The competition jury for the 65th Cannes Film Festival has its jury, and moviegoers should recognize a few of the names. It was revealed today that the competition jury would feature names familiar to American audiences such as Ewan McGregor, Alexander Payne, and Diane Kruger. The jury is headed by Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti (We […]
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Sorry for the one day delay on this column, folks — due to unforeseen circumstances, I was without a computer on Tuesday. But damn, did Frazier hold down the news updates well or what? Make sure to thumb through all of his terrific recent posts if you haven’t already. If you’re going to pick up
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For the first time since he visited 19th century London in Shanghai Knights, Owen Wilson is set to kick ass again instead of chase it. Wilson has signed on to star in The Coup, an action film to be helmed by Devil director John Erick Dowdle from a script he wrote with his brother Drew
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The new trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation is heavy on ninjas, explosions, gadgets, and The Rock. Will it be the number one toy movie this summer, or will that honor fall to Battleship? Either way, action junkies and rowdy children should be pleased. The film opens June 29.
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Former senator Chris Dodd, chairman of the MPAA, said at CinemaCon that the current American ratings system should be “far more transparent,” surprising movie fans with the news that he actually has some clue as to why the organization is so reviled. The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) is the group in charge of
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Disney/Pixar’s 3-D film Brave has a new trailer today. The film stars Boardwalk Empire‘s Kelly Macdonald as Merida, a Scottish princess whose defiance of an age-old custom brings chaos to her kingdom. Expect critics to trip over themselves praising this, as they do all Pixar films with the exception of Cars and Cars 2. The
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Conservative culture writers can rejoice, as HBO has just supplied them with three years of new material. HBO has signed a three-year deal with Bill Maher, ensuring that liberal fans and conservatives who love to hate to watch Real Time with Bill Maher will be able to watch the acerbic left-wing comedian’s show through 2014.
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After a terrible bout of publicity that saw Mel Gibson’s image spend another week hanging from the cross, it is reported that the troubled megastar is in talks to hit screens again. Gibson is discussing taking a role in Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills, the sequel to 2010’s Machete. It is unknown what role Gibson is
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Lindsay Lohan is set to play a famous, volatile woman with alcohol and drug problems. Do you think she can imagine what being an unstable addict is like? Lohan has signed on to play Elizabeth Taylor in Liz and Dick, a Lifetime movie about the late movie star’s romance with English actor Richard Burton. The
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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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