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attention, Hollywood: the wild success of Gravity means audiences have no trouble identifying with a female protagonist

Fri, Nov 08, 2013
13 comments

You know how you just avoid making movies with female protagonists because you keep insisting that no one wants to see them? Pfffft!

| 13 Comments

Open Grave trailer: can’t not see this cuz Sharlto Copley

Fri, Nov 01, 2013
4 comments

I’m glad this looks interesting, because I’m gonna have to watch it no matter what.

| 4 Comments

who — if anyone — has emerged as an indisputable movie star since the year 2000?

Mon, Oct 28, 2013
41 comments

We’re nearly 15 years into the century — it shouldn’t be so hard to think of names to fill this roster.

| 41 Comments

“how Sony made sure everyone would see uncanny CGI nudes resembling Ellen Page”

Sat, Oct 26, 2013
5 comments

And why it’s difficult to believe that getting these images out onto the Net isn’t precisely what Sony intended…

| 5 Comments

Doctor Who thing: meet the Doctor Puppets and puppeteer/animator Alisa Stern

Tue, Oct 22, 2013
2 comments

The boys in “person.”

| 2 Comments

London photo of the day: Tom Hiddleston arrives at London Film Festival premiere

Sun, Oct 20, 2013
1 comment

Honestly. That’s Tom Hiddleston, arriving for the Cult Gala screening of Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive.

| 1 Comment

it’s Cumberbatch Time!

Fri, Oct 18, 2013
9 comments

Oh, the humanity! Everyone around the planet gets Benedict Cumberbatch on the cover of Time magazine this week, except the U.S.

| 9 Comments

London photo of the day: Harvey Weinstein at London Film Festival

Fri, Oct 18, 2013
5 comments

Introducing the secret film tonight: Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster.

| 5 Comments

David Byrne: “The Internet will suck all creative content out of the world”

Sun, Oct 13, 2013
5 comments

Ha haha. No one will listen. The very first comment after Byrne is from someone who shrugs at the complaints and figures that art is a hobby and that all artists should be happy to work for free.

| 5 Comments

Tom Hiddleston as Owen Wilson as Loki

Fri, Oct 11, 2013
3 comments

Because Tom Hiddleston was not already awesome enough.

| 3 Comments
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