New on DVD & Blu-ray, Week of August 17: ‘The Last Song’

‘The Last Song’

The movie 'Last Song' starring Miley Cyrus

What It’s About: Based on best-selling novelist Nicholas Sparks’ (“A Walk to Remember,” “The Notebook”) novel, “The Last Song” is set in a small Southern beach town where an estranged father (Greg Kinnear) gets a chance to spend the summer with his reluctant teenage daughter (Miley Cyrus), who’d rather be home in New York. He tries to reconnect with her through the only thing they have in common — music. It also helps to have a hunky boy around for her.

It’s Kinda Like: ‘Dear John’ meets ‘Hannah Montana’

What We Say: Miley Cyrus and Nicholas Sparks fans will embrace this predictable teen soap opera that has all the pat tropes in the right place: Cyrus starts out as an alienated teenager who dislikes her father and, though a child prodigy, doesn’t want to attend Julliard; she meets a handsome young man in a cute way; falls in love; learns to understand her father; and even finds her way back to her music. What more could we ask for?

Blu-ray extras: Commentary, alternate opening, deleted scenes.

Miley Cyrus has been nominated for Teen Choice Award and not just one. She has been nominated for 4!

Choice Music: Female Artist
Choice Movie Actress: Drama (“The Last Song”)
Choice Movie Drama: “The Last Song”
Choice Movie Dance: Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth for “The Last Song”

Today, Miley actually posted on her blog regarding the Teen Choice Awards nominations:

TCA
Mon, Jun 14, 2010

Thank you guys so much for nominating me again for TCA! Voting has started so please start voting! If anyone can make this dream come true it is you guys! It would be so amazing to win something for the Last Song! Tomorrow is me and Liams 1 year anniversary so this is super cool timing! Thank you guys so much for getting me nominated in such cool categories!
X M

The Teen Choice Awards will take place at The Gibson Amphitheater on Sunday, August 8th. It will air on FOX the very next day – Monday, August 9th at 8pm (ET/PT).

Vote now for Miley Cyrus HERE!

Miley Cyrus was caught on film grinding with one of the producers of The Last Song, Adam Shankman. Controversy is stirring since the video has went viral because of the large age difference between the two. It is safe to say that some people are definitely criticizing Miley, Mr. Shankman, and Miley’s parents. Watch the video below:

Miley Cyrus recently appeared on the UK show, Live From Studio Five. In it, she talked about what it was like to be stuck in the United States because of the Iceland volcano and joked about how much of a workaholic. Of course, there is also some discussion on her relationship with Liam Hemsworth.

Yesterday I posted news regarding to the UK premiere of The Last Song starring Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth. Unfortunately, because of natural circumstances, they were not able to attend the premiere because of the volcano in Iceland. But! Miley recorded a video message just for the audience in attendance:

You have all heard about the drama of Iceland’s volcano that is spewing ash into the atmosphere causing massive delays in airports all around the world. Well, Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth, and Julie Anne Robinson are stuck because of it. The Last Song was set to premiere in London tonight (April 20, 2010) but it will be missing the biggest stars of the movie. Naturally, people are upset.

In a statement:

Due to the current flight restrictions over the UK we would like to inform you that Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth and Julie Anne Robinson will no longer be attending the European Charity Premiere of The Last Song in support of Great Ormond Street Children’s’ Hospital on Tuesday 20th April, 2010. This screening will still go ahead for ticket holders.

The problem is, volcanic ash can be considerably dangerous to airplanes. Volcanic ash is composed of tiny particles of rock and silica (glass) and if the ash gets into an airplane’s engine, it will destroy it within a matter of minutes. So, Miley being grounded in the States is for her own safety.

Miley.biz has an exclusive scene from The Last Song where Miley Cyrus is in the car with on-screen (and off-screen) boyfriend Liam Hemsworth. In it, she is singing She Will Be Loved. It’s a pretty funny scene! Especially when Liam tries to join Miley.

“The Last Song,” the new drama based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks, debuted at the top of the North American box office Wednesday with a decent one-day gross of $5.1 million in ticket sales from 2,673 locations. The Buena Vista/Touchstone release scored an average of $1,917 per theater.

Directed by Julie Anne Robinson, the movie stars Miley Cyrus as a rebellious teenager forced to spend the summer at her dad’s beach home. I know it sounds like a “Life as a House” ripoff, and in my book, the movie is terrible. Still, it looks like it’s going to perform well enough this weekend.

Also doing well Wednesday was DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon,” which bagged another $4.5 million for a total haul of $57.8 million. Following in third place with $1.9 million was “Alice in Wonderland,” which generated $1.9 million for a domestic total of $299.4 million.

Source: AMC Entertainment

I would love to know what you thought of The Last Song. What was your favorite part? What did you think of Miley and Liam? What did you not like? Share you thoughts!

The Last Song starring Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth opens today!

Synopsis:Seventeen-year-old Veronica ‘Ronnie’ Miller’s life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Tybee Island, Georgia. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father …until her mother decides it would be in everyone’s best interest if she spent the summer on Tybee Island with him. Ronnie’s father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story about love in its myriad forms – first love, the love between parents and children – that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that deeply felt relationships can break our hearts …and heal them.

Source: IMDB