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Yay, Dylan O'Brien was just cast in a sci-fi movie The Maze Runner. He will play Thomas, "one of a group of teens who wake up in a maze with no memory of how they got there. He then searches for answers and a way out." The movie is based on James Dashner's novel trilogy. It was reported by Deadline; for obvious reasons I can't link to the article.

That's so, so great! I'm so happy for him. Seriously, it's slightly pathetic how fond I am of this kid - yes, kid, he's 10 years younger than me. I hope he has an awesome career ahead of him!

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters reached $200 mil. worldwide - and Paramount green-lit a sequel! Source. No details are available yet but - YAY! YAY! YAY! H&G is getting a sequel! Love me some Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton!

... I think I love you a bit :)

Before, during and after the Sundance Film Festival premiere of "Kill Your Darlings" on Friday night (January 18), all anyone could talk about, so it seemed, was Daniel Radcliffe's sexual escapades.

Maybe it was because this erotically charged Beat Generation drama represents the 23-year-old's most high-profile film since he graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Or, perhaps, it had something to do with the fact that in "Darlings," he plays the poet Allen Ginsberg and spends a fair amount of the film making out, having gay sex and masturbating.

But here's the thing: Radcliffe is totally cool with all of it — and he doesn't understand why so many others aren't.

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I now really want to see Kill Your Darlings. And I think I'll finally do it and watch the Harry Potter movies, just for him. I tried to watch them before but I couldn't even get through the first one, it bored me to tears. The same goes for the books, I managed 2 and... eh. But Daniel seems like an awesome person, so I guess I should give it another go :)

So, The Hobbit. I've seen it twice now and I'm head-over-heels, totally smitten with Aidan Turner. I know that everybody and their uncle is fawning over Thorin and Richard Armitage but I'm a Kili!girl. Which made me fall hard for Aidan Turner. Which made me order S1-3 of Being Human UK on DVD (the box set cost Ł15 only). And which makes me look forward to The Mortal Instruments like whoa!

I haven't read the books yet, but I can't wait to see it. Not because of Lily Collins' Clary Fray and her issues and her love story and what not. But because of these two:



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Because of Lena Headey as Jocelyn Fray and Aidan Turner as Luke Garroway. Not only do I love them as actors, the best thing is that ( spoilers from IMDB! ) The funny thing is that based on the pictures, Aidan will sport a full beard in the movie - he'll be more bearded there than as a dwarf! LOL! So yeah, I guess it'll be like with me and Twilight - there I also cared more about Carlisle than about the main romance...

Bad news: JGL turned down the role of Star-Lord in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. Bummer :( I'm looking forward to the movie but with him staring in it? I would have been over the moon with excitement! *sad sigh*

Good news: On the other hand, JGL signed up for Sin City: A Dame To Kill For: source. He took the part of Johnny, previously offered to Johnny Depp. He will also re-unite with Bruce Willis in it!

Gordon-Levitt will play Johnny, a cocky gambler who disguises a darker mission to destroy his most foul enemy at his best game.

“Johnny is a new character in the Sin City world and we are excited for what Joseph will bring to the role,” say directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller in a press release (it’s amazing how people can talk in unison in a press release).

“I love how the first movie uses VFX, not to make fake things look real, but to create a heightened world unburdened by the look and feel of reality,” adds Gordon-Levitt. “Plus, nobody makes a badass like Mr Rodriguez.”

Other actors already conformed include Mickey Rourke as Marv, Jessica Alba as Nancy, Rosario Dawson as Gail, Jaime King as Goldie/Wendy, Dennis Haysbert as Manute and Jamie Chung as Miho.

I still haven't seen the first Sin City - though I own it on DVD, as is my habit - but the twins love it, so... I guess this makes me excited - not as much as if he had joined GotG, but what can you do. This style suits him better, I think: not so flashy, rather dark and gritty. We will see how it goes...

Rating: ♣ ♣ ♣ •

♦ More of a thriller than an action movie (whereas MI4 was more of an action movie than a thriller). I really liked the conspiracy part. Maybe I'm turning into a conspiracy movie/show fan? That would be weird. Not that there wasn't enough action and Tom Cruise was excellent in those scenes, kicking major ass, doing a lot of stunts himself - you could see it because most of them were shot from a close range, detailing his face. And I loved his fighting style - fast and dirty.

♦ The movie was also surprisingly funny. Tom Cruise makes the best faces. His expression just freezes and it's like there's a neon "WTF?!" sign flashing above his head.

♦ Rosamund Pike and Tom Cruise had a great chemistry. I read this wonderful interview with Rosamund in which she praised working with Tom and she had so many wonderful things to say about him: link. Honestly, I mean, I know his personal life is a mess but so far, I've only read good things about him from other actors.

♦ Jai Courtney was fantastic as Charlie the Bad Guy. So physical! He has an amazing on-screen presence. And he looks so much better with closely cut dark hair than with those blond curls he sported in Spartacus. I can't wait to see him in A Good Day to Die Hard as Bruce Willis' son! I hope he has a great career ahead of him!

So, to sum it up - it's worth seeing in the theaters, IMHO. The action scenes mixed with the sound effects were fantastic. And we actually LOL'd several times!

Tom Hardy's attached to a movie called Animal Rescue - and now Noomi Rapace was offered the female lead! How awesome is that? These two seem to have so much fun together, it's sweet! I hope she takes the part, that would be awesome!

As Deadline.com says, Tom will play "a man who wants to shed his criminal path but somehow gets mixed up in a bad heist and a killing resulting from a lost and contested pit bull." He seems very excited about this film and about working with the director, Michael R. Roskam. Interesting...

I'm so looking forward to this. It opens on Dec. 27 here, like MI4 did last year. I hope it's a hit. I really like it when Tom Cruise kicks major ass.

You know, Tom Cruise is one of the actors that I don't care about personally. As in, their personal life. I feel the same way about Will Smith, for example. But I adore his movies, especially the action driven ones because he is an amazing actor and I admire his dedication to his craft.

First trailer for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones appeared. I'll just link it - link - not embed it because Viacom is going crazy, shutting down every reposted copy of it. That's something I don't get - don't you make a trailer to spread it among people and let them know about the movie? Make them interested? How does it help you to go after those who liked it enough to spread it further? I don't get it *hands*

But back to the trailer - it looks really good. And I like Lily Collins. I haven't read the books and I don't plan to read them either, at least not in the foreseeable future, but the trailer looks rather good. Really kick-ass.