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Los Angeles: Do Some Espionage and We May Send You to the ‘Tinker Tailor...
Heads up, L.A. rejects. Focus Features has hooked us up with a way to send you to the Los Angeles premiere of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, starring Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy and Benedict Cumberbatch. And...
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2012 Sundance Film Festival: First Wave of Programming Announced, 26 Films In...
This is my Christmas. Over the next couple of months, we’re going to real cozy with some of the titles listed here – the twenty-six films that make up the upcoming Sundance Film Festival‘s...
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‘Boneshaker’ Will Add a Little Steampunk to Your Zombie Movie
Most zombie stories have their own origins for the walking dead, and their own special names for the rotting, shuffling fiends. In Cherie Priest’s novel “Boneshaker” they’re called “Rotters” and...
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The ‘Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie’ Teaser Trailer is the Weirdest Thing...
Despite the fact that they have a go-to wheelhouse of gags that include mostly low-fi special effects, shrill noises, absurdism, and repetition, I find that I never get used to the strange video...
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‘Star Trek 2’ Beams Up New Crew Member Alice Eve, Still Trying to Get a Lock...
There’s some action going on over at J.J. Abrams’ super secret lair where he makes all of his super secret movies, and Variety has the scoop. Apparently his upcoming Star Trek sequel calls for even...
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This Violent Extended Indonesian Trailer for ‘The Raid’ is The Most Awesome...
Lets not beat around the proverbial bush here. I’m excited about Gareth Evans‘ latest film, The Raid, for a number of reasons. One is that Evans delivered one of my favorite films — not action films,...
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Movie News After Dark: Daniel Day-Lincoln, Sexy Ian Malcolm, Abed’s Roommate...
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s a nightly collective of links and thoughts breaking down all the news and great essays from around the movie blogosphere. A celebration of quality programming, if...
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New Hi-Res Stills from ‘Prometheus’ Put Their Best (Terrifyingly Huge) Face...
Last week, the Internet was swarmed with a bevy of information and bootlegged marketing from Ridley Scott‘s upcoming Prometheus, his Alien maybe-kinda-sorta-in a way-prequel. Various spots around the...
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Ten Memorable Non-Comedic Performances By Comedians
I’ve found that this list comes up fairly often on the Internet – however every time I read one I’m surprised by how many redundancies they all share. While a few of said redundancies will also appear...
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Short Film Of The Day: Rosa
Why Watch? Breath-stealing animation that draws from comic books and video games in equal measure. Animator Jesús Orellana definitely knows his stuff. With this short (which feels huge), he’s created...
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Aural Fixation: The Sound of Sex Addiction and Other ‘Shame’-ful Secrets
When it comes to director/screenwriter Steve McQueen and screenwriter Abi Morgan’s film about living a life of secrets (and what it does to those who carry them), much more is said with their...
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Alienation on the Red Planet with the ‘John Carter’ Trailer
Disney’s latest would-be-blockbuster, John Carter, has had a hell of a time making it to the screen – with live-action feature film development interest first kicking off back in the 1950s (from Ray...
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Coroner’s Report: Chillerama
Combining short films with titles like Wadzilla and The Diary of Anne Frankenstein, Chillerama is an anthology film stuffed to the brim with movie references from the collaborative minds of Adam Green...
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2012 Sundance Film Festival: Spotlight, Next, Midnights, and New Frontiers...
Welcome to Day Two of Kate Christmas. Yesterday, the 2012 Sundance Film Festival announced their first wave of programming, featuring twenty-six titles that will be screening in competition. While the...
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Interview: Steve McQueen Discusses Unspoken Emotions and the Importance of...
Material similar to Shame, to use an immature and simplistic description, could easily falter into emotion porn. With a story that’s, on the surface, about a self-loathing sex addict, overwrought...
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No, Really, Just Say No: First Trailer for Farrelly Brothers’ ‘The Three...
Possible introductory pieces of wordsmithery to lead off this post – “not worth nyuk-ing about!” or even “better than a poke in the eye!” or possibly a longer rife on the use of “just say Moe” as the...
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Gore Verbinski’s ‘The Lone Ranger’ Finally Rides
It’s been a long, winding road to get Disney’s new version of The Lone Ranger to the big screen. We went through the whole casting process, we went through a phase where everybody was waiting to see...
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Selena Gomez To Degrade Herself For Harmony Korine in ‘Spring Breakers’
The newest development in Selena Gomez’s career is by far the most insane. According to MTV, she’s going to be working with director Harmony Korine on his next film Spring Breakers. If you don’t know...
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Criterion Files #28: Sate Your Thirst with ‘Blood for Dracula’
Editor’s note: This week, your tireless Criterion Warrior (oh, idea for a new column!) requested a week off to pursue something literary and intelligent and, well, big-wordy. With Mr. Palmer out, our...
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‘The Five-Year Engagement’ Trailer Underwhelms, But Doesn’t Dash Hopes
The trailer for The Five-Year Engagement doesn’t make it look like a movie I’m too excited to see. Which is strange, because it’s not just the latest film from director Nicholas Stoller, it’s also his...
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