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Help Repertory Cinema! Los Angeles’s Cinefamily Starts Restoration Kickstarter By Germain Lussier/Dec. 14, 2012 10:08 am EST In Los Angeles, we’re blessed with some of the best movie theaters in the world. I’m not talking about the state-of-the-art multiplexes either. I mean the multitude of tiny repertory theaters that show everything from silent films to cult releases of the ’80s, ’90s and today. Theaters like these are heaven for film fans....

Kevin MacDonald To Direct Elvis Biopic ‘Last Train To Memphis;’ Open Casting Call Begins By Germain Lussier/Sept. 4, 2013 1:00 pm EST Variety broke the news of the project, which is the first we’ve heard on the Elvis front in a year. That’s when a competing project, called Growing Up Graceland, started revving up. Now it seems the Last Train to Memphis will leave the station first. With a script, producers and director attached, all eyes turn to casting the iconic singer....

Kristen Wiig Endorses Bill Murray’s ‘Ghostbusters 3’ Endorsement By Angie Han/Sept. 12, 2014 9:30 am EST Bill Murray has no plans to star in Ghostbusters 3, as he’s established many times. But he’s still happy to weigh in with ideas on who should, including Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy. Now Wiig has responded to his suggestion, and she seems open to the notion — if only because she “will do whatever Bill Murray tells [her] to....

Natalie Portman To Direct By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 2, 2007 1:30 pm EST I knew that one day she would become a powerful producer and possibly even a director. But who thought that day would come so soon? This morning it was announced that Portman has signed a two-year deal with Participant Productions and is set to make her feature film debut as a DIRECTOR. That’s right, Natalie is going to direct a film based on bestselling memoir A Tale of Love and Darkness, by Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and professor of literature Amos Oz....

New ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Image And Title Treatment By Russ Fischer/July 16, 2013 9:30 am EST Briefly: I keep thinking that Comic Con will see the announcement of a subtitle for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, or a title change of some sort. But with the new banner image seen above and accompanying title logo treatment, that seems to be off the table. The title of Marc Webb’s sequel will really be The Amazing Spider-Man 2....

Only One 70mm IMAX Theater Remains In Los Angeles And It’s Going Away Too By Germain Lussier/March 4, 2014 11:15 am EST Los Angeles film fans used to have two choices when they wanted to see old-school 70mm film IMAX. There was the Universal CityWalk location and The Bridge, which then became the Rave. Unfortunately, the Rave 18 was recently purchased by Cinemark and that company has “decided to go in a different direction with this auditorium,” according to IMAX....

Page 2: Gremlins, Star Wars, Hobbit, Simpsons, GoT, BTTF, Doctor Who, Braveheart, Coraline By Peter Sciretta/April 14, 2014 2:30 pm EST Header Photo: King Gizmong vs. Gremzilla t-shirt How to Safely Store Your Movie PostersBattle for the Bigger Screen Chris Jones’ Star Wars tattoo WHY YOU SHOULD NOT SHOOT 4K IF YOU’RE AN INDIE FILMMAKERThe Best and Worst Comic Relief Movie Characters Scrub Between Those Hairy Toes: Bilbo’s Bath & Shire Gel...

Page 2: Muppets, Walking Dead, Memento, Frankenweenie, Arrested Development, Star Wars, Anchorman, South Park, Doctor Who, Zombieland, Wes Anderson, Mad Men, Monsters Inc By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 9, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Muppets Are People too Does ‘Frankenweenie”s disappointing box office harm its Oscar chances? What Movie Should Be Turned into a Theme Park Attraction?Plants vs. Walking Dead.Why Do Studios Hide Original Sci-Fi Until the Last Minute? Kickstarter’s Top-Funded Project: a Bhutan Documentary...

Page 2: Transformers, Goonies, Anchorman, Groundhog Day, Star Wars, Hobbit, Doctor Who, 47 Ronin By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 19, 2013 12:01 pm EST Header Photo: Gingerbread Optimus Prime ‘The Act of Killing’ Voted the Best Documentary of 2013 in Inaugural Nonfics Critics Poll ‘Her’: Ranking the Weirdness in Spike Jonze’s Latest Movie Clark Orr “Astoria’s Finest/Goonies Pennant” On the Shoulders of Giants: Why Movies Are Shifting from the Undead to Big Monsters...

Ron Howard: ‘The Dark Tower’ Is Alive, Enjoying Quiet Development By Russ Fischer/Sept. 17, 2013 12:30 pm EST For the past couple years, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Akiva Goldsman have been working on a truly ambitious adaptation of Stephen King’s novel series The Dark Tower. Originally set as a possible project at Howard and Grazer’s frequent partner Universal, the project almost went to Warner Bros., and finally got a financing offer from Media Rights Capital....

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Watchmen, Justice League, Electro By Germain Lussier/April 5, 2013 3:30 pm EST What new footage do TWO new Iron Man 3 TV spots reveal? Is the Warner Bros. Justice League movie in trouble? What’s going on on the set of The Amazing Spider-Man 2? Did an extra from that film reveal something about Jamie Foxx as Electro? Where can you get a working Rorschach mask from Watchmen?...

The Gaming Characters Of ‘Pixels’ Attack In May 2015 By Russ Fischer/April 28, 2014 2:48 pm EST The short film Pixels, about a city attacked by classic video game characters, hit the internet in 2010. Almost immediately, a feature version of the short was put into development. That process took quite a while, but finally a cast and crew came together. Chris Columbus (Harry Potter, The Goonies, Home Alone) is directing with Adam Sandler, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin James, Josh Gad, and Peter Dinklage in the cast....

Trivia: Seth Rogen And Evan Goldberg “Constantly” Offered ‘Uncharted’ Movie By Angie Han/June 28, 2013 11:59 am EST As writers, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have worked almost exclusively in comedy, from their days collaborating on Da Ali G Show to their new directorial effort This Is the End. But at least one person is hoping they’ll branch out. Rogen revealed in an interview that Naughty Dog, the developer behind the Uncharted series, have repeatedly asked the pair to script the movie adaptation....

Video: Why ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’ Is One Of The Deepest Comic Book Films Ever By David Chen/Dec. 16, 2013 10:00 am EST When Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World debuted in 2010, I’ll admit it: I didn’t quite know what to make of it. Wright’s Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz were clearly send-ups of their respective genres, but Pilgrim defied my expectations. Part videogame movie, part comic-book movie, and part coming-of-age story, Pilgrim, based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s award-winning graphic novel series, was a bold, singular creation that unfortunately never truly found its audience during its theatrical release....

VOTD: Paul Thomas Anderson Interviewed About ‘The Master,’ Discusses Scientology, Harvey Weinstein And Polarized Reception By Russ Fischer/Oct. 12, 2012 1:37 pm EST It’s a good time for anyone who has wanted to see the shroud of mystery lifted from some film directors. The Wachowskis, once pegged as incredibly reclusive, are doing interviews left and right. And Paul Thomas Anderson, not quite such an enigma, but not known for being outgoing in the media, has recently done multiple TV interviews to promote The Master....

Watch Another ‘Tron Legacy’ DVD Easter Egg Clip Teasing The Return Of An Old Villain By Russ Fischer/March 28, 2011 7:07 pm EST A couple months back there was word that the DVD for Tron Legacy might feature a bit of footage that expands the Tron storyline and perhaps teases a third film in the series. A couple weeks ago we saw Tron: The Next Day, which fills in some of the backstory between the two Tron films....

WTF: Watch A 72-Minute Trailer For The 720-Hour Long Movie ‘Ambiancé’ By Peter Sciretta/July 9, 2014 11:00 am EST Three years ago Danish artist collective Superflex created Modern Times Forever, a 240-hour film which broke the record for the longest movie of all time. Well if a 10-day long movie wasn’t enough, Swedish artist Anders Weberg is hoping to break that record with his 720-hour long movie, Ambiancé. That’s right, a movie with a running time of 30 straight days — and you thought Transformers: Age of Extinction felt long?...

‘Neighbors’ Trailer And Poster: Seth Rogen And Zac Efron Go To War By Angie Han/Dec. 18, 2013 10:00 am EST Seth Rogen has made more than his share of movies about man-children reluctant to grow up, but in Neighbors, he plays a guy who’s achieved all the hallmarks of adulthood. He’s gainfully employed and happily married, and even has an adorable baby girl to boot. No, his problem here is that other people haven’t grown up — namely, the rowdy frat boys that have just moved in next door....

‘Simon Killer’ Domestic Trailer: A Tense, Pulsing Buildup To A Breakdown By Russ Fischer/Feb. 22, 2013 4:15 pm EST The producing team behind Martha Marcy May Marlene also put together Simon Killer, a film that follows a young man (Brady Corbet) as he skips off to Europe following a breakup, and gets involved with a prostitute. As the title of the film suggests, things don’t go very well. Germain liked the film very much at Sundance last year, and Simon Killer has been one of the films for which we’ve waited patiently for a theatrical release....

‘Sin City: A Dame To Kill For’ Character Posters: Meet The Locals By Angie Han/May 22, 2014 6:40 am EST Nearly a decade has passed since the last time we dropped in on Sin City, but it doesn’t look like a whole lot has changed since then. Life looks as grim and brutal as ever in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, which follows four noirish storylines as they unfold across the city....