Nigerian Times

1 Feb 2012 22:12 Africa/Lagos Fans Crash Servers for Early Preview Screenings of "TITANIC" in 3D SELL-OUT CROWDS IN THE U.S. AND ACROSS THE WORLD WILL BE AMONG THE FIRST AUDIENCES ANYWHERE TO SEE THE RE-MASTERED MOVIE ON VALENTINES DAY, FEBRUARY 14th, IN ADVANCE OF THE FILM'S WORLDWIDE RE-RELEASE ON APRIL 6th HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans the world over rushed the web in the last 24-hours - crashing multiple servers in the process - to secure advance tickets for the now sold-out February 14th preview screenings of TITANIC in 3D, Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox International jointly announced today. In a matter of hours, sell-out screenings were reported throughout the United States and in countries around the world, following the launch of the special screening program on January 31st. Moviegoers who were lucky enough to secure a seat will now be among the first people anywhere to see the newly re-mastered TITANIC in 3D, in advance of t...

The African première of CYBORNETICS , a new science fiction film directed by Dwayne Buckle will be in Nigeria before summer. What do you get when you get when you mix a barbarian, a bright eyed kid from the 1920s, and a director with a burning desire for Science Fiction? You get the latest film on our radar, “Cybornetics“. On it’s surface, this film featuring Raw Leiba (“Conan The Barbarian”, 2011) and Justiin A. Davis (“Boardwalk Empire”), is the story of group of scientists, working for the United States government, who transform Charles Benjamin, a small time hustler, into a cyborg. Credited cast: Raw Leiba ... Ice Morales Hillary Hawkins ... Tasha ...

27 Jan 2012 16:30 Africa/Lagos 'The Third Jihad' Producers Respond to Anti-Islam Claims NEW YORK, January 27, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- Film narrated by devout American Muslim; Features top national security experts; Received praise from leading policy makers The producers of The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision for America have a direct response to media outlets that have referred to the critically-acclaimed documentary as an "anti-Islam" or "hateful" film. "Claims that The Third Jihad is an anti-Islam film are ignorant and misinformed," says Raphael Shore, Producer of The Third Jihad. "These claims are meant simply to defame the filmmakers and prevent the public from judging the film for themselves." The film opens with the following frame in bold letters for all viewers to read: "This is not a film about Islam. It is about the threat of radical Islam. Only a small percentage of the world's 1.3 billion Mus...

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!Photo Credit: Saw Htoo . UNHCR goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie, left, and Brad Pitt, second from left in foreground, visit Bosnian Muslim refugee Sabina Karman, second from left in background, and her four children, in the village. American actress Angelina Jolie who is well known for humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that the SOS Children's Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina will receive a sizable part of the proceeds from the soundtrack LP of her thrilling new film In the Land of Blood and Honey , which is her debut as a director and screenwriter. The review was published in Supple Magazine last August. Angelina Jolie in a dark blue asymmetrical Romona Keveza gown at the premiere of ‘The Land Of Blood and Honey’ in LA on December 8, 2011. The SOS Children’s Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been caring for the children adversely affected by the Balkans war back in the 1...

14 Nov 2011 13:30 Africa/Lagos Happy Feet Two Dances Onto IMAX® Screens This Friday IMAX® 3D Release of Highly Anticipated Sequel to Happy Feet Opens in More Than 377 IMAX Theatres PR Newswire LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14, 2011 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that Happy Feet Two, the sequel to the animated hit Happy Feet, will be released in the immersive IMAX® 3D format this Friday, November 18. The film will open in 293 IMAX® theatres domestically, simultaneously with the film's wide North American release. The movie will also open in 84 IMAX theatres internationally, 6 of which will open this Friday, with the additional runs debuting over the following weeks. More international theatres will be added as pending bookings are confirmed. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111107/MM01969LOGO ) Happy Feet Two: An IMAX 3D Experience has been digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image...

With over 800 million users, the world's largest social network is making it easy for film advertisers to target the perfect consumer with the perfect message to get them to show up at the box office. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For the filmmakers of The Mighty Macs , last weekend's highest grossing limited release film, Facebook put a new spin on film marketing by offering advertisers the ability to target consumers based on their 'Favorites.' The strategy is simple: target an audience based on the 'Favorite films' posted on their Facebook page, then deliver a compelling message that informs them that there is a new film that is just like their favorite movie. "If you know what a Facebook user's favorite films have been in the past, you can predict what their favorite films will be in the future," said Sean Wolfington, owner of Tier10Marketing.com, the marketing company that worked with Facebook executives to conduct a laser targeted...

The movie adaptation of We Need to Talk About Kevin , the 2003 novel of American author Lionel Shriver is the winner of the best film at the 55th BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday. The novel won the Orange Prize for fiction in 2005. The British-American film described by Mike Collett-White as an unflinching portrayal of a mother's troubled relationship with her son featured Oscar winner Tilda Swinton, starring as Eva, Kevin's mother Kevin (Ezra Miller), 15, commits a massacre at his high school and goes to jail. Stunned, his mother, Eve (Tilda Swinton) can only react to tragedy when it begins to correspond with her husband, Franklin (John C. Reilly), who lives far and recalls the boy's troubled past. We Need to Talk about Kevin premiered at the last Cannes Film Festival, was directed by Scottish film maker Lynne Ramsay. It beat eight other films, including Russian Alexander Sokurov’s Faust that won the Golden Lion at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. ...

5 Sep 2011 18:31 Africa/Lagos THE THREE MUSKETEERS is No. 1 in Germany MUNICH, Germany, September 5, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- - EUR 2,4 million Box office on first weekend - Also Number 1 on the Austrian movie charts This weekend THE THREE MUSKETEERS claimed the top spot at the German box office. The new adventure movie in 3D produced by Constantin Film was released in Germany and Austria last Thursday. On the first weekend THE THREE MUSKETEERS grossed approximately EUR2,4 million taking the lead on the German box office charts. In Austria the movie grossed approximately EUR350.000 and was the clear winner not only at the box office but also in audience numbers. This big-screen action adventure remake of THE THREE MUSKETEERS - based on Alexandre Dumas' classic novel - was conceived and shot in state-of-the-art 3D. Athos, Porthos and Aramis - three elite warriors who serve the King of France as his best Musketeers - discover an evil conspiracy to ove...

The much awaited Nigerian premiere of Rahman Oladigbolu's award winning film In America: The Story Of The Soul Sisters comes up on Thursday September 8, 2011, at the Genesis Deluxe Cinemas at The Palms in Lekki, Lagos. Popular award winning American actor Jimmy Jean-Louis is Tai Ojo in this movie that has been described as one of the best movies by African filmmakers in the Diaspora. Rahman, a graduate of Quincy College and Harvard University is also the author of On Holy Pilgrimage: A Long Journey for Freedom . In America: The Story Of The Soul Sisters won the 2011 seventh Edition of the Annual African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) for the Best Film for African Abroad and the Best Emerging Filmmaker's Award at the 2010 Roxbury International Film Festival in Boston, Massachusetts. "It is a masterpiece that showcases the ignoble sub-culture where illegal immigrants are forced to exist in the US. It chronicles the terrible and dishonorable lifestyle th...

The world premiere of Abba Makama's "Direc-Toh" the fastest Nigerian movie shot in one day comes up on Tuesday July 12, the third day of the 2nd Eko International Film Festival (EKOIFF) at the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island, Lagos. The film will be screened at 10.30 am. The young Nigerian director is a graduate of New York University film school. A Nigerian Film maker sets out to make a record as the fastest filmmaker on the Planet. Big Ben a.k.a the light speed champion tries shooting a feature film in one day and all hell breaks loose.. Written, Directed, Shot and Edited by Abba Makama. Co Writer-Gabriel Ofor Okafor Producers-Lani Makama, Benedict Aromeh, Abba Makama Starring Benedict Aromeh, Dabis Christopher Genre- Nolly Woody Allen, Comedy Satire, Afro Psycho Pseudo Hipster babble, Mockumentary Format- HDV Budget-All in the magic baby.. Release date. mid 2010.

The African premiere of Emmanuel Itier's multiple award winning movie THE INVOCATION narrated by the famous Hollywood actress Sharon Stone will be at the 2nd Eko International Film Festival (EKOIFF) on Saturday July 9, 2011, at the prestigious Silverbird Galleria, 133 Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos. THE INVOCATION is a thought provoking film about God and World Peace. An exploration of the notion of the Divine around the world and through Religion, Spirituality, Science, History, Politics and Arts. It is an invitation to elevate our school of thought and to change the code of human interaction in relation to our perceptions of God. The film proposes answers to universal questions in both a religious and non-religious context: Who am I, where do I come from, and where am I going? Is there something beyond the here and now? What is the global idea of ‘God’ which has presented us with countless conflicts throughout human history? How can we live in Peace? The project was f...