I have no words. Well…almost. Seriously, after the trailer for Kirk Jones’ What to Expect When You’re Expecting that we showed you last month, I didn’t think it could get worse. Then I saw these posters. Are they photographs or are they cartoons? And as if the current trend toward airbrushing any character or distinction out of the faces of already beautiful people wasn’t bad enough, they’re all clutching their fake baby bumps with beatific smiles on their bland faces. All except JLo, who probably refused to look “fat”. (I'm kidding, her character adopts)

And the captions! I can only assume these are actual lines that these characters are forced to say in the context of the movie. Frankly I’m stunned. I said I stared at the trailer in “slack-jawed wonder”, I have no words for what my expression must have been as I clicked on these posters one by one.

The film is based on the popular non-fiction self-help book by Heidi Murkoff, that has this innocuous plot summary: “A look at the lives of five couples as they prepare to become parents.” Now let’s see what the official synopsis is for this He’s Just Not that Into You/Valentine’s Day/New Year’s Eve celebrity mashup. (It’s like The Loveboat set in a maternity ward.)

Over the moon about starting a family, TV fitness guru Jules (Cameron Diaz) and dance show star Evan (Matthew Morrison) find that their high-octane celebrity lives don't stand a chance against the surprise demands of pregnancy. Baby-crazy author and advocate Wendy (Elizabeth Banks) gets a taste of her own militant mommy advice when pregnancy hormones ravage her body; while Wendy's husband, Gary (Ben Falcone), struggles not to be outdone by his competitive alpha-Dad (Dennis Quaid), who's expecting twins with his much younger trophy wife, Skyler (Brooklyn Decker). {Wait a second…didn’t Quaid just have twins with his trophy wife??} Photographer Holly (Jennifer Lopez) is prepared to travel the globe to adopt a child, but her husband Nate (Rodrigo Santoro) isn't so sure, and tries to quiet his panic by attending a "dudes" support group, where new fathers get to tell it like it really is. {Holly and Nate? JLo and Rodrigo are "Holly" & "Nate"?} And rival food truck chefs Rosie (Anna Kendrick) and Marco's (Chace Crawford) surprise hook-up results in an unexpected quandary: what to do when your first child comes before your first date?

What to Expect When You’re Expecting was written by Shauna Cross (Whip It), Heather Hach (Freaky Friday) and opens May 11 in the US and 18th May in the UK.

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“The World Will Be Watching”

Well, Lionsgate certainly hopes so. (Pffft…like this movie won’t be HUGE!) We a new poster for The Hunger Games, which features an up close shot of Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen taking deadly aim at us through the crosshairs of her bow and arrow. We’re told it’s the ‘final poster’, but the movie doesn’t come out until March 23 and we’ve heard that before.

Also, courtesy of EW, we have a new image of Katniss and Peeta Mellark dressed and ready for the opening ceremony of The Games, getting some last minute advice perhaps? Not having read the books, I have no clue.

Directed by Gary Ross (Pleasantville, Sea Biscuit), The Hunger Games is an adaptation of the first book of Suzanne Collins' wildly popular dystopian YA series, from a script cowritten by Ross and Collins and it has managed to amass one helluva cast. Lawrence in the coveted lead role of Katniss Everdeen,  Hutcherson as Peeta, Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket, Lenny Kravitz as Cinna, Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy, Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne, Donald Sutherland as President Snow, Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman, Toby Jones as Claudius Templesmith and Wes Bentley as Seneca Crane.

Synopsis: In a not-too-distant future, the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss’ young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district’s female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son of the town baker who seems to have all the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives.

The Hunger Games is due for release March 23, 2012 everywhere.

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I have got treats, lots and lots of treats, that I’ve been hoarding storing up for a rainy day…actually just haven’t been able to get to) Well, today’s the day. In this post I have new pics for Men in Black III, Prometheus, Lovelace, Snow White and the Huntsman and The Hunger Games

Men in Black III: “Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back… in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K’s life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him — secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.”

We also offer a first look at villain, Boris, played by Flight of the Conchords' Jemaine Clement. The movie opens almost everywhere in the known universe on May 25.

Here’s are two new images from Sir Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, which leads them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. The pics show Noomi Rapace (who has described her character, Elizabeth Shaw, as the “Ripley” of the piece) in more detail as well as the “space jockeys” in the background.

Prometheus takes over theaters on 1^st June in the UK and June 8 in the US and Canada.

We have a first look at Amanda Seyfried as Linda Lovelace in the biopic, Lovelace, about the porn star and her relationship with her abusive husband, Chuck Traynor (Peter Sarsgaard). James Franco plays Hugh Hefner. Lovelace has no set release date yet. More info to follow.

Charlize Theron looks appropriately regal and menacing in this new still from Rupert Sanders’ Snow White and the Huntsman. The darker version of the two Snow White tales, starring Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth, opens June 1 almost everywhere.

Last, but not least, for this round are two new pics from The Hunger Games. We get new looks at Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson), Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) and Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence). Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match. The Hunger Games begin on March 23 in the US, Canada and the UK.

More to come!

We have a boatload of new images from Asger Leth's Man on a Ledge starring Sam Worthington. Summit really wants us to see this thing. While I still say that this bears a great deal of resemblance to F. Gary Gray's under-rated, The Negotiator, (some have compared it to Joel Schumacher’s Phone Booth, but I don’t see it) complete with Elizabeth Banks (in the Kevin Spacey role) being asked to believe in Worthington's innocence, my motto is “there’s nothing new under the sun. It’s all in the delivery”. So I think this could be a lot fun. Of course, whatever's going on with Jamie Bell and his crew is the real hook. It looks like a solid B-movie to munch popcorn to and that’s pretty good for a January release, imho.

Synopsis: An ex-cop (Worthington) and now wanted fugitive stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department negotiator (Banks) tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the ledge, the more she realizes that he might have an ulterior objective.

Man on a Ledge is director Leth's feature debut and stars Worthington, Banks and Bell along with Anthony Mackie, Edward Burns (who does this stuff to finance his own fantastic films), William Sadler, Kyra Sedgwick​ and Ed Harris​ (looking particularly creepy). It opens in theaters January 27 in the US and the UK.

Lionsgate today announced that tickets for the highly anticipated film The Hunger Games will go on advance sale Wednesday, February 22, which will begin the final phase of the countdown that began with the #HungerGames100Poster reveal that took place on 100 websites back on December 15. 

The film takes place during the 74th Annual Hunger Games, and today (January 9) marks the celebration of 74 days until the film’s release.

Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games.  A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains.

Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy.  If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

The Hunger Games is directed by Gary Ross, and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel, the first in a trilogy published by Scholastic that has over 16 million copies in print in the United States alone, has developed a massive global following.  

Fans can register for email or text alerts to remind them when tickets go on sale, and also RSVP for the event by going to the film’s Facebook page. They can also track news on Twitter #HungerGames74

Tickets Will Go On Sale On February 22nd, 2012 at movietickets.com and fandango.com

Lionsgate will release The Hunger Games on March 23, 2012. 

In just under 100 days the world will be watching when The Hunger Games hits theaters on March 23, 2012! To celebrate, Lionsgate has released the brand new poster that was unveiled yesterday after the #HungerGames100 puzzle hunt.  

Based on the best-selling novel, the first of a trilogy, by Suzanne Collins, “The Hunger Games” has a massive global following. This is the official synopsis:

“Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games.  A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which Tributes? must fight with one another until one survivor remains.

Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy.  If she's ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against  humanity and life against love.”

THE HUNGER GAMES is directed by Gary Ross, and produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland (among many others).

“May the odds be ever in your favor”