Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret finally coming to DVD, complete with 186-minute director’s cut

After years of drama, viewers will finally get to watch Kenneth Lonergan’s much-discussed and little-seen Margaret, just the way the filmmaker intended. Lonergan notoriously sparred with studio Fox Searchlight over creative differences, causing the film’s release to be dealyed for five years. Searchlight ended up forcing Lonergan to release a 2-1/2 hour cut, abbreviated from

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Jay Roach possibly to direct Cruise, Downey Jr. in El Presidente

Director Jay Roach is carving quite the niche for himself: making a mockery of our political system. Roach is in talks to direct El Presidente, a buddy comedy about a disgraced former President and his Secret Service agent. The comedy, written by Parks and Recreation scribe Dan Goor, sees a sleazy ex-commander-in-chief targeted for assassination

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New trailer: Michel Gondry’s The We and the I

I am of the opinion that Michel Gondry’s film adaptation of The Green Hornet last year was colossally underrated; too few understood that it was a parody, not a straightforward superhero film. But nonetheless, it’s good to see the French director return to his roots–low-budget, culture-centric filmmaking–with The We and the I, the trailer for which is embedded

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To promote new film, Magnolia Pictures advises fans to “get out your guns” to murder Bristol Palin

Either a jack-off intern was left in control of the social media accounts of Magnolia Pictures’ genre arm, Magnet Releasing, or the higher-ups at the Mark Cuban-owned distributor have some serious explaining to do. Here’s what was posted earlier today on Magnet’s Twitter and Facebook: Granted, this post was consistent with the tone of the

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