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AFI FEST 2012 Review: ‘The Impossible’ Is Stunning, Moving, and May Make You...
The ocean is a beautiful and terrifying body of nature that can both entice and trap. Anyone who has been caught in a riptide or had an unexpected wave suddenly crash over their heads knows the power...
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Movie News After Dark: Louie Does Lincoln and 7 Other Things You Should See
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s the definitive voice heard late at night. Well, it depends upon what room of the house you’re in, but it’s pretty unmistakable. It’s loud, it talks about movies and...
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Surveying Austin’s Cinematic Limits with Ex-Austinite Todd Berger
A New Orleans native, writer-director Todd Berger moved to Austin to attend The University of Texas. After graduating from UT’s Radio-Television-Film program, Berger was quickly swept away to the...
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Roger Deakins Makes Bond Cool Again With ‘Skyfall’
Skyfall returns to the Connery days of the James Bond franchise, where nearly every frame would drip with coolness. Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale was a step in the right direction, but it wasn’t...
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Some Thoughts on Moviegoing This Election Day
Please permit me in some indulgent, semi-autobiographic self-reflection for a moment. I first began writing this column on February 2009, less than a month after the current President’s inauguration....
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‘Roger Dodger’ Is a Funnier Look at Sexual Anxiety Than ‘American Pie,’ and...
The 90s were a dark decade for fun stuff aimed at teens and tweens. Grunge music and gangsta rap ruled the airwaves, and young people were into acting sullen and disturbed. Any entertainment that...
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7 Great Political Comedies to Help Take The Edge Off Election Day
Election Day is stressful. No matter which side you fall on, Democrat, Republican or that guy who wants to legalize pot, this 2012 Election has been one for the books. It’s a race that will come down...
View ArticleShort Film of the Day: Bask in the Bright Adorable Light of Pixar’s ‘La Luna’
Why Watch? Being paired with Brave earlier this year got La Luna in front of plenty of audiences, including all those who contributed to the $532 million worldwide gross of Pixar’s princess story. But...
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‘World War Z’ Teaser Trailer: Guess What? It’s Filled With Zombies!
Normally, we here at FSR wouldn’t be so prone to posting teasers for trailers (you know, commercials for commercials), but when it comes to a project as hotly anticipated (and, let’s face it, as...
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Get Drunk for the Holidays Early with ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ Drinking Game
Now that Halloween is over, and Thanksgiving is just around the corner, it’s time to start getting into the Christmas cheer. You might think it’s a little too early for this, but Wal-Mart has had its...
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‘This Is Where I Leave You’ Adaptation Trades Sideways for Shawn Levy
Director Adam Shankman has helmed A Walk to Remember, Bringing Down the House, The Pacifier, Cheaper By the Dozen 2, Hairspray, Bedtime Stories, and Rock of Ages. This is not a good resume (save for...
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AFI FEST 2012 Review: Shapeless ‘Hitchcock’ Nearly Saved by Stellar...
Alfred Hitchcock is, as the kids say, “having a moment” right now. On the heels of a HBO’s made-for-television film, The Girl, and a year before he’ll pop up in Olivier Dahan’s Grace of Monaco, ol’...
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‘Silent Night’ Trailer Puts An Axe Back in Santa’s Murderous Hands
Remember that ’80s era slasher flick, Silent Night, Deadly Night? It’s back! In remake form. Or, maybe not exactly in remake form. It seems like it’s also possible to look at this film as being a...
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Casting Couch: Harrison Ford and ‘Star Wars’ Rumors Start to Swirl, Jared...
What is Casting Couch? It’s a casting news column that’s been talking way more about a movie based on a racing video game than it imagined it would be. Read on for more information. It’s bound to get...
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Countdown to ‘Skyfall’: Ten Ways ‘Skyfall’ Copies Other Bond Movies (But It’s...
After wading through the MGM bankruptcy hiatus, pre-production, principal photography, marketing and release anticipation, the latest James Bond adventure is finally upon us. (If you live outside of...
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Alan Moore Wants Something Done Right, Debuts Teaser for His Own ‘Jimmy’s End’
Alan Moore is the Rasputin-like madman behind some of the comic industry’s most critically acclaimed graphic novels. Many of them have been adapted into feature films, and without fail Moore has...
View ArticleSFotD: A.J. Bowen Kills It in Drew Daywalt’s ‘Meat’
Why Watch? It’s been an A.J. Bowen-heavy week, and that’s as it should be. The indie horror staple has proven again and again that he’s got acting chops (as well as literal chops whenever he’s handed...
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David Yates Locked for ‘Tarzan,’ But Who Will Swing on His Vine?
It’s been over a decade since Tarzan graced the big screen in Disney’s animated adaptation and over three since the jungle hero was sexed up by Bo Derek in Tarzan the Ape Man. Between those two we’ve...
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The ‘Star Wars’ Rumor Mill Rolls On; Is Colin Trevorrow In the Mix for...
The upside to all of these already-flowing Star Wars VII rumors (to wit – we’re getting a new Star Wars in 2015! it will be part of a new trilogy! Matthew Vaughn could direct! Harrison Ford could come...
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Disc Spotlight: John Carpenter’s ‘They Live’ Deserves to Occupy a Spot on...
John Carpenter burst onto the genre scene in 1978 with Halloween, but the bulk of his great films came in the 1980s with classics like The Fog, Escape from New York, The Thing, Starman, Big Trouble in...
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