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SAG negotiations, will they ever stop
Well, they will probably stop when the strike starts, but the Screen Actors Guild and the studios just agreed to resume their labor talks in two weeks, May 28. In last news the SAG negotiations were broken off, because after delaying talks with the A
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‘Totally Spies!’ coming to the big screen
They describe it as ‘Clueless’ meets ‘James Bond.’ I thought of a cross between ‘Speed Racer’ and ‘Charlie’s Angels,’ but that must be me. ‘Totally Spies!’ is making its way from the s
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Actors: George Clooney stares at goat
How can a movie with the title ‘Men Who Stare at Goats’ turn into something bad? By adding George Clooney to the cast? I don’t think so. By letting Grant Heslov (’Good Night, and Good Luck’) write the script? Not in my o
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Not only in the movies? A-list wiretapping
Several Hollywood stars have been linked to the current ‘Anthony Pellicano’ wiretapping case. It seems like some of those crazy stories in the movies were ‘based on true events,’ because Anthony Pellicano was found guilty today and faces up
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The upcoming weekend in quotes
This weekend is a little less crowded, with just one new movie to speak of. So let’s delve into this one a little deeper and see what the critics have to say. ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’ is having a much better recept
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Free HD movies at Jaman
No, this isn’t some kind of ad, but a pretty cool initiative nonetheless. Did you think you were getting good deals at iTunes? Think again. Jaman.com is currently offering free high-def downloads for full movies. Instead of paying you will now
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New photos: ‘Wall-e’
Here are a couple of cool new ‘Wall-e’ production pictures from Totalfilm. I have the feeling this $120 million Pixar animation is going to set some new records. The buzz is good, although the movie isn’t out until June 30. I’
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Actors: Gooding Jr. and Slater star together
Christian Slater and Cuba Gooding Jr. will join hands for the action/comedy ‘Lies & Illusions.’ It’s a fairly cheap ($8.5 million) picture made by Nu Image/Millennium Films and will start shooting in Spokane this week. Still, it
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Actors: Tom Cruise to be president
Tom Cruise is going to star in ‘The 28th Amendment’ as none other than the President of the United States of America. Well, as long as he’s acting it’s fine by me. The big budget Warner Bros. thriller follows the story of pres
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‘P.S. I Love You’ tops DVD sales and rentals
Hillary Swank’s ‘P.S. I Love You’ made some impact at the DVD stores last week. The $30 million romance made over $140 million at the box office worldwide and is now coming in at number one for DVD rentals and sales. ‘P.S. I L
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Favreau still not signed for ‘Iron Man 2′
Jon Favreau had some interesting remarks about ‘Iron Man 2′ on the Howard Stern show. First Stern managed to pull out the fact Jon Favreau got $4 million for directing ‘Iron Man’ plus a percentage of the movies’ profit.
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Chat about hobbits with Jackson and Del Toro
I know you love cinema, why else would you be here? Well, here’s a cool opportunity you might want to join in on. Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro will be answering some questions about ‘The Hobbit’ for a full hour Saturday next
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The post-weekend box office drop
We’re back with the ‘post-weekend drop,’ where we look at the box office drop after the weekend and get an idea of what’s to come. This time we have some interesting differences, so let’s jump into the numbers right away
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Directors: Tommy Lee Jones, ‘Islands in the Stream’
Tommy Lee Jones is serious about his directing career. Actually, he is serious about all his careers. After his fairly successful ‘The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,’ he is now going to direct, produce and star in a new Ernest Hemin
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‘Sleeping Beauty’ to revolutionize Blu-ray
Disney’s October Blu-ray release of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ will use BD-Live to create a new interactive experience. New Blu-ray players can use BD-Live to download additional content of the internet. It will enable the Blu-ray release to
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New photos: ‘The Edge of Love’
Some new and old production stills of ‘The Edge of Love,’ with Keira Knightley, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys. With its $16.5 million budget, it’s mainly produced for its audience in the UK. The film got $1.35 million from the Wal
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Actors: Jonah Hill working on ‘21 Jump Street’
Entertainment Weekly is putting out news about Jonah Hill as if he’s the biggest thing in Hollywood right now. First he was going to do Transformers 2. Then he wasn’t after all. And now he apparently is working on a ‘21 Jump Street&
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Actors: Emile Hirsch leaves agency after flop
Emile Hirsch must have thought ‘Speed Racer’ was his big breakthrough. But now that nobody is interested in the movie, he’s getting his name out in a different way. While most of Hollywood probably didn’t know his name until n
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New photos: ‘Blindness’
Fernando Meirelles, director of ‘City of God,’ is showing off new pictures for his screening of ‘Blindness’ at Cannes. The $25 million project will be released this September and features Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo in a d
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Not even Germany interested in ‘Speed Racer’
I don’t want to keep kicking Warner Bros. when they’re down, but this is quite remarkable. It isn’t a secret ‘Speed Racer’ is turning out to be the biggest flop of the year. Warner tried to cover it up in the weekend by
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Directors: Takashi Miike does ‘Crows Zero’ sequel
Maybe you didn’t notice, but he just looked at you. Takashi Miike is not described as the fastest guy in Asian cinema for nothing. IMDB shows he has made a whopping 76 movies in just 18 years. Miike will direct the sequel to his ‘Crows Ze
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Directors: Jan De Bont to do ‘Point Break 2′
Another news bit from pre-Cannes. Action director Jan De Bont has taken it upon himself to shoot the sequel to ‘Point Break,’ which came out in 1991. ‘Point Break: Indo’ will take place 20 years after the original surfer crim
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Actors: Nicolas Cage in ‘Bad Lieutenant’
Nicolas Cage will help Werner Herzog with his remake of the 1992 cult hit ‘Bad Lieutenant.’ Originally played by Harvey Keitel, he will play a corrupt cop who spends most of his time doing drugs and having sex. Doesn’t sound too bad
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‘Indiana Jones’ tracking indicates HIGH opening
As if our friend Steve Mason heard our call for some early ‘Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ tracking numbers, here are the first numbers 9 days before its box office release. Un-Aided Awareness: 15% Definite Interest
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‘Fahrenheit 9/11 1/2′ begins production
We didn’t expect the box office record breaking ‘Fahrenheit 9/11′ to take this long to get a sequel. Actually, Weinstein Co., the original production company, made the announcement at the end of 2004, but nothing came out of it. Now
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New photos: ‘The Incredible Hulk’
More ‘The Incredible Hulk’ pics have made it onto the web. I wonder if the $125 million superhero can make the impact ‘Iron Man’ had. We know how they tried to shake off the ‘Hulk’ failure image of 2003, but I̵
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Spielberg was depressed over spoilers
Poor Steven Spielberg. He was totally bummed out when all the ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ spoilers started filling the internet, scared it wouldn’t make the $400 million it needs to make him some money ̵
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New photos: ‘War, Inc.’
Here are some new ‘War, Inc.’ shots, the $10 million anti war movie with John Cusack. The ‘politically incorrect feature’ was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this month and will see a limited release May 23.
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‘Indiana Jones’ goes on billboard frenzy
“I know they always do big billboards in L.A., but let’s do them all over,” Steven Spielberg said. In their quest to seek the ultimate buzz for ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,’ Paramount is placing
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New photos: ‘Max Payne’
These photos are (probably secretly) taken on the set of the game adaptation ‘Max Payne.’ While most movies based on video games aren’t worth it (Uwe Boll anyone?), the involvement of Mark Wahlberg, ‘The Shield’ creator
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Weinstein makes ‘Fraggle Rock’ movie
Cory Edwards, who is currently working on ‘Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil,’ will be directing a ‘Fraggle Rock’ musical feature for TWC. Weinstein Co. has been pushing TWC to make more family orientated movies. “One of our m
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New photos: ‘Che’
Another Cannes candidate has released some production pictures. ‘Che,’ the $40 million project by Steven Soderbergh, will have its first screening May 21. No further release data has been set, but if it does well and gets picked up, we mi
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Uh oh, ‘Speed Racer’ not even second
When we said the weekend box office numbers for ‘Speed Racer’ might have been a little too high, we didn’t expect even lower numbers to be released. But the Warner Bros. employees responsible for the hippie colored movie must be cry
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I'm a single (divorced) mom/teacher of a wonderful young boy who is turning 5 soon. I've given up on the dating world and focusing on improving me and becoming the best mom and teacher I can.
