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Gary Thompson: Not-so-classic noir a better buy than take-it-or-leave-it 'Pelham'

By Gary Thompson Philadelphia Daily News Daily News Film Critic 'THE TAKING of Pelham 123" and "GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra" hit DVD this week - two titles that will not be on the expanded list of 10 Oscar best-picture nominees....

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Carey Mulligan's in a class of her own

Just under a year ago, Carey Mulligan was sleeping quite soundly at night. Then she found out An Education was going to play at the Sundance Film Festival. The weight of shouldering her first lead suddenly hit her. "I started...

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Martin Scorsese: Blu-ray will extend the life of movies

Taxi Driver director Martin Scorsese has been speaking about the virtues of Blu-ray this week, saying the hi-def format "will extend the life of movies". Speaking via video-link at Blu-con 2.0 , a US symposium celebrating all...

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Phoenix Pictures Picks Up Once Upon a Time in Hell

Phoenix Pictures has picked up the script Once Upon a Time in Hell from writers Lee Shipman and Brian McGreevy, which landed on the Black List of most liked screenplays last year. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the story...

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Festival of horror gets under way

A festival featuring gore, blood and fear is getting under way in Aberystwyth to celebrate horror. Abertoir, known as the the national horror festival of Wales, opens at the town's arts centre. Scheduled highlights include a...

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Win one of five Public Enemies DVDs

Get your hands on Michael Mann’s epic thriller about the life of legendary gangster John Dillinger, played by Johnny Depp Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean, Sweeney Todd), Christian Bale (The Dark...

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Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics I

The Sniper 1952 // 88 Minutes // Not Rated The Big Heat 1953 // 91 Minutes // Not Rated 5 Against The House 1955 // 83 Minutes // Not Rated The Lineup 1958 // 86 Minutes // Not Rated Murder By Contract 1958 // 80 Minutes // Not...

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`Gossip Girl’ recap: Blair dumps Serena – for good?

Be still, my heart: in a season first, we Gossip Girl fans actually got to see Blair act like an adult! After wiping some celebratory white frosting off her refreshingly unmade-up face (and more on her face plant into that...

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Full Cast Announced for Funny Story

Acclaimed writer/directors Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck's new film It's Kind of a Funny Story will begin production in New York City in early December and has confirmed casting for eight key roles. Focus Features holds worldwide...

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Oscar Eye: Predicting Precious And The Other Winners

As my friend Nathaniel Rogers over at The Film Experience has pointed out, this Friday can safely be declared the beginning of Oscar season. That's because it's the day that we finally--finally!-- see the release of Precious:...

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