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London: Early One Morning, Snowtown and Last Screening
Craig here (writer of Take Three) reporting for Nathaniel from the BFI London Film Festival. Today's round-up features three dark explorations into violent minds. Perfect for Halloween week then! If...
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The last thing I watched was ____________ and it was _____________. I would have loved it / hated it more if ______________ .
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Roland Emmerich, Anyone?
File under: Things I Never Thought I'd Be Doing ...interviewing bombastic disaster movie king, Roland Emmerich! And just when the interview was getting good, it ended! I had a million more questions I...
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Oscar Horrors: Bringing "The Birds" to Life
Oscar Horrors continues... Here lies...The Birds, whose only Oscar nomination for Visual Effects were shot down by Cleopatra. The birds themselves are just resting, waiting to come back and haunt us...
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Distant Relatives: Lawrence of Arabia and The Lord of the Rings
Robert here w/ Distant Relatives, exploring the connections between one classic and one contemporary film. Heroes, Real and Imagined "The Lord of the Rings" was originally published in 1954, eight...
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Ask Nathaniel...
It's that time again. It's actually a perfect time since I need inspiration (this week has been.... difficult). Remember no 17 part-questions and no top ten list requests disguised as questions (unless...
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Oscar Horrors: In (Mild) Defense of Linda Blair
In Oscar Horrors, Team Film Experience explores Oscar nominated contributions to the horror genre. Here is new contributor Mayukh Sen. HERE LIES...Linda Blair’s reasonably complex turn in The Exorcist,...
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Worst News of New Movie Century? Brett Ratner for "Wicked"
I wish I could tell you that Brett Ratner's recent grab for the director's chair on Wicked (yes, the Wicked) was a perfect gotcha Halloween scare joke but it's actually true according to the New York...
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London: "The Deep Blue Sea"
David here with one last report from the London Film Festival. Master British filmmaker Terence Davies provided a suitably British closing film, with Rachel Weisz lost in The Deep Blue Sea... "Caught...
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The Whole Nine Links
Hollywood.com Frightening visual fusions of voice actor and cartoon charactersStale Popcorn on Melissa McCarthy doing Divine for EW. He doesn't mention it but two Drag Race alums are in the ensemble...
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3 Notes on New Photos: J Edgar, Hunger Games, Pines
You may have noticed that I don't post every "exclusive" new photo!video!thingamajig! the second it's released. I figure you can get them in 760,000 other places and if I post too many of them there...
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Best of London: Weekend, Snowtown, Martha, and More...
[Editor's Note: Thank you to Craig and David for their reporting from this year's London Film Festival which concluded two days ago. Here they are with a final chat about their treasures and pleasures....
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Oscar Horrors: The Death-Defying Effects of 'Death Becomes Her'
Oscar Horrors continues... Here lies...the 1992 Oscar for Visual Effects – err, here he would be lying, lamenting his fate as a reward to the f/x folks behind Batman Returns or Alien 3, had he not been...
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A History of.... Winona Ryder
We haven't done a new edition of "A History of..." in so long! So herewith a new episode of our exhaustively researched 100% true* constantly on "hiatus" series... today's subject is Winona Ryder who...
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Oscar Horrors: Be Impressed. Be Very Impressed with The Fly's makeup
Team Film Experience is celebrating the rare Oscar nominated and winning contributions to horror films. Today Craig buzzes in with the latest edition of Oscar Horrors. Here Lies... the remnants of the...
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3 Notes on New Photos of "Frankenweenie"
My beloved cat has had some health issues this weekend so time has been short and I've been majorly occupied (hence Oscar chart update/ column delay). But here's a quick bit about a beloved fictional...
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Oscar Horrors: I've Written a Letter to Bette
HERE LIES... Bette Davis's Best Actress nomination for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, sent to an early grave by Anne Bancroft's more Oscar-friendly work in The Miracle Worker. Andreas from Pussy...
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Happy Birthday Peter Jackson!
In seems fitting yet not too obvious that Peter Jackson's birthday would be on Halloween. Imagine the costume fun one could cull from his films alone? Since today is his half century mark, we couldn't...
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Oscar Horrors: Killer Bee Costumes!
Happy Halloween! This month Team Film Experience has been celebrating those rare Oscar nominations given to horror films. Here's a true oddity from Robert Gannon. This mini-series was his idea! Take it...
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BIFA Noms: "Tyrannosaur" Triumphs, "Weekend" Wobbles
Herewith a few comments about the just-announced British Independent Film Awards. You may recall that last year they heavily favored The King's Speech and strangely snubbed Mike Leigh's Another Year in...
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