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‘The Losers’ Sizzle Reel and First Screening Reports

A sizzle reel usually includes a mash-up of footage in a loose form of a trailer. The reel from Sylvain White's The Losers is no different. We get the clip of a scene and a bunch of new footage. When it was announced the film was PG-13 I settled my expectations, but this brought them right back up again. ...
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‘Inception’ Cannes Premiere A “Real Possibility”

When I read The Playlist's report earlier this week that Christopher Nolan's Inception may have a work-in-progress screening at Cannes next month I didn't take it too seriously. Then, a few hours ago, acclaimed film journalist and heavy festival goer Anne Thompson of indieWire tweeted this:...
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‘The Kids Are All Right’ Trailer + Poster

Focus Features picked up this Sundance hit, directed by Lisa Cholodenko and now we have the first trailer. The comedy stars Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson....
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‘I Love You Phillip Morris’ Delayed, Again

I knew I shouldn't have put it in my April list to see. The comedy starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor has been delayed again by Consolidated Pictures Group, LA Times reports. ...
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Spike Jonze Working With Arcade Fire On New Short Film

/Film has the exclusive tip that Where The Wild Things Are and Being John Malkovich director Spike Jonze is currently casting a "casting a secret film project in Austin Texas." It is a collaboration with Arcade Fire, the popular indie rock band, even though their publicist denies such involvement. ...
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The ‘Halo’ Movie Will Happen Eventually

After the Halo film adaptation was dropped by District 9's Neill Blomkamp and Peter Jackson it looked like it was never going to get made. When D9 arrived we got a taste of what we could have had, but the Blomkamp said he will never direct the film...
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Aziz Ansari To Join Danny McBride In ’30 Minutes’

Here is one comedy to get very excited for. Zombieland's Ruben Fleischer will be directing 30 Minutes or Less with Danny McBride (Eastbound & Down, Pineapple Express) to star. Now THR reports that Parks & Recreation star Aziz Ansari will be joining the cast....

Jordan Raup

Editor-in-Chief

Jordan Raup is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Film Stage and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. Track his obsessive film-watching on Letterboxd.