Susan Sarandon leveled an explosive charge against the government yesterday when she claimed that not only had her phones been tapped, but that she was denied entry to the White House. During a Q&A at the Tribeca Film Festival, Sarandon made both claims when asked by an audience member if she believed herself to be […]
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Soon, the bright blue Na’vi might be turning red. That is, they’d be red ideologically, if their communal ways couldn’t already be accused of such. James Cameron told Reuters that he is looking into placing a great deal of Avatar 2‘s production in China, where costs are lower and audiences are spending more on American
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HBO’s new series Veep, a political comedy from the director of In the Loop, is very democratically online for free. Not just free, but legally so. The series pilot, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a marginalized United States Vice President, is available online on YouTube, HBO.com, and DailyMotion.com. The well-reviewed comedy aired last night on HBO.
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When The Avengers opens on May 4, lucky comic fans will get a glimpse of both worlds. The official Warner Brothers website confirms that a new trailer for The Dark Knight Rises, the third and supposedly final film in Christopher Nolan’s series of Batman films, will begin playing in front of The Avengers.
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At first, it was hard to imagine what the director of Requiem for a Dream and Black Swan might make of an oft-told story from the Old Testament, but now that Gladiator star Russell Crowe has committed to the title role of Noah, the idea is easier to picture. Then again, this is a Darren Aronofsky film, so such
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As I wrote about earlier this week, I’m generally not big on watching clips and trailers for upcoming movies when I’m already sold on seeing them, so I’m personally skipping this one. But given how hungry our visitors seem to be for Avengers material, based on Google Analytics, I feel a duty to pass this “Iron Man
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The general rule in documentarian Morgan Spurlock’s career thus far has been that the trailers are much better then the movies themselves. That’s because Spurlock is a great concept guy, but not a great filmmaker. When the movies are reduced to mere two-minute tag-lines–“I’m going to eat McDonalds for every meal for a month and
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Writing in his native England’s The Guardian, actor Tom Hiddleston, who plays Loki in Thor and the upcoming The Avengers, published a passionate editorial defense of superhero blockbusters as legitimate works of filmmaking, not simply fun and games. That Hiddleston believes superhero pictures are still marginalized in this way surprises me; after all, Christopher Nolan’s Batman epics and the first Iron Man, for instance, were heralded by critics and audiences alike for being great films. But whether or not a snooty bias against these popular entertainments really exists or not, Hiddleston has thoughts on the genre that are well worth reading. Read the highlights after the jump…
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The New South Wales government announced that The Wolverine, the next spinoff film in the X-Men series, is slated to begin filming this August in Sydney. Hugh Jackman, a Sydney native, will reprise his role as Wolverine, the ferocious, nigh-invulnerable mutant and by far the most popular member of the X-Men clan.
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We posted earlier this week that Francis Lawrence, the director of such films as I Am Legend and Water for Elephants, was reportedly one of Lionsgate’s top choices to direct the sequel to the year’s biggest film so far, The Hunger Games. Well now, it’s official, as Lawrence has been extended (and will presumably accept) the offer today.
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