Author: Solani Verma
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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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Cinematographer Wally Pfister Talks about ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Nolan Fans have happened on an interview with Wally Pfister, longtime cinematographer for Christopher Nolan’s films including Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and Inception. Pfister discusses the highly anticipated third film in Nolan’s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. The interview was conducted by the “Kevin and Josh Movie Show” and Pfister opens up on several details eager fans are likely…
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‘Lone Ranger’, Extended ‘Hobbit’, ‘Runner, Runner’ and More in Today’s MPAA Ratings Bulletin
This morning saw the first trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, which will hit theaters December 13, and it would see fans might be getting an extended cut of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey around the same time as we’ve know one would be released some time this year and today the MPAA announced an official rating for…
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WINTER PASSING (2006)
A dramatic comedy by award-winning playwright Adam Rapp, Winter Passing charts the fractious reunion of an estranged father and daughter. Struggling twenty-something actress Reese Holden (Zooey Deschanel) has been promised a small fortune for publication of love letters written by her legendary, but reclusive father, novelist Don Holden (Ed Harris), to his late wife, also…
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Warner Bros. 2011 Preview: First Looks at ‘Sherlock Holmes 2,’ ‘The Hangover 2’ and ‘Final Destination 5’
Warner Bros. just sent over a MASSIVE batch of preview images and information for their upcoming 2011 slate and I am just now going through it and piecing everything together to show you. However, as I am going along I will be putting together the preview in pieces and I thought the only obvious place…
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Nine Crazy Things I Learned about ‘Mimic’ from Guillermo del Toro’s Blu-ray Commentary
If there’s one thing you expect from a movie about genetically altered insects growing into human-sized insects, it’s to see genetically altered insects growing into human-sized insects. The studio, however, expected a little something else: Tests! The mimics used to have antennas, but the feedback we got from the studio was a raging phone call…
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Lucasfilm Denies Star Wars 7, 8 and 9 Sequels
Aussie website Moviehole.net did a little investigative reporting of their own to explore the rumors surrounding possible Star Wars movies Episodes 7, 8 and 9 after NDA agreements were being talked about over at TheForce.net. Well, in talks with Lucasfilm Moviehole learned the rumors were completely false as a Lucasfilm representative told the site there won’t be…
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Alexandre Desplat Will Score ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’
Alexandre Desplat was nominated last year for his scores for The Imitation Game and The Grand Budapest Hotel, the latter of which he won the Oscar for. His work last year didn’t end there though, scoring The Monuments Men, Unbroken and Godzilla and Film Music Reporter has learned via an interview with Desplat on Radio Classique’s Culture Club that Desplat will be returning to work with Godzilla helmer Gareth Edwards on his…
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Redmayne and Hoult In Contention for Lead Role in ‘Harry Potter’ Spin-Off, ‘Fantastic Beasts’
With this year’s Best Actor Oscar by his side, the acting world is Eddie Redmanye‘s oyster for the moment, and it looks like Warner Bros. wants to rope the young actor into their latest hot property. If recent reports are to be believed, The Theory of Everything star could lead their upcoming Harry Potter spin-off, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find…
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‘Babylon A.D.’ Director Mathieu Kassovitz Doesn’t Have Kind Words for Fox
Recently I wrote up a piece about Fox’s upcoming Babylon A.D. talking about how I felt folks should give the film a chance and blah, blah, blah. Some commented and agreed with me. Only a day or so later I learned Babylon A.D. would not be screened for critics and I don’t think I have seen a single advertisement…