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• 1/28/08  /
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Guillermo del Toro to Direct ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Hobbit 2: Hobbits Take Manhattan’

We don't have anything bitchy to say about this.

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• 1/28/08  /
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Could Ruby Dee Actually Win an Oscar?

Probably not! But maybe!

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• 1/28/08  /
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Coen Brothers Win DGA Award — Is ‘No Country’ a Lock for Best Picture?

Probably!

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• 1/25/08  /
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‘Untraceable’ Is Completely Realistic, Experts Determine

Scary news for anyone thinking about seeing the idiotic new Website thriller Untraceable this weekend: Everything in it could happen TO YOU

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• 1/25/08  /
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Jason Ritter on LL Cool J, ‘Good Dick,’ and Sundance

"I’m not exaggerating at all when I say his bicep is the size of my head."

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• 1/25/08  /
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Julie Benz of ‘Rambo’ Almost Gets Eaten by Bugs, Pigs, Sylvester Stallone

"When I first arrived in Thailand I brought all these natural remedies like lavender oil and citronella to keep bugs away, and by halfway through filming I was totally doing the 100 percent DEET."

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• 1/25/08  /
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Critics Declare ‘4 Months’ the Last Word in the Shmashmortion Debate

Even Christianity Today gets in on the act.

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• 1/25/08  /
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Will Johnny Depp Replace Heath Ledger in Ridiculous New Gilliam Movie?

Oft-reliable British tabloid The Sun reports today on an unsubstantiated rumor that Johnny Depp could replace Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, Terry Gilliam's in-production fantasy film which Ledger's death threw into uncertainty this week.

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• 1/25/08  /
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WGA Interim Deals Give Boost to Great TV Shows, Crappy Superhero Movies

Mad Men and Ant-Man, returning to the screen sooner than expected!

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• 1/25/08  /
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Does ‘Cloverfield’ Actually Mean Something?

So far, most of Cloverfield's reviews tend to praise it — or write it off — as a simple movie about a giant monster biting a hole through greater Manhattan (and lots of Manhattanites). But could it be something deeper?

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• 1/24/08  /
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Rock-Star Cinematographer Ellen Kuras on Sundance, the Stones, and Her Directorial Debut

The cinematographer of epic films like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and He Got Game is presenting her directorial debut at Sundance this week — Nerakhoon (The Betrayal), a project 23 years in the making.

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• 1/24/08  /
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‘Be Like Others’ Director Tanaz Eshaghian on Sundance, Sex Changes, and the Ayatollah

"She claims it was the happiest moment of her life — when Khomeini called her a woman."

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• 1/24/08  /
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Ten Movie Vaginas Even Scarier Than the One in ‘Teeth’

Orson Welles! Sharon Stone! Shelob!

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• 1/24/08  /
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‘Joe Swanberg's Quiet City’: Mumblecore Auteurs Poke Fun at Mumblecore

A six-minute companion piece to a new DIY classic.

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• 1/24/08  /
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The New Bond Film Is Called the Huh of Wha?

This could be the My Dinner With Andre of Bond films!

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• 1/24/08  /
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‘Get Smart’ Trailer: Steve Carell Returns As Steve Carell

Those currently in the throes of strike-induced Office withdrawal will probably want to mark June 20 on their calendar, as that's the day they can see Steve Carell playing Maxwell Smart, another high-functioning incompetent whose onscreen superiors never seem to check a resume or call his references.

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• 1/23/08  /
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Which of This Year's Best Picture Nominees Are Secretly About Iraq?

Variety says Iraq-themed movies didn't get nominated. Vulture disagrees!

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• 1/23/08  /
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Terry Gilliam's Heath Ledger Movie: What Now?

Gilliam, though surely incredibly upset at the death of his friend and collaborator, must also be shaking his fist at Heaven and shouting, "What next?"

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• 1/23/08  /
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Heath Ledger: An Appreciation

The role that truly defined Heath Ledger's career wasn't in Brokeback Mountain.

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• 1/23/08  /
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‘Momma's Man’ Director Azazel Jacobs on Sundance, Real Estate, and Living With His Parents

If you’d grown up an aspiring filmmaker with parents like experimental director Ken Jacobs and his longtime collaborator-wife Florence, it’s only natural that we'd see their influence on your work. Their son Azazel Jacobs took things a bit further, though.

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• 1/22/08  /
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Heath Ledger Dies at 28

The actor is found in a Broome Street apartment.

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• 1/22/08  /
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Is a Slamdance Horror Movie the Next ‘Cloverfield’?

But with ghosts instead of a big-ass monster.

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• 1/22/08  /
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Katrina Survivors Score a Sundance Hit

Two days before Katrina hit, small-time hustler, sometime drug dealer, and non-stop motormouth Kim Roberts bought a used video camera for twenty bucks. Then she filmed as she and her husband helped 25 neighbors survive and escape the waters.

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• 1/22/08  /
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Harvey Weinstein Just Wants to Kiss and Make Up at Sundance

The volatile executive makes a play for a movie by a filmmaker whose last film he dumped.

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• 1/22/08  /
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‘Gonzo’ Director Alex Gibney on Hunter S. Thompson, Torture, and Sundance

The director of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room on his new Sundance documentary.

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