Author: Solani Verma
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
SYNOPSIS: Oscar Wilde’s most debated work about a man who stays eternally young while his famous portrait ages through the years, until the gripping and eerie climax. PHOTOS: THERE ARE NO PICTURES AVAILABLE FOR THIS TITLE TRAILERS & CLIPS: THERE ARE NO VIDEOS AVAILABLE FOR THIS TITLE
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Leona Lewis Will Sing ‘Avatar’ Theme Song…
So, Leona Lewis of “Bleeding Love” fame is going to be singing the title track for James Cameron’s Avatar. The song will be titled “I See You (Theme from Avatar)” and will be available when the soundtrack hits stores on December 15, three days prior to the film’s December 18 release. The song will be played…
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Examining Quentin Tarantino’s Foot Fetish
Some of the less imaginative haters of Quentin Tarantino love to point out the writer/director’s foot fetish and how it leaks into damn near every single film he has made. Of course, if Tarantino was trying to hide the fact feet light a fire where it counts it would perhaps be a little more disturbing,…
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Chatting ‘The Holiday’ With Nancy Meyers
Nancy Meyers has gained legions of fans thanks to her early writing work on films such as Private Benjamin and Baby Boom and then such later films as her directorial effort on What Women Want, then of course 2003’s Something’s Gotta Give which she wrote and directed and also earned Diane Keaton an Oscar nomination. Suffice to say, this woman knows romantic comedies, and she…
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UPDATED: Complete List of 2015 Oscar Presenters and Performers
The Academy has already announced the performers for this year and today they announced the first group of presenters, so it’s time to begin the annual tradition of updating the list of presenters and performers you can expect at the 2015 Academy Awards on Sunday, February 22. We already know Neil Patrick Harris will be hosting the festivities, hosting for the first time. Additionally, the Oscar-winning songwriting team from Frozen, Kristen…
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Wahlberg Confirmed for ‘Transformers 4’, ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Finds a Writer and Kushner Writing for Spielberg Again
1.) A press release from Paramount has confirmed the casting of Mark Wahlberg in Transformers 4. “Mark is awesome. We had a blast working on Pain and Gain and I’m so fired up to be back working with him,” said director Michael Bay. “An actor of his caliber is the perfect guy to re-invigorate the franchise and carry on the Transformers’ legacy.”…
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William Friedkin’s ‘End of Watch’ Love and an Oscar Prediction Clean Up
A small oversight needed cleaning up after I posted my Best Actor and Supporting Actor predictions End of Watch and forgot to add a couple of names before sorting and publishing the list for its debut. But hey, that’s why I developed the back end to shuffle the deck when necessary. So, while it has been less than a day since…
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INTERVIEW: 50 Cent On ‘Home of the Brave’
50 Cent‘s first outing in films wasn’t exactly a successful one. Amidst poor reviews, many of them pointing at his ability as an actor, and only $30 million at the box-office it’s safe to say Get Rich or Die Tryin’ sort of died tryin’. With his second effort we meet a film called Home of the Brave, centering…
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Terrence Malick’s ‘Knight of Cups’ Gets a Long Synopsis and a Runtime
I know there are plenty of people out there who like Terrence Malick, even if I can’t stand his films. So, for all you folks itching to see Knight of Cups, I have a little present for you: a long synopsis! For some, the original, short synopsis just wasn’t enough. They need more words to satisfy their…
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Comic Con 2009: Gary Oldman Says ‘Batman 3’ Expected to Begin Filming in 2010
Small bit of news year, but at the Comic Con panel for The Book of Eli starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman, Oldman was asked about Batman 3 and replied saying: “I think the next Batman is next year. We start shooting next year for a release in two years. You didn’t hear that from…