Essays
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Kevin Smith Gets A Little Help From Jason Lee For His ‘Dicks’
With all the talk about how Kevin Smith is finally directing someone else’s writing and how that might possibly be a 1) disaster or b)…
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Universal Temporarily Removes Michael Jackson Scene from Brüno
The sudden death of pop star Michael Jackson on Thursday has caused some discussion in the halls of Universal Pictures, according to Steven Zeitchik and…
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‘Cowboy Bebop’ Will Stay True to the Show
In a very cool interview over at Anime Vice, Peter Craig, the screenwriter for the forthcoming Cowboy Bebop adaptation, talked a bit about how he…
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‘Antichrist’ Shows Up on Your Doorstep for Halloween
I thought about creating a title that would evoke a sense of the rising of the dark destroyer of the world coming around the time…
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‘Hitman 2’ Recruits Young Writer
Kyle Ward can add another project to his ‘In Development’ pile. After writing Kane and Lynch for Lionsgate (a drama featuring Bruce Willis) and Fiasco…
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Exclusive: Orci and Kurtzman Talk ‘Revenge,’ Freedom, and the American Way
Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman need a vacation. I’m talking to the two screenwriters who penned both Star Trek and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen…
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How Having 10 Best Picture Nominees Will Affect You
It won’t. I’d love to leave the article at that, but Neil said that I wasn’t allowed to eat lunch until I wrote more than…
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Exclusive: Tommy Wirkola Talks ‘Dead Snow’
The appeal of Tommy Wirkola’s Dead Snow can be summed up in five words: Nazi zombies in the snow. Now in limited release and available…
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Orci and Kurtzman Respond to Claims of Racism in ‘Transformers 2’
It’s been an odd couple of days with the reviews for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen coming in like mad – some of them thoughtful…