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All posts by Corey Atad
7 People Who Should Totally Direct Bond 24
It’s official. Empire is reporting that Same Mendes, who took the James Bond franchise to $1 billion heights with Skyfall, will not be directing the next installment of the franchise. Bond 24, as it’s tentatively called, will thus be handed off to yet another ...
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Christopher Nolan, Please Leave Christian Bale Out of The Justice League
You can call me a Nolan fanboy. You can label me an apologist for loving The Dark Knight Rises. I don’t know, maybe both are true. Either way, I think Christopher Nolan is an excellent filmmaker whose films I’ve either liked or loved, including his most recent...
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Really, Bieber? Top 5 “Worst Birthdays” on Film
Worst birthday
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) March 2, 2013
We're all sorry for Justin Bieber right now. Poor kid just wanted to go out and have a great time on his 19th. Sadly, he couldn't get his underage friends into a club, so they ended up back at a ...
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Stoker: Korean Style Meets American Gothic in Beautifully Depraved Coming-of-Age Tale
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At what point does style become substance? Many of Alfred Hitchcock’s thrillers were really quite pedestrian, predictable stories, but the director’s mastery of style and craft turned many of those films into beautiful works of art. The same could be said...
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Netflix Instant Picks 3/1/13—3/7/13
Every week at Movie Mezzanine, we pick some of the best films currently on Netflix Instant in the United States and Canada. Whether they are big releases or hidden gems, these movies make your subscription worth the price. From each library we select one Newly...
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Urges and Desires in P.T. Anderson’s The Master
The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed film from last year, is “about” a lot of things. The effect of war on the psyche; the displacement of returning veterans; the personal relationship to authority; the bond between males; the existence of cult; the an...
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Movie Mezzanine’s Oscars Liveblog 2013!
Welcome to Movie Mezzanine's first ever Oscars Liveblog. We'll be here all night, making quips, sharing predictions, gawking at the winners and getting massively drunk. Your livebloggers for the evening will be Corey Atad, Jake Cole, Kristen Sales, Russell Hai...
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Getting Excited for the Oscars with Russell and Corey
The Oscars are almost here, so we though we should talk a bit about them. What are we excited about? What are we dreading? Who do we think will win? Who do we want to see thrown into an active volcano? Russell and Corey Atad talked about it and here are the ...
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Interview: TOWER Director Kazik Radwanski Talks Character Study, Close-Ups and Indie Filmmaking in Toronto
Beginning today, Friday, February 22nd, the Royal Cinema in Toronto will be screening Kazik Radawanski's debut feature film, Tower. It's quite the debut. A quiet, well-observed study of a thirty something still living in his parents' basement. Tina Hassannia h...
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Netflix Instant Picks 2/22/13—2/28/13
Every week at Movie Mezzanine, we pick some of the best films currently on Netflix Instant in the United States and Canada. Whether they are big releases or hidden gems, these movies make your subscription worth the price. From each library we select one Newly...
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