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Sergio Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in America' Gets Additional 40 Minutes in...
Sergio Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in America' was just released on Blu-ray this January. If you purchased a copy of the disc, you're unfortunately already the unlucky owner of an outdated cut. Variety...
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'Hobo with a Shotgun' Inspires New Trailer Contest for Wannabe Grindhouse...
Jason Eisener's 'Hobo with a Shotgun' started as a fake exploitation trailer and became a real film thanks to a contest that was held surrounding the release of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's...
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Will You Watch an Unedited Version of 'A Serbian Film'?
Earlier this week we brought you news about Angel Sala, the festival director at Stiges who is facing child pornography charges for screening last year's controversial 'A Serbian Film.' The movie has...
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Stars in Rewind: Vintage John Goodman Commercial 'Hits You Just Right'
After finishing Kevin Smith's talked-about 'Red State,' losing more than 100 pounds, reuniting with former TV co-star Roseanne Barr on Oprah in February, and gearing up for several projects in the...
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Bradley Cooper Wants to Play Tom Buchanan in 'The Great Gatsby'
Bradley Cooper isn't a name people associate with the paragons of English literature, but if 'The Hangover' star has his way, you'll be seeing him in in the upcoming Baz Luhrmann adaptation of 'The...
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'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' Gets the Indie Drama Treatment in New Trailer Recut
Iconic teenage slackers are transformed into the pillars of a sad indie drama in Joseph Brett's 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' trailer recut. The filmmaker from London recently rewatched the John Hughes...
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Charlie Sheen's Poetry in an '80s Troma Flick
If you haven't been wooed by Charlie Sheen's #winning prose, perhaps this 1989 teaser for 'A Tale of Two Sisters' will seduce you and get your tiger blood boiling. The troubled actor narrated the Troma...
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Hayley Atwell Joins Noir Thriller 'I, Anna'
English actress Hayley Atwell, who was recently cast in the upcoming 'Captain America' adaptation, has been attached to writer/director Barnaby Southcombe's feature debut, 'I, Anna.' Atwell joins...
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Mark Wahlberg Hopes to Make 'The Fighter 2'
Everyone loves a story about the underdog winning against all odds, and last year's Academy Award–winning 'The Fighter' fit the bill. The film triumphed over its own set of struggles, with Mark...
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Roger Ebert Discusses Facebook Streaming
Facebook's recent deal with Warner Bros. to stream feature films through the social media giant's platform, promises to be an interactive movie experience. You pay three bucks (equal to 30 Facebook...
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Watch These Awesome SXSW Film Bumpers
Before every movie at South by Southwest (SXSW) a trailer-esque short film plays to help set the mood and give you something fun to ogle before the feature hits the screen. These pre-screening bumpers...
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New 'Donkey Kong' Champ Gets His Own Documentary
If you haven't seen Seth Gordon's amazing 2007 documentary, 'The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters,' about two star 'Donkey Kong' players whose stories play out like the ultimate tragic hero and...
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Framed: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Welcome to Framed, a column at Cinematical that runs every Thursday and celebrates the artistry of cinema -- one frame at a time. Steven Spielberg's 1982 classic, 'E.T.,' has been described as a...
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Badass 'Star Wars' School Opens in Chile
In news that will make you completely jealous of little kids in Chile, comes word that a 'Star Wars' school has opened in the South American country. The pint-sized Padawans can now attend an actual...
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Peter Pan's a Popular Boy: Four Upcoming Adaptations of the Classic Tale
It's been superheroes for a while -- and effectively, it still is ... -- but lately everything's coming up fairy tales. Hollywood can't seem to get enough of the storybook fables that are taking a...
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Creepy Fun Fact: Billy Dee Williams Keeps Ewok Head in a Box at Home
Rumors that Billy Dee Williams auditioned for the role of rebel hero Han Solo during the casting of 'Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope' have been around forever. More than 30 years later, the actor is...
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Jason Voorhees Joins 'Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters'
The supermoon must have worked its evil mind-control magic over Tommy Wirkola regarding the latest bit of casting for 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.' Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton have already...
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Scenes We Love: Stand By Me
As much as Rob Reiner's 'Stand by Me' is a coming of age story about a group of boys in a dusty Oregon town, it's also a reminder that allowing yourself to be vulnerable to life's experiences can...
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Creepy, Real-Life Eye of Sauron From 'Lord of the Rings'
If you've ever had the burning desire to torture yourself for all eternity by creating a necromancing, fiery eye from hell, then the Technology Studio in the U.K. has you covered. They did a 'Lord of...
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'Easy A' Director and 'Social Network' Author Team for 'Sex on the Moon'
If Will Gluck can turn 'The Scarlet Letter' into the pleasant surprise that was last year's 'Easy A,' then he might be able to transform a story about a guy who steals pieces of the moon for his...
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Should Movie Theaters Be Forced to Post Calorie Counts on Movie Snacks?
There are some people who have to buy that delicious, golden bucket of popcorn each and every time they see a movie. Then, there are others who run from the 1,000-plus calories and gobs of saturated...
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Framed: Django
Welcome to Framed, a column at Cinematical that runs every Thursday and celebrates the artistry of cinema -- one frame at a time. When the American movie cavalry ran out of steam on the Western genre...
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Cinematical Seven: Girl Gangs That Kick Ass
As the reviews for Zack Snyder's 'Sucker Punch' come rolling in (you can read Todd Gilchrist's take on it over here) the movie about a young girl who creates a fantasy world to escape from her dark...
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Johnny Depp's Cameo in Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo Cabaret' Revealed in New Image
UPDATE: According to an official source over at Paramount, the image after the jump does not feature Johnny Depp, contrary to the report below. We're not sure who that guy is or how he factors into...
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'Your Highness' Video: David Gordon Green and Danny McBride Discuss Minotaur...
The historically inaccurate 'Your Highness' has given us a taste for its obscene funny business via a few red-band trailers, and this latest Funny or Die video follows suit with a truckload of ... d*ck...
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'Twilight' With Zombies to Pair Teresa Palmer With Nicholas Hoult
Mentioning the films 'Twilight' and 'Shaun of the Dead' in the same sentence feels sacrilege, but director Jonathan Levine is describing his newest project as a cross between the two. If he gets his...
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Watch This Super-Creepy 'Pinocchio' Short Film
Like most children's tales in the days of old, Carlo Collodi's 'The Adventures of Pinocchio' is a very adult affair. Before the 19th century, most written stories for young ones were not intended for...
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Lionsgate Makes a 'Microbudget' Deal With the Antichrist
Lionsgate has decided to go the 'Paranormal Activity' route with their upcoming "microbudget" slate by offering 10 films per year, made for under $2 million bucks a pop. Real microbudget features are...
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'Everything Must Go' Poster Premiere: Will Ferrell Loses His Shirt(s)
Will Ferrell hasn't had many opportunities to ring the cowbell at something more serious than a movie like 'Anchorman,' but films like 2006's underrated 'Stranger Than Fiction' proved he's capable of...
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Geek Gift of the Day: Imitate the Joker With This Gunbrella
If you've annoyed the pants off everyone around you by pretending that you're She-Ra and exclaiming, "Sword to shield!" every time you open your umbrella (or was that just me?), this gunbrella, à la...
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Poll: How Do You Find Movie Showtimes -- Mobile Device, Internet or Newspaper?
At a recent CinemaCon panel in Las Vegas, Studio and ticket-sales execs chatted about the 20 percent drop in box office sales this year and the power of social media, which could help reinvigorate...
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Framed: Bright Star
I confess, 'Bright Star' made me utterly lovesick, and it managed to do so without boldly dotting its tragic moments. Its whispers, hints, and suggestions will leave you floating. Jane Campion's film...
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Chloe Moretz Joins Tim Burton's 'Dark Shadows,' Not 'The Hunger Games'
The role of a teenage survivalist in a post-apocalyptic world was a coveted one, with young star Chloë Moretz hot on its tail, but Jennifer Lawrence nabbed the lead of Katniss in the upcoming...
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Warner Bros. Not Done With Young Wizards -- 'Seventh Son' Casts Lead Actors
The young-adult literary market is a giant, so it seems inevitable that we'd be swamped with the recent hurricane of film adaptations -- especially with the Harry Potter series soon coming to an end....
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Lily Collins Is Snow White
'The Blind Side' star Lily Collins, who also happens to be the daughter of rock dude Phil Collins, has been cast as the title character in Tarsem Singh's adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale...
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Who Wants to Own the Topless Kate Winslet Sketch From 'Titanic'?
Back when Leonardo DiCaprio was still on the pages of mags like Tiger Beat and Kate Winslet was a little-known British actress, there was a movie that brought both actors together for a life-changing...
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'Human Centipede' ... the Musical? (VIDEO)
"We're just some nerds who wanted to make a musical," says the Emerson College comedy troupe who recently created a musical version of one of last year's most talked-about horror films, 'The Human...
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'Wild Guns' to Tell Story of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday
Producer Gianni Nunnari is taking a break from the sword-and-sandal epics he's worked on (Zack Snyder's '300' and currently Tarsem Singh's 'Immortals') to play his hand at a western. Warner Bros. has...
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Edgar Wright's Gun Fetish Montage -- From VHS Tapes (VIDEO)
Before Edgar Wright paid homage to the nerdy universe he loves in 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,' he was stockpiling his favorite film moments on VHS and editing the living daylights out of them....
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Framed: Scream
Welcome to Framed, a column at Cinematical that used to run every Thursday, celebrating the artistry of cinema -- one frame at a time. It's time to say goodbye, though. Thank you for reading and for...
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