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Will Disney's FROZEN Freeze Up Animated Competition's Oscar Odds?
With Pixar in a bit of a tailspin following their triple-decker slump in quality (Cars 2, Brave, Monsters University), “rival” studios like Disney (who actually owns Pixar, but that’s neither here nor there) and Dreamworks have been given more of a chance to step into the spotlight and try and carve out their own day...
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Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor Johnson Confirmed for THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
Elizabeth Olsen (Martha May Marlene) and Aaron Taylor Johnson (Kick-Ass) are slated to play twin superheroes, Scarlett Witch and Quicksilver, in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Samuel L. Jackson announced Elizabeth Olson’s involvement, while promoting Spike Lee’s upcoming adaptation of Oldboy, saying “I know we’re shooting in London, that James Spader is Ultron...
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Taylor Swift Cast in THE GIVER to the Excitement of No One
In a move to delight the singer’s tween audience, enrage readers of books, and generally boost box office returns, Taylor Swift has been cast in the movie adaptation of The Giver, Lois Lowry’s Newberry Medal winning 1993 children’s novel about a frightening dystopian future disguised as a utopia where pain has been eliminated along with...
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New Teaser Trailer and Poster for ENEMY
Not much has been released or even said about Enemy, the second work by Denis Villeneuve starring Jake Gyllenhaal since Prisoners, the powerful drama that premiered at TIFF on September 20th, 2013. No US release date has been set, but from the poster and the just-over-a-minute teaser trailer, replete with ennui from the content to...
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Second Trailer for OUT OF THE FURNACE is More Exciting, Just as Heartbreaking
The second trailer for Out of the Furnace, the Scott Cooper film staring Christian Bale and Woody Harrelson, pounds its pulse a little more wildly then the first trailer, but overall still conveys the sense of despair and futility associated with poverty that the first one did. The film, also starring Casey Affleck as Bale’s...
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Second Trailer for OUT OF THE FURNACE is More Exciting, Just as Heartbreaking
The second trailer for Out of the Furnace, the Scott Cooper film staring Christian Bale and Woody Harrelson, pounds its pulse a little more wildly then the first trailer, but overall still conveys the sense of despair and futility associated with poverty that the first one did. The film, also starring Casey Affleck as Bale’s...
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Aaron Eckhart Is Trying to Drive Final Nail into His Own Coffin with I, FRANKENSTEIN Trailer
Aaron Eckhart has taken a bit of a fall from grace of late. Since The Dark Knight, he’s been wrapped up in such clunkers as The Rum Diary, Olympus Has Fallen, Erased and Battle: Los Angeles. From the production team behind the Underworld series, I, Frankenstein looks exactly like the CGI-clutter you would expect. Apparently...
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Out in Theaters: RUNNER RUNNER
It's not quite bad enough to stand too firmly against but it's far too soft to inspire any level of recommendation. Ultimately, Runner Runner is best left for a lazy…