Martin Scorseses Wolf of Wall Street, Sofia Coppolas The Bling Ring, and Sundance Fave The Spectacular Now Get Release Dates

Who’s ready to think about next year’s Oscar race? Paramount has just announced a November 15 release for Martin Scorsese‘s The Wolf of Wall Street, putting the crime drama right in ... See full article

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A.C.O.D Review and Video Blog: Divorce Has Never Been This Funny [Sundance 2013]

With three days remaining, A.C.O.D. is my favorite film of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Directed by first-timer Stuart Zicherman, it’s about “Adult Children of Divorce” and stars... See full article

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Smashed Trailer and Poster: Buzzed-About Sundance Entry Features Mary Elizabeth Winsteads Biggest Dramatic Turn to Date

There are actors one suspects can do a lot more than what they’ve been given at any particular point. People might have thought that about Aaron Paul beforeBreaking Bad gave him the chance to ... See full article

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Smashed Clips: Check Out Mary Elizabeth Winsteads Must-See Performance in Sundance Hit

Although its limited rollout starts in just six weeks, James Ponsoldt‘s Sundance faveSmashed has yet to offer a traditional trailer. Instead, Sony Pictures Classics is rousing some buzz with f... See full article

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First Look: Roman Coppolas A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, With Bill Murray and Charlie Sheen

Roman Coppola‘s last film — and his first film — was CQ, released in 2001. While he has been a creator on several big movies since thanks to work with his father (Tetro, Youth Withou... See full article

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Sequel Casting Bits: Donald Faison in Kick-Ass 2, Mary Elizabeth Winstead in A Good Day to Die Hard, Bruno Gunn in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

With John Leguizamo‘s Javier and the as-yet-uncast Mother Russia on board to help out the villainous Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) in Kick-Ass 2, it seems only fair that Kick-Ass (Aaron Jo... See full article

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter What Did You Think?

Two big film releases this week both feature historical settings in which a fantastic story takes place, but Brave and Timur Bekmambetov‘s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter couldn’t be more ... See full article

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Red-Band Trailer Heads Will Roll

So far, the footage we’ve seen fromAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has been, well, pretty much exactly what you’d expect from a movie called Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The “s... See full article

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Casting Bits: Amy Poehler in A.C.O.D., Kathleen Rose Perkins and Sarah Colonna in Diablo Cody Project

Amy Poehler and Adam Scott have shown such fantastic chemistry in NBC’s Parks & Recreation that the pair are gearing up to work together again. This time, however, they won’t be romanc... See full article

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Acquisitions: Sony Classics Takes Sundance Hit Smashed, Plus Pickups For Grabbers and Neighboring Sounds

Three festival favorites have just gotten U.S. distribution. The most exciting piece is confirmation that Sony Pictures Classics has, indeed, picked upJames Ponsoldt‘s Sundance hit Smashed sta... See full article

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Casting Bits: Mary Elizabeth Winstead in A.C.O.D., Mila Kunis in Hell & Back, Taissa Farmiga in Bling Ring

The cast of Stuart Zicherman‘s A.C.O.D. just keeps getting better. Mary Elizabeth Winstead has just joined Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, and Jane Lynch in the comedy, which centers around around ... See full article

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Watch Riley Stearns Magnificat, Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Stephen Tobolowsky

Mary Elizabeth Winstead‘s 2012 is definitely off to a good start. Her starring turn in the indie drama Smashedearnedhigh praiseat this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and she’s ... See full article

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Sony Pictures Classics Buys Sundance Hit Smashed Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Sundance has been over for a week, but a few films are still being picked up by distributors. One of the more acclaimed Sundance hits this year was a picture called Smashed, starring Mary Elizabeth Wi... See full article

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Mary Elizabeth Winsteads Powerful Performance in Smashed is a Must See [Sundance 2012]

[1] Filmmaker James Ponsoldt's feature debut Off The Black premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006. It was met with a lackluster response, but everyone seemed to praise the performances des... See full article

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Bill Murray, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Patricia Arquette Join Roman Coppolas A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

It's been a decade since Roman Coppola directed a feature film (CQ, released in 2001) but he is preparing his second movie as director [1], A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III. The movie ... See full article

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The Thing Review: Hopelessly Devoted to John Carpenter

The word uninspired is an easy shortcut to communicate an impression of unpleasant mediocrity, and so it gets thrown around a lot. It is also the perfect term for The Thing, the new film by Ma... See full article

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The Thing International Trailer

In Soviet Russia, Thing absorbs you! Wait, that doesn't work. The Thing always absorbs you. Well, anyway, here's a Russian trailer for the upcoming prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing... See full article

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer, and Nick Offerman to Get Totally Smashed

[1] We write up casting stories [2] several times a day here at /Film, but it's not every day we come across an ensemble cast as intriguing as this one. Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick Off... See full article

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The Thing Red Band Trailer

If for some crazy reason you've never seen John Carpenter's The Thing and are waiting to watch it after you see Matthijs van Heijningen's direct prequel [1], also called The Thing, you may want t... See full article

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The Thing TV Spot Features Brief New Footage and Effects

With the release of Universal's prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 movie The Thing now less than a month away, we're starting to see more footage. There's a trailer and a clip or two out there alr... See full article

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First Photos of Creature FX from The Thing? [Updated]

[1] Update: While we were unable to confirm or debunk these ourselves, but Shock Till You Drop [2] reports that "a sculptor on the show says [the photos] are not legit." Original story and photos... See full article

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Alan Tudyk Cast in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

TImur Bekmambetov is lining up quite the varied cast for his adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. He's got Benjamin Walker in the lead, Mary Elizabeth Winstead... See full article

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