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Dino De Laurentiis, Legendary Producer, Dies at 91
Dino De Laurentiis, the prolific Italian film producer and entrepreneur, died Wednesday at his home in Beverly Hills, CA. He was 91. Mr. De Laurentiis is best known for his career-defining work on...
Nov 12, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Pixels’ Feature Gets Writer
“Pixels,” the buzz-generating Internet short that hit the web earlier this year is coming to the big screen via Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison prods and Columbia, reports THR . Tapped to script the web...
Nov 11, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongWes Anderson’s ‘Moon Rise Kingdom’ Attracts Impressive Cast
Wes Anderson has lined up an impressive cast for his upcoming feature, “Moon Rise Kingdom.” Deadline reports that Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton are all...
Nov 11, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongDisney Goes Polynesian With ‘Tiki,’ Based on Disneyland Attraction
Since Disney discovered the golden goose that is “Pirates of the Caribbean,” an entire film franchise based on a Disneyland ride, the studio has decided to see if it can make lightning strike twice —...
Nov 10, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongRobert De Niro to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award at Golden Globes
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced in an official release today that Robert De Niro will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January...
Nov 10, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongWomen directors, international women’s issues spotlighted
TFA presents two Official Selections from the eighth annual Tallgrass Film Festival for November’s Third Thursday Screening, co-sponsored by WSU’s International Education and Center for Women’s...
Nov 10, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Zombieland’ Writers Tackle ‘Cowboy Ninja Viking’
Combining utterly disparate attributes and mythological beings has long been a successful formula in entertainment. Teenage mutant ninja turtles, space cowboys, alien vikings, etc. “Cowboy Ninja...
Nov 7, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Toxic Avenger’ Remake to be Directed by ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ Helmer
“The Toxic Avenger,” the 1984 comedy/horror B-movie produced by Troma Entertainment has become the poster child for under the radar cult hits. Hollywood has decided to cash in on that fiercely loyal...
Nov 6, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongAna’s Playground (2009)
Children are cinema’s simultaneously fetishized commodity and artless liability. You can’t harm them, yet you can have them perpetrate terrible acts of inhumanity. “Ana’s Playground” cuts through the...
Nov 5, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongMartin Sheen, Sally Field cast in new Spider-Man Flick
The cast for Columbia’s upcoming Spider-Man reboot is coming together nicely with the recent addition of two high profile Hollywood mainstays. Heatvision reports that Martin Sheen, 70-year-old actor...
Nov 5, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘The Bible Code’ to be Cracked by Relativity
Relativity Media has picked up the rights to Michael Drosnin’s book of supernatural prophecy, “The Bible Code.” In the book, which spawned sequels, Drosnin writes about an elaborate code that can...
Nov 4, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Sequel In the Cooker
Producer, Mark Burg, already has a new project lined up as an encore to his work on “Saw” as the long-running horror franchise draws to a close. According to Bloody Disgusting he’ll be teaming up...
Nov 1, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongCatfish (2010)
“Catfish” is one of those films that will have as many interpretations as it has viewers. The middle-aged hipster-loathing intellectual will see it as nothing more than an outlet for the filmmakers...
Oct 25, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongNew International Trailer ‘King’s Speech’
Colin Firth stars as King George VI in Tim Hooper’s historical drama about a ruler struggling to make the transition into the mass media age by overcoming a speech impediment. Geoffrey Rush, who...
Oct 24, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongMartin Freeman Confirmed as Bilbo Baggins in ‘The Hobbit’
Warner Bros./New Line Cinema and MGM announced in a joint press release that Martin Freeman (“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”) will play Bilbo Baggins in “The Hobbit,” to be direct by Peter...
Oct 22, 2010 / 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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