Month: January 2010

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[Merrill’s Review] Legion

Normally, I am a sucker for a film like this: an R-rated action/horror film with angels, guns, violence and Tyrese Gibson. How could this possibly go wrong? But it soon became very clear to me why this film got dumped in January. This is probably one of the safest R-rated films to come out in a while. With an R-rating you have free reign for over-the-top action. It appears no one told the filmmakers....
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‘Night at the Museum 3’?

It was reported on Access Hollywood (via LatinoReview) that on a recent episode of Access Hollywood Thomas Lennon was found talking about the possibilities of...
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[Review] Legion

It is a small wonder Hollywood's never been able to fully tackle the Christian mythos. Sure, there are countless renderings of the Jesus Christ and Moses stories, but other than that? Not much credible product to speak of (The Prophecy's not that credible), despite an abundance of source material....
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[Sundance Review] Bran Nue Dae

With its exhilarating humor and catchy musical numbers, Bran Nue Dae is the most lighthearted film to come out of the Australian film industry in many years...
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Scorsese To Invent ‘Hugo Cabret’

A little while back, it was reported that Warner Bros had optioned the children's book The Invention of Hugo Cabret for screenwriter John Logan (The Aviator...