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The 8 Worst Parts of Prometheus Made Sense In the Original Script
Whether you loved it or hated it, there’s no denying the fact that Prometheus was pretty polarizing — most obviously because everyone reading this probably either loved it or hated it. Among those who...
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A Wolverines Related Giveaway! Win a ‘Red Dawn’ Prize Pack (Including the...
As we all know, North Korea is parachuting into our towns soon under the leadership of Zombie Kim Jong-Il to take over our land and make us all wear pantsuits. This is a fact, and it cannot be avoided...
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‘Deus Ex: Human Revolution’ Movie Gets a Pair of ‘Sinister’ Filmmakers
The “Deus Ex” video game series has been a big deal for over a decade. In 2011, Eidos Montreal and Square Enix took a page from the movie playbook and made the third entry in the franchise, “Deus Ex:...
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Reality Check: The Oscars Don’t Really Reward Movies that Challenge Who We Are
Should we reward the films that challenge us? More pointedly, is that the role of the Academy Awards? Sasha Stone opened her State of the Race column this week by raising that very question. The two...
View ArticleSFotD: ‘The Invention of Video Games’ is a Whimsical Semi-History Lesson
Why Watch? Most of what happens in this little look back at history might not have gone down exactly the way that director Matt MacDonald portrays here, but that doesn’t mean this short isn’t worth...
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Review: Beautiful, Bold ‘Anna Karenina’ Breaks Under the Weight of Its Own...
Director Joe Wright’s latest film, a lush and visually striking adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina,” is uniquely suited to the filmmaker’s tastes and tones. Joining his other love-struck and...
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‘The Heat’ Trailer Sees Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock Firmly Back in...
Entertainment doesn’t necessarily have to be original to be good. Sometimes things get used over and over again because they make sense and just work. Tried and true, the expression is. This is good...
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Casting Couch: Nicole Kidman Has a Crush on Colin Firth, ‘Reach Me’ Adds a...
What is Casting Couch? It’s the casting news roundup that’s ready for the weekend. Colin Firth is kind of a sneaky hunk. At first glance he’s pretty handsome, but not the most attractive dude in the...
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Joe Wright, ‘Anna Karenina’ Director, Sets Himself Up for the Limitations of...
Joe Wright set up a big challenge for himself with Anna Karenina. The material could easily lend itself to the stuffy brand of period piece, which is the type of film we see all too often during the...
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Reject Recap: James Bond, ‘Mortal Instruments’ and One Direction
This week saw the countdown to the end of the Twilight movies, though we didn’t pay it much attention. Kevin gave us a drinking game to play while watching the whole series in marathon form, but...
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The Ingredients: ‘Breaking Dawn – Part 2′ Confirms ‘Twilight’ is More...
The Ingredients is a column devoted to breaking down the components of a new film release with some focus on influential movies that came before. As always, these posts look at the entire plots of...
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The Hostess-Inspired Alternate Universe Junkfood Cinema
Listen up, junknuts. Normally we’d coddle you and explain how things work around here. But dammit man, there isn’t time for that today. Blah blah blah comparing bad movies to junk food until we’re...
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Movie Houses of Worship: What’s Your Favorite Place to See Movies?
Tampa Theatre. Photo by Joe Roberts. Every Sunday morning, I like to begin the day with a regular feature called Movie Houses of Worship. It doesn’t actually run every week, however, because I don’t...
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DOC NYC Winner Proves There Can Never Be Too Many Documentaries
Last week, filmmaker Joe Berlinger tweeted about a review of West of Memphis at DocGeeks in which the writer wrote, “I’ve never had the time or the energy to watch all 3 Paradise Lost films and,...
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UPDATED: Colin Trevorrow on Directing ‘Star Wars’? –“I Promise You… I Will...
Update: Apparently in response to our find, Trevorrow tweeted the following this evening: “To clarify, there is another film we all love that I’m currently trying not to mess up. Odds I will direct...
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6 Scenes We Love From ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’
One week from today, everyone’s favorite Thanksgiving movie, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, turns 25 years old. By a certain logic, we should therefore make next Sunday’s Scenes We Love post devoted...
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Review: ‘Buffalo Girls’ Is an Eye-Opening and Emotional Look at Too Small of...
There are roughly 30,000 child boxers in Thailand, but lest you think it’s simply adolescents being introduced to the sport, think again. These are kids as young as eight years old. They don’t wear...
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Box Office: ‘Twilight’ Finishes Strong Alongside Bond and ‘Lincoln’
With an estimated opening weekend of $141.3m, it’s not hard to foresee a future in which The Twilight Saga makes some sort of cinematic comeback. Breaking Dawn – Part 2 may be the “final” entry in...
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This Week In Blu-ray & DVD: The Expendables Go Head to Head with...
Welcome back to This Week In Discs! As always, if you see something you like, click on the image to buy it. Tarantino XX 8-Film Collection Haven’t seen this Blu-ray set yet, but at less than $9 per...
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Watch: Harvey Weinstein Reads ‘Pulp Fiction’ For the First Time and Only...
A prominent theater owner once told me a story about two production assistants hustling it out for little pay on a Dolph Lundgren workout video. Part of the video involved Lundgren running down a...
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