Archive for December 15th, 2009

Clint Eastwood’s new movie has been beaten at the US box office by a cartoon starring a princess and a frog.

Invictus stars Morgan Freeman as former South African president Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as rugby player Francois Pienaar.

The movie, directed by Eastwood, is based on the true story of how Mandela helped heal his apartheid-torn land through the white bastion of rugby and the sport’s 1995 world cup.

But the movie took just $9.1 million in its opening weekend, good enough for only third place.

The top spot went to the Disney cartoon The Princess and The Frog, which grossed an impressive $25 million.

In second place was Sandra Bullock’s The Blind Side, also based on a true story of how a family take in a homeless boy who goes on to become a huge NFL star.

The movie took $15.5 million, making its three-week gross $149.8 million.

The 67th Annual Golden Globe Nominations have been announced and George Clooney’s new flick Up in the Air has received six nods.

Sandra Bullock, 45, received two nominations – one for Best Performance By An Actress: Drama for The Blind Side and also for comedy in The Proposal.

There was talk of Oscar success for Up in the Air before its release but Clooney, 48, recently said he didn’t want to get his hopes up.

He said: “I had some tremendous Oscar buzz for Batman and Robin, as you can imagine I was disappointed. So I don’t really pay attention to it.”

Movies including James Cameron’s Avatar and Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds have been nominated for Best Motion Picture: Drama.

British actresses Emily Blunt and Helen Mirren received nominations in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture: Drama category for movies The Young Victoria and The Last Station respectively.