Money Monster (movie 2016) review: Jodie Foster thriller is marred by a phony social conscience, but George Clooney and Julia Roberts are stellar.
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2 Guns Box Office: Washington + Wahlberg Actioner Flops
17 minutes readDenzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg movie 2 Guns: Disappointing box office pairing. Denzel Washington Mark Wahlberg movie 2 Guns: Below par box office receipts Aug. 3: A limp “low $20 …
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Elysium (Movie 2013): Uneven Dystopian Drama
8 minutes readElysium (movie 2013) review: Matt Damon is turned into a conventional superhero in Neill Blomkamp’s well-intentioned but uneven dystopian drama.
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Jodie Foster: Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient Jodie Foster will be the next Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced – by way of Foster’s …
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Carnage Review Mix + Madonna Movie W.E. Pummeled
7 minutes readCarnage review mix is less than enthusiastic: Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz in Roman Polanski’s post-arrest comeback. Based on Yasmine Reza’s play God of Carnage, Roman …
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The Beaver box office: Starring Mel Gibson and directed by Jodie Foster, this unenthusiastically received psychological drama is a total commercial bomb. Anton Yelchin costars.
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‘Akira’ Movie Casting: Robert Pattinson & Chris Pine? + Mel Gibson Reviews & Charlie Sheen Millionaire Lawsuit
7 minutes readRobert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, James McAvoy, Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake and Joaquin Phoenix. Those are the names included in a Deadline.com piece about performers who have …
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Mel Gibson + Oksana Grigorieva Controversy Eclipses The Beaver
13 minutes readMel Gibson in Jodie Foster’s The Beaver. Mel Gibson’s rant, in which he yells over the phone at girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, has been made available at the online tabloid radaronline.com. …
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Olivia Wilde, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Husband Peter Sarsgaard: Spirit Awards also featuring Brittany Snow and Emile Hirsch on the Blue Carpet.
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J.D. Salinger Movies: Author Unhappy with ‘My Foolish Heart’
3 minutes readJ.D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye was never made into a movie. Upon learning of author J.D. Salinger’s death at the age of 91, I immediately thought of Phil …
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Resident Evil: Extinction Box Office: Milla Jovovich Action Franchise Losing Steam Domestically
4 minutes readResident Evil: Extinction box office: Starring Milla Jovovich, the action/horror movie franchise seems to be losing steam in the domestic market.
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The Brave One Box Office: Jodie Foster Thriller Fizzles
7 minutes readThe Brave One box office: Directed by Neil Jordan and starring two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster, the unenthusiastically received revenge thriller has had a wobbly start.
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Inside Man (Movie 2006): Conventional Spike Lee Thriller
5 minutes readInside Man offers a long day’s journey into nought: I’ve seen little of Spike Lee’s oeuvre. As far as I’m concerned, the overblown portrayal of ethnic relations in Do the …
Martin Scorsese: Oscars’ Top Actors’ Directors
Unless things change dramatically (apart from environmental chaos and apocalyptic wars), 30 or 40 years from now Martin Scorsese is going to be the best-remembered name of the current top-five …
Columbia Classics: ‘Communist’ Librarian Bette Davis & Murderous Richard Attenborough + TCM Thrillers
Columbia Classics: Peter Finch and Anne Bancroft in Jack Clayton’s British-made 1964 drama The Pumpkin Eater. Elsewhere, Bette Davis outdoes Joan Crawford in the slapping department in the 1956 drama …
Box office: A B horror movie has beaten star vehicles for George Clooney and Keanu Reeves, while the crime drama 21 is a mid-level sleeper hit.