How Antoine Fuqua got Denzel Washington to saddle up for Magnificent Seven

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I love a good western flick and one my my favourites, if not the favourite, is John Sturges' THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. It's a simple story of good guys vs bad guys but the stellar cast of Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen,...

Top 10 Actors who turned down Huge Roles (video)

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We've all wondered how a movie might have turned out with someone else in one of the main roles and in some cases it's easier to imagine when you know who was originally up for a given role. Magnum P.I....

Denzel Washington and Viola Davis star in these first images from Fences

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FENCES marks Denzel Washington's third feature-film as a director, following THE GREAT DEBATERS and ANTWONE FISHER. The story here follows an African American father struggling with race relations in the United States while trying to raise his family in the...

Denzel Washington circling lead in Dan Gilroy’s Inner City

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I can't speak for everyone, but Dan Gilroy's NIGHTCRAWLER absolutely blew me away, thanks in large part to Jake Gyllenhaal's performance as the unnerving yet charming sociopath Louis Bloom. Gilroy is busy developing his follow up to NIGHTCRAWLER and, according...

TIFF unveils 1st slate of galas and presentations; Magnificent Seven to open

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It’s about that time for arguably the world’s most exciting film festival; TIFF! The 41st Toronto International Film Festival kicks off on September 8th and you can bet that our own Chris Bumbray will be in attendance, seeing more movies...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Ethan Hawke

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Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of master director Brian De Palma. This week, we go back in front of the camera to examine the work of one of our most prolific leading men/ character actors…...

The Magnificent Seven kills ’em all in the latest trailer

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Director Antoine Fuqua (SOUTHPAW, THE EQUALIZER) brings his modern vision to a classic story in the remake of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the desperate townspeople...

VHS Retro Art Round-up: Prison, Microwave Massacre, Ricochet and more

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Alex Every child of the 80s will remember going to the video store and trying to find a movie to rent. Back before the days of Blu-ray and On Demand, selecting a movie usually meant finding the flick with the...

Saddle up with the first trailer for Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven

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Yesterday we brought you the first images from THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, and now it's time to break out the whiskey and six-shooters because the first trailer has arrived for the remake! Director Antoine Fuqua's take on the classic Western "kicks...

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