‘Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl’ with Johnny Depp as Capt. Jack Sparrow. ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl’ review: Mostly an enjoyable romp Pirate movies were a Hollywood staple for about three decades, from the mid-’20s…
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit with Chris Pine. ‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ review: Kenneth Branagh thriller ‘plays everything too close to the middle’ It’s been 12 years since CIA analyst Jack Ryan made his last motion picture appearance. The movie was The Sum of All Fears, those…
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Beautiful Disaster acquired by Warner Bros. The film rights to Jamie McGuire’s Beautiful Disaster, (initially) a self-published novel, has been acquired by Warner Bros. McGuire’s story has been described as a tamer variation of the online literary hit Fifty Shades of Grey. Beautiful Disaster synopsis…
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Alan Turing: gay cryptographer was World War II “hero” – well, not that he risked his life while blowing people up or bombing cities; Turing, according to some “the father of computer science and the father of artificial intelligence,” came up with code-breaking techniques that,…
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Shirtless Chris Hemsworth in ‘Thor’: Box office beefcake not enough to push latest Marvel superhero past predecessors. Shirtless Chris Hemsworth or no, ‘Thor’ behind previous Marvel superheroes May 9 update: Directed by Kenneth Branagh (he of Henry V and Hamlet), and starring a – however…
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Patricia Norris. Patricia Norris: Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award Production Designer and Costume Designer Patricia Norris, a frequent David Lynch collaborator, will receive the Art Directors Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the ADG’s 15th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards on Feb. 5 at…
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Top Gun movie remake or sequel? Tom Cruise as Maverick in Tony Scott’s 1986 blockbuster. Paramount Pictures, the studio that brought you (or your parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents) Cecil B. DeMille epics, Billy Wilder comedies and dramas, The Godfather I-III, now brings you … Top…
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Ben Affleck thriller The Town with Affleck and Rebecca Hall. Sept. 24 update: The Ben Affleck thriller The Town, featuring Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, and Blake Lively, topped the North American box office for the seventh consecutive day. According to Boxofficemojo.com, The…
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Spider-Man reboot getting new actor and director. Pictured: Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 3. Star Tobey Maguire (above, in Spider-Man 3) and director Sam Raimi will not be back for the next installment of the Spider-Man franchise. Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have announced that the…
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Those looking for hints for the upcoming Academy Awards will be disappointed with the results of the pompous-sounding Orange British Academy of Film & Television Arts. (But check out images of Lee Majors and James McAvoy further below.) The British-made (with Hollywood financing) romantic melodrama…
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Michael Clayton with Tom Wilkinson: Oscar ballot and the preferential voting system explained. For a movie like Tony Gilroy’s Michael Clayton or an actor like Tom Wilkinson to be shortlisted for the 2008 Academy Awards, each needs to receive at least 1/6 + 1 of…