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Disney has released the first images of Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland, due to hit cinemas in 2010.

The story will follow Alice, as a 17 year old, returning to Wonderland for the second time. She has no recollection of her first visit to the strange world. In the real world Alice attends a party where she is proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty aristocrats. She runs off, following the white rabbit back to Wonderland.

Helana Bonham Carter as The Queen of Hearts in Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland


This is Helena Bonham Carter with a freakishly over-sized head. Helena (Burton's partner) is known for her crazy hair, but it seems she has out-done herself this time. The heart-shaped lipstick is a nice touch.

Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland


Johnny Depp is barely recognisable as The Mad Hatter. Fans may have been expecting a more gothic look. The costume and make-up is not entirely disappointing but many were anticipating something darker.

Mia Wasikowska as Alice in Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland


Little known Australian actress Mia Wasikowska plays the role of Alice.

Tim Burton comments on the casting of Mia:

"We met a lot of people, but she just had that certain kind of emotional toughness, standing her ground in a way that makes her kind of an older person but with a younger person's mentality."
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Transporter 3 Jason Statham
I started shaving my head back in my old Uni days, giving myself more aerodynamicism when running faster than the speed of light. I look so fast that people get whiplash when I'm sitting down with a bag of Cheetos.

An unexpected side-benefit of having a shaved head is that, ever since Jason Statham started glowering on cinema screens in the UK, people give me a wider berth. They don't know what kind of mental freak I might be, if I'm cranked or transported to the extreme.

Well, I might be soft like a marshmallow peep, but that doesn't mean that I can't ride the ancillary tough guy wave that Statham has caused by landing in the US with yet another action movie that involves guns and cars: "Transporter 3".


According to my press release, the cars are faster than ever before, which begs the question: why didn't Statham drive those faster cars in the original "Transporter"? He could have had enough time to escape and get a Happy Meal - who meters out the fast cars and leaves the fastest ones for the sequel's sequel?

Nevertheless, don't let anyone tell you that 20/20 Filmsight doesn't care about the children. We're partnering with Icon Entertainment to slap you with 15 (fifteen!) copies of "Transporter 3" on magical DVDs. All you have to do:

Send your name and address to cibbuano AT orble DOT com with the answer to this question: what would be your most effective interrogation method for Jason Statham?





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Transformers 2 Optimus Prime
I saw the first "Transformers" movie when it premiered at Fox Studios in Sydney. Michael Bay came to open the show, all lean and tanned from his white-smiled California lifestyle, Megan Fox on one arm. She stood and posed for the cameras, all decked out in a slinky dress that begged for a stiff gust of wind.

I don't remember much from the film, other than a mild surprise that Shia LeBoeuf probably made the film much better than it was. While it's already a ludicrous premise, based on the fantasies of 6-year-old boys, the heavy use of CGI and the fast-cut editing style in the latter half of the movie made it almost unbearable to watch


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Watchmen Nite Owl and Silk Spectre fighting in jail

"Watchmen" is coming out next month, and we're all deliriously excited about the release of this adaptation of Alan Moore's seminal work. As a further push to attract the key demographic, director Zack Snyder and original artist Dave Gibbons will be answering questions in a virtual world created in Playstation Home.

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I know how many runs you scored last summer


Sydney horror fans are getting their red syrup and latex masks ready for the cities best exhibition of gruesome, gory delights, packaged into two weeks of movie mayhem


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Robert Downey Jr in Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes
I'd love to bring the hate on Guy Ritchie's adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's incredible classic detective series, but something holds me back...

...yep, it's the cast. Starring Robert Downey Jr. as the man Holmes and Jude Law as Dr. Watson, there's just a hint of delight and tummy-rubbing glee about this production. That's all based on this one photo, I might add, though Downey looks a great deal shorter than I'd expect the detective to be


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Step Brothers Will Ferrell John C Reilly

20/20 Filmsight and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have come together to offer Australian film fans a chance to win one of two DVDs of the Will Ferrell comedy "Step Brothers"!

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Fanboys Star Wars geek movie
There's a lot of confusing news about "Fanboys", a comedy that's set to come out this year about a group of Star Wars fanboys who have some kind of minor adventure...

The movie was meant to come out a long time ago, with the preview screenings being quite favourable. Some unusual decisions by the studio changed the plot and tone of the movie, trying to cash in on the vulgar wave of comedy in 2006/7. Wikipedia says it all
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Paris 36 yellow dress
After the beer-fueled mayhem of Australia Day, and all the chaos that comes with it, the summer settles down into a pleasant aftermath, with Sydneysiders looking forward to the local events that light up the calendar.

Nothing is more exciting to cinema lovers than a good film festival, and the Sydney French Film Festival - or, to be completely accurate, the 20th Alliance Francaise French 2009 Film Festival, is just around the corner, waiting to fill cinemas with cooing crowds of lovers of European cinema


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Fist Full of Dollars Clint Eastwood

As January rolls to a yawning end, Sydneysiders can feel the heat released from the streets. It's the middle of summer, your sheets are hot and your body covered in sticky sweat.

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Lesbian Vampire Killers Trailer

January 1st 2009 07:06
The three sets of movies featuring lesbians, movies featuring vampires and movies featuring killers independently sell a lot of movies.

The intersection of 'lesbian' and 'vampire' has been done before and is now almost cliche... I mean, the teenage dude demographic will never tire of lesbian vampires, but throwing them into the mix with 'killers' mean that the Buffy crowd will be tempted as well


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Hugh Jackman as Wolverine

You loved "Iron Man"? Wish that there were more movies based on comic books?

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Buck Rogers film adaptation
There have been rumours flying around, hastily denied, but it seems that the unfathomable is true: Frank Miller, comic artist of the moment, has been signed to direct the upcoming film adaptation of Buck Rogers.

Slashfilm is decidedly nervous about the news, announcing it earlier this week
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New Watchmen Trailer!

December 22nd 2008 12:03
From our happy friends at Paramount and Network PR comes a new trailer for the highly anticipated "Watchmen" movie, which is rumoured to come out early next year.

Well, for it to be in theatres by March, some small miracles will have to be worked, but I'm sure legions of fanboys are climbing Mount Olympus right now, goats and other sacrificial animals on their backs


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