30 Nov

Michael York Was Ready To Pass On Logan's Run Until He Got A Little Push

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To anyone in their 20s, Michael Anderson’s 1976 sci-fi film “Logan’s Run” remains a pop culture fulcrum of anxiety. Based on the 1967 novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, “Logan’s Run” is set in the distant future of 2274 where the human population has been gathered in high-tech, dome-enclosed living facilities where […]

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30 Nov

Signing Onto Bad Santa Was A 'No-Brainer' For Billy Bob Thornton

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The possibilities are endless when it comes to who could’ve played a given part in a film that went on to become a classic. Many actors are often first approached for a role, only for them to turn it down or see scheduling get in the way. Warren Beatty and Elvis were famously in the […]

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30 Nov

The Obnoxious Letter That Finally Got Knives Out Director Rian Johnson Into USC's Film School

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Director Rian Johnson’s diverse filmography certainly speaks to his career’s success (and uniqueness). First entering the scene with his high school neo-noir made on a shoestring budget, Johnson would go on to direct the grifting movie “The Brothers Bloom.” The time-travel-centered “Looper” would follow after this. These directorial efforts would be done all while stepping […]

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30 Nov

John Payne Wrote A Miracle On 34th Street Sequel We'll Sadly Never Get To See

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It would be easy to play Santa Claus as a holiday caricature who boasts “ho ho ho” at the top of his lungs, but Edmund Gwenn’s Academy Award-winning performance (Best Supporting Actor) in “Miracle on 34th Street” shows a much more tender side of the Christmas mascot. He speaks to children as though they were […]

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30 Nov

A Chance Run-In With Ray Bradbury Helped Bring Blade Runner To The Big Screen

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Before “Blade Runner” was a film, there was Philip K. Dick’s novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” The basis for what would become Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi masterpiece was only loosely related to the movie. Once “Blade Runner” co-writer Hampton Fancher got his hands on the book, he set about using what he saw […]

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30 Nov

Irving Berlin Won An Oscar For The Song 'White Christmas' And Presented The Award To Himself

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The Academy Awards are a lot of things. A celebration of cinema? Check. A surprisingly effective way to bust unions? Double check, sadly. But one thing they also are, and it’s hard to dispute this, is an opportunity for the people in the motion picture industry to pat themselves on the back. For nearly 100 […]

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30 Nov

Guillermo Del Toro Now Wants To Make At The Mountains Of Madness As A Stop-Motion Movie With Master Animator Phil Tippett

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Get ready to get your hopes up again (hopefully without the usual heartbreak this time) about one of Guillermo del Toro’s most notorious and tragic passion projects that never saw the light of day. The man has given us some of the greatest films of the century with the likes of “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Crimson Peak,” “The […]

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30 Nov

The 12 Best Brendan Fraser Movies, Ranked

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The world may seem like it’s gone to hell in a handbasket these days, but one thing that’s recently united society is the triumphant career revival of beloved actor Brendan Fraser, whose comeback is affectionately being hailed as “the Brenaissance.” Through the ’90s and early aughts, Fraser blessed movie audiences worldwide with his magnetic onscreen […]

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30 Nov

Superhero Bits: Marvel's Midnight Suns Reviews Arrive, Amazon Is Getting Into DC Animation & More

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(Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: Reviews […]

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30 Nov

In Causeway, Brian Tyree Henry Found A Beautifully Tragic Connection Between Amputees And Losing A Loved One [Exclusive]

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Brian Tyree Henry is one of the most brilliantly resourceful actors working today. A Yale School of Drama graduate, he made his bones on the New York City theater scene with acclaimed performances in the 2007 Shakespeare in the Park production of “Romeo Juliet” and Tarell Alvin McCraney’s “The Brother/Sister Plays.” He gradually segued to […]

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