DVD & Blu-Ray: SELMA (2014) Starring David Oyelowo

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Product Description: Selma chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay’s Selma tells the real story of the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement that prompted change that forever altered history.

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Oscars 2015: BIRDMAN Wins Best Picture and Best Director

The 87th Academy Awards have ended. Neil Patrick Harris was arguably the worst part of the awards show, mostly because of a batch of bad jokes that made him clearly uncomfortable and somewhat unlikeable as the host. I honestly expected a bit more energy in his routine, but it all felt incredibly flat after a relatively short and dull opening musical moment.

The awards themselves were offered to the usual suspects. "Birdman" picked up 4 Oscars, including Best Picture, Director and Original Screenplay, and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" also took home four awards for the more technical categories like Costumes, Art Direction and Score. Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Patricia Arquette and J.K. Simmons nabbed Oscars for their amazing performances, while "Selma", "Interstellar", "American Sniper" and "The Imitation Game" each took home one award. In the animated feature category Disney won for a second consecutive year with "Big Hero 6" and Poland's "Ida" won Best Foreign Language Film.

Read the complete list of 2015 Oscar winners after the jump.

New SELMA Featurette, Posters and Glory Lyric Video

Today we have a new making of featurette, 4 posters and a lyric music video for the Academy Award nominated song "Glory" from the Martin Luther King Jr. biopic "Selma". The film was pretty much left out of the Oscars, but did manage to nab a Best Picture nod. While the film will probably miss the big award, the song has a good chance of taking home an Oscar. The film stars David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Andre Holland, Cuba Gooding Jr., Giovanni Ribisi, Tim Roth, Omar J. Dorsey, Alessandro Nivola, Oprah Winfrey, Common, Tessa Thompson, Dylan Baker, Wendell Pierce and Colman Domingo.

Check out the featurette, posters and music video after the jump.

2015 Oscar Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 87th Academy Awards have been announced. The list includes some awards favorites like "Boyhood", "The Imitation Game", "Birdman" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel". The latter two lead the race with 9 nominations each. "Selma" was once again snubbed. While the drama managed to receive a Best Picture nod, it was left out of every other major category. The only other nomination the film received was for Best Original Song.

There was plenty of love, however, for Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper" which received 6 nominations including Best Picture and "The Imitation Game" which scored 8 nods including the major categories (Picture, Screenplay, Actor, Actress, Directing).

"The LEGO Movie" was also left out of the Best Animated Feature category, while "Big Hero 6", "The Boxtrolls" and "How to Train Your Dragon 2" made the cut alongside two surprises, the lesser known films "Song of the Sea" and "The Tale of Princess Kaguya".

The winners of the Academy Awards will be announced live when the ceremony airs on February 22nd (ABC). The show will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.

Read the complete list after the jump.

Box-Office: TAKEN 3 Annihilates Competition with $40 Million Debut

The final chapter in Bryan Mills' Set of Skills Saga, "Taken 3", made an impressive debut this weekend. The Liam Neeson starrer directed by Olivier Megaton opened with a solid $40.4 million, $9 million less than the opening weekend of "Taken 2", but a very good result considering the new installment had a $48 million budget. The sequel grossed an additional $51 million overseas.

Awards season contender "Selma" expanded to more theaters this week and it managed to take second place but at a considerable distance from the top spot. The Martin Luther King Jr. biopic grossed $11 million over the weekend, thus failing to meet the expectations of the studio. 

New Wide Releases: "Taken 3", "Selma".

Biggest Drop : "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" (-56%)

Smallest Drop : "The Imitation Game" (-1.9%)

Rank	Title	Weekend	Domestic	Foreign	Budget	Days
1	Taken 3	$40.4M	$40.4M	$51.4M	$48M	3
2	Selma	$11.2M	$13.4M	N/A	$20M	18
3	Into the Woods	$9.7M	$105M	$15M	$50M	18
4	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	$9.4M	$236.5M	$545M	N/A	26
5	Unbroken	$8.3M	$101.6M	$14M	$65M	18
6	The Imitation Game	$7.6M	$40.8M	$31M	N/A	45
7	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	$6.7M	$99.5M	$147M	$127M	24
8	Annie	$4.9M	$79M	$19M	$65M	24
9	The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death	$4.8M	$22M	N/A	N/A	10
10	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1	$3.7M	$329.5M	$371M	$125M	52

 

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In Theaters: TAKEN 3, SELMA, PREDESTINATION

Movies opening this week in theaters:

• TAKEN 3 (20th Century Fox / PG-13 / Wide)
• SELMA (Paramount Pictures / PG-13 / Wide)
• PREDESTINATION (Sony Pictures / R / Limited)

Synopses, details, critical reception, trailers, clips and more after the jump.

SELMA Soundtrack (Various Artists)

Composer
Various Artists

Total Time:
44:07

Label
Paramount Pictures

Format:
MP3

Release Date
January 6, 2015

Order links, audio samples and track list after the jump.

SELMA Trailer and Poster: Martin Luther King Jr. Biopic Starring David Oyelowo

The first trailer and poster for the Martin Luther King Jr. biopic "Selma" have been released. The film chronicles King's struggle to secure voting rights for all people, particularly his epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. The trailer is surprisingly vibrant and does a good job of introducing us to the injustice of that time in history. If the movie is as good as this trailer, it could turn out to be a serious awards contender. The cast features David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Andre Holland, Cuba Gooding Jr., Giovanni Ribisi, Tim Roth, Omar J. Dorsey, Alessandro Nivola, Oprah Winfrey, Common, Tessa Thompson, Dylan Baker, Wendell Pierce and Colman Domingo.

"Selma" will get a limited release on Christmas Day followed by a wide release on January 9th.

Check out the trailer and poster after the jump.

New Images: THE SEA OF TREES, TED 2, SELMA, BIG EYES

You can check out the pictures and read the synopses after the jump. Here is a short description of the new images :

• The first image for Gus Van Sant's drama "The Sea of Trees" starring Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts and Ken Watanabe. No release date announced.
  
  
• Mark Wahlberg tweeted the first image from the set of "TED 2". The film also stars Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Morgan Freeman and Mila Kunis.
  
  
• The first images for the Martin Luther King biopic "Selma" starring David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Andre Holland, Omar J. Dorsey, Tessa Thompson and Tim Roth. Opens in theaters on January 9, 2015.
  
  
• The first images for the Margaret Keane biopic "Big Eyes" starring Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman, Terence Stamp and Danny Huston. Opens in theaters on December 25th.
  
  

Check out the images (click to enlarge) and synopses after the jump.