It’ll be a light roundup this week. Not related to St. Patrick’s Day, I just spent most of the week curled in the fetal position, whining and whimpering between coughing fits because I had the flu. I didn’t look at the real news much this week aside from the new Pope, never mind movie...
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Tags: 50 Shades of Gray, Audrey Tautou, Blade Runner, Chiara Clemente, Christopher Doyle, Django Unchained, Emma Watson, Ennio Morricone, Harmony Korine, Jules Stewart, K-11, kristen stewart, Matteo Garrone: The Player, Michel Gondry, Mood Indigo, Quentin Tarantino, Redbox Instant, Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out, Spring Breakers, Una Furtiva Lagrima
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Heard any good Star Wars jokes this week? No, seriously, have you? The ones I heard were all terrible. But the Disney/Lucasfilm merger was quite a bombshell, and one that came from out of nowhere. The basic conversation about the Disney/Lucasfilm this week was about whether or not Princess Leia counts as a Disney...
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Tags: Boy Meets World, Charlie Hunnam, Charlotte Rampling, Danielle Fishel, Deadfall, Disney, Eric Bana, Flight, Gimme Shelter, I Anna, ILM, John Dies at the End, kristen stewart, KStew, Looper, LucasArts, Lucasfilm, Marina Zenovich, Mark Hammil, Michael H, Monster's University, Monsters Inc, Olivia Wilde, Oscar, Rango, Return of the Jedi, Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, RZA, Skywalker Sound, Star Wars, The Man With the Iron Fists, Time Travel movies, Twilight, Wes Anderson, West Memphis Three, West of Memphis, William Daniels
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It was a pretty busy week, both in the world of film and the actual world. We finally saw a great speech from John Kerry, and a very great one from Bubba. “Mark Owens’” No Easy Day was released. The claim that the book isn’t political is kind of bullshit. The tail end of the...
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Tags: Aaron Sorkin, andrea arnold, Arbitrage, Armando Iannucci, Backstory Magazine, Bae Doo-na, Bradley Cooper, christina hendricks, Cloud Atlas, Digital Domain, Elle Fanning, Emily Hagins, Fujifilm, Ginger & Rosa, Harmony Korine, Idris Elba, Jaws, joaquin phoenix, Kim Ki-duk's PIETA, kristen stewart, Lana Del Ray, My Sucky Teen Romance, Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, Philip Seymour Hoffman, prometheus, Ray Bradbury, richard gere, Selena Gomez, Sophia Takal's Green, Spike Lee's Oldboy, Spring Breakers, Steven Spielberg, The Newsroom, The Silver Linings Playbook, The Thick of It, The Wachowskis, There Will be Blood, Tom Tykwer, wuthering heights, Zombie Girl
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Instead of a preamble this week, I offer a plea: SUPPORT THIS GUY! Former Creative Screenwriting editor Jeff Goldsmith has a new project out, the bi-monthly iPad screenwriting magazine, Backstory. The first issue, containing full screenplays by Richard Kelly and Rex Pickett, is free. Single issues are $4.99 and yearly subs are $24.99. I...
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Tags: ALF, Backstory Magazine, Bonjour Tristesse, Brenda Chapman, Carl Sagan, Catching Fire, Clint Eastwood, Darth vader, David Niven, David Prowse, Deborah Kerr, Disney Animation Studios, Disney's Paperman, Doug Sweetlan, Education for Death, Garret Hedlund, George Lucas, Goro Miyazaki, Hay, Idiocracy, Jean Seberg, Jeff Goldsmith, kirsten dunst, kristen stewart, Laika House, Locarno, Lou Romano, martin scorsese, Matthew Lilard, melissa leo, Moneyball, On the Road, ParaNorman, Partysaurus Rex, Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, Pixar, Pixar's Brave, President Camacho, Robot and Frank, Roger Avary, Sam Reilly, Sideways II, Stanley Tucci, Star Wars, Studio Ghibli, Subway Thoughts, Terry Crews, Trouble with the Curve, Up on a Poppy Hill, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walter Salles
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All dates are subject to change (especially the Christmas stuff). 12/3 – climate change documentary Cool It (Winter Park), the Allen Ginsberg biopic Howl (Enzian), the apparently awful The Nutcracker 3D (Oviedo/Pointe*Orlando), the James Gandolfini-Kristen Stewart drama Welcome to the Rileys (Winter Park) 12/4-5 – Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase (Enzian) 12/10 – Gemma...
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Tags: all good things, black swan, brouhaha, cool it, darren aronofsky, enzian theater, ewan mcgregor, gemma arterton, heartbreaker, howl, i love you phillip morris, james franco, james gandolfini, jim carrey, kirsten dunst, kristen stewart, local indie calendar, natalie portman, Orlando Weekly, rare exports, ryan gosling, stephen frears, tamara drewe, the nutcracker, welcome to the rileys, william goss
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