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Tag: Kate Winslet
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Denver Film Critics Society Nominations are in
Trashwire is a member of the Denver Film Critics Society, which means we get to cast a vote for this year’s best films. Check out the complete list of nominees here and let us know what your favorites were on Facebook and Twitter.
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First look at ‘Steve Jobs’
Here’s your first look at the new Steve Jobs biopic, aptly titled Steve Jobs. Michael Fassbender stars as the original Apple genius, and I must say, judging by this little teaser, I have high hopes for this one. He’s even got that distinct Jobs voice down. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that the film is…
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‘Divergent’ will grab your attention
Synopsis: In a future where the population is divided by personality types, one young woman classified as “divergent” uncovers a conspiracy to eliminate all who bear her misfit label, and attempts to find out what makes the powers-that-be so frightened of them before time runs out. Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) and Theo James (Underworld: Awakening)…
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Visual storytelling a key strength in ‘Contagion’
It all starts with a cough. Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) is returning from a business trip to Hong Kong and chatting on the phone at an airport bar. She seems to have a little cold, but she keeps on snacking on the tray of peanuts in front of her and preparing to return home to…
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Contagion lacks focus
Have you ever thought about what would happen if a bat started eating a banana, dropped the uneaten portion into a pig farm, a pig ate the rest and then a chef handled the pig without washing his hands? Luckily this has never happened because this is the making of an infectious disease–well, at least…
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See Kate Winslet in Mildred Pierce tonight on HBO
Academy Award winner Kate Winslet stars as Mildred Pierce in the HBO miniseries, which kicks off at 9pm ET tonight on HBO. The 1945 film version, adapted from the 1941 novel by James M. Cain, won Joan Crawford an Academy Award. Check out this making-of featurette after the jump.
