Here comes the Razzie Awards nominations!

Finally! The ultimate anti-Oscar 'appreciation', Razzie Awards, has announced its nominations for worst of the worst movies last year. And as most people have predicted, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and "Vampires Suck" dominate the entire worst nominations. "The Last Airbender", "Jonah Hex", and "Sex and the City 2" are also on it. Here are the complete nominations and my own predictions on who's going to be called the worst.

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Chris Hemsworth talks "The Avengers" and Jeremy Renner's cameo in "Thor"

The star of upcoming "Thor" movie, Chris Hemsworth, attended the Sundance Film Festival and talked a bit about "The Avengers" script in which he will star next year, and about Jeremy Renner's cameo appearance in "Thor".


"Everything about the story and the comic books is huge. You have these huge, big superheroes and huge, big egos crammed into one small space," he said. "Reading the script, it was massive. Everything about it was like, 'Oh my god.' I said to Joss, I said, 'I don't know how you're going to shoot this thing [laughs], but I'm excited to be onboard and let's give it a go."

Chris admitted that he has no idea about how is Jeremy's appearance in "Thor" because they actually didn't meet on the set.

"I don't know if he's in 'Thor.' I haven't seen the cut yet, and he wasn't on set when I was there, but he may be in the final one. He's certainly in 'The Avengers.' I had a chat with him at Comic-Con and he's as excited as the rest of us."

Catch Chris in "Thor" which will be released in May 6, 2011 in USA, and April 28 for South East Asia region, Malaysia and Singapore. I do hope Indonesia will have the same release date as those two countries! Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Kat Dennings, Stellan Skarsgaard, Idris Elba, and Ray Stevenson will also star in Kenneth Branagh directed movie.

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News Roundup: from "Kick-Ass 2", "Captain America", and more of "The Matrix" sequels!

Time for a news roundup, quick fix for what's new in the movie industry. I think I might have to post this feature very often so I can reach and inform the up-to-date news, that may not just my favorites. Not exactly not-my-favorites, but more like not-my-concerns (even though I do put concerns in the movies I mention below). Ready, set, here we go!

There's no "Kick-Ass 2" at anytime soon

Yeah I can hear you screamed "boo!" or "oh nooo!" from your place. Following the success of the first "Kick-Ass" last year, we all speculated that the sequel is on its way, even "Kick-Ass 2: Balls To The Wall" has been listed to IMDb (as well as Aaron Johnson's page—from my stalking mission) and to be released in 2012.

Unfortunately Jane Goldman, the writer confirmed through her twitter that she is not working on the script for "Kick-Ass 2". She said that she has two projects to do, and then she'll be working again with Matthew Vaughn, the"Kick-Ass" director, but it's unlikely to be "Kick-Ass 2". FYI, Jane is also the writer for Matthew's upcoming "X-Men: First Class".

I love the first "Kick-Ass" movie, I think it's bloody funny! So at the end of the movie it was showed that Christopher Mintz-Plasse will take revenge as the Red Mist 2.0 (well I don't know what to call it) so it implied that there will be a sequel. But apparently we have to wait until unknown period of time.

"Captain America" changes title in South Korea, Ukraine, and Russia

I don't know if this is political, but the name "Captain America" is apparently 'offensive' for those three countries, according to the market research from LA Times. Eventually Paramount Pictures, the distributor, has to drop "Captain America" from the title, and simply calls it "The First Avenger". The movie title is originally titled "Captain America: The First Avenger".

Possible 3D sequels for "The Matrix"!

Hello all Keanu Reeves and "The Matrix" trilogy fans! Thanks to Ain't It Cool News, we got some 'sneak peek' about Keanu's future projects, and it includes... (drumroll please) sequels for his classic sci-fi trilogy "The Matrix"!


At the London School of Performing Arts speech in which he was a guest speaker, Keanu talked about the possibility of "The Matrix" sequels. He said that he met The Wachowski Brothers, the geniuses behind "The Matrix", to discuss a two-movie script which would bring him back to "The Matrix" universe.

Another exciting part is that The Wachowski had visited James Cameron discussing to produce the films in 3D. Wait, what? "The Matrix" in 3D? Sounds about right to me!

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No Jonah Jameson for "Spider-Man" reboot. WHAT?!?

This isn't a delightful news for me (and probably other Spider-Man fans), that one of the scene-stealer of the previous Spider-Man movies, the editor in chief of Daily Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson, won't be featured in the upcoming reboot. This news hasn't been confirmed yet, but it has spread all over the internet.

Why disappointing? Jameson put a lot of energy to the movie, with his caustic sense of humor by labeling Spidey as the "Masked Menace", but truthfully he realizes that the city does need Spidey. J.K. Simmons, the actor who portrayed Jameson on Sam Raimi's trilogy, did a really great job. He never failed to make the audience laugh. He's just the perfect man!

I tried not to freak out after hearing this news, because according to many people who commented in this Movie Web post, Jameson hadn't appeared yet in the Ultimate Spider-Man comics. If the movie is set to play a high schooler Peter Parker, then he won't be working at the Daily Bugle at anytime soon. Even so, in a few on-set photos leaked a couple of days ago, the Daily Bugle van was indeed showed on the street.

For that reason, I think I can understand. But it also leaves me wondering on who will replacing the awesome J.K. Simmons. I don't think anyone can pull off what he did. At least not yet.

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MROTW: Seize the Day with "Dead Poets Society"

Here comes the first weekly movie recommendation of Nita’s Movie Diary! First of all, please note that this feature is not a new movie review. This is simply a movie recommendation for those who are looking for an idea of a movie to watch, so the genre and year of release will be random. One thing for sure, I will recommend only the critically-acclaimed ones, which quality is approved by the top movie critics.

“Dead Poets Society” is, I think, the perfect first choice of this feature. If you ask me why I choose this movie, I’ll simply answer, what’s not to like? I personally love drama movies that are set in prep school emphasizing the educational circumstances and moral story; moreover, employing good looking actors to play the smart, unique, and witty students. From this brief reasoning, “Dead Poets Society” has it all.

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Mia Wasikowska joins Shia LaBeouf in "The Wettest County In The World"

The "Alice In Wonderland" star is reportedly joining the cast of "The Wettest County In The World" along side Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, and Jessica Chastain, according to Variety. The John Hillcoat's directed movie will start filming in a few weeks in Atlanta.

This project was previously reported 'dead', as the rumored casts Ryan Gosling and Amy Adams dropped out their roles. But then a couple of months ago, reports said that Tom Hardy will join Shia LaBeouf, one of the remaining casts, as followed by Jessica Chastain. Now that Mia Wasikowska takes another role, there's no way that this project is 'not alive'.

This movie is adapted from Matt Bondurant novel in the same title, tells about a crime drama set in the Depression era bootleggers in American South. It is to be released in 2012.

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Anne Hathaway will star in "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Glee"!

Calling all Anne Hathaway fans to squee together with me! The Academy Award-nominated actress has officially joined the cast of "The Dark Knight Rises", as the legendary Batman's love interest/enemy Selina Kyle, the Catwoman! Reports said earlier that she was in fact included in the shortlist along with notably Jessica Biel, Keira Knightley, and Eva Green. And finally Anne nailed the role. Congratulations Anne, can't be more excited to watch "The Dark Knight Rises"!

Another news from this movie, the "Inception" star Tom Hardy will also join the cast, as another Batman enemy Bane (this character was previously featured in "Batman and Robin"—the most 'unfortunate' Batman installment despite George Clooney, Chris O'Donnel, Alicia Silverstone, and Uma Thurman were being cast). This will be the second time for Tom to work with Christopher Nolan after "Inception".

Can't get enough of Anne Hathaway? Here's another exciting news: Ryan Murphy, the creator of the Golden Globe and Emmy winning television series "Glee", has confirmed that Anne will be guest starring as Kurt Hummel's (as played by Chris Colfer) lesbian aunt in a future episode.

If you're wondering why am I so enthusiastic about this Anne news, is that I actually see her 'grow up' through her movies. Caught her for the first time in "The Princess Diaries" during my junior high school sophomore year, I was attracted to her immediately since she's so endearing! In 2005 she started to go out of her shell, by starring in an R-rated movie "Havoc" (a lot of nudity, she was labeled as 'Disney Princess gone wild' back then), and then the critically-acclaimed ones "Brokeback Mountain" and "Rachel Getting Married", in which she received her first Academy Award nomination.

But she never put aside her inevitable comedy persona, by starring in "Get Smart" with Steve Carrell and "Bride Wars" with Kate Hudson. Last year, she appeared alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in a Golden Globe nominee comedy "Love and Other Drugs", and was nominated as Best Actress as well. Knowing that she'll make her way in a bigger blockbuster as "The Dark Knight Rises", it is a prove that her career won't go away anytime soon!

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Keira Knightley will join Robert Pattinson in "Cosmopolis"

Photo taken from: sweet-keira.net

Finally, an update from my most favorite actress Keira Knightley! It was an absolute disappointment that she wouldn't reprise her role as Elizabeth Swann-Turner in the upcoming "Pirates Of The Caribbean" installment, but her career is surely still on-going, albeit being involved in non-blockbuster projects, it's in a more serious way. Last year she appeared in the Kazuo Ishiguro's novel-adapted movie, "Never Let Me Go", alongside Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield and "Last Night" with French actor Guillaume Cannet. The former was fairly made and attracted many critics (I already have the movie in my hard disk, unfortunately it's in HD and my laptop isn't able to execute any type of HD movies smoothly, so it's a big alas). I haven't seen nor found any info about the latter, but will do so very soon.

The exciting news is that Keira is officially signed in to David Cronenberg upcoming drama thriller "Cosmopolis", replacing Marion Cottilard who was first chosen to play the role. Last month, it was announced that Robert Pattinson took the leading role as Eric Packer, a multimillionaire from Manhattan. Keira reportedly will play as Eric's wife, even though I haven't found any information about her role name.

I love the fact that Robert is going to take off his Edward Cullen and "Twilight" persona very soon as the movie franchise will come to an end next year. I've always believed that he's actually a great actor yet unfortunate, because most people have turned their backs on Robert due to his overexposed and obnoxious Hollywood frenzy. Seeing Robert and Keira in a movie has been my 'wild unfulfilled cinematic dream', proven by this artwork I made a couple of years ago.

Yeah I'm not that artsy when it comes to 'photoshopping'. But their faces are just so 'classily British' and good looking—I couldn't help to put them together in a picture! And now the dream has come true, they'll be in the same movie. YES!

Colin Farrel was initially set to play Eric at the first place, but due to his scheduling conflicts it finally went to Robert Pattinson. This movie will be released in 2012 with no further info about the release date, and it will likely to start filming very soon.

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The "X-Men: First Class" are Here!

First of all, I am so sorry for the lack updates. My internet device was broken and apparently it took more than three days for the ISP company to send a technician and fix it. It's not that I was too lazy to go to an internet cafe, it's been raining real hard almost every day here. It was also disadvantaging for me since I got left out of many interesting news.

One of them is the official poster release of my most awaited movie this year, "X-Men: First Class". This image depicts the logo of Professor Xavier's exclusive mutant school. Looks awesome!

And then there was also a photo of the "X-Men: First Class" cast in full make up and costume. This photo turned out to be a fake, even Matthew Vaughn, the director, thought that it was badly 'photoshopped'. Nevertheless, it pretty much described the characters, and I thought it's pretty cool. Check the photo below:

From left to right: Michael Fassbander as Magneto, Rose Byrne as Dr. Moira MacTaggert, January Jones as Emma Frost, Jason Flemying as Azazel, Nicholas Hoult as Beast, Lucas Till as Havok, Zoe Kravitz as Angel Salvadore, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, and James McAvoy as Professor X.

But then finally a bunch of official stills have been released, take a look!

For all X-Men fans, mark your calendar: June 3, 2011!

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68th Golden Globe Awards LIVE BLOG

Here comes the big day of Golden Globes! Keep on refreshing this page for latest updates from the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Will "The Social Network" will beat "Inception" as the Best Motion Picture - Drama? Or will the youngsters Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield will bring the trophy for Best Actor in Motion Picture and Best Supporting Actor in Motion Picture? Find out all about it here!

For even the latest updates, please follow my twitter @nitasmoviediary, for exclusive Twitpics right from the source! xoxo

(Latest blog post under the cut!)

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Another new "Captain America" photo, now Chris Evans is in action!

Hello Marvel mania, it's only a few days ago that the first look of Chris Evans in a full Captain America costume was released! Now I bring you the latest Captain America photo while he's in action!

Looks pretty cool! "Captain America: The First Avenger" will hit theatres at July 22, 2011!

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New "Scream 4" Trailer Hits the Internet

Prepare to scream, people! The ghostface killer is back! The official second trailer of "Scream 4" just went online, watch it below:





The Wes Craven directed movie brings back Neve Campbell as the famous heroine of the previous three movies Sidney Prescott, as well as David Arquette and Courtney Cox. New characters will also featured, played by Hayden Panettierre, Emma Roberts, Ashley Greene, Rory Culkin, and Nico Tortorella.

The story tells about Sidney , now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey (David Arquette) and Gale (Courteney Cox), who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill (Emma Roberts) and her Aunt Kate (Mary McDonnell). Unfortunately Sidney's appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.

"Scream 4" will hit theatres at April 15, 2011.

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