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’12 Years’ Wins Over Las Vegas Film Critics
'12 Years A Slave' has been winning a rash of critics awards the last week, and today the Las Vegas Film Critics Society joined in the fun also awarding top prize to the Fox Searchlight film along with Steve McQueen for directing and Lupita N'yongo for Support...
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‘Grand Piano’ Trailer Is Pretty Bonkers
I hadn't heard of Elijah Wood's next thriller (following this year's underrated Maniac), Grand Piano, until today. I put on the trailer, without any idea of the plot, and I thought, "Wow", to myself at least five or six times throughout the two-minute look at ...
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Birthday Wishes: Peter Farrelly, Huh? All Right!
Peter Farrelly, born 1956, is 57 today. One of the two Farrelly Brothers, he's responsible in part for some of the great comedies of the 90's, and many other decent comedies besides. Few people can say that they've contributed comedies that are still reference...
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The 5th Les Arcs Film Festival starts
Les Arcs Film Festival, or the “European Sundance” – as some call it – is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year. Its fifth edition started on 14 December and will run through 21 December.
The festival that takes place during the opening of the ski se...
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Birthday Wishes: Benjamin Bratt
Happy 50th birthday to Benjamin Bratt, the most decorated fake cop in all of Hollywood. The actor, best known for playing a lengthy roster of police officers throughout his career, has experienced a tonal shift in this present day, now venturing into comedies ...
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James Cameron Likens ‘Avatar’ Sequels Plot to ‘The Godfather’
By now, you should have already digested the news that the world will be bestowed with three sequels to James Cameron's baby Avatar, but now the director has released some new information about the progress of his ambitious project.
According to a press rel...
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Peter O’Toole: One of Cinema’s Greatest Actors Has Died
"I pray that I may never see the desert again. Hear me, God." ~ T.E. Lawrence
Peter O'Toole was one of the most acclaimed actors to never actually win an Academy Award. He was nominated eight times for his performances in Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, The Lio...
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’12 Years’ Dominates Online Film Critics Society Awards
More than two weeks into December and the awards season has fallen into a lull with many critics groups building a consensus behind 12 Years A Slave. 12 Years A Slave is not alone in its multitude of wins however, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jared Let...
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Weekend Box Office: Hobbits and Hellurs
It was a slightly weaker weekend at the box office for two films on completely disparate sections of the American moviegoing populace. To begin, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second installment in the Hobbit franchise, was the obvious number 1 this ...
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‘Interstellar’ Teaser Trailer Explains Little But Leaves Jaws Agape
Paramount and Warner Bros. made a lot of cinephiles happy today by posting the first trailer for Christopher Nolan's upcoming sci-fi Interstellar. Like the teaser trailer for Inception, very little about the film's plot or characters is made clear during the f...
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