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Tom Bond writes about Ben Affleck's growth as a director as his latest effort, "Live By Night" opens nationwide.
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What We Need From Wonder Woman
Angelica Jade Bastién explores the possibilities and pitfalls of bringing Wonder Woman to the big screen in the DC Cinematic Universe.
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Superman Before Batman: On Ben Affleck and “Hollywoodland”
On the eve of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," Kenji Fujishima looks back at Ben Affleck's work as a TV Superman in "Hollywoodland."
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“Our Man in Tehran”
“It's not a movie, people's lives were really in danger!” With those words, Our Man in Tehran tips its hand at the outset, firmly positioning itself as a rebuttal to the most recent Hollywood adaptation of the Iran Hostage Crisis incident known as the Canadian...
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Sex(ist): On Cinematic Nudity
No surprise that David Fincher’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s controversial best-selling novel Gone Girl became a big hit upon its release. One aspect of the film that generated unexpected chatter, however, was Ben Affleck’s penis. Days (weeks?) after critics...
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Weekend Box Office: Gone Again
The weekend brought a glut of new releases to the multiplexes and art theaters, but it was David Fincher's Gone Girl that remained on top for the second weekend in a row, grossing $26.8 million for a $78.2 million total. Great word of mouth and great reviews k...
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The Liberating, Evil Feminism of Gone Girl
Warning: Major spoilers for “Gone Girl” ahead.
In the opening moments of David Fincher’s domestic-union-gone-bad thriller Gone Girl, Nick Dunne (a seemingly vulnerable and sympathetic Ben Affleck) voices a desire to “crack a skull open.” The skull in questi...
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Weekend Box Office: Gone September Box Office Blues
The box office came out of the September doldrums in full force this weekend, with the top two movies powering the weekend to a 23 percent higher weekend than the same period last year, and the highest overall weekend ever for October. The number one movie was...
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Netflix Weekend 8/29: “Let Go Your Earthly Tether”
This week, I’ll be highlighting three films about lovers in existential crises, or as I like to say struggling to “let go your earthly tether”. Just bear with me, ok? This one’s a little more inspired than usual. Our three films are Abbas Kiarostami’s Certifie...
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New “Gone Girl” Poster Puts Actors in Forefront
Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike weren't featured in the teaser poster for the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl in March, but the theatrical one-sheet places a premium on names. This new poster also spouts "from the director of Fight Club and The Soci...
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