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Akiva Goldsman looks back at Batman Forever’s The Riddler and almost casting Robin Williams

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There are plenty of conversations about Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever these days. From the reappraisal of Schumacher’s career since his passing or Kevin Smith hyping up the long-rumored 107-minute cut of the film, Batman Forever is on fans’ lips these days. This brought Akiva Goldsman back into the conversation as the film producer was recently […]

Greta Gerwig to write and direct at least two Chronicles of Narnia films for Netflix

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Once Greta Gerwig has put the toys away following the kid-at-Christmas excitement for her latest directorial effort Barbie, the Oscar-nominated Little Women helmer will once again pick up a book to write-and-direct at least two films based on C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia for Netflix.  According to an article in The New Yorker, […]

Arrow announces Psycho Collection 4K Ultra HD box set

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Arrow Video has announced the UK release of a limited edition Psycho Collection box-set which brings together Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 masterpiece  Psycho with its sequels Psycho II, Psycho III and Psycho IV: The Beginning in glorious 4K Ultra HD this September; check out the details below… WE ALL GO A LITTLE MAD SOMETIMES… Shattering expectations and shocking […]

Trailer announcement teaser for Jurassic World

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Though this trailer announcement for Jurassic World doesn’t offer up any new footage, it does come with a promise: Something big is coming. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3PMjbFlfgpg The official trailer will debut next Thursday, November 27th! Jurassic World is set for release on June 12th 2015, with Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) directing a cast that includes stars Chris […]

Leeds International Film Festival 2014 Review – Birdman (2014)

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Birdman, 2014. Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Starring: Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis and Naomi Watts. SYNOPSIS: Riggan Thomas (Michael Keaton) attempts to distance himself from his famous role as the superhero, Birdman by staging a Broadway play adaptation of Raymond Carver’s ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‘. In […]

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Was The Split Necessary?

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Robert Kojder on whether The Hunger Games: Mockingjay should have been split in two… Unless you have been living under a rock, then you have probably noticed the recent lucrative trend by Hollywood to take the final chapter of an adaptation and split it into multiple forms. In some cases the decision has been justified […]

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has biggest Friday opening of 2014; although the lowest of the franchise

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It may be the lowest of the franchise thus far, but The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has smashed records for 2014 with the biggest opening Friday of the year. Taking a whopping $55 million across 4,151 screens, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has eclipsed Transformers: Age of Extinction, which had a Friday total of […]

Gone Girl becomes David Fincher’s highest-grossing movie

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David Fincher’s Gone Girl has pushed its worldwide box office haul to $334.2 million this past weekend, overtaking Se7en ($327.3 million) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ($333.9 million) to become the highest-grossing movie of his filmography. Adapted from Gillian Flynn’s novel, Gone Girl stars Ben Affleck (Argo), Rosamund Pike (Wrath of the Titans), […]