PREVIEWS – MAY MOVIES

1. Iron Man 2
Six months after the end of the first movie, Tony Stark has used his Iron Man armor to bring about a negotiated peace treaty between the major super powers of the world, and his immense popularity with the general public is only furthered when he fulfills his father's dream by opening the "Stark Expo", to showcase all the latest inventions that will benefit the world. Stark is, however, still vilified by the United States government, and Senator Stern in particular, who demands that he hand his armor technology over for military application, when Stark refuses the events lead to the rise of Ivan Vanko a.k.a. Whiplash.



Directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Don Cheadle, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell and Samuel L. Jackson.

Opens: May 7, 2010 Runtime: 2 hr. 05 min. Rated: PG-13

COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS FROM THE 82nd Academy Awards

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Best motion picture of the year
"The Hurt Locker"

Performance by an actor in a leading role 
Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"

PREVIEWS – MARCH MOVIES

1. Alice in Wonderland
This fantasy adventure film is directed by Tim Burton, and stars Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen and Stephen Fry. It is an extension of the Lewis Carroll novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.



Alice Kingsley, now 19, attends a party shortly after the death of her beloved father. Alice spots a white rabbit wearing a waistcoat and pocket watch. In shock and confusion, she runs off into a maze and follows the White Rabbit through it. She eventually tumbles down a rabbit hole into Underland, more commonly referred to as "Wonderland" by its inhabitants. She had visited this place 10 years earlier, but had entirely forgotten about it. She is also told that she is the only one who can slay the Jabberwock, the dragon who terrorizes the inhabitants of Wonderland under the rule of the Red Queen.

Opens: March 5, 2010 Runtime: 1 hr. 49 min. Rated: PG

PROFILE – KATHRYN BIGELOW

“The Rush of Battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug”

                                            -Chris Hedges

These are the first lines that come on your screen when you begin to watch (one of the) the best movie of 2009 -- “The Hurt Locker”, directed by Kathryn Bigelow.

Born November 27, 1951, in San Carlos California; Kathryn Ann Bigelow was an only child raised by her factory painter father and librarian mother.

COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS FROM THE 2010 BAFTAs

Best Film: The Hurt Locker

Best Actor: Colin Firth (A Single Man)

Best Actress: Carey Mulligan (An Education)

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique (Precious)

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)

Best Foreign Language Film: A Prophet

Best Animated Film: Up

PREVIEWS – FEBRUARY MOVIES

1. Dear John
John (an army man) and Savannah fall in love during an annual leave for John. The two write several letters to each other to keep in touch, but as the years pass by, everything starts to drift apart, including John's father, and the seemingly unbreakable bond between Savannah and John.



Based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks, this romantic drama/war film stars Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried; and directed by Lasse Hallström.

Opens: February 5, 2010 Runtime: 1 hr. 48 min. Rated: PG-13

Nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards

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Actor in a Leading Role

·         Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”

·         George Clooney in “Up in the Air”

·         Colin Firth in “A Single Man”

·         Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”

·         Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS FROM THE 2010 SAG AWARDS

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FILM

Previews: Movies to see in 2010 (July - December)

July

1. Knight and Day
Roy Miller is a secret agent who goes on a blind date with unlucky-in-love June Havens, and ends up pulling her into a journey to protect a powerful battery that holds the key to an infinite power source.



Directed by Two time Oscar winner, James Mangold (Girl, Interrupted & Walk the Line), it also stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. It is set to release on July 2, 2010.

PROFILE – SAM WORTHINGTON

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EARLY LIFE

Born August 2, 1976, in Godalming, Surrey, England; Samuel Henry J. "Sam" Worthington was born of his parents – his father, Ronald a power plant employee and his mother, a homemaker cared for him and his sister – in Warnbro, a suburb of Rockingham near Perth, Australia.

He attended John Curtin College of the Arts, but school was never a priority for him as he dropped out at 17, though he did show his first inkling of interest in the arts while in high school. He worked construction and odd jobs, eventually settling in Sydney. He was 19 and working as a bricklayer when he auditioned for the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and was accepted, with scholarship; where he gained valuable training from the Institute, graduating in 1998 at the age of 22.