Daily entertainment news covering Flushed Away en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/10/20/review_astro_boy_is_pretty_forgettable Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:29:59 EST Entertainment News 141667@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) — The animated "Astro Boy" is a shiny hodgepodge of "Pinocchio," ''Wall-E," ''Oliver Twist," ''Gladiator" and "Superman,"

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/27/jason_statham_stars_in_the_bank_job_in_t_7 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:00:00 EST Entertainment News 75470@http://www.starpulse.com/news Inspired by the infamous 1971 robbery that took place at the Lloyds Bank in Marylebone London, Lionsgate's ® The Bank Job stars Jason Statham (Transporter, Snatch, Crank, The Italian Job) and Saffron Burrows (Klimt, Enigma). The highly-charged heist thriller tautly interweaves high-level corruption, murder and sexual scandal in 1970s England.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/22/potter_movie_leads_bafta_nominations_ Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:08:33 EST Entertainment News 64787@http://www.starpulse.com/news Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix is leading the nominations at the British Academy of Film and Television Art (BAFTA) Children's Awards with three nods. The fifth film in the Potter franchise has been nominated for best feature film and the BAFTA kids' vote award.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/20/harry_potter_and_spider_man_up_for_u_k_n Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:00:00 EST Entertainment News 56511@http://www.starpulse.com/news Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix and Spider-Man 3 have been nominated for a host of prizes at Britain's inaugural National Movie Awards. U.K. TV network ITV is launching the new awards show following the success of their National Television Awards. Both events invite the public to vote for winners.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/20/new_movies_on_dvd_feb_20 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:00:46 EST Entertainment News 29137@http://www.starpulse.com/news The tragic aftermath of human carelessness travels around the world in the multi-narrative, critically acclaimed drama Babel from filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu. Also on DVD: The Prestige, A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints, Flushed Away, Man of the Year, For Your Consideration, Crossover, Shut Up and Sing, Keeping Mum and American Hardcore.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/12/cars_wins_top_annie_award Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:35:15 EST Entertainment News 29089@http://www.starpulse.com/news Motoring comedy Cars has sped ahead of its Oscar competitors by claiming the Best Animated Feature gong at the Annie Awards in Los Angeles last night. The winner of the award, which is presented by The International Animated Film Society, has gone on to claim the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature every year since it was created in 2001.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/01/british_animators_split_from_hollywood_s Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:15:00 EST Entertainment News 27860@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hollywood film studio DreamWorks Animation and the makers of the Wallace And Gromit films have severed their troubled partnership after their quirky British characters failed to catch on in the US.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/12/the_queen_leads_bafta_nominations_full_l Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:37:52 EST Entertainment News 25901@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Queen is the frontrunner at this year's Orange BAFTA awards, after receiving an incredible 10 nominations. Dame Helen Mirren has been nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, for her performance as Queen Elizabeth in the hit film about the British Royal Family after the death of Princess Diana, while Stephen Frears is in the running for the Achievement in Direction award. Full List of Nominations Below!

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/03/producers_guild_announces_film_nominees Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:54:52 EST Entertainment News 24989@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Producers Guild of America just picked the nominees for 2006's best films, including the musical Dreamgirls and Martin Scorsese's The Departed. The association of film and television producers is a respected organization, and Hollywood watchers follow its nominees closely when tracking movies competing for an Oscar.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/25/starpulse_top_10_of_2006_6_oh_kazakhstan Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:00:00 EST Entertainment News 24369@http://www.starpulse.com/news Back in the spring of 2000 a little known comedian named Sacha Baron Cohen landed a recurring series on HBO called Da Ali G Show. The series, an import from Baron Cohen's native England became a cult hit and featured the comic as a (very) dumbed down ghetto-punk named Ali G, who landed all sorts of interviews with unsuspecting guests from Donald Trump to Buzz Aldrin, and Newt Gingrich to Gore Vidal. In the show, Baron Cohen also played two other characters who conduct these mock interviews, "Bruno," a gay fashionista type; and "Borat," a reporter from Kazakhstan. Taking his Borat character from the show, Baron Cohen set out to make a 'movie-film' about his travels, called Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan. Going from coast to coast in search of model/actress Pamela Anderson, Borat encounters troves of unsuspecting Americans and leads them to believe far-fetched stories about life in his homeland which many buy, hook line and sinker;

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/04/flushed_away_aamp_cars_vie_for_animation Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:28:30 EST Entertainment News 22896@http://www.starpulse.com/news Flushed Away and Cars look set to dominate this year's Annie Awards for film and television animation, landing nine nominations each. Animation giants Disney-Pixar and DreamWorks will go head-to-head for the top animated feature award at the ceremony, widely seen as the pathway to the Oscars, as all previous recipients have gone on to triumph in the best animated feature category at the Academy Awards later that month.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/13/borat_reigns_again_a_good_year_aamp_othe Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:45:29 EST Entertainment News 21250@http://www.starpulse.com/news Borat: Cultural Learning Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan took in $29 million at the U.S. box office this weekend to hold on to the top spot for the second week in a row. The bumper weekend raised its 10-day total to $67.8 million.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/06/borat_beats_santa_clause_3_flushed_away_ Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:04:27 EST Entertainment News 20624@http://www.starpulse.com/news British funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen's controversial Kazakhstan TV journalist Borat has stunned the U.S. box office by scoring a $26.4 million weekend take to debut at number one. The hilarious film, Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan, was expected to chart high behind Tim Allen's Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, but it actually fared over $6 million better.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/01/opening_november_3_flushed_away Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:42:37 EST Entertainment News 20222@http://www.starpulse.com/news Flushed Away is an animated film about an uptown rat that gets flushed down a toilet in his penthouse apartment. He ends up in the sewers of London where he has to learn a whole new way of life. Voice actors include Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, and Ian McKellen. Photo gallery / Watch the trailer / More

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/30/hugh_jackman_fulfills_james_bond_fantasy Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:24:07 EST Entertainment News 19992@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hugh Jackman lived out his James Bond fantasies in his new movie Flushed Away because his animated character is reminiscent of 007. The Australian actor was one of the stars considered to replace Pierce Brosnan in the 007 franchise, but the role went to English actor Daniel Craig after Ewan McGregor turned it down.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/13/fall_2006_movie_preview_animated_films Sun, 13 Aug 2006 13:45:52 EST Entertainment News 12863@http://www.starpulse.com/news It’s been hit-or-miss with animated films this summer. Cars took in an impressive $237 million at the box office, grossing over $60 million in its first three days. In contrast, The Ant Bully bombed with an $8.4 million purse in its three-day debut, while Monster House also disappointed with a $22 million three-day bow.

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