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Christopher Nolan Attaches IMAX Camera to Learjet Because He Can
In badass film technology news, Christopher Nolan has taken to the skies for some kind of top secret project involving the already extremely top secret upcoming Interstellar. How badass and how top secret, you ask? Nolan has embedded an IMAX camera in the nose...
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Weekend Box Office: “Best Man” And “Thor” Have Strong Showings
The weekend box office was a surprising one, but only if you predicted that a superhero movie wouldn't win against little competition, and that a film aimed at a "niche" audience wouldn't have a strong showing against it. As predicted by most, Thor: The Dark W...
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‘Labor Day’ backs off of Christmas Day
Jason Reitman’s latest film Labor Day has been moved from its Christmas release to a late January opening. The Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin vehicle premiered at Telluride and played at the Toronto International Film Festival where it received mixed reviews. It...
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New Report Finds Gun Violence Higher in PG-13 Movies Over R-Rated Films
The latest study on movies and society has found out something interesting about PG-13, that strange ratings space where one must hang for several years before gaining enough confidence to sneak into the Rated-R movies without getting caught. Conducted by the ...
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Weekend Box Office: “Thor” Hammers Hard
With a healthy boost from the Avengers-earned cache and the relative lack of competition on either side of it, Thor: The Dark World opened to $86.1 million, up 31 percent from the opening of the first Thor and the best opening for a Marvel film that didn't hav...
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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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‘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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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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Focus Features International Will Be Shutting Down Dec. 31st
Following a change in leadership early last month, Focus Features will be shutting down it's London-based foreign sales office by year's end.
Today's announcement coincides with the start of Santa Monica's American Film Market, which Focus Features Interna...
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Blockbuster to Close All Stores, And There Was Weeping And Gnashing of Teeth
In an event that will signal countless thinkpieces reflecting on the current state of home cinema and the blogosphere's relation to it, Blockbuster announced that they will be ending all retail operations. The chain's 300 remaining U.S. stores, as well as its ...
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