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The 10 Key Ingredients of a James Bond Movie
If you want to make the perfect Vesper, you’ll follow James Bond’s off-the-cuff recipe with the key elements of Gordon’s gin, vodka, Kina Lillet, and slice of lemon peel. If you want to make a...
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6 Filmmaking Tips From Wes Craven
The calm, quiet Wes Craven is no stranger to our 31 Days of Horror project. He’s the most visible name when it comes to the genre, emerging and re-emerging Travolta-style from the rubble every few...
View ArticleSFotD: ‘True Skin’ is Astonishing Indie Sci-Fi That You Have To See
Why Watch? It’s rare that we get to see the emergence of a filmmaker from relative obscurity to mainstream success, and that may not be the case here, but it sure feels like it. Stephan Zlotescu and...
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Apparently, Bath Toys Really Know How to Party: Watch the Full Version of...
If you missed checking out Pixar’s Finding Nemo 3-D in theaters last month (and, if so, what is wrong with you? do you hate fun things? and laughter? and colors? and love?), you also missed out on...
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With Shailene Woodley, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ May Have Just Hit the Jackpot
Though reactions to Marc Webb’s reboot of Sony’s Spider-Man franchise, The Amazing Spider-Man, were mixed, the one thing that nearly everyone was in agreement on was that Andrew Garfield and Emma...
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Review: ‘Smashed’ Delivers Honesty and a Stunning Performance from Mary...
Editor’s note: With Smashed hitting limited release this week, please delicately sip (or chug down, your preference) our Sundance review of the film, first published on January 24, 2012. Kate (Mary...
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‘Hitchcock’ Trailer Gives Us a Glimpse at Anthony Hopkins’ New Chins
Whenever an iconic actor takes on an iconic real-life figure as their next role, the film that they do it in tends to be guaranteed a certain amount of hype. Questions of how much they were made to...
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‘Trollhunter’ Director André Øvredal’s Next Project Is Going to Be ‘Enormous’
Director André Øvredal’s Norwegian found footage horror movie, Trollhunter, was a lot more fun that most found footage horror movies, because it didn’t spend any time trying to convince you that what...
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Anthony Michael Hall Set to Play Second Fiddle to Crazy Steve Carell in...
Director Bennett Miller‘s upcoming passion project, Foxcatcher, continues to add solid talent of the most unexpected variety. Next up, Anthony Michael Hall, everyone’s favorite ’80s movie brain (and...
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Kevin Costner Is Having the Best Year Ever, Adds ‘Draft Day’ to Packed Schedule
Whoever Kevin Costner‘s agent is deserves the most ostentatious, wallet-busting, heart attack-inducing gift basket on the planet because they are working hard for the money. Let’s recap. Costner, who,...
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Mathematic Proof That Redbox Renters Love Adam Sandler
Redbox is celebrating its tenth anniversary as the most convenient way to rent a movie on the way home from buying cough drops, and as part of that joyous recognition, they’ve released the names of...
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‘Django Unchained’ Trailer 2: Django Still Loves Killing Him Some White Folks
If you want to go into Django Unchained unspoiled, then watching the second trailer isn’t the brightest idea. While the first teaser was all about attitude, this one is much more story heavy. It has...
View Article‘Flare’ Offers an Interesting Alternative to the Blandness of NBC’s ‘Revolution’
In Revolution, there’s a massive technological blackout that leads to society’s breakdown and an uptick in crossbow sales. It’s a clear attempt at tapping into the mystery-craving populace that...
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NYFF: ‘The Dead Man And Being Happy’ Wavers in Tone But Succeeds in Taking...
Every hero of mythical proportions should have his own theme song. The Greatest American Hero had one, and so did Davey Crockett. Santos (José Sacristán), the mythic hero in Javier Rebollo’s The Dead...
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5 Things That Could Get Taken In ‘Taken 3′
When will criminals learn to leave Liam Neeson alone? As Taken 2 illustrated, the lesson illustrated in Taken was well illustrated: human traffickers are no match for Neeson’s temper. If these fools...
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NYFF: Three Eccentric Shorts in Celebration of Art and Artists
There is a section of features in this year’s New York Film Festival entitled “On the Arts.” The focus is music and performance, spread across widely distant genres. Becoming Traviata, a documentary...
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31 Days of Horror: House of Wax (1953)
They said it couldn’t be done. A fifth year of 31 Days of Horror? 31 more terror, gore and shower scene-filled movies worth highlighting? But Rejects always say die and never back away from a...
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‘Sinister’ Writer C. Robert Cargill’s Favorite Scary Movie
All throughout October, we’ll be hearing from horror filmmakers about their favorite scary movies. We’ve already heard from Joe Dante on The Exorcist, so we turn now to a newcomer on the horror scene....
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8 Gruesome Movie Scenes That Made Audiences Sick
Luis Bunuel once claimed that he kept rocks in his pockets during the first screening of Un Chien Andalou in case the crowd didn’t like what it saw. Whether or not that’s actually true, the audience...
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Disc Spotlight: ‘Bond 50 – Celebrating Five Decades of Bond 007′ (Part One of...
James Bond has been outwitting bad guys and bedding the ladies onscreen for half a century, and even as the films’ tones, quality and lead actors fluctuated the character of Bond has remained an icon...
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