Category: Movies

Jamie Lee Curtis Discusses “We Are Laurie Strode” Moment In ‘Halloween’

Returning to the franchise that changed her career some forty years ago was a creatively fruitful and emotional experience for Jamie Lee Curtis, and in the following post we have audio of the actress reflecting on the final scene she shot in Halloween. It’s a three minute plus audio clip, but it’s definitely worth a listen.

 

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Julia Roberts Fights For Son Lucas Hedges In Emotionally Wrenching ‘Homecoming’ Trailer

After last year’s family hit Wonder, Julia Roberts is winding down 2018 in a big way with two projects (Ben Is Back, Amazon’s series Homecoming). The full trailer of Ben Is Back is featured after the jump.

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‘Dances With Wolves’ Blu-Ray Steelbook Edition Hits November Via Shout! Factory

Shout! Factory prides itself on infusing their releases with tons of first rate special features, and that’s the case with the November 13 release of the Dances With Wolves Steelbook Edition. The Blu-ray collection comes in three cuts, and details are below!

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‘Apostle’ Review: Something Awesome This Way Comes

Gareth Evans, who garnered praise for his ambitious and tight-fisted The Raid: Redemption and The Raid 2, makes a surprising and deliriously successful left hand turn with his Apostle, a thriller which serves up a gumbo pot of influences yet thankfully serves up a unique flavor of its own.

 

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Dream Factory: ‘Seven Days In May’ With A Dash of Synchronicity

 

Years ago I was a UCLA Daily Bruin film writer with a column titled Dream Factory, and these days I’m a full time manny to my 2-year-old niece. I’m also a podcaster times two, lifelong press junketeer, horrible fantasy football player, and, most of all, a dude who loves his family.
Family has a strong way of putting things into perspective, but Clare is gradually giving me a deeper sense of purpose and, most recently, focus. This synchronicity story started on a  Thursday morning, and I had Rod Serling on my mind

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Movie Love: Merritt Patterson Digs “Complex” Nature of ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’

During the interviews for Unbroken: Path to Redemption, I asked Merritt Patterson and Samuel Hunt to name a movie they respectively love. Patterson’s short and sweet answer was Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Check out our exclusive video below!

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Movie Love: Samuel Hunt Discusses “Supernova” Effect Of ‘The Fountain’

Samuel Hunt, who plays Louis Zamperini in Unbroken: Path to Redemption, talks about my favorite Darren Aronofsky film on the latest Movie Love segment. Check out the video as Hunt discusses the utterly sublime and underrated The Fountain!

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Movie Love: John Ortiz Talks Bed-Stuy Connection With ‘Do The Right Thing’

John Ortiz plays a detective in the Jennifer Garner headlined release Peppermint. During our interview with Ortiz (conducted by Andrew Watches Movies podcaster Andrew Martin), he talked about his love for the Spike Lee feature Do The Right Thing.

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Trailer: Mutated Frogs Populate Minnesota Eco-Thriller ‘Strange Nature’

Clean waters, skies and breathable air are a rare thing these days, and I have no idea if the mutated frogs in Strange Nature have to do with some environmental mishap, but as the moniker explicitly suggests, something is rotten in Denmark (or for the purposes of this tale, Minnesota).

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Movie Love: Haley Lu Richardson’s Favorite Film Is ‘Inside Out’

During the Support The Girl interviews, we asked co-stars Haley Lu Richardson and Shayna McHayle about their favorite films. Haley’s pick was Inside Out and Shayna had an interesting non-choice. Check out the video below!

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