Tag: Movies
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Pitt and Hill score with ‘Moneyball’
Just like most sports movies, Moneyball is about underdogs, a ragtag group of guys no one ever thought would make but who end up impressing everyone in the final scene. Unlike most sports movies, Moneyball’s underdogs aren’t necessarily the players, and it’s this shift in perspective that makes the movie so unique and successful. Brad…
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Dominic Cooper dazzles in ‘The Devil’s Double’
Imagine being best friends with a rich, famous guy who throws the best parties and gets all the hot girls. Sounds like an episode of Entourage, except that this famous guy isn’t Vinny Chase, he’s Uday Hussein and he’s also a psychotic, arrogant maniac.
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‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ a solid prequel
If you had told me a year ago that I’d really enjoy the prequel to a 1968 Charlton Heston movie starring James Franco and a bunch of CGI chimpanzees, I would have seriously questioned your ability to predict the future. Fast forward to today and I would have asked you for the lottery numbers because…
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Trashwire talks to Joe Cornish and John Boyega about ‘Attack the Block’
In anticipation of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we’re bringing back a throwback post from Comic Con 2011 when we sat down with John Boyega to discuss his film debut in Attack the Block, a funny and innovative sci-fi comedy from Joe Cornish.
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Yahoo! interviews Dominic Cooper of The Devil’s Double
Dominic Cooper, star of The Devil’s Double, talked about the film with Yahoo! Here, he explains how he wanted to play the two roles very differently and how independent films are different from huge studio films. Our review of The Devil’s Double is coming soon to trashwire.com.
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First look: Machine Gun Preacher
Relativity media has released this first-look photo from Machine Gun Preacher, starring Gerard Butler. Synopsis from Relativity Media: In this inspirational true story, Machine Gun Preacher is about Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Gerard…
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Attack the Block interview coming soon
UPDATE: Interview available now on Trashwire here: http://itson.tw/nnNESV We got a chance to see a preview screening of Attack the Block, a new film produced by Edgar Wright, at Comic Con and it was rad. Because we’re crazy lucky, we also had the opportunity to sit down with director Joe Cornish and star John Boyega…
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Cast does all the work in Horrible Bosses
Chances are, if you’ve ever had a job, you’ve hated your boss at one point or another. Sure, your boss might not have snorted coke in the office or made you drink scotch at 8am, but everybody’s had a boss they just couldn’t stand. In Horrible Bosses, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Carlie Day plot…
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Writing Movies For Fun and Profit
Are you unemployed and looking for a quick path to becoming a billionaire? Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant are here to teach you how to become a rich Hollywood screenwriter.
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Rock of Ages producer talks big screen adaptation
Rock of Ages made a huge splash on Broadway and is already being adapted into a film with a star-studded cast including Tom Cruise, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Mary J. Blige, Malin Akerman, Bryan Cranston, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Alec Baldwin. The musical recently kicked off its run at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts,…
