Toy Story 3, Piranha 3D, Inception and Machete Take Top Spots for IGN's Third Annual Summer Movie Awards

Toy Story 3, Piranha 3D, Inception and Machete Take Top Spots for IGN's Third Annual Summer Movie Awards

Fanboys Rejoice As Villains, Babes, Explosions and 3D Piranhas Are Honored For Ultimate Awesomeness

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- IGN celebrates all the nerdgasms and over-the-top awesome that hit theaters since May with the 2010 Summer Movie Awards. Honoring the best in sci-fi, villains, toons and babes, this winning line-up is made especially for movie buffs who've always thought "favorite kill" should have Oscar category.

For all the "Coolest Weapons" and "Babes of the Summer," IGN features clips and winning speeches, with some on behalf of our favorite cartoons from Pixar's Darla K. Anderson and Lee Unkrich, at http://movies.ign.com/summer-awards.

"In this, our third year of 'Summer Movie Awards,' we've found that the IGN community is just as rabid for film as it is for games," says IGN Movies Editor-in-Chief Eric Moro. "The winning movies have been blowing up the message boards all summer, so we're glad to keep the conversation going and give our silver screen favorites their due credit."

Winners of the "2010 IGN Summer Movie Awards" are:

Favorite Hero - Woody/Tom Hanks - Toy Story 3
Favorite Villain - Lotso/Ned Beatty - Toy Story 3
Babe of the Summer - Kelly Brook - Piranha 3D
Best Ensemble Cast - The Expendables
Favorite Cameo - Derek Jeter - The Other Guys
Funniest Line - Tuna vs. Lion Exchange/Allen Gamble - The
Other Guys
Best Effects Sequence - The folding city - Inception
Best Explosion - Attack on the dock - The Expendables
Craziest Chase Sequence- Opening car chase - The Other
Guys
Best All-Out Brawl- Anti-gravity fight - Inception
Coolest Gunfight - Hale Caeser mows 'em down - The
Expendables
Favorite Kill- A gutsy escape - Machete
Coolest Weapon - An idea - Inception
Coolest Creature -The Piranhas - Piranhas 3D
Hottest Trailer - Sucker Punch
Best Blu-ray- Kick-Ass
Best Animated Movie - Toy Story 3
Best Summer Movie - Inception

About IGN Entertainment

IGN Entertainment, a unit of News Corporation, is the leading Internet media and services provider focused on the videogame and entertainment enthusiast markets. Collectively, IGN's properties reached more than 37.8 million unique users worldwide July 2010, according to Internet audience measurement firm comScore Media Metrix. IGN's network of videogame-related properties (IGN.com, GameSpy, FilePlanet, TeamXbox, Direct2Drive and others) is one of the Web's leading videogame information destinations. IGN also owns the leading male lifestyle website AskMen.com. In addition, IGN provides technology for online game play in videogames. IGN is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices across North America, Europe and Australia.

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