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Luc Besson’s Company Fined $100k for Camerman’s Death
A Paris appeals court fined French filmmaker Luc Besson’s movie company, Europacorp, 100,000 euros ($140,580) on Monday for the death of Alain Dutartre, a 41-year-old cameraman, who was hit by a car...
Jun 29, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongParamount Pays Seven Figures for ‘License to Steal’
Adam Goodman, Paramount’s newly minted President, has made the action-comedy pitch “License to Steal” his first major acquisition, paying seven figures upfront for it, according to Variety . Shane...
Jun 29, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongMichael Papajohn Spills ‘Spider-Man 4’ Tidbits
Michael Papajohn, the former minor league baseball player turned actor who plays the blonde-headed sleazeball crook that offs Uncle Ben in “Spider-Man,” may be back for the upcoming “Spider-Man 4,”...
Jun 28, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Bruno’ to Remove Michael Jackson Scene to Reverence Pop Star’s Death
Last week we reported that Sacha Baron Cohen had caved to gay activist demands and was re-shooting some scenes to appease their concerns ( see here ). This week, it appears there will be even more...
Jun 27, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongDaybreakers Trailer
Edward Dalton is a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and...
Jun 27, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongEvan Rachel Wood Joins ‘Spider-Man’ On Broadway
Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming have joined the upcoming Broadway musical adaptation of “Spider-Man,” the classic comic series, entitled, “Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark,” according to The Hollywood...
Jun 27, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongOscar Changes Standards for Best Song; Hopes to Quell Controversy
The category of Best Original Song at the Academy Awards has been something of a controversy as of late. Many have complained that sub par or undeserving pieces have been nominated and even won due...
Jun 27, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Transformers’ Rakes in $36.7 Friday, Eyes Box Office Record
Michael Bay and his studio overlords are a great deal richer than they were three days ago. Despite scathing reviews and a general consensus that it fails to equal its predecessor, “Transformers: The...
Jun 27, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongAmelia Trailer
The story of the relationship between famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart and her husband George Putnam. Director: Mira Nair Writer: Ronald Bass Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures Cast: Hilary Swank, Richard...
Jun 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongBronson (2009)
Since 1975, Michael Peterson, later dubbed Charles Bronson after the “Death Wish” star, has been England’s most explosively unstable and notorious inmate. Initially incarcerated for seven years after...
Jun 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongFarrah Fawcett, 62, Dies of Cancer
Farrah Fawcett, 62, died Thursday morning at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, after a nearly three year bout with anal cancer. Ryan O’Neal, her longtime companion was with her. “After a long...
Jun 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongFrank Darabont Talks ‘Fahrenheit 451′
Director Frank Darabont (“The Mist,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Green Mile”) tells STYD at the 35th Annual Saturn Awards that his film adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s seminal piece of social and...
Jun 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #14 – The Taking of Pelham 123, Home
John Travolta. What a guy. This enigma of an actor has been in some of cinema’s all-time greats (“Pulp Fiction”) and all-time embarrassments (“Battlefield Earth”). And in each endeavor, he seems...
Jun 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongWoody Allen Heading to Paris for Next Project
The amazingly prolific Woody Allen will follow up his Untitled London Project with a romantic drama set in Paris, reports Screen Daily . The pub has confirmed the news with the film’s Spanish...
Jun 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongVon Trier’s ‘Antichrist’ to be Released Near Halloween
Lars von Trier’s controversial film, “Antichrist” will get a circa-Halloween release in Los Angeles and New York, with the film going out Oct. 23, reports Variety . IFC, the film’s largest buyer at...
Jun 25, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongRecent Articles
- Review: ‘A War’ explores war’s quiet, forgotten horrors
- TMA FilmCast #33 — Vera Chytilova and the Czech New Wave
- The fantasist: The comic art of Woody Allen
- Tribeca picks up North American rights to ‘Misery Loves Comedy’ at Sundance
- TMA FilmCast #32 — Alison Frank interviews Ana Geislerova
- ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ tops Online Film Critics Awards
- TMA FilmCast #31 — Alison Frank reports from 67th Locarno Film Fest
- 5 ½ hour film dominates awards at Locarno
- Shorts at #Locarno67: meditation vs testing the audience’s patience
- ‘The Fool’: A modern propaganda film
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