Fans of Disney’s legendary animated films Beauty and the Beast and Bambi have one final weekend to purchase Blu-Ray/DVD copies for their collections before both become unavailable for an indefinite period of time. As of April 30, production will cease on the current “Diamond Edition” combo packs of both films. They are the latest casualties of the […]
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This Is 40, Judd Apatow’s pseudo-sequel to his own hit Knocked Up, has a new trailer out today. The film stars Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann (Apatow’s real-life spouse), who reprise their Knocked Up roles as Pete and Debbie, the heads of a nuclear family with a perpetually strained marriage. This Is 40‘s plot sees
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Hello and welcome back to my weekly Box Office Beat column, the second published here at Critic Speak. Last weekend, I did very well with my predictions–in fact, I was one of the few prognosticators to accurately peg that Think Like a Man would be the victor–but I did low-ball the grosses by a bit.
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Roger Ebert’s annual festival of overlooked films, held in his hometown of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois at the Virginia Theatre, began yesterday and continues all weekend. For those of us unable to make the pilgrimage to Ebertfest, Mr. Ebert and company are kind enough to provide a live-stream of all the Q&As (embedded above). Given that the
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Fringe, the Fox cult hit that has held on despite low ratings, has been renewed for a fifth and final season. Despite an average of 4 million viewers and a 1.6 adult demo rating, the series will have 13 more episodes to close out its story line. Recent sci-fi series have not done well on
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It’s a big day for promotional photos. Whether Summit originally planned to put out these new stills from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 today or decided they’d try to replicate the buzz created by those for Django Unchained (currently Critic Speak’s biggest story) is anyone’s guess. But if you need your Bella and Edward
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Don’t let the title, shared with a silly ’80s pop beat, fool you. “I Melt with You” is all doom and gloom, a drug-fueled journey through the miseries of four middle-aged friends over the course of a wild week at a beachside mansion. The four friends, played by Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe, Jeremy Piven, and
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An old friend posted this to his Facebook wall today, and while it’s hard to condone vandalism, I can’t help but be impressed by the inventiveness of this new venue for reviewing movies. The only problem is that the prospective viewer has already rented the disc, thereby making a recommendation useless. But with a movie
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The first images from Quentin Tarantino‘s slavery-themed Western Django Unchained have hit the web. One image is of Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candie, a sadistic plantation owner who makes his slaves compete in gladiatorial combat for his amusement. The picture depicts Candie wielding a hammer, tipping off those who have read the script to the
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Fans of Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow from Iron Man 2 and The Avengers might not be getting another dose for a while. In an interview with Screenrant, Johansson said that she would not be making an appearance as the red-haired, ass-kicking spy in Iron Man 3. The character was prominently featured in Iron Man 2,
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