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A.V. Club’s Jesse Hassenger Questions the Importance of Review Aggregators
Headed to the theatre this weekend? Were you intending on seeing The Counselor? Prior to purchasing tickets, I bet you logged on to Rotten Tomatoes before making the final decision. And there it sat a 35% rotten rating like a sore thumb on a new releases list ...
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‘The Immigrant’ Trailer Finally Lets Us See Some Footage
The Weinstein Company will release James Gray's The Immigrant next year, but we have our first peek at the film thanks to Elle. James Gray's latest film debuted at Cannes Film Festival to good word of mouth due to the performances from stars Marion Cotillard, ...
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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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Birthday Wishes: A Real Mensch, Adam Goldberg
Adam Goldberg turns 43 today. With 79 credits spanning across movies, music videos and TV, he is one of the quintessential supporting actors of our generation, bringing his distinctive brand of nerdy fast-talking charm to every role he plays.
Some might not k...
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Critic Speak: Critics Defend Against the Backlash of 12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave has been getting great reviews almost across the board, but it has also inspired some excellent writing outside the standard review format as well. Just in the past couple of days we've had two good ones at Movie Mezzanine, but a couple of oth...
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New ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ Images Show Idris Elba Transform into the South African President
While there are two Nelson Mandela-centric movies in the works right now, you've probably heard more about this venture, the biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, starring Idris Elba as the South African leader and freedom fighter and Naomie Harris as his wife...
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Blue is the Warmest Color Feud Starts Up Again
Things have not been good with Blue is the Warmest Color since winning the Palme d’Or over the summer. Scandals about the treatment of the two lead actresses have overtaken much of the good word that was spreading around and now, with the U.S. release of the f...
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Ethan Hawke cast in Andrew Niccol’s latest
Having already served as his avatar for the issues of cloning/genetic manipulation in Gattaca and the token authority figure in the examination of the international gun trade in Lord of War, Ethan Hawke is once again signed up to work with writer/director Andr...
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Trailer: A highbred colored woman fights racism in 18th Century England in “Belle”
The trailer for Amma Asante’s Belle is out! The film premiered at this year’s Toronto Film Festival to a rather toned-down acclaim. Although it features many of the characteristics of the typical period piece, this innovative costume drama is different in its ...
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