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Sundance 2010: RT's 10 Most Anticipated MoviesFive or six years ago, the Sundance Film Festival was more famous for showing dozens of worthy, politically correct movies that instantly disappeared than the odd breakout hits that it spawned, which previously included the likes of The Blair Witch Project, Reservoir Dogs and El Mariachi. Recently, however, the festival has become an excellent launching ground for low-budget movies from across the world, with the 2009 event showcasing the likes of British indie hits Moon and In The Loop and starting the awards momentum for two very different rites of passage movies: An Education and Precious, both tipped for Academy Award/BAFTA success. This year, under the stewardship of new artistic director John Cooper, Sundance shows no sign of slowing down, as its 2010 choices seem to suggest. RT investigates Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds, The Extra Man, Christopher Morris's controversial Four Lions, Joseph Gordon-Levitt starrer Hesher, Howl, Michael Winterbottom's The Killer Inside Me, Jeffrey Blitz's Lucky, Vincenzo Natali's Splice, Sympathy for Delicious and Kristen Stewart's rumoured nude scene in Welcome to the Rileys. |
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Spielberg Hops Away from HarveyUnable to find the perfect combination of leading man and solid script, Steven Spielberg has walked away from his "Harvey" remake, leaving Fox to pick up the pieces. |
Variety |
Trailer Bulletin: Brooklyn's FinestYes, you've seen a thousand cop dramas -- but have you seen one with Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Don Cheadle, and Wesley Snipes? Didn't think so. |
Apple |
American Remake of The Phone PlannedAhn Byung-ki's "The Phone," a 2002 horror movie about a deadly cell phone number, will get an American remake -- courtesy of Ahn Byung-ki. |
Variety |
Trailer Bulletin: The French KissersSee the trailer for the acclaimed new French comedy, releasing nationally on December 26. |
Palace Films |
Awards Tour: National Board of Review Winners List!The first major awards ceremony, the National Board of Review, has announced their winners of the year. |
Rotten Tomatoes |
Critics Consensus: Everybody's Fine Is Just OKThis week at the movies, we've got a fractured family (Everybody's Fine, starring Robert De Niro and Drew Barrymore); a sibling rivalry (Brothers, starring Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal); an inside job (Armored, starring Matt Dilion and Laurence Fishburne); and vampire hilarity (Transylmania, starring Patrick Cavanaugh and James DeBello). What do the critics have to say? Sometimes a film contains such good acting that one is willing to overlook its other faults. One example might be Jim Sheridan's Brothers, a film critics say often works despite being frequently overwrought. Robert De Niro has an intensity and presence that shines through even when he's not playing Travis Bickle/Jake La Motta types. And critics say his measured performance is easily the best thing about Everybody's Fine. |
Rotten Tomatoes |
Five Favorite Films with Jason ReitmanIt's no secret that director Jason Reitman comes from an established Hollywood pedigree, and while his father, Ivan Reitman (Stripes, Ghostbusters), is remembered most for his iconic 80s comedies, Jason is well on his way to making a similar name for himself with his edgy comedies of the aughts. Reitman burst onto the big screen in 2004 with a critically acclaimed satire, Thank You for Smoking, then followed that up in 2007 with the quirky, indie comedy Juno. The latter went on to win various awards, including the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for newcomer Diablo Cody's pop-slang heavy script, and jumpstarted the career of its diminutive, sharp-tongued star, Ellen Page. This week, Reitman's latest effort, the George Clooney-powered Up in the Air, opens in limited release, and we were lucky enough to sit down with Jason for a friendly chat about his Five Favorite Films and his personal Tomatometer. |
Rotten Tomatoes |
International Iron Man 2 Poster DebutsIt doesn't give much away, but Empire has debuted the first international teaser poster for "Iron Man 2," and you can see it right here. |
Empire Magazine |
Depp Will Ride as Pancho VillaJohnny Depp is in "advanced negotiations" to star as Pancho Villa in Emir Kusturica's "Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman with Six Fingers." |
Variety |
Leonardo DiCaprio Joins The GuardiansLeonardo DiCaprio has signed on to lead the voice cast of "The Guardians," the DreamWorks adaptation of the William Joyce books about the efforts of Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and Jack Frost to protect the world from the evil machinations of an evil spirit. |
ComingSoon.net |
Troma Announces The Toxic TwinsTroma's cult classic hero will lumber into parenthood with "The Toxic Twins," the fifth installment in the "Toxic Avenger" series. |
CHUD |
Paul Thomas Anderson Gets Religion with Philip Seymour HoffmanPaul Thomas Anderson has chosen Philip Seymour Hoffman to star in his next film, an untitled drama revolving around the leader of a religious sect in 1950s America. |
Variety |
Sundance Announces Out-of-Competition Films Screening At 2010 FestivalThe Sundance Institute has announced its out-of-competition lineup of films that will screen in the Premieres, Spotlight, New Frontier and Park City at Midnight sections at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, which runs from January 21-31. |
Rotten Tomatoes |
Eternal Sunshine Tops AV Club's Decade Best-Of ListThe good people at the AV Club have gotten together and made a list of the best films of the decade, with "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" taking the top prize. |
AV Club |
10 Horrifically Profitable FilmsOren Peli's debut feature 'Paranormal Activity' -- an ingenious horror movie set in a house as a young couple attempt to capture a spectre on camera -- was made on video for a tiny budget of just $15,000. But with a smart marketing campaign and viral word-of-mouth from audiences that propelled it from limited release into wide theatrical distribution, the shoestring fright flick has now taken more than $107 million in the US alone. What's more, it marks an all-time record return on initial investment. As the film finally arrives (on a wave of hype) in the rest of the world, we decided to take a look at 10 other profitable horror films throughout history. After all, it's the genre to be in if you really want to make a low-budget killing. |
Rotten Tomatoes |
RT on DVD: G.I. Joe. Public Enemies, Ice Age 3 |
Rotten Tomatoes |
Tarantino Could Have Directed Green Lantern"Quentin Tarantino's Green Lantern" has a rather intriguing ring to it, doesn't it? According to Tarantino, he had the opportunity to make it happen. |
MTV |
Will Duvall be Gilliam's Don Quixote?Think Robert Duvall still has what it takes to tilt at a few windmills? We may find out: Duvall says Terry Gilliam wants him to star in Gilliam's long-delayed Don Quixote movie. |
Collider.com |
Vin Diesel Says Riddick 3 Is ScoutingSignaling that a new "Riddick" movie really is in the works, Vin Diesel has announced that filming locations are currently being scouted in New Zealand. |
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