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After a long period of speculation it looks like Paramount has finally settled on a Christmas Day release for Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio‘s The Wolf of Wall Street. After turning in a cut of the film that was said to be a little over three hours, Scorsese took to the editing room to trim some of the running…

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,…

Nadine Labaki first gained international attention in 2007 when she wrote, directed and starred in the film Caramel. That film was distributed in over 40 countries, easily becoming the most internationally acclaimed and exposed Lebanese film to date. The story focused on the lives of five Lebanese women and the beauty shop they all frequent. The film…

Is there a dragon in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland”? Whether there is or not there’s one in Tim Burton’s take on the classic 1865 story as the latest trailer introduces a fleet of characters such as the dragon you see above and the Queen’s army you see below along with a select group of…

Before we get underway, I’d like to let everyone know the words of this post are mine, but the predictions are Laremy’s as he was kind enough to offer up some predictions before going on his Thanksgiving vacation, but he left the commentary to me. Let’s have a look. Looking to repeat at #1 is The…

Here are the new MPAA ratings from BULLETIN NO: 2082. UPDATE: A representative from Warner Home Video replied to my earlier email regarding the mention of an extended version of Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone in the MPAA release bulletin. I asked whether they had any additional information such as a release date, whether it will be…

I sat down with Josh Brolin about a week and a half ago to talk about No Country for Old Men, but since one of the things I wanted to talk about had to do with the film’s ending I decided to wait until it was finally released (even if it is only in 68 theaters) before I…

It’s rare when a film adaptation lives up the book it was based on so with that in mind I have compiled a list of 40 books that have been adapted for the big screen that we can expect to see in theaters this year. This includes two books from Gillian Flynn, young adult adaptations of…

Are you ready for some rather interesting news? David O. Russell‘s Nailed, which had to fold up production back in 2008 after financing fell through, has been rated by the MPAA. As far as I can recall, there was one final scene to be filmed with two days left in production. Russell then quit the production in 2010 with that one…

It’s hard to believe that nearly 38 years since the release of the original Star Wars movie, there can still be new ways of looking at it. In this case, the looking is secondary to the hearing of it. Ben Burtt‘s work in the field of sound design is unparalleled. Some of the most iconic sounds in the…