Wait, Guillermo del Toro has a take on Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse-Five' with Charlie Kaufman??

Posted by · 5:58 am · July 8th, 2013

It’s tough to work Kurt Vonnegut out for the screen. It rarely comes together well. But I’ll be damned if I’m not excited to see Guillermo del Toro try with Charlie Kaufman writing. You kidding me??

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Terrence Malick's 'Tree of Life' cracks Roger Ebert's top 10 movies of all time

Posted by · 5:18 pm · May 2nd, 2012

The Sight & Sound poll of filmmakers and critics picking the greatest films of all time is 10 years old. Many in the cinephile community are anxious to see the result of the latest poll, which comes out later this year. Critic Roger Ebert, it turns out, chose one of last year’s top tier films to make the cut this time around.

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Oscarweb Round-up: Calling it too soon on '50/50'

Posted by · 6:32 am · October 4th, 2011

In today’s round-up, Steven Zeitchik aims to call “50/50” dead on arrival, Netflix’s most-rented movies list is dominated by Oscar winners and Robert Forster revisits “Jackie Brown” on the occasion of the film’s Blu-ray release.

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Oscarweb Round-up: 'But we haven't seen it!'

Posted by · 5:34 am · October 3rd, 2011

In today’s round-up, Nathaniel Rogers reminds us there are no locks, the New York Times critics bemoan the Oscar-ization of the fall festival circuit and Anna Kendrick talks about “50/50.”

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