Not very strong year for original content with nine sequels topping on the list, but a great year for cashing in on franchises. The final Harry Potter movie set several records, including the biggest single-day domestic gross of $92.1 million and best worldwide debut of $481.5. Rio, the only non-sequel on the list, caps off …
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No part of this scene is in the movie. It was specially shot to get you in the right state of mind for the movie. To know more about it, here is a Frank Oz interview where he talks about the scene.
Another awesome movie on Netflix. Once in a while a film comes along that is clearly a labor of love. Pearl Jam Twenty, a documentary feature spanning 20 years in the life of Pearl Jam, lensed by Oscar winning director & writer Cameron Crowe is just such a film. Painstakingly culled from 30,000 hours of material …
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It’s pure genius. Nail through the foot, BB gun, hot door handle, ice the entrances, feathers and oil.
It’s pure genius. Nail through the foot, BB gun, hot door handle, ice the entrances, feathers and oil.
If you’re going to Sundance it’s time to get excited. All this week and next they are announcing the movies selected for the festival. Here is a schedule of their release: Wed, Nov 30 U.S. Documentary and Dramatic Competition Films Announced World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competition Films Announced Thu, Dec 1 Spotlight, Park City …
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Hugo dazzlingly conjoins the earliest days of cinema with the very latest big-screen technology. ..this opulent adaptation of Brian Selznick’s extensively illustrated novel is ostensibly a children’s and family film, albeit one that will play best to sophisticated kids and culturally inclined adults. Not sure which one I am a sophisticated kid or a culturally inclined adult? …
Word to the wise, this is full fembot, at times NSFW, but hilarious… Natasha: You know who the hottest person at the wedding was though? CHARLIE SWAN. Mary: SO HOT IN A TUX. OMG. With an old fashioned bowtie. Natasha: WITH HIS MOOOOSTACHE AND COP HANDS!!! Mary: Total cop hands: calloused, intuitive yet still …
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If Star Wars was filmed two decades earlier and Saul Bass did the opening title sequence, it “might” look like this… Saul Bass (May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was a Jewish-American graphic designer and filmmaker, best known for his design of animated motion picture title sequences. During his 40-year career Bass worked for …
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