Trent Reznor, the mastermind behind Nine Inch Nails, will be scoring David Fincher’s remake of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.” The musician confirmed the news during a live interview with Jon Pareles at Times Talk, the livestream site of The New York Times. Reznor, who earned wide acclaim for his scoring of Fincher’s “The Social [...]
Arthur Conan Doyle’s great detective, Sherlock Holmes, is one of English literature’s most recognizable and enduring characters. As such, he has made more than 200 movies appearances since the inception of cinema. The master snoop had been portrayed by such luminaries as Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Christopher Plummer, Patrick Macnee, Jonathan Pryce, Christopher Lee and [...]
James Cameron’s juggernaut, “Avatar,” continued its dominance this week picking up a leading 9 Oscar nominations. That number is matched only by one other film, the little Iraq-war thriller, “The Hurt Locker,” directed by Cameron’s ex-wife, Kathryn Bigelow. Here is the full rundown of this year’s Oscar contenders: Best Picture “Avatar” “The Hurt Locker” “The [...]
Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker have joined the cast of “Cloudburst,” Sidney Kimmel Entertainment’s road-trip comedy to be written and directed by Thom Fitzgerald, reports Variety. Sidney Kimmel Entertainment is the primary financier and Fitzgerald will produce with Doug Pettigrew while William Jarblum executive produces. Shooting is scheduled to begin this month in Nova Scotia. [...]
Pixar Animation Studios is a dazzling anomaly–a brilliant aberration on the drab and dour landscape of mainstream, commercial cinema. Creatively bankrupt Hollywood has sent originality into death throes. The auteur has given way to an army of mercenary filmmakers with little time for characterization, motivation, or plot. But John Lasseter’s Pixar, located about 350 miles [...]
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