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Genre-Breakdown: The Problems With ‘Cabin in the Woods’
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Cabin in the Woods Carol J. Clover‘s 1992 book Men, Women, and Chainsaws was one of the rare academic books to become a hit amongst a larger, dedicated...
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It’s Avenger vs Avenger in This New Clip From ‘The Avengers’
Presumably it’s for training, but when Thor goes up against Iron Man, it could be about anything. The drinking schedule, how untidy the Stark HQ is, whether man can make scientific magic the same way...
View ArticleWatch: A Hand-Drawn, Stop-Motion ‘Old Man and the Sea’
Why Watch? Ernest Hemingway wrote “The Old Man and the Sea” in Cuba in 1951, and half-a-century later, Hagen Reiling has used the story as inspiration to create a piece of animation that’s a mix of...
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Octavia Spencer Courts Controversy With Film About Bay Area Police Shooting...
In the early morning hours of New Years Day 2009, police responded to reports of fights at the Fruitvale BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station in Oakland, CA. The facts about what happened next remain...
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Ask Richard Linklater Anything You Want About His New Film, ‘Bernie’
It’s no secret that we love Constellation round these parts – we’ve already hosted one screening through the online movie-viewing platform (a barn-burner of a Rashomon screening) and we’ve got a...
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Forget It Jake, It’s a Robert Towne-Autographed ‘Chinatown’ Blu-ray Giveaway
Robert Towne won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, but what most don’t realize is that the original script for Chinatown was over 300 pages long. That would have made quite the shooting...
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They’ll Remake Anything: Vince Vaughn to Star in Big Screen Adaptation of...
Perhaps the news that Robert Downey Jr. would be taking on the role of Perry Mason in a big screen reboot should have clued us in, but the announcement that Vince Vaughn is taking a stab at his very...
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Alicia Silverstone Reunites With Her ‘Clueless’ Director for Vampires in the...
Amy Heckerling has been developing the habit of making movies about once a generation that perfectly encapsulates the zeitgeist of current youth culture. In the early ’80s, it was her film Fast Times...
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Director Anne Fletcher to Helm ‘Alone For The Holidays,’ With a Script from...
After the smashing success of The Proposal, director Anne Fletcher has kept a bit of a low profile, somewhat surprisingly not capitalizing on her giant hit to dive right into yet another romantic...
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Disney to Produce ‘Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride,’ a Movie Based on a Ride, That Was...
Back in 2003 Disney had a brainstorm: “What if we started to make movies based on our most popular theme park rides?” The results were The Haunted Mansion, a movie that wasn’t good enough for anybody...
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Movie News After Dark: Darren Aronofsky’s Mustache, James Bond, Cabin in the...
What is Movie News After Dark? Who even knows anymore… We begin this evening with something strange, a shot of Johnny Depp in full Tonto make-up on the set of The Lone Ranger, meeting with leaders of...
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He’s Coming: Darren Aronofsky Wants to Change the Way We Think About George...
As we all know, George Washington tried desperately to become a professional wrestler and world-class ballet dancer, so it makes sense that the General-turned-President would be the focus of a future...
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The Ultimate Cannes 2012 Wishlist: 13 Movies We Hope Are There in May
Cannes! It’s upon us! At this stage last year, I offered my pre-festival wishlist for what films might screen at Cannes (and got six out of eighteen picks correct in the process), which was based on...
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Steven Seagal’s Entire Career in 12 Films: ‘Seagalogy: The Ass-Kicking Films...
If you asked around “What 1980s action star deserves a comprehensive guide to his films?” you’d probably hear Sylvester Stallone, Jean Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and...
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How Behind-the-Scenes Strife Can Ruin Your Favorite Show
When you were a kid, your parents kept certain difficult realities from you for your own good. Maybe they didn’t want you to know that they were having financial or marital problems. Or, it could have...
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A Metallic Woman-Related Giveaway! Win ‘The Iron Lady’ on DVD
Just look at Meryl Streep, looking austere and keeping her upper lip incredibly stiff. Unimaginably stiff. The stiffness alone is enough to make The Iron Lady a formidable movie, and now you can own it...
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6 Filmmaking Tips From David Fincher
Perfectionist. Demanding. Hard to work with. David Fincher is a man who hates his own brand but is secure in his own reputation. Of course, it’s a little bit easy when that reputation includes...
View ArticleWatch: ‘The Politics of Competitive Board Gaming Amongst Friends’ Explores...
Why Watch? Jay Cheel (Beauty Day, How to Build a Time Machine) has an incredibly fresh eye for documentaries. Not content to keep things dry, he hunts down compelling subjects and attacks them with...
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‘The Muslims Are Coming!’ Trailer is Already Here
Like comedians of comedy that have to pray five times a day, The Muslims Are Coming! is a new documentary featuring stand-up performances, personal diary moments, and talking heads attempting to show...
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Tribeca 2012: Exclusive Poster Debut for Jenny Deller’s ‘Future Weather’
With the Tribeca Film Festival kicking off today, it’s high time we dove into our coverage of New York City’s hometown fest. To that end, it’s our great pleasure to debut the first poster for...
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