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Martin Scorsese to Direct Ramones Biopic
Musical biopics are a tricky film to make, with most falling into trite idolization of their subjects and refusing to acknowledge the flaws. Then there's the whole process of getting the family estates to sign off on the films, and if and when they do it usual...
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First “Son of a Gun” Trailer: Where is the Gold?
I'm a pretty simple guy in some respects. I like movies about criminals, I like movies set in prison, and I like movies about hyper-masculinity. This film has all three of those things, so naturally I'm looking forward to it. Directed by newcomer Julius Avery,...
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First Synopsis Drops for “Midnight Special”
After the success of Take Shelter and last year's breakout hit Mud, Jeff Nichols signed a deal with Warner Bros. to distribute his next several films. The first up is his original project Midnight Special. While we've yet to see an image from production thus f...
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Weekend Box Office: End Of Summer Sameness
The summer movie season officially ended this past weekend as it usually does, with a crop of newcomers doing middling business and some early-August holdovers doing quite well. The unusual aspect of this weekend was twofold, and of course involved the late su...
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Early Prognosis On “Inherent Vice” Is Good
As we near closer to the New York Film Festival world premiere of Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice on October 4th, critical word is beginning to gather on Anderson's eagerly anticipated adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel. NYFF Director of Programming Ken...
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Cage Watch: Cage Gets Medieval & British in “Outcast” Trailer
Say what you will about Nic Cage, but nobody else can pull off what he does. Yes, he stars in plenty of bad films (present company included), but nobody else will commit to them so much to elevate them from trainwreck to entertaining camp. Nobody can be simult...
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First “Men, Women & Children” Trailer: Technology is Depressing
We have the first trailer for Jason Reitman's new film Men, Women & Children online today. I'm a fan of Reitman, loving both Thank You For Smoking and Up in the Air immensely, but I'm beginning to wonder if he's still got it. I wasn't in love with Young Ad...
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Weekend Box Office: Summer Repeats
As the curtain begins to draw on the summer movie season, old favorites are still topping the box office, and the new releases represent a mix of good and bad news. The top two slots remained exactly the same for the second weekend in a row; Teenage Mutant Nin...
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Five Ways Robin Williams Changed My Life
The role of a teacher, in Dead Poets Society, always struck me as a perfect one for Robin Williams. After all, what is a teacher—like an actor—but someone whose gift finds its natural habitat in front of attentive observers, practiced within the rigidity of on...
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“Godzilla 2” Release Date Set For June 2018
We've known there was going to be a followup to this year's smash hit Godzilla, and now we have know when we'll see it. Variety reports that Legendary and Warner Bros. have set a June 8th, 2018 release date for the sequel currently just referred to as Godzilla...
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