Source: The Telegraph

 

Have blockbuster movies lost the plot?

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There are two different accounts of the origin of the word blockbuster and, as tends to be the way with these things, the bogus one is the most appealing.The version most often given by those who work in the film industry – ...

Apr 27 2012, 1:54am CDT

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MovieTickets.com Signs Carmike Cinemas - One Of The Nation's Largest Exhibitors

Source: Freshnews.com

BOCA RATON, Fla., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MovieTickets.com, a leading destination for the purchase of advance movie tickets, has added Carmike Cinemas (NASDAQ: CKEC), one of the nation's leading digital cinema and 3-D mo ...
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"I make movies for teenage boys – oh dear, what a crime"


Source: The Telegraph

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Actor James Caan denounces modern films

Source: Local 12 WKRC-TV Cincinnati

Actor James Caan attends the 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the Fontainebleau on November 15, 2008 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Gustavo Caballero, Getty Images) Veteran actor James Caan has slammed the state of the modern film industry, insist ...
Full article at: Local 12 WKRC-TV Cincinnati  More like this  5 hours ago

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Clamping Jaws on hit season

Source: Arkansas Online

Most Arkansas wouldn’t know 81-year-old John Williams if they saw him strolling Fayetteville’s Dickson Street. Yet they really do know him very well in their hearts and minds through his gifts of enduring and endearing music that vir ...
Full article at: Arkansas Online  More like this  14 hours ago

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Assassin’s Creed movie release date unveiled

Source: Slashgear

On July 9, 2012, we reported that Michael Fassbender had been signed to star in the Assassin’s Creed movie adaption that, at the time, had an unspecified release date. The movie, which was originally slated for ...
Full article at: Slashgear  More like this  20 hours ago

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The Great Escape (1963) (Blu-ray)

Source: DVD Verdict

There were more than a few epic war movies made throughout the 1960s. Most of these films were notable for their massive ensemble casts, lengthy running times and patriotic fervor. The Longest Day, Battle of Britain, Battle of the Bul ...
Full article at: DVD Verdict  More like this  1 day ago, 12:35am CDT

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Meet the Chinese Robot Who Protects Hong Kong in the Latest “Pacific Rim” Movie

Source: M.I.C. Gadget

Summer movie season is just getting started. “Pacific Rim” is the latest sci-fi film where again, China elements have added to the plot. The adventure set 15 years after gigantic Kaiju monsters emerged and attacked Earth. This event forced nations t ...
Full article at: M.I.C. Gadget  More like this  2 days ago, 1:39pm CDT

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Whatever happened to Bond villain Jaws?

Source: Daily Express

Richard Kiel found fame as the Bond villain Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me "I wanted to become a lawyer, but times were hard for my parents after the big recession in 1958. The family electrical business collapsed and it probabl ...
Full article at: Daily Express  More like this  3 days ago, 8:56am CDT

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Garden shed cinema is movie buff’s dream

Source: Express & Star

And that’s just what Paul Slim has created, by kitting out his shed with a huge screen and surround sound. The 36-year-old originally kitted out the living room of his Amblecote home with the high-tech equipme ...
Full article at: Express & Star  More like this  3 days ago, 6:38am CDT

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8 Movies that Changed Movies

Source: Mental Floss

While most forms of storytelling have remained unchanged over the years—painters still use oil, writers still use words—motion pictures have undergone frequent and radical transformations. Bit by bit, we went from static camera ...
Full article at: Mental Floss  More like this  3 days ago, 7:02pm CDT



 

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