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All posts by Max Covill
52nd New York Film Festival Main Slate Announced
The New York Film Festival has announced their selections for the 52nd annual festival. Well it seems as though they have done pretty well this year. They previously announced the big three films of the fest (Gone Girl, Inherent Vice, and Birdman), but now the...
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Michael Bay Leaving “Transformers” Behind, Again
If there is one man who can lay claim to box-office supremacy this summer, that would be Michael Bay. His latest directorial effort, Transformers: Age of Extinction, has brought in over $1 billion worldwide. Add in the success as the producer of this weekend's...
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Science and Devotion Key To The ‘Theory of Everything’ Trailer
One of many films to get their premier at the Toronto International Film Festival, The Theory of Everything, has seen its first trailer released. The film begins with the collegiate years of one of the world's greatest living minds, Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redm...
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‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Next For ‘Frozen’ Director Jennifer Lee
Jennifer Lee, who co-directed the smash-hit Frozen with Chris Buck has chosen her next project, A Wrinkle in Time.
Lee will begin work on a treatment of A Wrinkle in Time based on Madeleine L’Engle’s classic tale in which children travel through time and sp...
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The World Is Ready For Female Leads, Is Hollywood?
It is time to give more of our blockbusters over to women. In 2014, five films featuring women as the leading role have won the box office on their opening weekend. For years, it was considered box office poison to have a woman lead to sell a film. So far this...
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First Images of Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’ with Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz
After a slew of disappointing films from Tim Burton, here is the first glimpse of his new project, Big Eyes. Apprehension to any new project from Burton is to be expected, but Big Eyes promises an intriguing premise as well as some exciting roles that aren't p...
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Bizarre International Trailer for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s ‘Birdman’
The star for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Birdman could not be brighter. The film has been selected to open the Venice Film Festival and close the New York Film Festival, perhaps signifying a strong pedigree. Inarritu is no stranger to having his films widely...
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The Rebellion Has Begun in ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1’ Trailer
After two pretty impressive teases, Lionsgate have finally dropped a new trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 featuring the fearless leader. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Gamemaker Plutarch (the late Philip Seymour Hoffman) are the center...
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Whips and Chains Excite in ’50 Shades of Grey’
Ladies and Gentlemen grab your favorite prop, 50 Shades of Grey has arrived. The erotic novel by E.L. James had its sultry trailer unveiled this morning and was easily the talk of the town. The film starring Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele and James Dornan ...
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Witness Farrell and Chastain’s Unbridled Passion in ‘Miss Julie’
With Liv Ullman behind the director's chair and a cast of Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell, it was only a matter of which film festival Miss Julie would appear. When the Toronto International Film Festival revealed the first wave of films for 2014, it was an...
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