Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This…
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The film Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father has had a difficult path from development to screen. In fact, it looks like the project has fully stalled out before cameras were even able to roll. While Barry Levinson came on board a few months ago (replacing Nick Cassavetes) and a cast had started to…
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The last big news late last week was that The Departed team of screenwriter William Monahan and director Martin Scorsese would remake the 1974 film The Gambler. James Caan starred in the original as a New York English professor who has a serious gambling addiction. Thing is, the film wasn't just any old movie, at…
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The development of a film about father and son crime figures John 'The Teflon Don' Gotti and John Gotti, Jr. has already turned into something of a saga, with Nick Cassavetes set to direct, then departing and leaving a void ultimately filled by Barry Levinson. John Travola, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci were cast, and…
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Barry Levinson is going to direct Al Pacino in Gotti: Three Generations, but before that picture shoots they'll also do another film. The Humbling is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Philip Roth from Millennium/Nu Image. This will make three films in a row for the Levinson/Pacino team, beginning with the…
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Universal's been saying for a while now that the entire American Pie gang would be returning for American Reunion, and what do you know, they're actually making good on that promise. Thomas Ian Nichols has just signed on for the fourth theatrical entry of the long-running American Pie franchise, making him the last major character…
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Floating eyeliner is one of the most creative ways to switch up your usual black cat eye. Here's how to nail the technique for a look that delivers on drama.
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With the resurgence of Y2K fashion, Meg Ryan's fall looks are more in-demand than ever.
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Most film fans now know the name DeLorean thanks to Back to the Future, but there was a point where the entrepreneur was a headline-making designer. There's a reason that the 9000 produced DeLorean cars are an iconic symbol of the '80s. Well, two reasons: in addition to making a wild-looking car, John DeLorean allegedly…
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Brett Ratner has a new publishing imprint, the Rat Press, through which he's going to release new titles as well as make some of his favourite out-of-print books available again. Speaking to Movieline, the ever unpopular director announces his motivation in putting out editions of James Toback's Jim, Lawrence Grobel's compiled interviews with Marlon Brando…
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