• /Filmcast Ep. 147 - Bridesmaids (GUEST: Tasha Robinson From AV Club)

    This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam wonder what's happened to the careers of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, take sides over Blue Valentine, praise the combination of Werner Herzog and 3D, and discuss the appropriateness of Hunger Games casting. Special guest Tasha Robinson joins us from AV Club. You can no longer listen to the Book of…

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  • Page 2: Steven Spielberg, Rango, Green Lantern, Battlestar Galactica, X-Men: First Class, Star Wars, The Hobbit, Transformers Twilight, Fight Club,

    What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 32 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…

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  • Best Movies Of 2010 That You Probably Haven't Heard Of

    As the year comes to an end, anybody and everybody are posting their best of the year lists. Most of these lists contain variations of the same 15 or 20 films. To break the mold, some are even posting lists of the best films of the year that you probably haven't seen. I find that…

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  • The Best Reviewed Movies Of 2010

    As the end of the year nears, Rotten Tomatoes have released the tallies for the best reviewed movies of 2010. I thought we'd compare the list with the other movie review compilation site Metacritic. Both sites have their advantages. Rotten Tomatoes includes a larger sample of reviews, while Metacritic features a smaller more-selected grouping of…

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  • 'Blue Valentine' Release Moved Up Two Days

    The undeservedly controversial Sundance smash romance Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams and directed by Derek Cianfrance, was originally set to open on December 31. Deadline is reporting that the film will now open December 29 in New York and Los Angeles. After that it'll add one more screen in New York on the…

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  • THR's 2010 Awards Watch Hour-Long Roundtable: The Directors (Aronofsky, Russell, Weir, Hooper, Cianfrance And Cholodenko)

    It's award season, and The Hollywood Reporter has begun posting their series of roundtable discussions with the contenders. Last month they posted: The Screenwriters Roundtable between: Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network), Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours), Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3), John Wells (The Company Men), Todd Phillips (Due Date) and David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole) The…

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  • /Filmcast Ep. 127 - The Fighter (GUEST: Katey Rich From CinemaBlend)

    This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley approve of how various film critics' associations chose their top films of the year, discuss the trailers for the most exciting robot fighting movies of 2011, praise Community and True Grit, and get disappointed by The Tourist and The Walking Dead. Special guest Katey Rich joins…

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  • Roger Ebert: 'There Are Only Two Meaningful Ratings: R And Not-R'

    The current controversy over the Motion Picture Association of America slapping Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine with an NC-17 rating, and then repealing it, has once again brought into question the usefulness of the MPAA as a whole. In fact, renowned film critic Roger Ebert goes so far to say that "there are only two meaningful…

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  • MPAA Overturns NC-17 Rating For 'Blue Valentine'

    In a rare case of a successful appeal before the MPAA, the NC-17 rating initially slapped on Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine has been overturned. Harvey Weinstein personally appeared before the appeals board to plead on behalf of the film. The film will go out to theaters with an R rating. The NC-17 was delivered because…

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  • THR's 2010 Awards Watch Actors Roundtable

    It's award season, and The Hollywood Reporter has begun posting their series of roundtable discussions with the contenders. Last month they posted an one-hour discussion between screenwriters Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network), Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours), Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3), John Wells (The Company Men), Todd Phillips (Due Date) and David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole)…

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  • Movie Poster: 'Blue Valentine'

    Given the way the film has been shafted by the MPAA, I think most of us here at /Film want to take every reasonable opportunity to make sure people know about Blue Valentine, which has been unfairly slapped with a restrictive NC-17 rating. Don't worry: we probably won't have the opportunity for a Tron Legacy…

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  • Why The MPAA Should Be Ashamed Of Itself

    A few weeks ago, we learned that Derek Cianfrance's great film, Blue Valentine, would be receiving an NC-17 rating, a fact which upset me deeply. What put the film over the edge? A lengthy, painfully uncomfortable sequence in which Dean (Ryan Gosling) tries to have sex with Cindy (Michelle Williams) in a hotel room. With…

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  • Producers Won't Recut 'Blue Valentine' To Fight NC-17 Rating

    The MPAA has made a lot of boneheaded decisions over the years, and the latest was slapping the film Blue Valentine with an NC-17 rating. That effectively dooms the movie when it comes to advertising and awareness, as a great many print and television outlets won't run ads for an 'adults only' movie, which is…

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  • Ep. 120 - Never Let Me Go

    This week, Peter Sciretta, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley praise Frank Darabont's The Walking Dead, discuss the groundbreaking 3D of Jackass 3D, and lambaste the MPAA's ridiculous Blue Valentine NC-17 rating. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us on Sunday (10/24) at 10…

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  • The Weinstein Company To Appeal 'Blue Valentine's NC-17 Rating

    Blue Valentine was one of the hits of this year's Sundance Film Festival, and it has been considered a likely awards contender thanks to great performances by Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. So there was no small amount of shock expressed last week when the MPAA slapped the film with the NC-17 rating, effectively killing…

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  • Movie Trailer: 'Blue Valentine,' Which Gets NC-17 Rating

    2010 was the first time I'd ever been to the Sundance Film Festival and the first movie I saw there was Blue Valentine, a devastating parallel portrayal of both the blossoming and wilting of a modern relationship starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams and directed by Derek Cianfrance. With those two stars, two powerful performances…

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  • Sundance Video Blog Review: Blue Valentine

    Derek Cianfrance's directorial debut Blue Valentine premiered yesterday at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as one of 16 films selected from 1,058 submissions for the dramatic competition. Written by Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis, the screenplay won the 2006 Chrysler Film Project contest, which came with $1 million of funding. The story is…

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  • Sundance Photo Preview: Blue Valentine, Starring Michelle Williams And Ryan Gosling

    Derek Cianfrance's directorial debut Blue Valentine will premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as one of 16 films selected from 1,058 submissions for the dramatic competition. Written by Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis, the screenplay won the 2006 Chrysler Film Project contest, which came with $1 million of funding. The story is…

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