Category: Article
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Why the Comic-Book Movie Industry Needs a Female Superhero
In a time when comic book geeks are actually getting laid and cute girls are parading around the convention halls in next to nothing to emulate their favorite superheroines, isn’t it a little sad that us girls have yet to have a quality superhero moment on celluloid? For the past decade or so we’ve been…
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Banksy Storyboards ‘The Simpsons’ Opening Couch Gag
While this is primarily TV related I am posting it anyway since the street artist known as Banksy had his profile elevated several notches this year with his direction of the most likely-faux documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, and continuing the message adopted by that film, Banksy was invited to storyboard the opening couch gag…
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Watch: ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Honest Trailer
The romance that did for cancer what Twilight did for vampires… This is how Screen Junkies kicks off their rather odd honest trailer installment for The Fault in Our Stars, what I consider to be the biggest surprise hit of 2014 and not because it did well at the box office. After all, saying it did well is a massive understatement. This…
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Morgan Freeman: ‘Avatar’ is Really Cartoons
Newsweek’s David Ansen sat down with Oscar hopefuls Morgan Freeman (Invictus), Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), Woody Harrelson (The Messenger), Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side), Carey Mulligan (An Education) and Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) and the conversation turned to Avatar and whether or not it’s “threatening” to them as an actor. It’s a fascinating five minutes with Morgan Freeman…
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What if David Lynch Had Directed ‘Rock of Ages’?
This is just a piece of fine, fine work. Someone has taken clips and trailers from this past weekend’s box-office bomb Rock of Ages and reworked it into a trailer as if it had been directed by David Lynch. I’m not sure I was able to glean any plot that might be at the center of it all…
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This Supposed ‘Man of Steel’ Controversy is Ridiculous
If there’s one thing defenders of all superhero movies will tell you it’s that they don’t live up under scrutiny. Yes, even your precious The Dark Knight has some major issues, which is when someone will stand up and say, “It’s just a movie!” Touché. However, a loud group on the Internet has grown upset over the climactic…
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BREAKING: Oscar’s Best Picture Nominees Will Expand to Ten
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just announced in a small blurb the Oscars this year will be bumping their Best Picture nominees from five to ten beginning with the upcoming 2010 Oscars President Sid Ganis announced today at a press conference in Beverly Hills. “After more than six decades, the Academy…
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Watch Cillian Murphy’s Screen Test for Batman and Goyer Talks ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy Rules
I previously showed you a picture from Cillian Murphy‘s audition for the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Christopher Nolan‘s Batman Begins along with a look at Christian Bale‘s audition video, both from the new features on the just-released The Dark Knight Trilogy: Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray. Well, today the entire seven minute “Ensemble” feature has been uploaded and made available directly below. The feature includes commentary…
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Warner Bros. Eying Actor In His ‘mid-40s’ for Batman Role in ‘Batman vs. Superman’
A new report from Batman on Film brings word the actor cast to play Batman in Warner Bros’ Batman vs. Superman (aka Man of Steel 2) will reportedly be in his mid-40s to play a character said to be “a grizzled veteran who has been on the job for several years.” By comparison, Henry Cavill just recently turned 30, which should give…
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What Happened? Where Will ‘Paranormal Activity 4’ Take Us? Where Have We Been?
So, Paranormal Activity 3 ended up making $52.5 million in its first three days domestically and just shy of $80 million worldwide. The film was the most expensive of the first three to produce, costing a measly $5 million. Paranormal Activity 4 will obviously be made, but what are the story possibilities? To answer that, we have to explore what we…