Daily Archives: January 3, 2012

A 2012 Prescription For What Ails Hollywood.

Whenever I think about the box office problems that faced Hollywood in 2011, I’m always reminded of the author P.J. O’Rourke. In his 1987 book “Holidays in Hell,” a collection of O’Rourke’s foreign reporting for Rolling Stone and other outlets, … Continue reading

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Report: Bane’s Voice Improved For “The Dark Knight Rises.”

Looks like “Dark Knight Rises” director Christopher Nolan is heeding the complaints of theatergoers who said the voice of villain Bane (who wears a full-face mask) was unintelligible during the teaser prologue shown before iMax screenings of the new “Mission … Continue reading

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“Pirhana 3DD” Won’t Be Released On UK Screens.

Via TotalFilm: “It seems that the film’s UK distributors, Entertainment Films, aren’t convinced by the merits of another 3D phallus popping out at British audiences, and have instead pencilled in a DVD release on 19 March 2012. To our minds, … Continue reading

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New “Upside Down” Trailer Hits The Web.

Good Morning, everyone. Here’s the official trailer for “Upside Down,” a new sci-fi romance starring Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst. According to /film, the two actors star as lovers who “inhabit two different worlds, visualized in the film as inverted … Continue reading

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