James Mangold’s take on the fiery mutant opens this weekend.
Tell us what you thought of 'The Wolverine'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 pm · July 25th, 2013
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Cate Blanchett on navigating the dark corners of a broken individual in Woody Allen's 'Blue Jasmine'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:25 pm · July 25th, 2013
The obvious question when you’re talking to an actress who has just finished a collaboration with Woody Allen, an actress like “Blue Jasmine” star Cate Blanchett, for instance, is whether that specific collaboration an actor’s dream. After all, so many performers have produced some of their best (in many cases, award-winning) work under the director’s helm. But the answer isn’t necessarily the one you might expect.
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Nicole Holofcener's 'Enough Said' with James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfus set for Sept. release
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:16 pm · July 25th, 2013
One of Gandolfini’s final roles will be seen at the Toronto Film Festival first
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Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson cast Disney shadows in the 'Saving Mr. Banks' poster
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:36 am · July 25th, 2013
The story of bringing ‘Mary Poppins’ to the screen arrives in time for Christmas.
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Cate Blanchett talks about working with Malick and the tone of 'Monuments Men'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:10 am · July 25th, 2013
Cate Blanchett has been making the rounds on behalf of Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine” this week, which premiered in Los Angeles last night. And again, we’ll be talking about that performance quite a bit over the next few months, but when I got her on the phone recently to discuss the film, I also took a few choice moments at the end to talk about two other projects that have me intrigued.
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New poster for 'Prisoners' with Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:24 am · July 25th, 2013
The new film from Denis Villeneuve is going to the Toronto Film Festival. Today a poster for the film has arrived.
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Toronto Film Festival First Look: 'Dallas Buyers Club,' 'The Invisible Woman,' 'The Railway Man'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:58 pm · July 23rd, 2013
New images from some of the year’s most anticipated films.
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The 10 best performances in Woody Allen films
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:36 am · July 23rd, 2013
HitFix’s Kristopher Tapley and Guy Lodge spotlight the top performances in Woody Allen films with his latest, “Blue Jasmine,” around the corner.
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'The Fifth Estate,' '12 Years a Slave,' 'August: Osage County' and more set for 2013 Toronto Film Festival
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:51 am · July 23rd, 2013
It was revealed today that Bill Condon’s “The Fifth Estate,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Wiki Leaks found Julian Assange, will be the opening night film of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which kicks off on Sept. 5. The closing night film will be Daniel Schecter’s “Life of Crime” with John Hawkes, Mos Def and Jennifer Aniston.
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Mike Myers to make directorial debut with Shep Gordon documentary 'Supermensch'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:56 am · July 22nd, 2013
So in 1991 talent manager Shep Gordon supposedly held Mike Myers over a barrel for a few weeks before filming on “Wayne’s World” began regarding an Alice Cooper song that Myers wanted to use in the film. The two struck up a friendship that’s still strong 22 years later, so much so that Myers will be making his directorial debut with a documentary of the music legend.
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Spitballing possibilities for the 40th annual Telluride Film Festival
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:13 am · July 22nd, 2013
HitFix’s Kristopher Tapley puts a finger to the air and makes a few educated guesses on what we might see at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival.
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'Fight Club' sequel in the works
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:40 am · July 22nd, 2013
“Fight Club” author Chuck Palahniuk is working on a graphic novel sequel to the book that spawned David Fincher’s 1999 consumerism-lynching film.
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It's about time: WB announces Superman/Batman film at Comic-Con
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:19 pm · July 20th, 2013
First reported in the LA Times this morning and confirmed at Warner Bros. Pictures’ Comic-Con panel shortly thereafter, the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight are finally going to share the big screen together in 2015.
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MPAA relents and allows Weinsteins to use 'Lee Daniels' The Butler' in title dispute (UPDATED)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:53 pm · July 19th, 2013
Well, this whole silly, overblown, clearly-about-something-else mess has finally seen a solution…and everyone’s going to just keep calling it “The Butler” anyway.
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Watch: Travis Beacham reps for 'Pacific Rim' at Comic-Con 2013
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:16 pm · July 19th, 2013
I kinda feel compelled to post this because, look, I’m not in the tank for “Pacific Rim” or anything, but I’m SUPER happy for a guy like Travis Beacham, a former schoolmate of mine, making it so big that he’s signing autographs for adoring fans at Comic-Con and soaking it up and just, well, I guess I’m living vicariously. Sue me.
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Original copy of Oskar Schindler's list auctioned for $3 million on eBay
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:58 pm · July 19th, 2013
So, would you like a piece of history for a steep price? If you have $3 million lying around, you can join an eBay auction for one of four original copies of Schindler’s list. No, not a solid gold DVD of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 Best Picture winner “Schindler’s List,” but an actual copy of one of Oskar Schindler’s lists containing the names of 1,200 Jews whose lives the industrialist saved by hiring them as workers in his Brünnlitz factory in Switzerland.
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Tell us what you thought of 'Only God Forgives'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:33 am · July 19th, 2013
Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Drive” follow-up hits theaters and VOD this weekend.
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Tell us what you thought of 'The Conjuring'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:38 am · July 19th, 2013
James Wan’s latest stab in the horror genre opens today.
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