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While everybody's attention is on 82nd Academy Awards winners its easy not to notice the astonishing success of Alice In Wonderland début in the theatres. Alice became a box-office 3D monster by blowing away James Cameron's Avatar becoming the biggest 3D bow ever, the best March release ever and the highest grossing movie of 2010 with116,3M on it's opening weekend. Although Avatar's international numbers were better ($242M worldwide on the first weekend), we still have a chance of witnessing Tim Burton's picture to triumph in this category as well - the movie is still awaiting release in Spain, France, Japan, Brazil, Switzerland, Netherlands, Israel, Finland and Belgium.

We do not forget about the higher ticket prices that help this 3D blockbuster-beasts. We also may assume that Alice is having such a success mostly because of James Cameron's achievement – most people who saw Avatar apparently enjoyed it and now, even though the critics are giving mixed-feeling reviews of Tim Burton's new movie, are seeking for the similar experience.

This is where we come to conclude that Alice in Wonderland has a crucial role in this 3D box-office occupation movement that we all are told to witness very soon. If the audience will enjoy it as much as they enjoyed the world of Pandora, we may expect the similar success of upcoming 3D pictures (Clash of the Titans for example), or if movie-goers will decide that avatar was once in a lifetime theatrical experience we apparently will see no new grossing records in the nearest future (it doesn't mean that this 3D creatures wont be successful though).

Here's this weekend box-office The Observer Conversation: Will 3D change cinema for ever?

GOOD MORNING MR. JENKINS

"We wanted to make something a bit different in the 3 minute limit."



‘Good Morning Mr Jenkins’ is a story about a guy who has everything, a loving marriage and is great at his job. After witnessing an event one day, his life starts crumbling all around him.

Written by Marty Stalker and Rick Trainor
Directed by Marty Stalker
Written and produced for the Final Round of the Filmaka competition (Jury Level Round).
Special Thanks to all that were involved in the production. Filmed on the Canon 5D Mark II with 50mm f1.4 USM lens and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 with Magic Bullet Looks.
Music from The Black Bear Saloon and Video CoPilot's Pro Scores.

BEHIND THE SCEENES: GOOD MORNING MR JENKINS

I've wrote recently about the new Rebel T2i camera by Canon here. Now check out one of the first comparisons of the new camra with it's older brother 7D!

I don't need a long intro to tell you about Martin Scorsese's contribution to the world of cinema. It's enough just to name some titles from his filmography and anybody will get the idea  –  The Departed, The Aviator, Gangs of New York, Casino, Goodfellas and Taxi Driver. While it's highly rumoured in the press that Scorsese teams-up with Robert De Niro and director Lars von Trier(!) to create a sequel of his 1976 classic (Taxi Driver), I want to concentrate on his last work - Shutter Island which premièred recently at the Berlin International Film Festival. Scorsese have told about the atmosphere on the set, what influenced him, and the nature of the work with Leo DiCaprio in his latest interview for filmofilla.com. Read on!

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NO WAY THROUGH

Thought provocative, political, thrilling.
shot on Canon 5D Mark II.

Imagine if London was controlled by the military and you had to go through specific checkpoints to go to school, go to work, visit your friends or go to the hospital.

No Way Through brings the shocking reality of Palestinian life in the West Bank uncomfortably close to home.



Produced for Ctrl.Alt.Shift - a movement for a new generation fighting social and global injustice (www.ctrlaltshift.co.uk)

**CAST**
Amy : Amy Loughton
Rob : Tim Plester
Soldier #1 : Michael Parr
Soldier #2 : Barry Murray
Other soldiers : James Lomax / David Chrysanthou / Sam Skempton / Tony Dixon
Paramedics : Robert Mellor / Alex Gardner

**CREW**
Co-Writers/Co-Directors : Sheila Menon & Alexandra Monro
Director of Photography : Dave Tree
Editor : Graham Taylor
Composer : James Edward Barker
Production Designer : Gareth Thomas

Producer : Andy Noble
Co-producer : Aneta Chalas