Bradley Cooper wants to do everything he can in Hollywood. Act, write, produce — you name it. Now he’s going to direct a movie. Why not?
‘Honeymoon With Harry’ could mark Bradley Cooper's directorial debut
Posted by Matt Patches · 1:39 pm · January 9th, 2015
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Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton among Georgia Critics’ 2014 winners
Posted by Matt Patches · 11:09 am · January 9th, 2015
The Georgia Film Critics Association helped two emerging dark horses gain a little more heat.
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Juliette Binoche-led 'Nobody Wants the Night' to open 65th Berlinale
Posted by Matt Patches · 4:46 am · January 9th, 2015
Juliette Binoche and Isabel Coixet return to Berlin with an icy drama set in Greenland circa 1909.
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'McFarland, USA' will close out 30th annual Santa Barbara Film Festival
Posted by Matt Patches · 8:32 am · January 8th, 2015
‘McFarland, USA’ joins a lengthy list of films that will play alongside SBIFF’s Oscar-friendly tributes.
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Matthias Schoenaerts joins Tom Hooper’s gender-bending 'The Danish Girl'
Posted by Matt Patches · 7:36 am · January 8th, 2015
Matthias Schoenaerts could have gone from Best Foreign Language Film star to fourth-billed action goon. Instead, he’s developing one of the most interesting careers around.
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People’s Choice Awards help Adam Sandler, 'Divergent' finally get their 2014 dues
Posted by Matt Patches · 9:38 pm · January 7th, 2015
The People’s Choice Awards are picked by the general public — who didn’t see ‘Boyhood,’ ‘Birdman’ or any of the typical award season winners.
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'Birdman' tops the 2015 Australian Academy's international nominations
Posted by Matt Patches · 7:49 am · January 7th, 2015
With seven nominations, ‘Birdman’ commands the above-the-line focused Australian Academy Award nominations. Check out the full list here.
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Oklahoma Critics award 'Boyhood,' Rosamund Pike and 'Edge of Tomorrow'
Posted by Matt Patches · 5:03 am · January 7th, 2015
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle thinks outside the box. On top of naming the best films, performances, and creative work of the year, they dare to name the worst alongside it.
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'Boyhood' is Iowa Critics' Best Picture of 2014
Posted by Matt Patches · 4:37 am · January 7th, 2015
The Iowa Film Critics Association revealed their annual awards picks, which fit into trends across the board.
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'Guardians,' 'Whiplash,' and… '12 Years a Slave' (throwback!) among Casting Society’s nominees
Posted by Matt Patches · 12:22 pm · January 6th, 2015
An awards ceremony date change means the Casting Society is inviting old and new contenders to the ring. Finally, a year where ‘Guardians of the Galaxy,’ ‘Birdman,’ and ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ rub shoulders!
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'Good Kill' trailer puts Ethan Hawke behind the drone controls
Posted by Matt Patches · 6:22 am · January 6th, 2015
Check out the new trailer for ‘Good Kill,’ a film from the writer-director of ‘Gattaca’ that asks serious questions about drones and the men and women who pilot them.
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The movie formerly known as David O. Russell’s 'Nailed' has a trailer
Posted by Matt Patches · 5:10 am · January 6th, 2015
David O. Russell’s “I Heart Huckabees” follow-up “Nailed” found itself mangled by on-set disasters and behind-the-scenes financial battles. The movie finally comes out, without the director’s consent, as ‘Accidental Love.’
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First 'Jane Got a Gun' pics reveal a movie at the heart of a maelstrom
Posted by Matt Patches · 9:27 am · January 5th, 2015
‘Jane Got a Gun’ imploded in plain sight, for all Hollywood onlookers to see. Now, it’s finally cobbled together into something resembling the awesome-sounding Natalie Portman Western that once was promised.
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National Society of Film Critics names 'Goodbye to Language' the Best Film of 2014
Posted by Matt Patches · 1:20 pm · January 3rd, 2015
Remaining outside the Oscar conversation, legendary director Jean-Luc Godard finds love from American film critics.
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Jennifer Aniston’s 'Cake' performance earns SBIFF honor
Posted by Matt Patches · 7:07 am · January 3rd, 2015
The producers behind “Cake” really, really, really want Jennifer Aniston to earn an Oscar nomination. A bump from SBIFF should help.
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Hear directors breakdown scenes from 'Interstellar,' 'Birdman' and 'Inherent Vice'
Posted by Matt Patches · 9:34 am · January 2nd, 2015
Just because DVD commentaries are going the way of dinosaurs doesn’t mean the art of insight is extinct. Check out these mini-commentaries for the Oscar season’s biggest movies.
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'Selma' to screen for free in town where history was made
Posted by Matt Patches · 12:35 pm · January 1st, 2015
‘Selma’ tips its hat to historical roots with free screenings in the town where it all started….
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ILM breaks down the CG carnage of ’Captain America: The Winter Soldier’
Posted by Matt Patches · 7:33 am · December 30th, 2014
The latest ‘Captain America’ movie is more like ‘300’ than you think. See all the green screen wizardry involved with making Marvel’s recent tentpole in a new video.
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