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Jennifer Lawrence tops Forbes list of highest-paid actresses for second year in a row

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For the second year in a row, Jennifer Lawrence has topped Forbes’ list of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, with the X-Men and The Hunger Games star banking $46 million over the past twelve months. The site reports that the bulk of Lawrence’s income came from her backend deal on The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – […]

Jennifer Lawrence in talks to join Sandra Bullock for Ocean’s 11 reboot

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With the release of her new film X-Men: Apocalypse only a few days away, The Tracking Board is reporting that Jennifer Lawrence has lined up a new project, with the Oscar winner in talks to join the all-female reboot of Ocean’s 11. Gary Ross, who directed Lawrence in the first Hunger Games film, is attached to direct the reboot […]

Michael Douglas and Halle Berry join Adrian Lyne’s Silence

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Adrian Lyne, director of such hits as Fatal Attraction and 9 1/2 Weeks, is returning behind the camera for the first time in fourteen years to helm Silence. Lyne, whose last effort was 2002’s Unfaithful, is reuniting with his Fatal Activation star Michael Douglas for the new film, while Halle Berry (X-Men: Days of Future Past, […]

Fantasia International Film Festival Review – Don’t Breathe (2016)

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Don’t Breathe, 2016. Directed by Fede Alvarez. Starring Jane Levy, Stephen Lang, Dylan Millette and Daniel Zovatto. SYNOPSIS: Rocky, a young woman wanting to start a better life for her and her sister, agrees to take part in the robbery of a house owned by a wealthy blind man with her boyfriend Money and their […]

Eddie Murphy and Kate Hudson join Richard Pryor biopic

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Entertainment Tonight has revealed that Eddie Murphy and Kate Hudson are in talks to join The Weinstein Company’s upcoming biopic of legendary comedian Richard Pryor. According to the report, Murphy has been tapped to portray Pryor’s father LeRoy, an alcohol former boxer and hustler, while Hudson is being eyed to play his fourth (and seventh) […]

Interview: Craig Johnson Co-Writer/Director of The Skeleton Twins

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Craig Johnson chats about The Skeleton Twins, out on DVD and Digital HD now… Harrison Pierce: Can you talk a little bit about the genesis of this project? Craig Johnson: I co-wrote it with my buddy, Mark Heyman, while we were still grad students at N.Y.U. [New York University]. Mark actually knew someone who was […]

Movie Review – Still Alice (2014)

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Still Alice, 2014. Directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland Starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Hunter Parrish and Stephen Kunken. SYNOPSIS: Mother, wife and linguistics professor Alice Howland faces a battle to hold on to her livelihood after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.   Julianne Moore recently won an Oscar for […]

Avengers: Age of Ultron’s Claudia Kim joins The Dark Tower

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The Tracking Board is reporting that Avengers: Age of Ultron actress Claudia Kim has signed on for a role in The Dark Tower, where she’ll play Arra Champignon, “a character known to be kind and who wishes everyone well. She possesses psychic abilities and seems to come from another world – perhaps another time all together.” […]

Disney pulls the plug on TRON 3

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Back in March, it was reported that director Joseph Kosinski was gearing up to shoot the long-rumoured follow-up to TRON: Legacy in October, with Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde set to reprise their roles from the 2010 sequel. Well, those plans have now changed, as The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Disney has chosen not […]