In this edition, watch a video essay about pop music needle drops in movies, listen to stuntmen react to Mr. and Mrs. Smith action sequences, and more.
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Scott Cooper's star-studded drama Out of the Furnace has, so far, been a box office disappointment. Despite the Oscar-caliber cast and crew, the film has grossed only $10 million since its December 4 release. Now, to rub even more salt in the wound, the filmmakers are being sued by seventeen Ramapough Indians who "feel embarrassed and humiliated…
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Scott Cooper isn't a director with mainstream interests. His first film, Crazy Heart, was about a grizzled old musician; it won an Oscar for Jeff Bridges. His second film, Out of the Furnace, tells a methodical story of crime and revenge set in and around a blue collar Pennsylvania town during 2008, just as the…
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Woody Harrelson's last feature role was as a time-traveling turkey in the animated family flick Free Birds, but don't let that trick you into thinking he's lost his edge. The new TV spot for Scott Cooper's Out of the Furnace has arrived, and he's full-on terrifying in it. The gritty drama stars Christian Bale as Russell,…
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Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper returns this winter with Out of the Furnace, a crime thriller that features an all star cast including Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoë Saldana and Sam Shepard. The first trailer made the film look great, and this new one outlines the story a bit better, so if…
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Here's the trailer for Out of the Furnace, the new film from Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper. The film features Christian Bale as a Pennsylvania steelworker whose brother (Casey Affleck) gets in trouble with a backwoods but powerful criminal (Woody Harrelson). The rest of the supporting cast is impressive, with Zoe Saldana, Willem Dafoe, Forest…
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Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper is finally getting close to finishing his follow-up feature. The new film is called Out of the Furnace, and features Christian Bale as Russell, a man whose younger brother is drawn deep into crime after Russell goes to prison. After his release, Bale's character seeks justice for his brother, and…
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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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Last year, before The Dark Knight Rises had fully shot, there was a lot of speculation about what Christian Bale would do after his tenure as Batman ended. Turns out he planned a couple films with Terrence Malick, but another project that was mentioned as a possible one for Bale has reared its head once…
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Very rarely do fans get a glimpse into the decision making process of major stars. All we know is that the biggest actors in Hollywood can often seemingly do whatever they want, so people like Johnny Depp, Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise get their pick of the best scripts out there. It seems…
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UPDATE: Variety repeats the news, but refers to the film as Out of the Furnace. Since Crazy Heart became a critical, awards and art-house success, director Scott Cooper has been linked to a few different projects. Jennifer Lawrence was hoping he'd make Lie Down in Darkness, and ask her to star in it. He was…
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