Month: November 2009

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Vivendi Holds Up Comcast’s NBC U Takeover

GE must buy back Vivendi's 20% share of NBC Universal in order for Comcast to takeover the media conglomerate. And though it looked as though Vivendi was posed to make a deal with GE, recent reports confirm that the two companies are still at odds on the company's worth....
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[Merrill’s Review] Precious

Lionsgate| USA | 110 mins Precious is a very powerful and very disturbing film. It makes the audience truly appreciate the main necessities of life (food...
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The Times They Are A-Changin

With recent news that MGM is on the chopping block and the current debate on what the company will head/who it will turn to in the near, dire future, the overall change that seems to be going on in Hollywood (and in the world of film entertainment altogether) shines more and more apparent....
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Jackass 3D Hitting Screens In 2010

I'll repeat that, Jackass 3D. Yup, it's happening. According Cinematical Jackass cast member Bam Margera apparently confirmed that filming would begin this ...
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[Review] The Blind Side

Movies like this tend to separate the cynics from the optimists. While it is based on an incredible true story (in Memphis, a well-off white family, the Touhys, brought in a large young black man raised in the projects named Michael Oher and eventually adopted him), the film doesn't feel real all the time....
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Idris Elba To Get His Thor On

With January fast approaching, any news regarding Kenneth Branagh's Thor gets more and more exciting, all adding to the possibility of this long-gestating comic book adaptation actually getting underway. So far the film's casting news has been rather spectacular, from Anthony Hopkins to Natalie Portman, and this news follows suit: Idris Elba is in....