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Watch: New Trailer For 'The Host' Starring Saoirse Ronan Pits Emotions Vs. Aliens

By Kevin Jagernauth
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November 13, 2012 7:49 AM
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News

With "Twilight" coming to an end this week (NOOOO!), your mom and sister will have more options just around the corner for supernatural tween romances. At Warner Bros., they're hoping "Beautiful Creatures" will fill that void, while Summit is banking on Stephenie Meyer once again with "The Host." And the first full length trailer for the movie promises the same old stuff in brand new packaging.

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Saoirse Ronan Takes The Female Lead In Wes Anderson's 'Grand Budapest Hotel'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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November 2, 2012 12:27 PM
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Wes Anderson's "Grand Budapest Hotel" has mostly been developing under cover of night, but yesterday the director himself spoke up about the movie. He revealed that it takes place 85 years in the past and is inspired by the films of Billy Wilder and Ernst Lubitsch, which sounds just fine to us. And just 24 hours later, a new cast member has joined, an actress that will be a fresh face amongst his usual troupe.

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Neil Jordan On The Influences Of 'Byzantium,' And Why He Cast Gemma Arterton & Saoirse Ronan

By Oliver Lyttelton
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September 12, 2012 3:30 PM
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Interviews

For a director who made his name with the excellent adaptation of Angela Carter's gothic deconstructed fairy tales with "The Company of Wolves" and his big studio breakthrough with "Interview with the Vampire," it's been a while since Neil Jordan traveled into more horrific territory. There were genre elements to his last film, "Ondine," but that was more of a warm, romantic fable (and a very underrated film). It's really been thirteen years since 1999's "In Dreams," when Jordan tackled the darker side of the supernatural world.

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TIFF Review: Bloodless 'Byzantium' A Vampire Tale Without Fangs

By Kevin Jagernauth
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September 10, 2012 12:29 PM
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Reviews

Between "Twilight" on the big screen, and "True Blood" and "Vampire Diaries" on the cable dial, among countless other books, graphic novels and more, if you're a fan of bloodsuckers, there's likely a flavor out there for you. And with countless other projects in the pipeline from Will Smith's directorial debut "The Redemption Of Cain" to Jim Jarmusch's "Only Lovers Left Alive," there are still more versions of this undead character on the way. But let's just hope they are more involving and creative than Neil Jordan's "Byzantium." The director's second bite into the genre following "Interview With The Vampire" is disappointingly bloodless (figuratively) and fangless (literally).

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Watch: First Clip From Neil Jordan's Vampire Tale 'Byzantium,' With Saoirse Ronan

By Drew Taylor
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September 7, 2012 11:05 AM
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News

It's been a while since Neil Jordan dipped back into the horror well. In the past decade he's tackled a glossy studio revenge movie ("The Brave One"), a mermaid tale ("Ondine"), a high-profile remake ("The Good Thief") and whatever the hell "Breakfast on Pluto" was. (He was also busy supervising the television series "The Borgias.") Well, Jordan is about to return to his roots with the vampire tale "Byzantium," set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. How about watching the first (squishy) clip?

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Saoirse Ronan Will Be 'Mary Queen Of Scots'

By Cain Rodriguez
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August 10, 2012 9:36 AM
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Saoirse Ronan is one of the more interesting young actors working right now, first turning heads in Joe Wright’s “Atonement” and impressing in films like Joe Wright's "Hanna" and Peter Weir’s “The Way Back,” and now joining yet another project, “Elizabeth” writer Michael Hirst’s “Mary Queen Of Scots.”

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New Images Of Bloody Saoirse Ronan & Sam Riley From Neil Jordan's 'Byzantium'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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July 24, 2012 11:06 AM
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"The Company Of Wolves" and "Ondine" director Neil Jordan returns to the fantastical this year with vampire tale "Byzantium." Set to make its world premiere at TIFF in a couple of months, a handful of new images from the film have arrived.

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First Image Of Saoirse Ronan In 'How I Live Now' Plus New Images From 'Here Comes The Boom' & 'Fun Size'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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July 12, 2012 1:22 PM
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News

Yes, we realize all these films couldn't be more different, but they are images nonetheless from some upcoming movies and there's gotta be at least one you're curious about...

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New Photos Of Saoirse Ronan & Newcomer Jake Abel In Andrew Niccol's Adaptation Of Stephenie Meyer's 'The Host'

By Simon Dang
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June 15, 2012 10:23 AM
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News

After another misstep with his return to sci-fi "In Time," Andrew Niccol has turned to something a bit safer, adapting "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer's "The Host." While the film doesn't seem to generating the same levels of excitement as Meyer's bloodsucker movies or fellow young adult novel "The Hunger Games," they have gone for the same formula with two fresh-faced male leads (Max Irons and Jake Abel) and an empathetic female (Saoirse Ronan) as the audience's surrogate at the story's heart.

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Emma Watson Gets Biblical With Darren Aronofsky's 'Noah'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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June 7, 2012 10:37 PM
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Darren Aronofksy's ark that is his next movie "Noah" continues to bring people aboard, and the latest is an actress who has no problem of late finding roles.

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