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Ridley Scott in talks to direct Cormac McCarthy’s The Counselor

Posted 15 years ago

It seems director Ridley Scott’s follow-up to the much-anticipated PROMETHEUS won’t be the sequel to BLADE RUNNER as some have previously speculated. Deadline is reporting that Scott will instead follow up his big return to sci-fi with a Cormac McCarthy-written...

UPDATE! Amanda Seyfried and Taylor Swift offered parts in Tom Hooper’s Les Miserables

Posted 15 years ago

UPDATE: You can put your pitchforks down, LES MISERABLES fans. Broadway World (via Coming Soon) is reporting today that Taylor Swift is out and that Samantha Barks is for Tom Hooper’s musical adaptation of the classic French tale. Barks will...

Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence to star in the adaptation of the Ron Rash novel Serena

Posted 15 years ago

I’m using a computer right now that doesn’t have my usual image editing software, so forgive me for settling on the ugly pic above of a trash bag shirt-wearing Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, the new stars of the upcoming...

New red-band trailer for Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America is supremely dark and funny

Posted 15 years ago

So we caught a glimpse of a mostly red poster for Bobcat Goldthwait’s GOD BLESS AMERICA not long ago, and now appropriately we’re getting a new red-band trailer that happens to showcase a very dark and funny-looking movie. There’s really...

What if the posters for these Oscar-nominated movies told the truth?

Posted 15 years ago

I know it’s a bit trite to talk about how the Oscar nominations sucked, but let’s be real here: they f*cking sucked big time this year. So what’s a movie fan to do? Take the piss out of them! The...

See knocked-up actresses in these new posters for What to Expect When You’re Expecting

Posted 15 years ago

The first posters for WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING are obviously horrendous, but nothing too out of the usual. Uninspired imagery, tons of Photoshop; they’re simply par for the course these days (what a sad thing to say). But...

Steven Soderbergh’s Side Effects gets Catherine Zeta-Jones but loses financing and possibly Blake Lively

Posted 15 years ago

We reported back in November that Steven “I’m Tired of Making Movies and Want to Stop But First Let Me Make 90 of Them” Soderbergh would be tackling a “psychopharmacology thriller” called SIDE EFFECTS (formerly THE BITTER PILL) in lieu...

Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg are “hard at work” on The World’s End

Posted 15 years ago

We’re getting closer to it being ten years since Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost unleashed the first in their so-called Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy (a.k.a. The Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy) with SHAUN OF THE DEAD. Funny enough,...

The Artist cements its position as the Best Picture Oscar frontrunner, Producers Guild names it the best film of 2011

Posted 15 years ago

Fanfare for THE ARTIST is coming like an avalanche from lots of critics (despite my anecdotal evidence pointing to the fact that most audiences certainly like it, but are perplexed by the outpouring of awards love it’s getting). The take...

Jan de Bont returns to directing with a remake of the 1961 Johnny Cash drama Five Minutes to Live

Posted 15 years ago

Director (SPEED, TWISTER) and former cinematographer (DIE HARD, BASIC INSTINCT) Jan de Bont had been locked away in director jail for years now thanks to a string of very poopy films that included SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL, THE HAUNTING, and...

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Christopher Nolan Movies Ranked: Where Does The Odyssey Land?

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We rank all of Christopher Nolan's movies, up to and including his latest release, The Odyssey!

Ed Harris, star of James Cameron's The Abyss, has said that he wouldn't talk about the film, but now he has broken his silence

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“I’m Never Talking About It”: Ed Harris Finally Breaks Silence on The Abyss

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Ed Harris, star of James Cameron's The Abyss, has said that he wouldn't talk about the film, but now he has broken his silence

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Evil Dead Burn’s Mid-Credits and Post-Credits Scenes Explained (SPOILERS)

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Evil Dead Burn features two post-credits scenes that tease the franchise's future. We break down what it all could mean.

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How The Mask Went From a Violent Comic Book to a Jim Carrey Comedy Classic

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Discover how a hyper-violent indie comic book about a homicidal artifact was transformed into Jim Carrey’s iconic 1994 family-friendly comedy hit, The Mask.

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Polygon Punches: We take a look at the 2000’s era of Hong Kong action-based video games

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Join us as we take a look at the video games from the early 2000s, which centered around martial arts and gun-toting action stars.

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5 Underrated Sam Neill Movies Every Fan Should See

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While best known for the Jurassic Park movies, there was much more to Sam Neill than Dr. Alan Grant. Here are five killer performances you can't miss.

Ridley Scott in talks to direct Cormac McCarthy’s The Counselor

UPDATE! Amanda Seyfried and Taylor Swift offered parts in Tom Hooper’s Les Miserables

Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence to star in the adaptation of the Ron Rash novel Serena

New red-band trailer for Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America is supremely dark and funny

What if the posters for these Oscar-nominated movies told the truth?

See knocked-up actresses in these new posters for What to Expect When You’re Expecting

Steven Soderbergh’s Side Effects gets Catherine Zeta-Jones but loses financing and possibly Blake Lively

Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg are “hard at work” on The World’s End

The Artist cements its position as the Best Picture Oscar frontrunner, Producers Guild names it the best film of 2011

Jan de Bont returns to directing with a remake of the 1961 Johnny Cash drama Five Minutes to Live

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