And the winners are: http://oscar.go.com/nominees/
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES
Now showing. Based on the well-regarded young adult Gothic
romance novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, their debut novel. Directed by
Richard LaGravenese. Stars Alice Englert (daughter of Jane
Campion), Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons. Not Bella and Edward this time, but Lena
and Ethan. A young man in a small Southern town falls for troubled new girl
Lena - a witch who will be claimed for the light or dark on her 16th birthday.
Apparently much better than the Twilight series!Movie review: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/movies/movie-review-beautiful-creatures/story-e6frf9h6-1226582786824
OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL
Previews look excellent! Prequel to the Wizard of
Oz. Directed by Sam Raimi (Spider-Man). Stars James Franco, Mila
Kunis (Wicked Witch of the West) and Michelle Williams (Glinda). Opens 7 March
2013. A small-time unethical magician lands in Oz and is drawn into the
problems facing the inhabitants, where he must find out who is good and evil in order to redeem himself.
STAR WARS: episode VII
3 new Star Wars films are coming & 2 peripheral movies (since George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to the Walt Disney Co last year). The first will beStar Wars: episode VII - directed by J. J. Abrams (Star trek 2009, Super 8, Lost - TV series). To be released 2015. Some (including William Shatner) feel that Abrams should not be directing 2 of the biggest franchises – Star wars AND Star trek!http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-is-being-kick-started-with-dynamite-jj-abrams-to-direct-star-wars-episode-vii.html
STAR TREK: into Darkness
Director: J.J.Abrams. Follow-on from Star trek(2009). Opens May 2013. Stars Chris Pine as a young Kirk and Benedict Cumberbatch as villain John Harrison…aww Sherlock! “After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction”.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Based on Dickens’ novel about the orphan who becomes a
gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor. Directed by Mike Newel. Stars
Jeremy Irvine as Pip, Ralph Fiennes as Magwitch and Helena Bonham Carter as
Miss Havisham. Opens 7 March 2013.
JACK THE GIANT SLAYER
Directed by Bryan Singer. Stars Nicholas Hoult (the cute kid
from About a boy), Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor. Opens 21 March. A young
farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a gateway
between the world of humans and a race of giants, thus reigniting an ancient
war.
WARM BODIES
A paranormal romantic zombie comedy based on the novel by
Isaac Marion; directed by Jonathan Levine. Stars Nicholas Hoult (yes the cute
kid from About a boy). The film is told from the zombie’s perspective –
“R” falls in love with Julie, a living human and love helps him develop some
human characteristics again. Extensive voice-overs are used, as zombies have
trouble speaking. Opens 11 April.
The Steve Jobs biopic recently screened at the Sundance Film
Festival, to mixed reviews. Stars Ashton Kutcher as Jobs and Josh Gad as Steve
Wozniak. Directed by Joshua Stern. Opens here June 2013. The film focuses on
Job’s life from when he dropped out of college to when the first iPod came out
in 2001. They even filmed in the Silicon Valley garage where the first Apple
computer was created. Sony Pictures is also planning a separate Jobs biopic,
based on Walter Isaacson’s bestselling biography and to be written by Aaron
Sorkin (The social network).
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/great-jobs-kutcher-praised-for-biopic-20121205-2avb6.html
THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: City of bones
Based on the popular urban fantasy book series by Cassandra
Clare. Stars Lily Collins. Opens here Aug 2013. When her mother is taken by a
demon in New York, a teenage girl finds out truths about her past and
bloodline that changes her entire life.
ENDER'S GAME
Based on the acclaimed sci-fi novels Ender's game &
Ender's shadow by Orson Scott Card. Directed by Gavin Hood. Stars Asa
Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin. Andrew
"Ender" Wiggin, an unusually gifted child, is sent to an advanced military
school in space to prepare for a future alien invasion. There he is honed into
an empathetic killer who begins to despise himself as he learns to fight in
order to save Earth and his family. Opens late 2013.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/
HUNGER GAMES 2 : Catching fire
Katniss and Peeta head back into the Games in Nov 2013. After winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. If you loved the first movie, I'm sure you won't want to miss the next in the series. Here's a taste of what's to come but note it's not the official trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xafp3TS03m4
Katniss and Peeta head back into the Games in Nov 2013. After winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. If you loved the first movie, I'm sure you won't want to miss the next in the series. Here's a taste of what's to come but note it's not the official trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xafp3TS03m4
THE GRAVEYEARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed 2008 children’s book will be filmed
as a live-action movie (instead of animated), directed by Ron Howard. The book
is the only title to ever win both the Carnegie and Newbery Medals for Best
Children’s Book. Young Nobody Owens is raised by ghosts in a cemetery after his
family is murdered. As a teen, he is pursued again by the murderer.
20 000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
Based on Jules Verne’s 1870 novel. Currently in development
with Disney with David Fincher (The social network) to direct in 3D. The
Federal Government has offered an incentive for it to be filmed in Aust. - but
despite rumours, there will be no Brad Pitt in a wetsuit…
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BOOKS
TO MOVIES
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AUTHOR
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Alice
in Wonderland
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Lewis
Carroll
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Between
a rock and a hard place (127 Hours)
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Aron Ralston
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An
Indian in my cuborad
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Lynne
Reid Banks
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Asterix
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Rene Goscinny
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Bourne
Ultimatum
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Robert
Ludlum
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Bridge
to Tarabithia
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Katherine Paterson
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Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory
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Roald
Dahl
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Charlottes
Web
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E.B. White
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Coraline
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Neil
Gaiman
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Dracula
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Bram Stoker
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Eragon
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Christopher
Paolin
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Fallen
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Lauren Kate
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Forrest
Gump
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Winston
Groom
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Harry
Potter
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J.K. Rowlings
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Hunger
Games
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Suzanne
Collins
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I
am number four
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Pittacus Lore
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If
I Stay
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Gayle
Foreman
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Inkheart
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Cornelia Funke
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James
and the Giant Peach
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Roald
Dahl
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Jane
Eyre
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Charlotte Bronte
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Lightning
Thief - Percy Jackson
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Rick
Riordan
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Little
Women
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Louisa May Alcott
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Looking
for Alaska
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John
Green
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Lord
of the Rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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Matched
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Ally
Condi
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Maximum
Ride
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James Patterson
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Oliver
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Charles
Dickens
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Schindler's
List
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Thomas Keneally
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Sherlock
Holmes
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Sir
Arthur Conin Doyle
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Spiderwick
Chronicles
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Tony DiTerlizzi& Holly Black |
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Stormbreaker
(Alex Rider)
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Anthony
Horowitz
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The
Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
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John Boyne
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The
girl with the pearl earring
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Tracey
Chevalier
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The
Golden Compass
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Philip Pullman
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The
Hobbit
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J.R.R.
Tolkien
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The
Princess Bride
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William Goldman
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The
Princess Diaries
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Meg
Cabot
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To
Kill a Mocking Bird
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Harper Lee
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Twilight
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Stephanie
Meyer
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Vampire
Academy
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Richelle Mead
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Wuthering
Heights
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Emily
Bronte
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