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MTV Movie Awards: 'The Social Network' And More Bring Zingers For Best Line From A Movie Category

Posted 6/3/11 1:49 pm EST by in MTV Movie Awards


You can't have a strong movie without a strong script (unless you're some weird kind of moviemaking magician that we've yet to come across), and thankfully, there were plenty of powerful scripts that made it to the big-screen this year—with plenty of dynamite dialogue to boot.

That's why it's a very competitive field in the newly created Best Line From A Movie category at the MTV Movie Awards this year, and there's just no way we can decide on a winner ourselves. Luckily for us, the decision falls upon you guys! Read on for the full list of the Best Line From A Movie contenders, and cast your vote for the winner today!

Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield, "The Social Network"

"...A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool?"
"You?"
"A billion dollars. And that shut everybody up."

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Valentine's Day Special: Playing Matchmaker With Our Favorite Film Characters

Posted 2/14/11 1:20 pm EST by in Humor


It's that time of year again. The time of year when CVS is overrun with teddy bears clutching little red hearts, every brand of candy suddenly is decorated in red and all your favorite romantic films are suddenly checked out from your local video store (or Netflix, who are we kidding?). That's right, it's Valentine's Day -- and we couldn't be more thrilled.

Because to us, as much as Valentine's Day is about spending time with the one you love (or just America capitalizing on another commercial holiday; take your pick depending upon your level of cynicism), to us it's about spending some quality time with the characters we love. We aren't called MTV Movies Blog for nothing.

But this year, instead of picking our favorite couples from film or the top romantic moments that have happened on screen, we decided to go a different route: we're looking at the characters from some of our favorite movies that, if they ever met, would be a match made in heaven. Don't lie: in your gut, you know sparks would fly if Boss Nass from "The Phantom Menace" met Ursula from "The Little Mermaid," don't you? Okay, maybe not, but we would absolutely bet on the five couples we picked after the jump having some serious chemistry -- if they ever actually met!

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'Harry Potter' Trumps 'Twilight' As MTV Movies Blog Readers' Favorite Film Of 2010! [POLL RESULTS]

Posted 12/30/10 4:10 pm EST by in Best of 2010, Poll


Harry Potter vs. Twilight

Last week, we here at MTV Movies Blog asked you -- the members our well-informed, movie-loving readership -- to vote for your favorite film of 2010. You responded with vigor, casting 5,000 votes in the course of one week (nicely done!).

There were 34 movies included in the poll, ranging from indie darlings like "The Kids Are All Right" to mega-blockbusters like the year's highest-grossing film "Toy Story 3." In truth, however, the race came down to just two movies, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1" and "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," proving that both series' fan bases have some seriously devoted members.

In the end, "Potter" beat out "Twilight" by a narrow 449 vote margin, with "Deathly Hallows - Part 1" amassing 46.5 percent of the total vote to "Eclipse"'s 37.5 percent -- together accounting for a whopping 84 percent of votes. In a shocker, the 3-D animated comedy "How to Train Your Dragon" beat out all other comers to notch a distant third with 10.74 percent of the vote, while Christopher Nolan's mind-bending thriller "Inception" (2.09 percent) and Disney's critically acclaimed Rapunzel retelling "Tangled" (0.52 percent) took the #4 and #5 slots, respectively.

Rounding out the top 10 -- in races separated by just a handful of votes -- were "Toy Story 3" at #6 (0.32 percent), "Black Swan" at #7 (0.3 percent), "The Social Network" and "Easy A" tied for #8 (0.28 percent) and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" at #10 (0.24 percent).

Hit the jump to see how the rest of the 34 movies fared. Read More...

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'Hitch' TV Show Heads To Fox: Which Other Movies Would Make For Must-See TV?

Posted 10/6/10 12:59 pm EST by in News, TV


Will SmithIf you were one of the millions who fell for the Will Smith rom-com "Hitch" back in 2005, we've got some good news for you: Following a bidding war with multiple networks Fox has landed the rights to adapt "Hitch" into an hour-long small-screen series, Deadline reports.

"Hitch" is just the latest film to get the television treatment. Last year, "10 Things I Hate About You" made its short-lived television debut, it was announced that "The Time Traveler's Wife" would be hitting the small screen soon (though it looks as though nothing ever came of that), and more recently "Goodfellas" was optioned following the success of "Boardwalk Empire."

So what does "Hitch" have that those other projects don't? A formulaic plot, for one, that could easily be turned into an hour-long sitcom lasting several seasons. For those of you who need a refresher, the film followed Smith as date doctor who makes all his own mistakes when falling for Eva Mendes. But there are plenty of other great films out there that could probably do just as well -- if not better -- than the four previously announced adaptations. After the jump, check out our picks for a few recent flicks we'd love to see on the boob tube. Read More...

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'Easy A' Director Talks Bad Reputations, 'Friends With Benefits'

Posted 8/12/10 3:27 pm EST by in News


If you haven’t yet seen the trailers for “Easy A,” stop reading now and do yourself a favor and go watch. The buzz around this film, which stars the always-enjoyable Emma Stone as a high schooler trying to stand out from the crowd by altering her reputation in a big way (read: pretending to become promiscuous), is great.

We recently spoke with the film’s director, Will Gluck, who said the teen comedy is different because it is smart and about a universally-relatable subject: reputation.

“It’s about how people are judged and what it feels like to be judged and to judge,” Gluck said. “But hopefully it doesn’t feel like medicine when you’re watching it.” Read More...

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'Twilight' Star Cam Gigandet Earning 'A' For Effort In Currently-Filming Flick

Posted 6/19/09 3:24 pm EST by in News


Cam GigandetHe played a villainous vampire in “Twilight” and has won Best Fight at the MTV Movie Awards two years running -- so, it’s safe to say we all know that Cam Gigandet is a really good bad boy. Currently, the in-demand star is hard at work on “Easy A,” a comedic spin on “The Scarlet Letter” that has him setting aside the vampire attire and instead cloaking himself in mortality and school clothes.

“The whole idea is that people [develop] their personas in high school,” Gigandet explained about the film, which stars Emma Stone as a modern-day Hester Prynne, the “Scarlet” outcast forced to wear a red “A” to mark her shame. “Whether that’s true or not, you never know until afterwards. I’m one of those characters who you think is one person, where he turns out to not be.” Read More...

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Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow And Penn Badgley Join Emma Stone In 'Easy A'

Posted 6/4/09 11:00 am EST by in News


Cam GigandetEarlier this year, Emma Stone decided to emulate Nathaniel Hawthorne's Hester Prynne (you know, "The Scarlet Letter") for an "Easy A." She was quickly joined by Amanda Bynes, but with the film set to begin shooting in a few days, she'll need additional people to help and shame her towards a bad reputation. Variety has the list of who those people will be: Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Alyson Michalka, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci, Penn Badgley, Malcolm McDowell and Daniel Bird.

The plot has changed a little since it was last in the trades. Initially, Stone was going to play a student who faked being promiscuous in order to gain attention. Now she's a student who is ostracized thanks to a false rumor of her behaving badly with the guys, and she decides to use the rumor mill to her advantage. She pits puritanical students and teachers against their liberal, free-lovin' counterparts. Hilarity and life lessons ensue. Read More...

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'Superbad' Star Emma Stone Heads Back To High School For An 'Easy A'

Posted 3/30/09 11:22 am EST by in News


Emma StoneEmma Stone may have played second fiddle to Anna Faris in "The House Bunny," but she's becoming a comedic leading lady in her own right ... even if she has to brand herself to do it. According to Variety, she's nabbed the lead in Screen Gems' "Easy A", a high-school retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter."

Directed by Will Gluck ("Fired Up") and boasting a script from New York playwright Bert. V. Royal, "Easy A" centers on a high school student who decides being known as a slut is the way to go. She decides to feign being promiscuous, but her life begins to mimic that of Hester Prynne, Hawthorne's famous "scarlet woman." Read More...

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