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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II honoured as Worst Picture at Razzies

The Razzies didn’t let The Twilight Saga slink off without due recognition in their annual pre-Oscars shaming and celebrating of the year’s worst films and performances. The final instalment in the series, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II, took home an impressive seven awards, not able to emulate the success of the previous year’s […]

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 nominated for all the Razzies

The Twilight Saga came to a close last year, and the Razzies are farewelling it with a gift basket full of scorn. Breaking Dawn Part 2 has dominated the 33rd annual Golden Raspberry Award nominations, collecting 11 nods across 10 categories. Despite their pledge to celebrate the very worst in film, the Razzies have mostly […]

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Slow death – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 review

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 – Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner. Directed by Bill Condon. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. And stay dead! If any event necessitated a Return of the Jedi style Ewok orgy, it’s the staking of the abysmal Twilight Saga. Director Bill Condon wraps up the final […]

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Twilight won’t be rebooted anytime soon

Summit Entertainment has told Deadline there are no plans to reboot the soon-to-conclude Twilight saga. Rumours have been swirling online – as rumours as wont to do – that Summit’s parent company Lionsgate plan to reboot the vampiric love story on the fifth anniversary of the original film’s release. Summit’s official comment is thus: ”We […]

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Teaser Debut: The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2

A second teaser trailer for  Bill Condon‘s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 has appeared online, giving fans a glimpse of vampire Bella. Following the 15-second teaser released last week comes this slightly longer 48 second clip that expands on how Bella and Edward are now the same temperature, and how surprised Jacob is […]

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Sneak Peek: The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2

The hot new trend in Hollywood seems to be releasing teasers for teasers. Thus, we present to you a 15 second sneak peek at the impending trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2. In honour of the super-short teaser, we’ll offer only 15 characters of commentary. It seems to focu… Sorry folks! That’s […]

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Taylor Lautner will Stretch no more

Those of you who were looking forward to seeing Taylor Lautner as beloved Hasbro toy Stretch Armstrong on the big screen (*crickets*), well, we’ve got some bad news. According to The Wrap, Lautner has walked away from the project due to “scheduling conflicts”, despite a reported $7.5 million payday. Soon after the news leaked, Universal […]

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Bourne to run – Abduction review

Abduction – Starring Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins and Alfred Molina. Directed by John Singleton. Rated M. Originally published September 22, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Hollywood loves telling us who the big new movie stars are. Sam Worthington and Ryan Reynolds have both recently been given lead roles in tentpole blockbusters, and audiences have responded as enthusiastically as an infant getting their first vaccination. “Who is this […]

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Losin’ it – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 review

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 – Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Directed by Bill Condon. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Let the carnal delights begin! The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 is supposedly the reward for all of our suffering. Twihards have endured three movies worth of smouldering glances, […]

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Breaking Dawn Part 1 rated MA in Australia (Update: Not anymore…)

UPDATE: The Classification Board has overturned the rating. Hoyts Distribution has revealed The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 is now merely rated M. Original story as follows. Breaking Dawn Part One – the penultimate instalment of The Twilight Saga – has scored a series-first MA 15+ rating in Australia for ‘Strong themes’. This MA rating means people under […]

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Taylor Lautner teams with Gus Van Sant on indie project

Known for his Hollywood blockbusters, Taylor Lautner is apparently ready to move into independent films. According to THR, he is in the midst of striking a deal with director Gus Van Sant. Last seen in the dismal Abduction, and hitting our screens next in the penultimate instalment of The Twilight Saga, Lautner has shocked many […]

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Bourne to run – Abduction review

Abduction – Starring Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins and Alfred Molina. Directed by John Singleton. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Hollywood loves telling us who the big new movie stars are. Sam Worthington and Ryan Reynolds have both recently been given lead roles in tentpole blockbusters, and audiences have responded as enthusiastically as an infant getting […]

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Trailer Debut: The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part One

The official trailer for The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part One has debuted online, featuring all the hot human/vampire action you’ve been waiting for! Like the teaser before it, this new trailer gives us a good glimpse of Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward’s (Robert Pattinson) nuptials – and, of course, the honeymoon- before hinting […]

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Taylor Lautner and Dwayne Johnson to play David and Goliath?

The Biblical tale of David and Goliath is heading to the big screen (and no, not just in the form of the scrappy underdog fighting robot flick Real Steel). According to Twitch, Taylor Lautner and Dwayne Johnson have been offered the opportunity to star as David and Goliath in Scott Derrickson‘s upcoming adaptation. Talks with […]

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A brief encounter with Taylor Lautner

A brief encounter with Taylor Lautner. By Jess Lomas. Part werewolf, part poster boy for the ab-cruncher, Taylor Lautner flew into town last weekend for a whirlwind promo tour for his upcoming action flick, Abduction. In the film, Taylor plays a high-school student who discovers his baby photo on a missing person’s website, unravelling a […]

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See Edward and Bella on their honeymoon in new Breaking Dawn pics

Because we know you can’t get enough… Entertainment Weekly has released a couple new snaps of Edward and Bella on their honeymoon in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part One. Sadly, these are not the Honeymoon images we really want to see. You know what we’re talking about. We look forward to seeing all the […]

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Teaser Debut: The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part One

You’re invited to the social event of the season! No, not the wedding between Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. We’re talking front row tickets to the consummation of their marriage!  The first teaser trailer for The Twilight Saga  – Breaking Dawn Part One has debuted online. FThe teaser gives us a good glimpse of Bella […]

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See Edward and Bella’s honeymoon snaps from Breaking Dawn

If you consider that headline a spoiler, well, you clearly don’t care enough about The Twilight Saga to even read this article. May I instead direct your attention to this piece on The Avengers ? For the rest of you, Summit have released a whole bunch of pictures from Breaking Dawn – Part One, the first […]

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An unholy alliance of financially prosperous proportions

It’s hard to believe that in 2011, Hollywood are still allowing director/producer Michael Bay to get involved in the making of films. And yet, here we are. According to Deadline, Michael Bay has just joined forces with Taylor Lautner (yep, the werewolf dude from the Twilight movies) on a new unnamed project. The scoop is […]

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Anti climax – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse review

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Directed by David Slade. Rated M. Originally published July 5, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. To quote Detective Roger Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon, “I’m getting too old for this ****.” In just eighteen months, the Twilight saga has subjected us to one atrocious […]

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Breaking Dawn Part Two release to coincide with apocalypse

It’s long been known that the final book in Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn – would be broken into two separate films. Summit Entertainment have announced that Part One will hit cinemas November 18, 2011, while Part Two will arrive November 16, 2012. Is it a coincidence that Breaking Dawn, the final instalment […]

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Fox considered Taylor Lautner for X-Men: First Class

Breathe a sigh of relief fanboys. If Fox had their way, First Class would be a lot more shirtless. We’ve been following rather closely the casting of Matthew Vaughn‘s X-Men prequel First Class. We already know that James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Alice Eve have joined the cast (as Professor X, Magneto and Emma Frost […]

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Anti climax – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse review

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Directed by David Slade. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. To quote Detective Roger Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon, “I’m getting too old for this ****.” In just eighteen months, the Twilight saga has subjected us to one atrocious film, one (barely) passable film, […]

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Breaking Dawn OFFICIALLY broken into two films

We’ve pretty much known since February, but Summit Entertainment have officially announced that the final book in Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, will be broken into two separate movies. Apparently the delayed announcement is the result of contract negotiations of director Bill Condon and stars Kristen Stewart, Sparkly, and Shirtless. The Twilight Saga, which […]

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The Twilight Saga’s Breaking Dawn has a release date

The Twilight Saga’s Breaking Dawn, to be directed by Oscar winner Bill Condon, will hit cinemas November 18, 2011. Kristen Stewart, Mr. Sparkle, and the shirtless one will all return for the final film of the saga. Summit Entertainment are yet to announce whether or not the adaptation of the final book in Stephanie Meyer’s […]

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Bill Condon to direct Breaking Dawn

Summit Entertainment have confirmed that director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Gods and Monsters) will helm the final installment of The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn. It was reported back in March that Summit were courting Oscar-caliber directors for Breaking Dawn, including Condon, Sophia Coppola and Gus Van Sant . Condon won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar […]

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The Twilight Saga’s Eclipse – new trailer, now with conflict!

A brand new trailer for The Twilight Saga’s Eclipse has debuted online, giving us a greater glimpse of the film’s plot. It marks a milestone in the series, as it seems to be the first film of the saga to actually feature “a plot”. As far as I can piece it together, Bella (Kristen Stewart) […]

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Has punch, lacks bite – The Twilight Saga’s New Moon review

The Twilight Saga’s New Moon – Starring Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson. Directed by Chris Weitz. Rated M. Originally published November 23, 2009. By Simon Miraudo. The Twilight Saga’s New Moon is not terrible, despite featuring some excruciatingly lazy storytelling, atrocious performances, listless direction and a core storyline that is both uninteresting and […]

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Oscar nominated directors tapped for Breaking Dawn

So, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner presented at this year’s Oscars. But could they potentially be Academy Award contenders in 2011 for their work in the Twilight Saga? No, of course not. Nonetheless, Summit Entertainment are reportedly courting three Oscar-nominated directors to helm the fourth (and potentially fifth) installment of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn. […]

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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse trailer debut

I feel a great disturbance. It’s as if millions of tweenage girls cried out in joy and were suddenly silenced … for about 90 seconds. The very first trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has landed online; less than six months after the previous film, New Moon, hit cinemas. Check out the trailer below and […]

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