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Weekend Box Office: “Stars” Rise, Star Falls
On a weekend where both the Stanley Cup and the NBA Finals happened to fall, it was probably inevitable that a movie not aimed at the typical teen boy audience was going to do well. Of course, it also helps to have a movie adapted from a hugely popular YA book...
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Nicolas Winding Refn and David O. Russell Set Followups
Today has news regarding the next films of Nicolas Winding Refn and David O. Russell. Despite reports from a few weeks ago, it looks like Refn will instead focus on his long-gestating horror-thriller I Walk With the Dead over The Bringing. He broke the news th...
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Hardy in Talks to Join DiCaprio in “The Revenant”
Tom Hardy has been a busy man in 2014. After captivating audiences on the bigscreen in Locke, his forthcoming drama The Drop hits theatres in September and he is currently finishing three more films in post-production. Not quite feeling his plate is full enoug...
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“Jupiter Ascending” Pushed Back to February 2015
Deadline has just reported that one of the films I was looking forward to the most this Summer has been pushed back to next year. Jupiter Ascending, the latest Sci-Fi offering from Andy and Lana Wachowski has been pushed from its July 18th release date all the...
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Scott Derrickson to Direct Marvel’s “Doctor Strange”
Even though Marvel is still on the hunt for a director to replace Edgar Wright for the Ant-Man movie nobody wants to see anymore, they have made progress on a film that I know I want to see. Variety reported that a deal between Sinister director Scott Derricks...
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The Rock Roars in New “Hercules” Trailer
Today on his Facebook page, The Rock (Not Dwayne Johnson, he'll always be The Rock to me) released the new trailer for his upcoming film Hercules. I'm sure many of you will watch this and cry that it's just another bloated Hollywood cash grab. I don't care tho...
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“Star Wars VII” Cast Expands with Lupita Nyong’o and Gwendoline Christie
It seems that even with production under way on JJ Abrams installation into the Star Wars universe is still underway. Deadline reports today that both Oscar-Winner Lupita Nyong'o and Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie have joined the cast. No details on ...
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Weekend Box Office: Yes, Women Can Open Films
Proving yet again that the traditional Hollywood wisdom stating women don't go to the movies is BS, Disney's Angelina Jolie-starring take on the classic villain Maleficent racked up $70 million domestically and $100 million overseas for the weekend. That's the...
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A Critical Moment For Female Directors
The film industry is no different from any other, in that, it unfortunately remains male-dominated. Last year was an especially poor showing for mainstream cinema, with only one film solely directed by a woman being released on more than 2000 screens (Kimberle...
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Liam Neeson Takes “A Walk Among the Tombstones” In First Trailer and Poster
Today sees the release of this fall's dose of Liam Neeson in a trailer and poster for A Walk Among the Tombstones. Directed by Scott Frank (The Lookout) and adapted from the novel by Lawrence Block, the plot follows Matt Scudder (Neeson) who is an unlicensed p...
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