Weekly Movie News 12-21-2011

This week's movie news post has so much going on, let's get right to it!

The most anticipated movie of 2012 now has its first full length trailer. Here it is courtesy of Warner Bros Pictures, Legendary Pictures, and Apple Movie Trailers.

"When Gotham is ashes...you have my permission to die."

Breaking News:

Hot off the press, I have a second trailer debut for you and this time it is none other than "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"!

CLICK HERE to view and download in HD courtesy of Apple trailers!



Featured Movie Reviews:

Here are my latest reviews. Click the posters to read each one.

    

Latest Movie News:

Trekmovie.com is reporting that filming of the new Star trek movie will begin on January 15th! J.J. Abrams is returning as director along with the entire cast and apparently ILM is already working on effects shots!

Moviefone.com is giving away thousands of movie tickets for the holidays!
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ScreenRant.com has a very interesting article about a potential story for X-Men First Class 2 and how all the characters will progress from the first film.

The Hollywood Foreign Press has announced its list of nominees for the 2011 Golden Globe Awards. 'The Artist' and 'The Help' both lead the field with multiple nominations.


Local Movie News:

The Cinerama will be showing The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo beginning with an 8:00pm premier on 12-20 and then regular show times to follow.

Early Bird pricing for SIFF tickets and packages is still available!


Current Box Office Top 10:
1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - $39.6M
2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked - $23.2M
3. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (IMAX only)- $12.8M
4. New Year's Eve - $7.31M

5. The Sitter - $4.61M

6. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 - $4.2M

7. Hugo - $3.71M

8. Arthur Christmas - $3.55M

9. The Muppets - $3.52M

10. Young Adult - $3.4M

(click film titles with hyperlinks to read my review)

Opening This Weekend:
The Adventures of Tintin
The Darkest Hour
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Pina
Saint
War Horse
We Bought a Zoo


Featured Trailers:
I already gave you the 'Dark Knight Rises' and 'The Hobbit' trailer debuts in this week's news blog, but we're not done yet! Here's two more brand new trailers!