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Anna Karenina – Photos, Trailer and Cast Info

Keira Knightley in Anna Karenina

Starring: Keira Knightley and Aaron Johnson [full cast list under the 'Cast' tab] Release Date: November 16, 2012 Running Time: 130 minutes Genres: Drama, romance Directed By: Joe Wright MPAA Rating: R for some sexuality and violence   Official Synopsis: The story unfolds in its original late-19th-century Russia high-society setting and powerfully explores the capacity [...]

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Carrie Teaser Trailer is Here

Carrie Teaser Poster

And what a big tease it is! Pretty much all MGM and Screen Gems show us during the minute-long Carrie trailer is a town in flames. But just as you think that’s all the trailer’s got, we get that payoff shot of Chloe Grace Moretz covered in blood.   Set for a March 15, 2013 [...]

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Film Review: The Hunger Games

Elizabeth Banks and Jennifer Lawrence in a scene from 'The Hunger Games'

Reviewed by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion Perhaps the number one thing I learned watching The Hunger Games is that director Gary Ross is dearly in need of one specific Christmas present: a Steadicam. Before getting into the film itself, some venting is in order. There are times in which using handheld cameras and intentionally keeping [...]

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Official Production Blog for Ender’s Game Launched

Ender's Game

Producer Roberto Orci (Transformers, Cowboys & Aliens) will be updating fans on the happenings on the set of Summit Entertainment’s Ender’s Game. Orci will be providing details on the production as well as a peek behind-the-scenes into the hows, whats and whys of casting the film and bringing the popular novel by Orson Scott Card [...]

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Being Flynn – Photos, Trailer and Cast Info

Robert De Niro and Paul Dano in 'Being Flynn'

Starring: Robert De Niro and Paul Dano [full cast list under the 'Cast' tab] Written and Directed By: Paul Weitz Release Date: March 2, 2012 Genres: Drama, comedy Running Time: 1:42 minutes MPAA Rating: R for language throughout, some sexual content, drug use, and brief nudity   Official Synopsis: Adapted from Nick Flynn’s 2004 memoir [...]

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The Flowers of War Trailer Starring Christian Bale

Zhang Yimou and Christian Bale on The Flowers of War set

Christian Bale stars in the dramatic film The Flowers of War, set in 1937 during World War II and based on the story of the Nanjing Massacre (also known as the Rape of Nanjing). Bale takes on the role of an American priest who helps shelter prostitutes and students during the invasion of Nanjing by [...]

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Summit Acquires Headhunters

Headhunters

Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo’s popular Headhunters novel will become an English-language feature film. Summit Entertainment, the studio best known for putting out the Twilight film series, has picked up the rights to make the bestseller into a movie. Per Jo Nesbo’s official site: “Headhunters introduces us to the charming villain Roger Brown, a man [...]

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LAIKA Planning a Wildwood Feature Film

Wildwood by Colin Meloy

Wildwood, the first children’s novel from Colin Meloy (lead singer/songwriter for The Decemberists), has been acquired by the Portland-based animated studio, LAIKA. Meloy’s Wildwood will likely follow in the footsteps of LAIKA’s other film projects – Coraline and the upcoming movie, ParaNorman – as a stop-motion animated feature film.   “Wildwood is a marvel, an [...]

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One for the Money – Photos, Trailer and Cast

One for the Money Poster

Starring: Katherine Heigl and John Leguizamo [full cast list under the 'Cast' tab] Directed By: Julie Anne Robinson Release Date: January 27, 2012 Running Time: 106 minutes Genres: Comedy, thriller MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, sexual references and language, some drug material and partial nudity   Official Synopsis: A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum’s [...]

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I Don’t Know How She Does It – Trailer, Photos and Cast

Sarah Jessica Parker and Greg Kinnear in I Don't Know How She Does It

Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Greg Kinnear, and Pierce Brosnan [full cast list under the 'Cast' tab] Directed By: Douglas McGrath Screenplay By: Aline Brosh McKenna Release Date: September 16, 2011 Running Time: To be determined Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: PG-13 Video: Sarah Jessica Parker discusses the film Video: Christina Hendricks on her character and the [...]

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