Warner Bros. has been awarded rights to the title “The Butler,” forcing The Weinstein Company to rename its upcoming film.
Weinstein Company forced to rename 'The Butler' (UPDATED)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:46 pm · July 2nd, 2013
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Jacki Weaver, Marcia Gay Harden join Emma Stone and Colin Firth in Woody Allen's latest
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:03 am · July 2nd, 2013
The Woodster’s 2014 project is already shooting in the South of France.
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Sweden's Way Out West lineup runs the gamut from Soderbergh to Alicia Keys
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:40 am · July 2nd, 2013
The hybrid music-and-movie fest runs from August 8 to 10.
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With 'Blue is the Warmest Color' out of the running, a look ahead to the foreign Oscar race
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:30 am · July 1st, 2013
‘Blue is the Warmest Color’ won’t be competing this year, but what will?
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New 'Inside Llewyn Davis' trailer tunes up awards season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:12 am · July 1st, 2013
A new trailer for the Coens’ “Inside Llewyn Davis” has dropped with one of the songs from the upcoming insta-purchase soundtrack playing throughout and boy is it splendid.
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Off the Carpet: Half-time
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:06 am · July 1st, 2013
The mid-way point of 2013 is here. How has the first half of the year shaped up for awards hopefuls? A month-by-month dissection answers that very question.
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How the comic book format allowed Travis Beacham to expand on the 'Pacific Rim' universe
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:21 pm · June 29th, 2013
When Guillermo del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” crashes into theaters on July 12, you’ll only be getting part of the story. The universe of the film was too big for one movie, you see. It inevitably spilled over the edges and left an excess of material without a home, but with so much to say.
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Tell us what you thought of 'The Heat'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:05 pm · June 28th, 2013
The Sandra Bullock-Melissa McCarthy buddy comedy opens today.
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The top 10 movie presidents of all time
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:01 pm · June 28th, 2013
This weekend Roland Emmerich’s “White House Down” hits theaters. While it’s a minor romp that will either delight you or cause you to roll your eyes out of your head, it reminds of that old staple of the cinema: the movie president.
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Pixar strikes a compromise between original concepts and sequels
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:08 pm · June 28th, 2013
The animation studio plans to aim for one original film every year.
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Sex or sweeties in first clip from Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:12 am · June 28th, 2013
It’s fair to say the film isn’t revealing its hand just yet.
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Edinburgh Film Festival: Auteurs at play in 'Historic Center,' and other short treats
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:42 am · June 28th, 2013
Also: one to watch in the Best Animated Short Oscar race?
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Jason Bateman, Lena Dunham and Prince among 276 invited to join the Academy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:27 am · June 28th, 2013
The Academy has announced its annual list of invitees to its esteemed membership, including 276 names from actors Jason Bateman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jennifer Lopez and Milla Jovovich to directors Steve McQueen, Todd Phillips and last year’s wunderkind Benh Zeitlin.
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'Inside Llewyn Davis' soundtrack, featuring Justin Timberlake and Marcus Mumford, out in September
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:42 am · June 28th, 2013
The T Bone Burnett-produced folk collection is sure to be a hipster favorite.
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Tell us what you thought of 'White House Down'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:36 am · June 28th, 2013
Roland Emmerich’s ‘Die Hard’ rip-off explodes onto screens this weekend.
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James Franco abandons directorial project 'Garden of Last Days'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:00 pm · June 27th, 2013
Actor-director has left the project two weeks before shooting was set to begin.
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Where will Bennett Miller's 'Foxcatcher' end up?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:20 pm · June 27th, 2013
With a full slate of films to campaign and market this fall, Sony Pictures may be moving Bennett Miller’s “Foxcatcher” to art house shingle Sony Pictures Classics for distribution, or the film could be held for 2014 release.
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Another prestige actor heading to the 'Hunger Games' cast?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:57 am · June 27th, 2013
The Francis Lawrence-directed “Hunger Games” sequels are stacking the deck as of late, first Philip Seymour Hoffman and now, potentially, Julianne Moore.
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