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Ruben Fleischer Will Have to Find a Story in ‘Spy Hunter’
Vulture is reporting that Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad) is the next director on deck to make something out of the 80s arcade game “Spy Hunter” for Warners. John Woo and Paul W.S....
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Know Your Bond: A Guide to the Actors Who Played 007
Not only are FSR’s resident Bond nerds (specifically yours truly and my partner in espionage, Brian Salisbury) gearing up for the release of Skyfall in November, but we are also rubbing our hands...
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Fantastic Fest: ‘Crave’ Just Wants to Be Friends (But It Comes With Benefits)
The mind is the only bastion of sanity. Inside we’re meticulous prisoners, making thousands of decisions a day just to keep our keel straight. From blinking to sniffling to ordering a pizza there...
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Fantastic Fest: ‘Miami Connection’ Is the Reason We Have Eyes, Ears and Souls
Editor’s Note: This review appeared as part of our coverage of the 11th Annual New York Asian Film Festival, and we’re bringing it back to be part of our Fantastic Fest coverage. Anyone who lived...
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6 Filmmaking Tips From Joss Whedon
No matter how big he wins, he will always be our underdog. Joss Whedon, the writer who cut his teeth on Roseanne and started cult phenomenons like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dr. Horrible’s...
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Fantastic Fest: ‘The King of Pigs’ Draws a Harrowing Look At the Cycle of...
Editor’s Note: This review appeared as part of our coverage of the 11th Annual New York Asian Film Festival, and we’re bringing it back to be part of our Fantastic Fest coverage. Animated films are...
View ArticleSFotD: Pitchfork Presents Dirty Projectors in ‘Hi Custodian’
Why Watch? Twenty minutes is just the right length for a music video, right? Flourishing with discordant, colorful set pieces and a mixed up version of songs from their latest album, David Longstreth...
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Fantastic Fest: ‘Young Gun In the Time’ Introduces Your New Favorite...
The beginning of a filmmaker’s career is often the most exciting time to watch as their developing abilities are a visibly tangible thing. Talents on display in a first film can mature greatly by the...
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A List of People Who May or May Not Direct ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’
While 20th Century Fox has yet to make an official announcement regarding the rumors that Rise of the Planet of the Apes helmer Rupert Wyatt will not be returning for the film’s sequel, Dawn of the...
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Fantastic Fest: ‘Sinister’ Is a Twist on Found Footage That Works to...
Editor’s note: This review appeared as part of our SXSW 2012 coverage, but since it’s so well-written and increasingly relevant thanks to Fantastic Fest, it’s back! In recent years the found footage...
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Justin Timberlake In Talks to Add Another Jerky Role to His Jerky...
In a shocking turn of casting events, Variety reports that strolling troubadour and star of The Love Guru, Justin Timberlake, is in talks to star in a new film that would see the former boy band...
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Fantastic Fest: ‘Errors of the Human Body’ Presents A Man Divided
Todays world moves quickly. With little warning events come to pass, leaving traces behind to be revisited or discarded down the line. The puzzle is always shifting and the image is never the same as...
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‘Stoker’ Trailer: Hey! Nicole Kidman Seems Really Into ‘Hamlet’!
There’s nothing quite like a dead dad, a hot uncle, and a wicked mother to really mess a kid up. After all, that classic formula worked out totally okay (read: horribly) for young Hamlet and myriad...
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Fantastic Fest: ‘Berberian Sound Studio’ Shows Strong Directorial Promise in...
The moment that the closing credits started to roll for Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio I looked to my right to tell my colleague that I don’t think I’d ever sat through a horror picture and...
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Fantastic Fest: ‘Dom – A Russian Family’ Takes Its Sweet Time Arriving to a...
Viktor Shamanov has been in prison for most of his adult life. When he was young he was active in working his way up through the Russian mob, and his time was cut short when he was caught and...
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‘King Kelly’ Trailer Was Shot Entirely on iPhones, But Don’t Let That Scare You
If modern technologies like video upload sites and HD video cameras small enough to fit into phones are scaring you because of the new possibilities they bring to narcissistic vanity goblins like...
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‘The Comedy’ Trailer Takes Tim and Eric Out of Their Wheelhouse
Whether you like the work Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim do on their cable show, Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!, or not, you have to admit that what they produce is so unique and absurd that...
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Brian De Palma: The Strawberry Ice Cream of Filmmakers
Beautiful women, classical composition, a dreamlike quality, and classy locations…that’s how you can describe much of the work of Brian De Palma. And those are certainly some of the descriptions his...
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Movie News After Dark: Mondo Prints, Cinderella Sketches, And Dark Knight Discs
While today certainly feels like a slow news day, the Internet has provided a ton of great links to share with you all. I’ve felt compelled to keep my links strictly film related over the past couple...
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‘Identity Thief’ Trailer: Melissa McCarthy Becomes Jason Bateman
Skipping all the nonsense of Face/Off, Melissa McCarthy becomes Jason Bateman in Identity Thief with a far simpler method: she steals his credit card information. Why didn’t John Woo think of that?...
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