with their originally purposed franchise. Now with Green Lantern having been a colossal turd at the box office as well as the way it was received critically, it looks like a sequel is only a pipe dream for hopefuls and long time fans like my pal Matt Rapier.

Fox knows they have the ball back in their court now, especially with a Green Lantern sequel as good as dead and Reynolds still excited to get back into the role. The only problem they're facing now is how true to the source material they should take the film. In order for the movie to be true to the comics it needs to be rated R, similar to how Watchmen was. The only problem with that being Fox had a stake in Watchmen as well as Warner Bros, and it stunk up the box office in comparison to expectations and the over 100 million it cost to bring it to the big screen. So unless they can find a cost effective way to bring Deadpool to the screen as an R rated film, while keeping the core of the character intact, we'll either end up with a PG-13 release or the movie falls back into development hell for another decade.

Well it appears a rated R Deapool may be closer to happening than anyone might have thought. At last weekends Amazing Arizona Comic Con Rob Liefeld and Scott Lobdell said they may or may not have seen eight minutes of R rated test footage from the film and it was amazing. The quote is as follows:

"They've got a great director on the movie, they've got a great script. I may or may have not seen some sort of test of footage that would blow your mind if you saw it and go holy crap and that's Deadpool in costume. Katana swords, guns, shooting people’s faces off and making me laugh. And I may or may not have seen something that looks just like that. And you've got what would amount to the first R Rated X-Men movie. Because that script is R Rated.

They may or may not have wanted to shoot eight minutes to see how it would play. And all I can tell you, it's close. It’s closer that it's even been to going, or going Naaah, that's too scary a proposition to make a R Rated Deadpool movie.”`

I think if Deadpool does end up seeing the light of day the only way to do it would be like the described 8 minutes of footage. I think Wolverine should/could have probably went over better at least critically if it had the freedom that an R rating brings to the story. For me Watchmen was one of the best superhero or graphic novel adaptation's to ever be done, and that was only because of how true to the source material Snyder was allowed to bring the film.

"Real Steel" Blu-Ray/DVD Bonus Feature Sneak Peak

Real Steel was one of my favorite movies of last year.  It was like a mashup of Rocky, The Iron Giant, Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots, The Champ (without the sad ending), and Transformers (except that it didn't suck).  It was just a lot of fun, and the final fight scene is awesome. 

The Blu-Ray/DVD of Real Steel is set for release on January 24, and ScreenSlam has a few clips from the extra features.  The first clip is a look at how the robots for the film were created:

The second clip is a look at how boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard worked on the film as a boxing consultant (and that's one hell of a consultant):

Love this movie.  I can't wait to see it again. 

First Clip From The Woman In Black

This movie really does look creepy as hell.  From all reports that I've heard, the original play of The Woman in Black was also creepy as hell (as in, screams-in-the-theater creepy as hell), so hopefully it will translate just as well to the big screen.

This first official clip from the movie, entitled "Asleep at the Desk", is only a minute long, but it's still more than enough evidence that falling alseep at your desk would be ill-advised when you're living in a gothic horror house with angy ghost-woman:

Yikes.  The Woman in Black opens in theaters on February 3rd.  Also, don't forget to check out Daniel Radcliffe's first SNL hosting gig tomorrow night on NBC. 

Casa de mi Padre Trailer Will Appeal to Someone

Among the billions of people populating this green Earth we call home, there's somebody watching the Casa de mi Padre trailer (here from Yahoo! Movies) whose face is blood red from laughing so hard. There has to be. Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and director Matt Piedmont are banking on that. I'm just curious to hear from those who found this trailer funny.

There is a rule of thumb comedy works better played straight than having your principals self-aware of the parody at hand. That's what made Leslie Neilsen so brilliant on Police Squad! and the accompanying Naked Gun films and Robert Stack in Airplane! The cast for the Spanish-language comedy (including Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal and Génesis Rodríguez) have that down pat.

But a feature-length comedy done to the style of telenovelas and played straight? It's risky and fortune can favor the bold.

Skyfall Promises a Wet 007

There's a consensus the image of a swimsuit-wearing, muscled-up Daniel Craig early on during the shooting of Casino Royale was what sold him to women normally not into James Bond movies. I can't speak for that being I don't fit the demo in question.

Judging by this promo image from Skyfall, Craig's third 007 outing due this November courtesy of Empire, Eon Productions' publicity department figures if it ain't broke, don't fix it - a motto they've maintained since launching the series in 1962 with Dr. No.