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‘Great Expectations’ Trailer: Finally, Helena Bonham Carter Is Miss Havisham
Oh, thank goodness! Today we finally get our first look at a film that most of us have forgotten was even being made (mainly, because it doesn’t need to be)! If nothing else, Mike Newell‘s take on...
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Young and Restless and Bored: Kelly Reichardt’s ‘Night Moves’ Changes Up Casting
In somewhat disappointing casting news, Variety reports (via FirstShowing) that Kelly Reichardt‘s next film, the eco-terrorism thriller Night Moves, will not star Paul Dano and Rooney Mara as had been...
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‘The Expendables’ Producer Gabs About Huge Names Being Approached For Third Film
Seeing as The Expendables 2 has yet to hit theaters, it’s hard to imagine that there’s anything concrete yet nailed down for The Expendables 3. That doesn’t mean Sylvester Stallone and his crew don’t...
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Peter Berg’s Post-‘Battleship’ Comeback Attempt Bags Eric Bana
Though there weren’t many people out there who appreciated Peter Berg’s recent board game cash-in, Battleship, he was generally a well-regarded director before he laid that one on us, so there should...
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Keanu Reeves: Third ‘Bill & Ted’ Will Explore Multiple Alternate Future...
So far all of the news we’ve gotten about the development of a third Bill & Ted film has come from the franchise’s Bill S. Preston, Esquire, Alex Winter, so it’s about time that the other half of...
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‘Hamlet’ With Dogs: Wentworth Miller Might Script ‘The Story of Edgar...
It’s Hamlet with dogs. No, no, stay with me here. David Wroblewski‘s Oprah Book Club novel, “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle,” centers on young Edgar, born mute but able to communicate to both his parents...
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Movie News After Dark: The Greendale Gang, John Williams, Bond Posters and...
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s working on writing its own epic climax, but it’s still wallowing in a very slow, methodical first act. Luckily, there will be news to report along the way. We begin...
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Terry Gilliam Will Return to Sci-Fi with Christoph Waltz and ‘The Zero Theorem’
It’s been nearly two decades since Terry Gilliam last time traveled into the science fiction world of insanity and Twelve Monkeys. According to /film, it’s time to break out the champagne and party...
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This ‘Wallet Busting’ Week In Discs: Jaws, The Raid, Kill List, Community,...
Welcome to This Week In DVD + This Week In Blu-ray = This Week In Discs! It’s a work in progress still, but we hope you enjoy. The entertainment industry appears to be celebrating our new baby by...
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‘Keep the Lights On’ Trailer: Love Trying to Shine Through Addiction
The first trailer for Ira Sach‘s Sundance chest punch Keep the Lights On gives a hint at the kind of power that it’s capable of. In the 1997-set film, a documentary filmmaker (Thure Lindhardt) and a...
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‘Deadfall’ Trailer: Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde on the Lam to Canada
There was a time in Stefan Ruzowitzky‘s career that he was directing Matt LeBlanc as he tried to end WWII. Things have progressed from there. Now, Ruzowitzky has Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie...
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Dear Filmmakers: Please Continue To Think of Critics as Irrelevant
“Asking a writer what he thinks of critics is like asking what a fire hydrant feels about dogs.” No one has portrayed that Ann Landers quote better (or more directly) than Mel Brooks in History of the...
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Sink Your Teeth into this ‘Jaws’ Drinking Game
The wait is over. Steven Spielberg’s classic film Jaws is finally getting a long-anticipated Blu-ray release as part of Universal’s 100th anniversary. Whether you’ve seen this movie before or not,...
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Why Watch? There’s a lot of concern about what seems like a constant stream of remakes and re-imaginings, and while there are several excellent remakes to point to, I thought it would be interesting...
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Will ‘JCVD’ Age Better Than ‘Being John Malkovich’ When It’s Over a Decade Old?
Being John Malkovich was an amazing success story upon its 1999 release. Not only was it a critical darling that got nominated for a bunch of awards, but it also successfully launched the big screen...
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‘Seven Psychopaths’ Trailer Lets Sam Rockwell Finally Play a Slightly...
Martin McDonagh‘s In Bruges remains one of the finest black comedies in recent years thanks to his sharp writing/directing and a couple of fantastic performances by Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson....
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From George W. Bush to Cam Brady: The Politics of Will Ferrell’s Comedy
Will Ferrell is a funny man. This seems to be a fact undeniable even to those who don’t otherwise care for his brand of comedy. Even though his schtick has become reliably familiar – he often plays...
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Magic, Parenting, and Pencils with ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green’ Composer...
It’s in the title – The Odd Life of Timothy Green is, well, odd. But it is those oddities and the unexpected twists and turns that make this story memorable. Timothy (CJ Adams) is not your average...
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Mayday! Mayday! Fox’s ‘Daredevil’ Reboot and David Cronenberg’s ‘Eastern...
Today is a sad day for fans of manly movies about manly things, as it turns out two very different but very promising-sounding gritty crime movies have been put on the shelf. First up is Fox’s reboot...
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Sparkly! Rebel Wilson Saddles Up for Lead Role in ‘Unicorn Store’
Rebel Wilson is scary funny. She’s also quite brave – after all, how many other comedians would be game enough to have their big introduction to Hollywood feature them pouring frozen peas on their...
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