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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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Full trailer for 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' promises the Mandela you didn't know

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:16 pm · July 18th, 2013

The Weinstein Company has announced it is celebrating “Mandela Day” (today is Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday and, happily, he seems to be getting a bit better after his recent health scare) by dropping a full-length trailer for Justin Chadwick’s upcoming “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.”

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David Fincher racks up VMA and Emmy nods on consecutive days

Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:05 pm · July 18th, 2013

The two-time Oscar nominee is proving his multi-media skills this year.

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Oscar winners crash the 2013 Emmy nominations

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:47 am · July 18th, 2013

I’ll leave it to those more embedded in Emmy history to tell us whether Oscar winners landing a slew of nominations from the TV Academy is typical or not. But it was nevertheless striking to me how many Academy Award winners popped up on today’s nominations list.

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