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Slamdance 2010 lineup

Posted 17 years ago
Last week, I posted the 2010 Sundance Film Festival lineup, but today brings word on that other Park City film festival – “by filmmakers, for filmmakers” – Slamdance. This year’s group of 18 narrative and documentary films was selected from...
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Jones friends Network

Posted 17 years ago
Looks like the wonderfully adorable Rashida Jones will be the next thespian to pummel you with Farmville updates. Jones is the latest to jump aboard SOCIAL NETWORK, the Aaron Sorkin-penned, David Fincher-directed film about Facebook founders Mark Zuckerberg and Sean...
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WWE family drama?

Posted 17 years ago
World Wrestling Entertainment’s buff movie arm WWE Films (now WWE Studios?) is going to make a PG-rated “family drama” starring current WWE champion John Cena. Wait, what? BROTHER’S KEEPER, to be helmed by television director Mel Damski and written by...
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Cameron on Avatar

Posted 17 years ago
I’ve made it a bit of a point to avoid a lot of the promotional stuff for James Cameron’s upcoming sci-fi epic AVATAR, not because I’m not excited to see it (as the days creep closer I find myself looking...
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Writers for Deadpool?

Posted 17 years ago
Chalk this one up strictly as rumor (for now), but CHUD has gotten word that ZOMIBELAND scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick may be landing the job of filling the Merc with a Mouth’s mouth with words. “While nothing is...
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Michael Bay’s Secret

Posted 17 years ago
While this may only be tangentially related to movies, I figured our loyal schmoes (and maybe schmoettes) wouldn’t mind taking a look at fine women in lingerie… as long as they’re being directed by blow-em-up king Michael Bay. The video...
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Hallows sneak peak

Posted 17 years ago
Next week, the HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE Blu-ray and DVD will be released, and on it you’ll be able to catch a sneak peak of the next Potter film, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. But of course...
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Moneyball gets director

Posted 17 years ago
Baseball flick MONEYBALL, starring Brad Pitt, has found its new head coach in Oscar-nominated director Bennett Miller. Miller, whose last work was CAPOTE in 2006, will helm the story written by powerhouse scriptwriters Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (based on...
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New Jack Ryan deets

Posted 17 years ago
Our own silky smooth Dave Davis was right back in October when he speculated that the new Jack Ryan film wouldn’t be based on any of the Tom Clancy novels, but rather be an original story. Earlier yesterday, while doing...
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National Board winners

Posted 17 years ago
As the winter fast approaches, so too does awards season. The most wonderful time of the year… to argue! So here comes the National Board of Review with their selections for tops of ’09. Their pick for Best Picture? UP...
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Top 10 Movies

  1. Avengers: Doomsday
  2. Digger
  3. Dune: Part Three
  4. Street Fighter (2026)
  5. Resident Evil (2026)
  6. The End of Oak Street
  7. Onslaught
  8. Heart of the Beast
  9. Spaceballs: The New One
  10. I Play Rocky

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