'The Rocketeer' Star Billy Campbell Reflects On A Superhero Masterpiece As It Turns 30 [Interview]
In our The Rocketeer interview, actor Billy Campbell looks back at the box office bomb that grew into a beloved comic book movie classic.
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'The Kominsky Method' Loses Alan Arkin For The Third And Final Season
Before the third season arrives, Alan Arkin leaving The Kominsky Method has been confirmed, but this decision was made shortly after season 2 arrived.
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Critically-Acclaimed 'The Kominsky Method' Gets Season 2 Renewal At Netflix
Good news for your dad: The Kominsky Method season 2 is officially happening at Netflix. The critically acclaimed series is returning for more.
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'The Kominsky Method' Trailer: Michael Douglas And Alan Arkin Are Aging Best Friends
Watch The Kominsky Method trailer from Netflix to get a taste of Michael Dougls and Alan Arkin in a new comedy series from Chuck Lorre.
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Tim Burton's Live-Action 'Dumbo' Adds Oscar-Winner Alan Arkin
Tim Burton's Dumbo cast is bringing another talent to London. Alan Arkin has joined the remake of Disney's animated classic about a flying elephant.
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'Going In Style' Trailer: Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman & Alan Arkin Rob A Bank
The first Going In Style trailer teases a comedy where Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin decide to rob a bank in their old age.
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'Love The Coopers' Trailer: Ed Helms, Olivia Wilde And More Star In A New Christmas Comedy
The Love the Coopers trailer has arrived, giving us a glimpse at 2015's Christmas comedy. There's one every year, and this one has quite the cast on board.
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'Edward Scissorhands' 25th Anniversary: Mark Englert Lithograph And New Blu-Ray Revealed
This year marks Edward Scissorhands 25th Anniversary, and with that milestone comes a new Blu-Ray and big, beautiful lithograph from Mark Englert.
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Tom Cruise And Doug Liman Reunion 'Mena' Set For January 2017
Edge of Tomorrow team Doug Liman and Tom Cruise have a new film, and the Mena release date has been set, along with dates for Keanu and Going in Style.
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'Stand Up Guys' Getting Oscar-Qualifying December Release; 'Zero Dark Thirty' Might Not Open Wide Until 2013
Film release scheduling tends to get tricky around the end of the year. Not only do studios have to weigh all the usual concerns, they also need to keep an eye on the December 31 cutoff date for Academy Award qualification, and so they devise strategies to work around it or use it to their…
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'Stand Up Guys' Trailer: Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, And Alan Arkin Go On One Last Bender
Under most circumstances, a movie about Christopher Walken, Al Pacino, and Alan Arkin indulging in an all-night bender complete with hard drugs, pretty girls, and grand theft auto would sound like a hoot. But along comes Hector Salamanca Mark Margolis to make it sad. Fisher Stevens' Stand Up Guys starts with Val's (Pacino) release from prison…
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Telluride Reaction: Ben Affleck's 'Argo' Is A Brilliant Nail-Biting Suspense-Filled Thriller
The lone secret premiere of the 2011 Telluride Film Festival ended up being Ben Affleck's dramatic thriller Argo. I've never understood the negativity regularly thrown at Ben Affleck. When given the right material, he's delivered some great performances as an actor (Good Will Hunting, Shakespeare in Love, Boiler Room, Hollywoodland...etc). And in recent years he's made the transition and…
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'Argo' Trailer: Ben Affleck's Ambitious '70s-Set Political Caper Thriller
"This is the best bad idea we have, sir, by far." Here's the trailer for Argo, Ben Affleck's third film as director. The film follows the efforts of an operation to rescue six diplomats hiding in Tehran during the Iranian revolution in 1979. The trailer begins in serious political thriller mode before the real plan…
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Casting Bits: Zoe Saldana May Join Christian Bale In 'Out Of The Furnace;' Rufus Sewell & Anne Heche In 'The Occult;' Julianna Margulies In 'Stand Up Guys'
The latest actor to join Christian Bale in Scott Cooper's Out of the Furnace is likely to be Zoe Saldana. She's in early talks for the film that Cooper is rewriting (based on Brad Ingelsby's The Low Dweller script) and will direct as his follow-up to Crazy Heart. Bale will be an ex-con who is…
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Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, And Alan Arkin Are 'Stand Up Guys'
Action flicks aren't just for young stars anymore, as evidenced by the commercial success of films like The Expendables, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, and Live Free and Die Hard. But even by those standards, Stand Up Guys boasts a fairly advanced cast. Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin have signed on to…
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'Thin Ice' Trailer - Greg Kinnear And Billy Crudup Swindle Alan Arkin In Wisconsin
We first heard about Jill Sprecher's Thin Ice when Greg Kinnear, Billy Crudup, and Alan Arkin signed on to star almost two years ago, back when it was still titled The Convincer. But the film hasn't drawn much attention since then; even after it premiered at last year's Sundance, I don't remember hearing much about it. After seeing this…
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Casting Bits: Sharon Stone In 'Lovelace;' Jacki Weaver And Alan Arkin In 'Wild Oats;' Ezra Miller Not In 'Akira'
Sharon Stone was a big deal in the '90s thanks to Basic Instinct in 1992, but she's got a lower profile lately. She's been working very steadily, but it doesn't feel that way. I can't remember the last time I saw a memorable Stone performance. Probably either Broken Flowers ('05) or Alpha Dog ('06). Law…
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Watch Part Of 'The Muppets' Opening Song And Dance Sequence
Below you'll find a minute of the opening of Disney's The Muppets, whcih hits screens on November 23. The scene is a fun little song and dance number that introduces new Muppet Walter and his human friend Gary, played by the film's co-writer Jason Segel. This is a pretty effortlessly charming little piece of film…
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'The Muppets' Final Parody Trailer Aims At 'Twilight' And 'Paranormal Activity'
Disney has seen a very enthusiastic reception for The Muppets teaser trailers that parody romcoms, The Hangover Part II, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Green Lantern. So why not release one more? This final Muppets parody teaser takes aim at several films rather than just one -- you'll see gags based on Twilight,…
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'The Muppets' Theatrical Trailer #2: Hey, Look, This Movie Also Has A Story!
Disney has offered up quite a few trailer for The Muppets, but very few of them actually tell audiences anything about the story. Small point, I know, especially when the characters have been put to such good use poking fun at romcoms, The Hangover, Green Lantern and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. But if…
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Casting Bits: Colin Firth In 'The Railway Man', Thomas Haden Church In 'Nothing To Fear', Shirley Maclaine, Alan Arkin, And Vera Farmiga In 'The Locals'
Oscar winner Colin Firth has just added another project to his slate: the epic drama The Railway Man. The film will be directed by Jonathan Teplitzky (Better Than Sex, Burning Man) from Andy Paterson and Frank Cottrell Boyce, adapted from Eric Lomax's memoir of the same title. Lomax's book focuses on the torture he experienced at the hands…
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'The Rocketeer,' From 'Captain America' Director Joe Johnston, Hits Blu-Ray In December
When Joe Johnston's Captain America: The First Avenger landed this summer and turned into a reasonable hit, one hope held by comic fans was that Johnston's 1991 adaptation of Dave Stevens' '30s-set comic The Rocketeer would finally be given a Blu-ray release. The Disney film was a flop in the summer of '91 but has…
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Ben Affleck's 'Argo' Adds Michael Parks, Clea DuVall, Richard Kind; Official Synopsis Revealed
Warner Bros has sent out the obligatory press release to announce the commencement of filming on Ben Affleck's third film as director, Argo. We've known most of the cast for a while: Affleck, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, and John Goodman, with more recent additions Kyle Chandler, Tate Donovan, Rory Cochrane and Taylor Schilling. Now we've…
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Casting Bits: Kyle Chandler In 'Argo;' Rob Corddry In 'Warm Bodies;' Michael Nyqvist & Alexander Skarsgård In 'Disconnect'
It's not a stretch, I think, to call this the 'fan-favorite actors' edition of casting bits. Kyle Chandler, Alexander Skarsgård and Rob Corddry all fall into that catergory, I'd say. So after the break, you'll find: Kyle Chandler joins Ben Affleck's Argo, Rob Corddry looks set for zombification in Warm Bodies, and Michael Nyqvist &…
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Casting Bits: Scoot McNairy In 'Argo;' Nick Frost 'Ice Age 4;' Kevin James And Emily Watson In 'Little Boy'
Sometimes there's no way to make a casting roundup conform to any sort of sense. Such is the case here, as we've got info on a wild reality-based political thriller set in 1979, an animated sequel, and an indie family drama with a very unlikely cast. In other words, after the break you'll find info…
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International Poster For 'The Muppets'
It has been fun to watch Disney remind audiences about The Muppets as it prepares to release a new feature starring Jim Henson's classic characters. There have been some creative, playful trailers and a poster that was a little bit unusual as Muppet depictions tend to go -- Muppets with legs! But this new international…
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Bryan Cranston In Talks For Ben Affleck's 'Argo'
This is a piece of info that could probably be rounded up into an aggregate casting piece, but I love the idea of Ben Affleck's film Argo so much that we'll give it some space. The movie is based on the true story of CIA agents posing as a movie crew in Tehran, while really…
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