2012 was a busy year for genre movies, with long-awaited movies that may have disappointed (John Carter, Prometheus), franchises making new bids of life (Men in Black 3, Total Recall) and the superhero movies that ruled them all (The Dark Knight Rises and, of course, The Avengers). But what was your favorite movie of the year? Tell all in our poll.
Fox’s Taken 2 brings in the big bucks in its opening weekend, Universal’s singing comedy Pitch Perfect takes third place and Hotel Transylvania beats up Frankenweenie.
Sony’s CGI0animated Hotel Transylvania won the weekend, opening at the North American box office a record-breaking $43 million, while the Sony co-production Looper scored second place and performed well in China.
With his futuristic action-thriller Looper, writer/director Rian Johnson crafts a wonderfully tension-filled and character-driven examination of violence that, thanks in part to strong performances by stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt, easily ranks among the best films of the year.
Looper writer/director Rian Johnson talks with Spinoff Online about keeping aspects of the sci-fi thriller under wraps, getting Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s prosthetics just right, and depicting violence on screen.
With less than a month until the release of Looper, the first clip has arrived for director Rian Johnson’s action thriller, which pits Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s hired gun against a future version of himself played by Bruce Willis.
A second international trailer has debuted for Looper, the futuristic action thriller that reunites director Rian Johnson with his Brick star Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The film, which also stars Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano and Jeff Daniels, opens Sept. 28.
Looper writer/director Rian Johnson and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt appeared in Hall H of Comic-Con International to screen new footage of the highly anticipated futuristic thriller.
Director Rian Johnson and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt talked with reporters at Comic-Con International about Looper, the futuristic action thriller in which an assassin is hired to kill his future self.
Just two days after the international trailer dropped, Sony Pictures has released a stunning new domestic trailer for Looper, the futuristic action thriller that reunites director Rian Johnson with his Brick star Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Sony Pictures has premiered an international trailer for Looper, the futuristic action thriller that reunites director Rian Johnson with his Brick star Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The film, which also stars Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano and Jeff Daniels, opens Sept. 28.
At CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Sony Pictures offered a no-frills presentation with footage from The Amazing Spider-Man, James Bond in Skyfall and Men in Black 3, among others.
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