Don't be Blind-Sided

You would do well to take notice of Sandra Bullock's new sports drama, "The Blind Side", the true story of a woman whose family adopts homeless teen Michael Oher, now a rookie tackle for the Baltimore Ravens. The movie which trailed at No 2 behind "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" for 2 weeks has finally eclipsed its competitor to take top position at the U.S. box office- that's quite an admirable feat for the movie which was made for just US$30 mil. It has now a U.S. domestic gross of US$129 mil, far more profitable than Warner Bros could ever have forecasted, thanks to excellent word-of-mouth from audiences who have seen it.

"The Blind Side" doesn't have a release date in Singapore yet. But you can bet it's only a matter of time before some distributor picks it up for a theatrical release here.

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY Coming to DVD & VCD this Fall

As the most anticipated horror of 2009, Paranormal Activity had become Twitter's most popular trending topic, the movie's Facebook page had over 125,000 fans, and the website had sailed past 1m hits. The film got its wider release and took US$100m dated November 13, 2009 and soon beating The Blair Witch Project to become the most profitable movie of all time. With a staggering 433,900% return on its investment, Paranormal Activity has become the top grossing R-Rated thriller of the past decade. The latest parable of Hollywood thrift comes courtesy of San Diego software programmer Oren Peli, whose horror movie was just shot for just $15,000 at his own home. Directed, written and produced by himself, Paranormal Activity is voted as one of the scariest movie of all-time. On December 29, 2009 be prepared for one of the scariest at-home viewing experiences ever. Paranormal Activity is priced at S$26.90 RRP (DVD) & S$14.90 RRP (VCD).

Oscar Watch 2010

The National Board of Review (NBR) has named Jason Reitman's new film "Up In The Air" as best picture of 2009, kicking off the first of the awards to be given out all the way up to Oscar 2010. George Clooney was named Best Actor alongside Morgan Freeman for his role in Clint Eastwood's South African-themed drama "Invictus", with Carey Mulligan from "An Education" named Best Actress.

"Up In The Air" opens in cinemas 25 Feb 2010. Stay tuned to MX for more Oscar Watch updates!

More about The Twilight Saga

Here's a first look at the latest poster for the next instalment of the Twilight Saga, Eclipse. Filmed back to back with New Moon, Eclipse is directed by 30 Days of Night director David Slade and will arrive in cinemas 30 June 2010.

Rumour has it that Summit Entertainment has listened to the fans and cast and approached "New Moon" director Chris Weitz to direct the fourth and fifth instalment of the series. Yes, you heard me right, Summit is splitting the fourth book into two movies. Regular scribe Melissa Rosenberg is already on board to adapt the fourth movie but it's unclear who will be writing the last of the Saga.

Stay tuned to MX for more exclusive Twilight Saga news!

One's a Single Man, One's a Mother

A SINGLE MAN and MOTHER garnered four Spirit Awards nominations in Los Angeles. Festive Films and Cathay Keris Films are proud to announce that Tom Ford’s A SINGLE MAN will be contending in three major categories at the Spirit Awards, including Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay and Best Actor for Colin Firth (Best Actor, Venice Film Festival Sept’09).

Following his crowd-pleasing, box office record-breaking monster movie The Host, in 2006, Bong Joon-ho’s MOTHER, starring Won-Bin and Kim Hye-ja will be contending in the formidable Best Foreign Language Film category.

The awards ceremony will take place on the night of Friday March 5, in the LA Live Campus in Downtown LA.

Both titles are slated for release in Singapore early 2010.