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As marriages go, David Fincher and Gone Girl is shaping up to be a whole lot more auspicious than that of the two characters at the story’s heart. Empire and 20th Century Fox is proud to give you a first-look pic from the film which also features in our new issue, showing Nick Dunne ( Ben Affleck ), shortly after the disappearance of his wife Amy ( Rosamund Pike ) early in the piece. Note those badges as Nick attempts to galvanise the people of North Carthage, Missouri in his quest to find his missing wife. Gillian Flynn, the ex-journo behind the bestseller and its adaptation, has conjured a story that oscillates neatly from taut domestic drama and thriller and back again - often in the same beat. It’s perfect Fincher terrain, as anyone who’s seen The Game and Panic Room recently will testify. The central mystery powers the plot, but it’s the cracks in their relationship, deeper than a Perth batting wicket from the get-go, that will make the fallout so scarily relatable. Pleas...

The samurai tentpole, starring Keanu Reeves , opened Christmas Day and is projected to earn under $20 million through Sunday — the worst debut for a $150 million-plus movie in 2013. The film finished sixth on Thursday with a meager $3.4 million. Internationally, “ 47 Ronin ” has opened in 14 territories for a total of $10 million through Wednesday. Though the film’s opening two weeks ago in Japan was dire, it finished first in its Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan openings. Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp., issued a statement confirming the writedown but did not disclose its size. “Universal Pictures regularly evaluates its film slate for potential adjustment,” the studio said. “In the case of ’ 47 Ronin ,’ we adjusted film costs in previous quarters and as a result our financial performance will not be negatively impacted this quarter by its theatrical performance.” Universal saw solid performances this year from “ Fast and Furious 6 ″ and “ Despicable Me 2 .” It’s ...

Win Tickets To An Advance For Screening For PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES on Thursday, January 2 @ 7PM in Sacramento at Century Stadium 14. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES  is an upcoming 2014 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Christopher B. Landon. It is a spinoff of the Paranormal Activity horror movie franchise. It is also Landon's second directorial effort, after Burning Palms, and the first to be shot in found footage style. The story begins in June 2012, at a party in Oxnard, California. After a woman dies in the apartment beneath the party, some party goers camera to investigate. They discover items associated with black magic rituals, even the missing tapes from Paranormal Activity 3 . When Jesse, the film's lead protagonist, discovers an inhuman bite mark on his arm, strange forces pursue him while Jesse's loved ones attempt to save him. Make sure to LIKE SandwichJohnFilms on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for a...

Win Tickets To An Advance For Screening For PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES on Thursday, January 2 @ 7PM in San Francisco. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES  is an upcoming 2014 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Christopher B. Landon. It is a spinoff of the Paranormal Activity horror movie franchise. It is also Landon's second directorial effort, after Burning Palms, and the first to be shot in found footage style. The story begins in June 2012, at a party in Oxnard, California. After a woman dies in the apartment beneath the party, some party goers camera to investigate. They discover items associated with black magic rituals, even the missing tapes from Paranormal Activity 3 . When Jesse, the film's lead protagonist, discovers an inhuman bite mark on his arm, strange forces pursue him while Jesse's loved ones attempt to save him. Make sure to LIKE SandwichJohnFilms on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all your entertainme...

The new trailer for MILLION DOLLAR ARM is here. In a last ditch effort to save his career as a sports agent, JB Bernstein ( Jon Hamm ) concocts a scheme to find baseball’s next great pitching ace. Hoping to find a young cricket pitcher he can turninto a Major League Baseball star, JB travels to India to produce a realityshow competition called “Million Dollar Arm.” With the help of a cantankerous but eagle-eyed retired baseball scout ( Alan Arkin ) he discovers Dinesh (played by Madhur Mittal from “Slumdog Millionaire”) and Rinku (played by Suraj Sharma from “Life of Pi”), two 18 year old boys who have no idea about playing baseball, yet have a knack for throwing a fastball. Hoping to sign them to major league contracts and make a quick buck, JB brings the boys home toAmerica to train. While the Americans are definitely out of their element in India — the boys, who have never left their rural villages — are equally challenged when they come to the States. As the boys learn the fin...

On the day of the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver ( Costner ) has the opportunity to save football in Cleveland when he trades for the number one pick. He must quickly decide what he's willing to sacrifice in pursuit of perfection as the lines between his personal and professional life become blurred on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with dreams of playing in the NFL. Film stars KEVIN COSTNER, JENNIFER GARNER, DENIS LEARY, FRANK LANGELLA, SAM ELLIOT, SEAN COMBS, TERRY CREWS, with ELLEN BURSTYN, and CHADWICK BOSEMAN . Directed by IVAN REITMAN Written by RAJIV JOSEPH & SCOTT ROTHMAN Produced by IVAN REITMAN, p.g.a., ALI BELL, p.g.a., JOE MEDJUCK, p.g.a. Executive Producers TOM POLLOCK, MICHAEL BEUGG, GIGI PRITZKER, WILLIAM LISCHAK, MICHAEL NATHANSON Starring KEVIN COSTNER, JENNIFER GARNER, DENIS LEARY, FRANK LANGELLA, SAM ELLIOT, SEAN COMBS, TERRY CREWS, with ELLEN BURSTYN, and CHADWICK BOSEMAN On the day of the NFL Draft, general manager ...

The Wolf Of Wall Street Review By: MattInRC  An electric performance by Leonardo DiCaprio saves The Wolf of Wall Street from becoming a coked-up hot mess. As the Oscar season and 2013 concludes, we're treated a rather raucous submission: Martin Scorsese's epic The Wolf of Wall Street , a big, overbearing, coked-up, sexed-up delight of bacchanalia proportions that it almost OD's on itself. This is Gordon Gecko's Wall Street tuned up about 50 notches; the question is, does that make for an Oscar-winning experience? The answer is decidedly yes and no. Based on the Jordan Belfort autobiography, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as the man behind the curtain, an investor and swindler with few morals who rides a wave of drugs, sex, and booze to financial ruin. At film's beginning, he's a wide-eyed stock lapdog looking for a break when a chance lunch meeting with an insane senior broker ( Matthew McConaughey ) opens Jordan's eyes to real wo...

Grudge Match Review By: MattInRC The predictable and disappointing boxing dilemma Grudge Match leaves us down for the count. The boxing comedy Grudge Match wants to be a warm and upbeat exclamation point on the role of the elderly in today's 24-hour news cycle society, ready to thump their chests in defiance of any preconceived notions. But a movie must be good for that statement to hold water, and sadly this one isn't. The film features the washed up boxer Henry 'Razor' Sharp ( Sylvester Stallone ) who fought in two of the greatest boxing matches in history against Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen ( Robert DeNiro ). But that was in 1983, and when Sharp suddenly retires, McDonnen is denied a chance to break the tie and beat his nemesis. Fast forward to the present, where Sharp has just lost his job at a steel plant, when promoter Dante Slate, Jr. ( Kevin Hart ) approaches him to lend his voice to a video game. What Sharp doesn't know is that h...

Christmas is just around the corner, so get into the holiday spirit by watching THE NUT JOB's Will Arnett present ' Twas The Nut Before Christmas ! This nutty take on the classic tale delivers all of our furry friends from THE NUT JOB into our favorite holiday story. In animated 3D, THE NUT JOB is an action-packed comedy in fictional Oakton that follows the travails of Surly (voiced by Will Arnett ), a mischievous squirrel, and his rat friend Buddy, who plan a nut store heist of outrageous proportions and unwittingly find themselves embroiled in a much more complicated and hilarious adventure. THE NUT JOB hits theaters nationwide on January 17, 2014! Happy Holidays! Watch the clip after the Jump... Please Leave A Comment-

Despicable Me 2 Blu-ray Review By: MattInRC The sweet-natured Despicable Me 2 is fun family entertainment on Blu-ray, but nothing more. In 2010, a year dominated by the creepy Toy Story 3 and the predictable Shrek 3 , a little animated film called Despicable Me was missed by the Oscar nominating fools over at AMPAS. It wouldn't be long before their error was revealed: heart-warming and downright hilarious, the comedy about an evil madman and his Minions has seen its popularity almost eclipse that of all the animated Oscar candidates of the same year. Its sequel, the likeable but superficial Despicable Me 2 , looks and sounds amazing in its home release. The Movie - 3.5/5 When we left Gru (voiced by Steve Carrell ), he had renounced his evil path to raise three loveable adopted girls, but not before stealing the Moon and then returning it. Now, the former madman is busy with soccer games, grilling up meats during Agnes's birthday party, and fending off eli...

Fast & Furious 6  Blu-ray Review By: MattInRC Fast and Furious 6 is absolutely devilish entertainment on Blu-ray. And we're OK with that. Before I get into this review, let's get one thing straight: The Fast and The Furious films are not exactly The Italian Job, nor do they try to be. When you pay the big bucks to sit in a film like this, you know what you're going to get - implausible car chases that defy the laws of physics, bro-mance humor, and badass chicks driving fast cars while extras in skimpy clothes and knee-high boots dance behind them. And while it's not the smart, highly-detailed action/drama of a Skyfall , the franchise has matured over the years, settling in on fun action with enough story to keep things moving. As Fast and Furious 6 arrives on Blu-ray, the boys (and girls) are back with enough stunts and twists to satiate anyone's appetite, while every aspect of the Bu-ray release is nothing short of spectacular. The Movie ...

THE LEGEND OF HERCULES - January 10 In the epic origin story THE LEGEND OF HERCULES , Kellan Lutz stars as the mythical Greek hero - the son of Zeus, a half-god, half-man blessed with extraordinary strength. Betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and exiled and sold into slavery because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom. Through harrowing battles and gladiator-arena death matches, Hercules embarks on a legendary odyssey to overthrow the King and restore peace to the land. DIVERGENT - March 21 In a future world where people are divided into distinct factions based on their personalities, Tris Prior is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy to destroy all Divergents, she must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it's too late. DRAFT DAY - April 11 On the day of the NFL Draft , general manager Sonny Weaver ( Costner ...