Author: Solani Verma
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New Pictures Expose Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen in Tarsem Singh’s ‘Snow White’
Jordan Prentice, Joey Gnoffo, Sebastian Saraceno, Lily Collins, Martin Klebba, Mark Provinelli, Ronald Lee Clark and Danny Woodburn from Tarsem Singh’s Snow White Tarsem Singh‘s Snow White feature is the Untitled Snow White, which is something Relativity Media is going to have to remedy soon enough as we inch closer to that March 16, 2012 release date, but for…
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Weinstein Co. Sets 2014 Oscar Slate Dating ‘Grace’, ‘Fruitvale’, ‘August’ and ‘Mandela’
Starting on Monday, I’m going to preview 40 potential 2014 Oscar contenders with ten new previews each day and then the following week I’m going to open my 2014 Oscar predictions earlier than I ever have before. Inevitably there will be comments that read “The Oscars just ended, can’t we take a break?” and “How can you predict movies…
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Because you have nothing better to do…
Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon have a running joke in which Damon gets “bumped” from Jimmy Kimmel Live and last night the show did a new skit spoofing The Bourne Ultimatum in which Kimmel’s parking lot attendant Guillermo bumps Damon from his own movie… Check it out, you will love it.
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Abrams Talks ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Mystery and Chiwetel Ejiofor Rumored for a Role
How would you describe the tone of the Star Wars franchise? I’d argue with A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back it was largely an adult drama, with Luke Skywalker’s naïveté, Princess Leia’s strong will and Han Solo’s machismo and sarcasm driving the train. By the time Return of the Jedi rolled around and the Ewoks entered the conversation things took a turn…
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Spielberg Casts Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln
Remember Lincoln? The movie Steven Spielberg was supposed to direct with Liam Neeson set to star but films such as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn and War Horse always seemed to get in the way? Then news of Robopocalypse cropped up recently, which seemed to put a nail in the project, especially…
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Universal Shuts Down Production on ‘Fast & Furious 7’
It’s slightly vulgar to consider the fate of the Fast & Furious franchise and the upcoming Fast & Furious 7 in the midst of the tragic death of one of the film’s stars, Paul Walker. Life, however, does go on, but Universal is appropriately taking time to reflect on what will become of the seventh film, deciding to officially halt…
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Unpack Your Sick Sense of Humor for Nash Edgerton’s Short Film ‘Bear’
If you haven’t seen Nash Edgerton‘s short films before you’re in for a treat as Vice has finally brought online Edgerton’s latest short film Bear. The film serves as something of a sequel to his previous short, Spider, which we co-wrote with Animal Kingdom writer/director David Michôd (who co-wrote this one as well, and was released in front of Edgerton’s 2010 feature…
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Christopher Nolan’s Quay Brothers Short Documentary Preeming in August
Word around the campfire is Christopher Nolan has finished a “comprehensive draft” of a script for his next film. That right there is the extent of information we have on that, but while he’s been doing some writing he’s also been doing some directing in the form of a short documentary focused on stop-motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay (aka the Brothers Quay).…
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Pattinson Gets to the Heart of Stephenie Meyer and Her ‘Twilight’ Series
I only read the first book in the “Twilight” series and that was enough for me, but I have been told by several others that read the complete series that it reads like a sex fantasy fulfilled with the most gorgeous guy in the world who just so happens to be a vampire. My friends…
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Watching ‘The Graduate’ Makes Brad Wonder…
I recently received a galley copy of David Thomson’s “Have You Seen…?” (preorder here) a book taking a look at a selection of 1,000 films Thomson deems important to the world of film. They aren’t necessarily the films he considers to be the 1,000 greatest films as some are considered masterpieces while others are considered…