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Rian Johnson to Write & Direct “Star Wars: Episode VIII”
After a long week like the one I've had, it's great to cap it off with wonderful news about one of my favorite working filmmakers. Variety reports that Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper) is on board to write and direct Star Wars: Episode VIII, and as for Episode IX,...
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“Straight Outta Compton” Gets August 2015 Release Date
The idea of an N.W.A. biopic has been going through the production gears for years - a film myself and other fans of the group have been rooting for to get made - and now we have finally reached that glorious time where production is confirmed. Along with a ni...
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Weekend Box Office: “Jump Street” Beats “Dragon”
It's common for a summer weekend to bring more than one sequel, but less common for both sequels to be well-reviewed and make decent money at the box office, and that's just what happened this weekend. The big winner was the second outing for Jonah Hill and Ch...
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Weekend Box Office: “Stars” Rise, Star Falls
On a weekend where both the Stanley Cup and the NBA Finals happened to fall, it was probably inevitable that a movie not aimed at the typical teen boy audience was going to do well. Of course, it also helps to have a movie adapted from a hugely popular YA book...
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Nicolas Winding Refn and David O. Russell Set Followups
Today has news regarding the next films of Nicolas Winding Refn and David O. Russell. Despite reports from a few weeks ago, it looks like Refn will instead focus on his long-gestating horror-thriller I Walk With the Dead over The Bringing. He broke the news th...
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“Jupiter Ascending” Pushed Back to February 2015
Deadline has just reported that one of the films I was looking forward to the most this Summer has been pushed back to next year. Jupiter Ascending, the latest Sci-Fi offering from Andy and Lana Wachowski has been pushed from its July 18th release date all the...
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Scott Derrickson to Direct Marvel’s “Doctor Strange”
Even though Marvel is still on the hunt for a director to replace Edgar Wright for the Ant-Man movie nobody wants to see anymore, they have made progress on a film that I know I want to see. Variety reported that a deal between Sinister director Scott Derricks...
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Weekend Box Office: Yes, Women Can Open Films
Proving yet again that the traditional Hollywood wisdom stating women don't go to the movies is BS, Disney's Angelina Jolie-starring take on the classic villain Maleficent racked up $70 million domestically and $100 million overseas for the weekend. That's the...
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A Critical Moment For Female Directors
The film industry is no different from any other, in that, it unfortunately remains male-dominated. Last year was an especially poor showing for mainstream cinema, with only one film solely directed by a woman being released on more than 2000 screens (Kimberle...
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Alfonso Cuarón Not Directing ‘Fantastic Beasts’ and Why That’s Great News
Look we all understand Alfonso Cuarón is in hot demand right now. His film, Gravity, revolutionized what we can expect from the future of Science-Fiction films and was box-office success. Perhaps it even should've won the Oscar for Best Picture. Well there are...
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