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Aussies Dominate Our Favourite Movies Of The Decade
1:30PM Richard Rushfield | The decade in cinema is ready to go out with a bang; with six weeks left in 2009, Paul Blart: Mall Cop is the 13th highest grossing film of the year; a fact which says everything and nothing. More »
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Did Avatar Cost Half A Billion Dollars As The NYT Claimed?
8:50AM Richard Rushfield | When a new James Cameron movie appears, Hollywood’s industry watchers reach for their abacuses, first to tabulate the obscene amounts the film cost, and later, to add up the obscene amounts the movie makes. More »
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Elijah Wood Is The Most Critically-Acclaimed Actor
7:27PM Azaria Jagger | The lovable high-brows at Miller-McCune did some sort of mathematical voodoo to a zillion movie reviews and figured out critics’ favourite and least favourite actors, as well as which critics are the nicest and the meanest. More »
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Danny Boyle Opens Door To Unlikely Movie Source Materials
11:14AM Richard Rushfield | Once when searching for the stuff of films, we looked towards epic military confrontations and doomed luxury liners. But today director Danny Boyle has ushered in a new age of blockbuster films about the most agonisingly boring stories imaginable. More »
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Poor Sad Terminator To Go On The Auction Block
8:28AM Richard Rushfield | How the mighty tumble! Just yesterday, Hollywood trembled in awe before the Terminator series; creator of planet-devouring sequels and merchandising. Today, it goes on the auction block like the baggage at some grizzly slave auction. More »
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Are Precious‘ Oscar Hopes Doomed Or Are Pundits Just Crazy?
8:30AM Richard Rushfield | It’s tough to be an Oscar favourite in October, five full months before the awards. And a little film called Precious is learning that it’s even harder to be Oscar’s front runner, especially if no one has seen you yet. More »
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Are Wes And Spike Headed For Boy Genius Dammerung?
8:15AM Richard Rushfield | A decade ago they were the child auteurs who could do no wrong. Wes Anderson and Spike Jonze were not just proclaimed the saviours of the cinema, but of modern civilisation as well. More »
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Will Miramax’s Impending Doom Signal The Death Of Studio Indies?
4:15AM Foster Kamer | The Disney-owned production house named after founders Bob and Harvey Weinsteins’ parents, Miramax, is—like Bob and Harvey’s current shop—facing tough times. But while The Weinstein Company struggles for air, Miramax is being choked out by its corporate parents. More »
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On Mankind’s Love For The Undead
7:00PM Andrew Belonsky | Woody Harrelson recently took some time from banging his bongos to make a big Hollywood movie. It’s called Zombieland and deals with the undead, a tried and true cinematic draw. Should we be worried? And what of the soul’s role? More »
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