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'August: Osage County' was recently placed in the Golden Globes Best Motion Picture category. This was not very shocking to film critics and audiences alike. What is more surprising is that this category is specifically for comedies or musicals. Powerful performances come from Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Benedict Cumberbatch and Juliette Lewis. Read More »
Justin Bieber's life has been in the spotlight for a while now as he went from Usher's young protégé and YouTube sensation to one of the most famous pop stars of our time, if not the most. His journey was documented in 2011's Never Say Never, directed by Jon Chu, and in the follow-up Believe, out Christmas Day, it documents the even further stages of stardom since the last. Read More »
Out of the Furnace might have one of the most impressive casts of the year, but it is still a box office disappointment. Released at the beginning of December, the Scott Cooper film has grossed only $10 million in the box office and has received negative reviews. As if things couldn’t get worse for the filmmakers behind Out of the Furnace, a lawsuit has sprung up claiming that some of the characters in the film are offensive to the Ramapough Indians. This community of people living in the Ramapough Mountains is suing the filmmakers for $50 million. Read More »
In one of the strangest controversies of this month in movies, a theater in Italy decided to display an updated version of a 12 Years a Slave promotional poster with Brad Pitt as the main focus. Considering the Steve McQueen film is about slavery and not the white man featured so prominently on the poster, this has incited international backlash. This is all thanks to a Tumblr user who posted a picture of the display on his account. Read More »
Back in 2012, the Hollywood "Black List" was released, naming the best scripts being developed for the big screen and at the top of that list was Draft Day. So two years later the film is being released (April 11, 2014) and it even has Kevin Costner leading the cast. Rajiv Joseph and Scott Rothman wrote the script with Ivan Reitman directing. Jennifer Garner and Frank Langella star alongside Costner. Read More »
Gravity has already received a huge amount of recognition and with the Oscars coming up, the buzz continues to grow. In this video, it gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how the movie was made. Director Alfonso Cuaron shares some of the secrets and insights on how this film came to be what it is. Read More »
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty features Patton Oswalt as an eHarmony consultant, helping Ben Stiller's character make his profile more interesting in an attempt to portray his life as less dull and empty. Read More »
NBA star Dwyane Wade and actress Gabrielle Union are engaged and the Miami Heat Champion said he got a little help from his two sons and his nephew. Read More »
Magneto is one of the most important characters in the 2014 superhero blockbuster X-Men: Days of Future Past. The mutant is so important, in fact, that two different actors (Michael Fassbender and Sir Ian McKellen) will portray him. But is it possible that Magneto almost did not appear in Bryan Singer's newest X-Men effort? Read More »
Disney and Jon Hamm have teamed up to bring audiences a brand new story of a baseball scout heading to India to find the next sensation of the game. In Million Dollar Arm, we learn that scouts practice this but we learn about much more than just baseball. Opening on May 16, 2014, this new Disney film also stars Bill Paxton, Madhur Mittal, Pitobash and Alan Arkin. Read More »
The sequel to Man of Steel, currently called Batman vs. Superman by the general public, does not come out until Summer 2015, but the amount of discussion and controversy surrounding the film has already reached sky-high levels. Two of the biggest points of contention have been the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. But in a recent interview, Man of Steel producer Wesley Coller defended both choices. Read More »
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is still more than five months away from a theatrical release in the United States, but news trickles out almost every day about a potential plot point or other spoiler for the film. More than that, the news often reveals a bit of information about the future of The Amazing Spider-Man franchise, which we now know includes two more Spidey films, a Venom movie and a Sinister Six movie. This latest quote from Chris Cooper, who plays Norman Osborn in TASM2, falls into the latter category. Read More »
The last several weeks have seen a flurry of news about Zack Snyder's 2015 Man of Steel sequel, still known for now as Batman vs. Superman. First came the news that The Fast and The Furious actress Gal Gadot would play Wonder Woman in the movie. Then came the subsequent fan backlash and Amy Adams' defense of the Israeli actress. Read More »
