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WIN! Bayonetta (The Movie): Bloody Fate On Blu-ray! – From the director of Afro Samurai

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To celebrate the release of Bayonetta (The Movie): Bloody Fate on DVD and Limited Edition Blu-ray Steelbook from 24th November we have a Limited Edition Blu-ray Steelbook version to giveaway!

From the director of AFRO SAMURAI! Based on the smash-hit videogame, Bayonetta: Bloody Fate follows the story of the witch Bayonetta, as she defeats the blood-thirsty Angels and tries to remember her past from before the time she awoke, 20 years ago. Alongside her is a mysterious little girl who keeps calling her “Mummy”, a journalist that holds a personal grudge against Bayonetta and a unknown white-haired woman who seems to know more than she is willing to reveal about Bayonetta’s time before her sleep.

Available to order from Amazon UK today at http://amzn.to/1vRigy4

For your chance to win the copy of the Limited Edition Blu-ray Steelbook version of Bayonetta (The Movie): Bloody Fate that we’ve got to give away, sign in to the site below (or click here to register) and answer the multiple choice question (see below for more details on how to enter). The competition closes on December 6th, 2014, so get answering and good luck!

HOW TO ENTER: This competition is open to all registered Movie Muser members who live in the UK. It’s free to register and obligation free, and once you’ve signed up to the site, you’ll be able to enter any other competitions we run, plus post comments, join in on the forum or even have your own film blog. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. If you’re already a member, sign in below and answer the multiple choice question in the grey box, click enter, and you’re done!

This competition closes at 11.59pm on December 6th, 2014. Competition open to UK residents aged 15 or over. (For general competition terms and conditions, privacy policy and site T&Cs, CLICK HERE)

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WIN! We Are The Giant On DVD! – Get your mitts on the inspirational documentary

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Directed by award-winning filmmaker Greg Barker, WE ARE THE GIANT – the inspirational and gripping account of the Arab Spring as told first-hand by people from across the Middle East and North Africa – will be available on DVD from 24 NOVEMBER 2014 and to celebrate, we have 3 DVDs to give away!

With remarkable and candid access, the film takes its audience inside the lives of six extraordinary people from very different walks of life, deciding they must stand up for what they believe is right, and take action. Each faces a brutal regime determined to crush them into submission, and each makes very different, painful choices that come to define themselves – and their struggles.

Activist Osama describes how his 21-year-old, Virginia-raised son, Muhannad, fought against Gaddafi’s forces in Benghazi. Syrian friends, Ghassan and Motaz remain committed to peaceful resistance even as their country descends into ever-more-hopeless violence. Sisters Maryam and Zainab become pivotal opposition figures while their father suffers in a Bahrain prison. Powerful, tragic and ultimately inspirational, these insightful stories, underscored by echoes from past resistance leaders, show the agonizing and universal dilemmas at the heart of all struggles for justice and freedom whilst illustrating what drives revolutionaries, revealing the astonishing sacrifices they must make to pursue their causes.

WE ARE THE GIANT is directed by an Award-winning filmmaker Greg Barker, a former war correspondent and produced by acclaimed documentary producer John Battsek (SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN, RESTREPO, THE IMPOSTER, FIRE IN BABYLON). Barker’s most recent film, MANHUNT, an inside account of the conflict with Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, premiered at Sundance 2013, won the Primetime Emmy for Best Documentary and received a special mention at the 2013 BFI London Film Festival.

For your chance to win one of the three copies of We Are The Giant on DVD that we’ve got to give away, sign in to the site below (or click here to register) and answer the multiple choice question (see below for more details on how to enter). The competition closes on December 5th, 2014, so get answering and good luck!

WE ARE THE GIANT will be available on DVD from 24 NOVEMBER 2014.

HOW TO ENTER: This competition is open to all registered Movie Muser members who live in the UK. It’s free to register and obligation free, and once you’ve signed up to the site, you’ll be able to enter any other competitions we run, plus post comments, join in on the forum or even have your own film blog. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. If you’re already a member, sign in below and answer the multiple choice question in the grey box, click enter, and you’re done!

This competition closes at 11.59pm on December 5th, 2014. Competition open to UK residents aged 15 or over. (For general competition terms and conditions, privacy policy and site T&Cs, CLICK HERE)

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Strange Magic Trailer – George Lucas has come up with an animated movie

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Lucasfilm managed to keep the movie Strange Magic very quiet. It’s from a story by George Lucas, inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and has been in the works for a long time. However nobody outside the production had heard much about it until some images were released last month, along with the surprise news that it was complete and would be out in the US at the end of January.

Now we’ve got a trailer, which shows that this isn’t just an animated movie, it’s also a Jukebox musical full of tunes from the last six decades.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘”Strange Magic” is a madcap fairy tale musical inspired by “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Popular songs from the past six decades help tell the tale of a colorful cast of goblins, elves, fairies and imps, and their hilarious misadventures sparked by the battle over a powerful potion. Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and Industrial Light & Magic, which created the CGI animation for 2011’s Academy Award®-winning film “Rango,” bring to life the fanciful forest turned upside down with world-class animation and visual effects.’

It’s due out January 23rd, 2015 in the US, but no UK date is currently set.

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Son Of A Gun Trailer – Ewan McGregor and Brenton Thwaites head to prison

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Ewan McGregor and Brenton Thwaites are turning bad boys for the thriller Son of A Gun. They’re in prison. but they wanna break out and pull a big job – and from the evidence of this trailer, McGregor isn’t the nicest of convicts.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In the criminal world, life is like a game of chess. To gain control, you have to stay a few moves ahead of your opponent. Lose that control, and you risk becoming a pawn in their very dangerous game. During a six-month stint inside a West Australian prison, rookie criminal JR (BRENTON THWAITES) meets the smart and enigmatic Brendan Lynch (EWAN McGREGOR). In exchange for protection on the inside, JR agrees to help Brendan get outside, hooking up with the influential Sam Lennox (JACEK KOMAN) to orchestrate a daring prison escape that frees Brendan, and inmates Sterlo (MATT NABLE) and Merv (EDDIE BAROO).

‘JR is rewarded for his efforts, and with a taste of the high life and flirtations with Sam’s beautiful girl Tasha (ALICIA VIKANDER), he gets sucked deeper into Brendan’s criminal world. But whose game is he playing?

‘Becoming a father-like mentor to JR, Brendan convinces him to join on another high stakes job – robbing a Kalgoorlie gold mine. But with millions of dollars at stake, it’s hard to tell whom JR can trust, and whose side each player is actually on. And with his feelings for Tasha increasing, and his faith in Brendan decreasing, JR must figure out his next move… before its check, mate.’

In the UK it will hit cinemas on January 30th, but it’ll be a DirectTV Exclusive from December 11th, with a cinema release on January 16th, 2015.

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Channing Tatum Plans To Direct Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock – And he may also star

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For a while it’s been known that Channing Tatum has been looking for project to co-direct with his business partner, Reid Carolin. Now one has jumped to the top of the pack, as THR reports he’s set to helm an adaptation of Matthew Quick’s book Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock.

The young adult novel ‘centers on a troubled high schooler who plans to kill his best friend and then himself.’ Tatum may also star in the movie, and if he does, he’ll play a teacher who tries to stop the young man’s plan.

If this does become his directorial debut, he’ll certainly be starting off with something difficult and dramatic, but would flex his muscles as both a helmer and an actor. At the moment it’s not known when it might shoot, or indeed when Tatum will have a slot in his incredibly busy schedule.

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Jean-Marc Vallee To Direct Janis Joplin Biopic – With Amy Adams still set to star

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Will we finally be getting a major Janis Joplin biopic? She’s the woman it seems everyone in Hollywood has tried to make a movie about, but yet endless possible projects have fallen by the wayside. However now one is getting some traction, partly thanks to having Amy Adams on board to lend it some weight (but even so it’s been languishing for several years).

Now it has a director, as Deadline reports that Dallas Buyers Club helmer has taken on the movie. He’s the latest to show an interest after previous dalliances with the likes of Fernando Meirelles and Lee Daniels.

Not too much is known about the movie, such as whether it will cover her whole life or just focus on one particular period. With her unusual, alternative style, Joplin became a legend and inspiration to many, before dying from a heroin overdose at the age of just 27.

The hope is to shoot the movie next summer, working from a script by Ron Terry and Teresa Terry.

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