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David Cronenberg Slams Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’
In the past few weeks, it's been all the rage to rag on Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. The man behind the tale of extreme writer's block and telekinesis, Stephen King, recently called the 1980 adaptation of his classic horror novel "misogynistic," among other ...
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Superticket May Let You See ‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’ in Advance
Can’t wait to see Ron Burgundy on the big screen for the second time around? Well, you may have the chance to see him and his news crew back behind the desk ahead of the film's December 20th release date.
Superticket screenings is giving fans the opportunit...
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Dreamworks to Adapt Forthcoming Book ‘The Bully Pulpit’
Having recently made an Oscar-winning film based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning author's most recent book with Lincoln, Dreamworks is wont to give it another go. Doris Kearns Goodwin's forthcoming book The Bully Pulpit:Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and...
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Easy Movie Costumes for Halloween
Halloween is just a day away and, for choosy movie buffs, picking which character to be is a difficult decision. Fandango amassed some survey data for what the most popular costumes for this year would likely be and the big winners are unsurprisingly featured ...
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Dennis Lehane to Adapt French Film ‘A Prophet’, Make It Less French
Because no one in America goes to the movies to read, Sony has hired acclaimed author Dennis Lehane to adapt the Grand Jury Prize-winning French crime film A Prophet for American audiences.
Lehane is the author of such well regarded works as Mystic River an...
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Marty for Christmas! ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Ready for the Holiday
Rumored for what seemed like forever, Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street will find its merry way to theaters in time for Christmas. Initially believed to miss Oscar season entirely, Scorsese and his crew were able to trim the film down to 165 minutes. T...
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Creators of ‘The Armstrong Lie’ Say They Felt Betrayed by Lance Armstrong
When Alex Gibney, Matt Tolmach and Frank Marshall set out to make a film about legendary cyclist Lance Armstrong, they were creating a positive film highlighting the achievements of the seven-time Tour de France winner called The Road Back. After the film had ...
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Box Office Reports: “Grandpa” Unseats “Gravity”
After three weeks in the top spot, Gravity lost its place to the indomitable Jackass franchise. Their latest offering, Bad Grandpa, racked up $32 million, showing that 11 years after the premiere of the original film, there is still a market for dirty jokes an...
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Extortionists are Fond of Extorting on the Set of ‘Transformers 4’
While prepping a rooftop location in Hong Kong, several crew members working on the latest Transformers film (which really should be called Trans4mers) were approached by four men (appropriate) who then demanded money from the crew (not appropriate). Fortunate...
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Adapting a Wedding Website Into a Movie is Totally A Thing That is Happening
If you want to get a film project greenlighted in 2013, consider not writing a movie at all. Instead, make something else. Anything else, really, it doesn't actually matter. A board game, a theme park ride, an action figure--all now viable sources for film fra...
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