Author: Solani Verma
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Inside Llewyn Davis’ (2013) Movie Review – Cannes Film Festival
It’s been 13 years since Joel and Ethan Coen gave us the bluegrass energy of O Brother, Where Art Thou? and now they’ve jumped forward 30 years to 1961 and the folk music scene of Greenwich Village with Inside Llewyn Davis, a film so perfect it appears almost effortless. Opening in the Gaslight Cafe, the film’s title character croons on stage under…
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First Picture of Andrew Garfield in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ as Production Wraps in Taiwan
Will Martin Scorsese‘s Silence hit theaters this year or next? Production is completed, but along with the first picture above of Andrew Garfield and Shinya Tsukamoto as Father Rodrigues and a villager named Mokichi, Entertainment Weekly says to expect the film, based on Shusako Endo‘s 1966 novel, in 2016. As of now, Parmount’s awards slate is looking empty and I have to think with production…
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Inside Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ and that Pesky Plot Hole with Director Pete Docter
Pixar’s Inside Out enjoyed the largest opening weekend for an original property, animated, live-action or otherwise, this past weekend and before the film was ever released I had a chance to sit down with director and screenwriter Pete Docter and the film’s producer Jonas Rivera to largely discuss the ins and outs of turning this movie from a seedling of an…
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Matthew Vaughn Confirms ‘Kingsman’ Sequel Plans
Earlier this year Kingsman: The Secret Service, director Matthew Vaughn‘s very R-rated spy movie sendup, became a surprise hit at the box office, playing well opening weekend and bleeding slowly each weekend thereafter on its way to earning $128.2 million in North America and an astonishing $403.7 million at the worldwide box office. Just over a month ago we found out…
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Updated: Watch All the 2009 Super Bowl Movie Trailers
From what I understand we should be expecting plenty of new trailers during Super Bowl XLIII and this will be the place to find them as they appear online and some are already here and are featured below. Rumor has it this is the list of films that have been confirmed to have trailers appearing.…
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Keanu Reeves Hitman Starrer ‘John Wick’ Added to October Release Slate
ionsgate has announced they’ll be releasing John Wick starring Keanu Reeves on October 24, putting it up against Universal’s board game adaptation Ouija and the Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy starrer St. Vincent. The film, directed by stuntmen turned directors, David Leitch (Jupiter Ascending) and Chad Stahelski (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), centers on a retired hitman (Reeves) whose murderous instincts are reawakened when a thug steals his 1969 Ford Mustang…
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Did Christopher Nolan Ever Say Robin Wouldn’t be in the Bat Franchise? Looks Like No, He Didn’t
I guess I need to keep a more watchful eye on my RSS feeds for stories to lift from other sources as I completely missed Deadline’s February 1 report that Joseph Gordon-Levitt was in talks to reunite with Inception director Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight Rises. I clicked around the net to see if anyone else missed the…
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Richard Roeper Names His Top 25 of 2008
With screeners of some of the final films I need to see in order to complete my movie watching of 2008 on their way it looks like by Tuesday of next week I will have seen it all (or enough to determine my top films of 2008), but that’s in the future. For now, the…
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New ‘Rush’ Trailer and Pictures
On the heels of the international trailer earlier this week, Universal has debuted the domestic trailer for Ron Howard‘s F1 film Rush along with a batch of eight new pictures. The film stars Chris Hemsworth (The Avengers) and Daniel Bruhl (Inglourious Basterds) as Formula-1 race stars James Hunt and Niki Lauda respectively and follows their racing teams of McLaren and Ferrari. Olivia Wilde and Alexandra Maria Lara co-star. The script…
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Oscar Talk: Lesley Manville in ‘Another Year’ for Supporting or Lead?
It was a busy morning for me and my Oscar prognostication duties as I already had plans to do a bit of Best Picture shuffling after seeing Love and Other Drugs last night, a screening that would also cause me to shift my Best Actress predictions. However, I also needed to clear up things regarding Lesley Manville’s…