Tags: celebrities and controversy
Tags: celebrities and controversy
All's Well For Rose McGowan, Robert Rodriguez and Their Movies?
Posted Thursday July 3, 2008, 3:48 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
Filed under: RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy Apparently, Hollywood (and all watching) cheered too soon -- a representative for Rose McGowan has hit back at the reports that she has split with Robert Rodriguez, or scrapped their movies.
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Val Kilmer and Xzibit Join Werner Herzog's 'Bad Lieutenant'
Posted Thursday July 3, 2008, 3:48 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
Filed under: Action, Thrillers, Casting, Celebrities and Controversy, Newsstand, Remakes and Sequels Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant cast just became a whole lot crazier. (Am I the only one who laments the passing of years, and what it has done to one of my biggest crushes?
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Cinematical Visits MOMA's "Dali: Painting and Film" Exhibit
Posted Wednesday July 2, 2008, 8:33 pm, Over one day old at Cinematical
Lang was replaced, and Dali's nightmare sequence went with him. Marvelously structured to show how his paintings were intentionally cinematic, the exhibit contains all the obvious highlights from Dali's movie career alongside lesser-known productions.
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Mark Millar and a 'Big Name Action Director' Revamping Superman?
Posted Wednesday July 2, 2008, 3:04 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
Filed under: Action, Warner Brothers, RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, Fandom, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels Mark Millar is becoming a real Hollywood insider these days, a Frank Miller in training. Says Millar, "I've been planning this my entire life.
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Producers to SAG: Strike? What Strike?
Posted Wednesday July 2, 2008, 3:04 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
Have you wondered why the looming Screen Actors Guild strike and the ongoing SAG/AFTRA catfight have not really provoked a similar hysteria? Or, in the Times' more tactful language: "the film industry's needs have overwhelmed any conviction that actors will actually walk out."
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McGowan and Rodriguez Break Up! Hollywood Cheers!
Posted Wednesday July 2, 2008, 3:04 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
One imagines McGowan had snagged the roles because, well, she was boinking Robert Rodriguez. The Post claims their break-up was partly due to the fact that Rodriguez was having a hard time finding financing for Barbarella with McGowan in the lead because she's not a big enough box-office draw.
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One 'Hobbit' Movie to (Maybe) Rule Them All
Posted Monday June 30, 2008, 4:34 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
I readily admit I fall into the first category -- but I certainly don't want to see a bad film just to get a visual Middle Earth fix. According to Defamer, he promises they are looking at adapting The Hobbit first and foremost -- and that a second film may not even happen.
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'Hancock' Gets an Experimental Release
Posted Monday June 30, 2008, 4:34 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
It's a bold maneuver, one that assumes its core base of consumers actually have an interest in Hancock -- but the movie will make a profit either way, so it's a reasonable choice for this intriguing experiment.
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Clooney's SAG Strategy
Posted Saturday June 28, 2008, 1:33 pm, Over one day old at Cinematical
This time, he has spoken out about the recent split between the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. According to Variety, Clooney has decided to stay neutral where many prominent actors have taken sides, and he's urging others to take the same route.
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Discuss: Do Politics Belong in Kids Movies?
Posted Saturday June 28, 2008, 1:33 pm, Over one day old at Cinematical
Wait, we've heard this one before: It was the go-to statement used by the Bush administration for about three years or so when describing its modus operandi in Iraq (the term was abandoned when staying the course started to sound like a bad idea).
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