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'Source Code' Will Now Be Pirated Faster By Hitting VOD 2 Weeks Before DVD

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 31, 2011 9:00 AM
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The movie studios these days seem to be running around like chickens with their heads cut off. On the one hand, they're worry about the supposed trend of declining 3D ticket sales and on the other hand, they're eager to shrink the theatrical to home video window. So which is it guys? Do you want people to go to the movies or stay at home?

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Jesse Eisenberg & Naomi Watts Circle Noah Baumbach's 'While We're Young'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 31, 2011 8:37 AM
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It's been a bit of a casting revolving door for Noah Baumbach's next effort "While We're Young." Last year, Ben Stiller, Gerta Gerwig and James Franco were all set to team on the film. Then, shortly after that was announced, Gerwig left and Cate Blanchett joined, only for both the actress and Franco to ultimately drop out this spring. Well, Stiller has stuck by his "Greenberg" director thus far and now two more very promising faces are said to be circling the project.

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Tim Burton Won't Use 3D For 'Dark Shadows'; Is The Format Falling Out Of Favor?

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 31, 2011 8:18 AM
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But Confirms 'Frankenweenie' Will Be In 3D As PlannedIf anyone knows how to wring a buck out of 3D it's Disney and Tim Burton. The pair combined and brought in $1 billion fucking dollars with "Alice In Wonderland" last year, a post-converted abomination that even in 2D would have been painful. Regardless, audiences around the world lined up to watch. However, it looks like will abandon the format at least temporarily for his next effort, "Dark Shadows."

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Laura Dern, David Warshofsky & Jesse Plemons Join Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 31, 2011 8:02 AM
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Yes, we can hardly believe it, but Paul Thomas Anderson's untitled religious cult flick aka "The Master" is indeed back on track and moving full steam ahead with two more actors coming aboard joining Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix in the film.

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Mathieu Kassovitz & Gabriel Byrne Join Costa-Gavras' 'Le Capital'; Naomi Campbell Sought For Role

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 31, 2011 6:58 AM
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While Costa-Gavras has rightfully earned his place among the great filmmakers thanks to films like "Z" and "Missing," let's be honest for a moment, he hasn't really resonated on the arthouse front since "Amen." in 2002 (and we'll forget "Mad City" ever happened). But it looks like the helmer is coming back in a big way as the stars seem to be lining up for his next project, the topical financial world drama "Le Captial."

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Rumor: Could Leonardo DiCaprio Play The Main Villain In Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'?

By Edward Davis
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May 31, 2011 6:11 AM
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Random posts on Twitter factual news does not make. However, this one is worth paying attention to for several reasons.

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First Look At Russell Brand & Alec Baldwin In 'Rock Of Ages' Is Amazing/Terrifying

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 31, 2011 5:53 AM
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Looks like Alec Baldwin is going to be in "Rock of Ages" after all. After reports surfaced earlier in the month that the actor was leaving the upcoming musical "Rock of Ages" for undisclosed reasons (some said there was a personal matter he needed to attend do), it looks like everything is hunky dory.

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Jamie Campbell Bower Wins Lead In 'The Mortal Instruments'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 31, 2011 5:38 AM
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Sorry Team Speleers, Team Freeman (though was anyone rooting for this guy) and to a much lesser extent Team Pettyfer, another pretty boy has landed the plum role of the lead in "The Mortal Instruments."

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Review: 'Good Neighbours' A Lackluster Thriller & A Whodunit Without A Mystery

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 31, 2011 5:31 AM
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What happens when you're faced with the knowledge that you're neighbor is a serial killer? That's the question asked in "Good Neighbours" (it's a Canadian film, hence the spelling), the second collaboration between director Jacob Tierney and actor Jay Baruchel (they teamed on last year's tepid "The Trotsky"), a whodunit without a mystery and a thriller missing the thrills.

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Interview: Director Radu Muntean Talks 'Tuesday, After Christmas' & Prison-Set Documentary

By Drew Taylor
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May 31, 2011 5:14 AM
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If you’re looking for a quiet, meditative, occasionally sexy adult drama (that doesn’t involve the creation of life as we know it or dinosaurs), then you should really seek out “Tuesday, After Christmas,” which is the first truly must-see Romanian New Wave movie since “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.” It’s a love triangle that, instead of played out in vignettes meant to shock or titillate, is captured in long, unbroken shots that linger uncomfortably as you literally watch a marriage decompose before your very eyes. It’s absolutely riveting stuff, and the kind of small scale movie that too easily slips through the cracks amidst the pirates and kung-fu pandas bombarding cinemas nationwide. We spoke to the film’s director, Radu Muntean, on the Wednesday, Before Memorial Day, about the film’s intentions, its unflinching sense of reality, his place on the Romanian New Wave, and what’s coming next.

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