Jeff Nichols’s latest hits theaters today.
Tell us what you thought of 'Mud'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:25 am · April 26th, 2013
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George Clooney to reteam with 'Argo' journalist for 'Coronado High'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:45 pm · April 25th, 2013
George Clooney is finishing up “The Monuments Men” for release later this year, which he is also producing along with Smoke House partner Grant Heslov. The duo, with Ben Affleck, picked up Oscars for Best Picture in February for “Argo,” and according to The Wrap, Clooney and Heslov are re-teaming with journalist Joshuah Bearman — whose 2007 Wired article spawned the Iran hostage crisis drama — for something called “Coronado High.”
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Kevin Macdonald, Jude Law and Focus Features team up for sunken treasure thriller 'Black Sea'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:55 am · April 25th, 2013
Filmmaker Kevin Macdonald is about to go deep sea diving with Jude Law. Deadline reports that the film “Black Sea” has been positioned as his next with Law in the lead as a laid-off submarine captain who gets involved in a scheme to seek out a storied sunken sub that might be loaded with gold in the Black Sea.
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David Gordon Green's 'Prince Avalanche' gets a poster and a teaser for a teaser
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:05 am · April 25th, 2013
A new poster and six-second teaser for the upcoming trailer launch of “Prince Avalanche” has been released.
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With 'Dallas Buyers Club' is Focus Features getting its awards slate in order?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:28 pm · April 23rd, 2013
When actor Matthew McConaughey was doing the awards circuit press rounds last year for his Independent Spirit Award-winning work in “Magic Mike,” he was strikingly thin. The reason for the physical transformation was his role Jean-Marc Vallée’s upcoming “Dallas Buyers Club,” which has just found a home at Focus Features.
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Tell us what you thought of 'Oblivion'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:36 am · April 21st, 2013
Tom Cruise’s latest blockbuster hits theaters this weekend.
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Report: 2014 Oscars producers have asked Seth MacFarlane to host again
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:30 pm · April 19th, 2013
A report suggests the newly minted Oscar producers have reached out to last year’s host to come back for more.
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David O. Russell's 'American Hustle' halts production amid Boston area manhunt
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:02 am · April 19th, 2013
The production is ‘heeding the Governor’s request to remain indoors.’
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Exclusive: Ellen Page, Alexander Skarsgard and Brit Marling in new photos from 'The East'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:00 am · April 19th, 2013
Zal Batmanglij’s second feature film played at Sundance in January.
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Cannes 2013: Harvey hits the Croisette again
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:14 am · April 18th, 2013
Harvey Weinstein has been using the Cannes Film Festival to position The Weinstein Company’s awards hopefuls nicely the last few years. How are things shaping up for the 66th annual?
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I guess we should talk about that 'Man of Steel' trailer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:51 am · April 17th, 2013
There were 183 seconds that got a lot of fanboys excited yesterday, (insert dirty joke here), and we might as well get into it in this space. Yes, the trailer for Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” landed a solid punch when it dropped during CinemaCon and then hit the net immediately after. To say the least, it had some impressive stuff to offer.
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Craig Zadan and Neil Meron back for more at the 2014 Oscars
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:32 pm · April 16th, 2013
So I guess no one at the Academy got the memo that no one really liked the way the Oscars were put on back in February (I was mostly fine with them, mind you), and so they’re bringing Craig Zadan and Neil Meron back for more.
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Robert Downey Jr. will win an Oscar says Robert Downey Jr.
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:18 pm · April 16th, 2013
Also, the actor reveals he pulled in $50 million for “The Avengers.”
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Bryan Singer's 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' begins production
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:20 am · April 15th, 2013
So what will be the seventh installment in Fox’s “X-Men” film franchise, “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” begins shooting today. And guess what? I’m really excited. Why? One reason: Bryan Singer.
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'The Avengers' and 'Silver Linings Playbook' win big at the MTV Movie Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:36 pm · April 14th, 2013
The most interesting takeaway of tonight’s MTV Movie Awards wasn’t necessarily that “The Avengers” predictably scooped up the prize for Movie of the Year. (Though, I say predictably, but I’m clearly garbage at guessing these things.) No, more interesting was that the MTV crowd gobbled up David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook” with a spoon, handing the film three awards of its own on the evening. Add that to its awards season tally and eight Oscar nominations and you’re talking about one wide-ranging crossover hit. A pity, then, that star Jennifer Lawrence wasn’t on hand to share in the spoils (and pick up her own pair of popcorn trophies).
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A look back at 1993 and the second annual MTV Movie Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:02 am · April 14th, 2013
Last year I used the occasion of the 21st annual MTV Movie Awards as an excuse to go back in time to the day-glo, New Jack Swing days of 1992 to look at the network’s first stab at recognizing the “best” in filmed entertainment. This year, I figured why not keep it going as the 22nd annual gears up for this evening? Let’s step back in the time machine and zip back to the pop culturally nebulous days of 1993 and the second annual MTV Movie Awards show.
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Tell us what you thought of 'To the Wonder'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:29 pm · April 12th, 2013
Terrence Malick’s latest hits theaters and VOD today.
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Celebrities and colleagues turn out to honor film critic Roger Ebert at Chicago tribute
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:45 pm · April 11th, 2013
Hollywood and independent filmmakers, philanthropists and industry magnates, fellow critics and, yes, movie stars came together this evening in Chicago to pay tribute to the life of legendary film critic Roger Ebert, who passed away April 4 at the age of 70.
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