With ‘Prometheus’ on the way, we look at the director’s work with actors in the genre
The Lists: Top 10 performances in Ridley Scott's sci-fi trio
Posted by Roth Cornet · 9:05 am · June 6th, 2012
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‘Men in Black III’ alien designer Rick Baker on his favorite creature
Posted by Roth Cornet · 7:12 pm · May 25th, 2012
Legendary creature effects artist Rick Baker talks about the beast that stands the test of time.
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License to brood: James Bond and Batman wrestle internal and external demons
Posted by Roth Cornet · 5:10 pm · May 20th, 2012
What do our broodingly complex contemporary heroes have to say about our modern vision and version of “the ideal?”
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Thoughts on 'New Girl' star Zooey Deschanel and 'Coal Miner's Daughter'
Posted by Roth Cornet · 9:12 am · May 12th, 2012
It has been a book and a film, now “Coal Miner’s Daughter” is set to be adapted as a Broadway musical starring Zooey Deschanel.
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‘The Avengers’ director Joss Whedon is a contemporary pop mythologist
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:32 am · May 11th, 2012
Joss Whedon has had a small legion of devoted fans for years. We take a look at the (now mass) appeal of the artist.
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Academy to fete Gene Kelly with centennial tribute
Posted by Roth Cornet · 9:43 pm · May 7th, 2012
The Academy celebrates an icon of American cinema and a quintessential figurehead for the dream of the 1950s.
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Interview: ‘Sound of My Voice’ co-writer and star Brit Marling on the seductive power of cults
Posted by Roth Cornet · 11:52 am · April 27th, 2012
We speak with actress Brit Marling about the struggle to reconcile faith and skepticism reflected in her film, “Sound of My Voice.”
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Sissy Spacek and William Friedkin to be feted by Seattle fest
Posted by Roth Cornet · 5:17 pm · April 26th, 2012
Seattle will honor two of cinema’s greats at this year’s festival.
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New Ken Burns doc to screen in theaters for the first time in 27 years
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:34 am · April 25th, 2012
The wrongful conviction case that five teenagers imprisoned for the rape of a central park jogger is the subject of the first theatrical release from documentation Ken Burns in 27 years.
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‘The Raven,’ the death impulse and harmony
Posted by Roth Cornet · 12:22 pm · April 24th, 2012
Perhaps no genre explores the dance between creation and destruction as vividly as horror. This weekends suspense release, “The Raven,” looks at how those competing impulses played out in the mind of author Edgar Allan Poe.
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It's been a while since I've given a damn about romance in Hollywood
Posted by Roth Cornet · 11:40 am · April 22nd, 2012
There are a plethora of romantic films released each year in Hollywood, be they comedic or dramatic, and yet very few of them are even slightly memorable.
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‘Avatar’ director James Cameron backs a space venture to expand Earth’s resources
Posted by Roth Cornet · 9:44 pm · April 20th, 2012
James Cameron backs a privatized space mission that is oddly reminiscent of the one presented in “Avatar.”
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The trailer for Soderbergh's 'Magic Mike' with Channing Tatum promises unexpected rom com
Posted by Roth Cornet · 6:09 pm · April 18th, 2012
Steven Soderbergh’s latest foray into art imitating life, artistically, looks to be the director’s first try at the romantic comedy genre.
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'Cabin in the Woods' inspires a look back at the scare that imprinted
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:55 am · April 18th, 2012
This past weekend, the deconstructed slasher flick “The Cabin in the Woods” opened in theatres. As a woman who was once deeply enamored of the scary story the release has called to mind what was, for me, the first moment that a chiller set itself deeply and irrevocably into my psyche
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‘Girls’ just want to change the needle on a tired media record
Posted by Roth Cornet · 4:37 pm · April 17th, 2012
I am increasingly disheartened and disturbed by what appears to be an unstoppable uptick in open misogyny. I’ve touched on this previously in a piece on Women and Oscar, but the subtle and not so subtle flames of gender bias are currently increasing rather than abating.
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Bob Marley doc to stream live on Facebook in conjunction with the theatrical release
Posted by Roth Cornet · 7:15 am · April 14th, 2012
Kevin Macdonald’s documentary on Bob Marley will be the first U.S. film to stream live on Facebook the same day as its theatrical release.
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Bob Fosse’s ‘Cabaret’ remains culturally and aesthetically significant 40 years later
Posted by Roth Cornet · 4:34 pm · April 12th, 2012
We look back at “Cabaret” as a piece of socially relevant art whose themes resonate perhaps even more profoundly in today’s climate.
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Dolby may pick up where Kodak left off
Posted by Roth Cornet · 9:10 am · April 10th, 2012
Film may be (metaphorically) replaced by digital 3D at the theater that hosts the Academy Awards.
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