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Birthday Wishes: You Obviously Don’t Know Parker Posey’s Dog
Parker Posey, born 1968, is 45 today. Appearing in big and small films alike, she was once called "Queen of the Indies," and the title still fits. She's another one of those actresses whose mere appearance in a film brings a little spring to the proceedings, b...
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Sundance Selects to Distribute ‘Run and Jump’
Sundance Selects has announced that they have acquired the North American distribution rights to director Steph Green's Run and Jump.
The film follows Vanetia (Maxine Peaka), a woman trying to cope with her new circumstances after an accident drastically c...
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Lionsgate Considers ‘Hunger Games’ Theme Parks; Misses the Point of ‘Hunger Games’
Let's talk about irony for a minute.
The wildly popular Hunger Games YA book and film franchise takes its name from an event involving an arena constructed by a dystopian totalitarian government for the sole purpose of sending randomly selected children to...
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Tribeca Film Acquires Festival Favourite ‘Starred Up’
Starred Up, the indie drama that surprised audiences at festivals such as TIFF and Telluride has just been picked up by Tribeca Film. The plan is for a 2014 release.
The prison drama boasts a stunning performance from newcomer Jack O'Connell and supporting ...
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‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Aims for 2015 Holiday Release
This isn't the big casting announcement most fans were expecting this late in the game, but Star Wars: Episode VII finally has a release date. The film, led by Kathleen Kennedy and J.J. Abrams, will hit theatres on December 18, 2015, just in time for the holid...
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New Images From ‘The Hobbit’ Sequel are Anything but Desolate
Fresh out of Middle Earth come six new images from Peter Jackson's anticipated second installment of The Hobbit trilogy, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Thanks to The Playlist and a somewhat weird promotion from Entertainment Weekly's Facebook fanpage, we...
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Cinemark Has Record Attendance In Third Quarter
In a time with endless debates about where movie theaters are going in our streaming HD society, at least one of the megaplex chains can feel confident that there's still people who want the big screen experience.
On Thursday, the Plano, Texas-based Cinemar...
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‘Winter’s Tale’ Trailer Proclaims Love Can Save
Ah, so that's where Jessica Brown Findlay went after Downton Abbey. Oscar-winner Akiva Goldsman (writer for A Beautiful Mind and I Am Legend) is set to make his directorial debut with Mark Helprin's novel Winter's Tale. A daunting task for a first time directo...
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The 24th Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) started yesterday
The 24th Ljubljana International Film Festival commenced yesterday with a one-person comedy by Lado Bizovičar who played with various movie genres by playing different roles. György Pálfi’s last masterpiece, Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen was premiered yester...
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Phase 4 Films releases Besties on VOD on January 21
A spine-chilling thriller in the tradition of Single White Female, Besties comes to VOD January 21 from Phase 4 Films.
Besties tells the story of two high school girls -- Sandy, a high school freshman and self-described loser and Ashley, a sexy senior and Sa...
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