After breaking out with Wedding Crashes and The Hangover a few years back, Bradley Cooper's been trying to make the transition into more dramatic roles. Which, for some reason, starts with playing shabby, dishonest writer types. In last year's Limitless, Cooper played a hapless copywriter who cheats his way to success with a performance-enhancing drug.…
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Like the dreams of Inception, The Words is a story about a story within a story. On the top level, there is a plot featuring Dennis Quaid and Olivia Wilde. In the middle, there's Jeremy Irons, Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana. And on the bottom, there's Ben Barnes and Nora Arnezeder. With direction by Brian…
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Briefly: Given that The Words is the directorial debut of Tron Legacy screenwriters Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal, we probably shouldn't be surprised that the latest addition to the film's cast is Olivia Wilde, who was one of the only highlights of Tron. The script, which hit the Black List, is about "a successful writer…
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David Hasselhoff has become the latest actor to join Piranha 3DD, the sequel to last year's Piranha 3D (which in turn was a remake of the 1978 film Piranha). The new cast looks just as enjoyably eclectic as the last one -- in addition to returning stars Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames, and Paul Scheer, 3DD…
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