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'Prometheus' Trailer Raises New Questions
03/19/2012
Visionary director Ridley Scott, who brought us such iconic films as Alien, Blade Runner, and Thelma & Louise, is about to unleash his latest directorial extravaganza, Prometheus — starring heavy-hitters Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, and Patrick Wilson — upon the world.
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Deconstructing The Best Costume Design Nominees
02/07/2012
The Oscar for Best Costume Design has always been a niche award, designated mainly for period movies. Perhaps it’s because the nomination committee has a penchant for nostalgia or — more likely — because the dress of bygone times has a special place in our imaginations.
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Haywire
01/23/2012
You have to hand it to Steven Soderbergh. If he is indeed bound for early retirement – or, at the very least, a “sabbatical,” as he has since clarified – then no one can accuse him of resting on his laurels, or indeed simply winding down the clock.
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X-Men: First Class
06/06/2011
Following the frankly dire closing of the fully-fledged X-Men trilogy, and the downright awful X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the world needed another saga spinning off from Marvel’s flagship franchise like it needed a double-dip recession.
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VIDEO: Who Is Haywire's Gina Carano
01/20/2012
Gina Carano, 29, the sexy new actress of the star-studded Haywire and MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter, has people buzzing about her debut performance in the new action flick. Carano plays the ass-kicking Mallory in the upcoming Steven Soderbergh film — also starring Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Channing Tatum, and Michael Fassbender — and she not only stars in the movie; she's the very inspiration behind it.
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Golden Globes Nominates Brad Pitt, 'Descendants,' 'The Help'
12/15/2011
The nominations for the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday morning at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California. Leading the pack with this year's nods are the George Clooney drama, The Descendents, the civil rights movement piece, The Help, and the black-and-white The Artist.
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Michael Fassbender
01/10/2012
A Golden Globe nominee for 'Shame,' Michael Fassbender also starred this year in such critically acclaimed films as 'X-Men: First Class,' 'Jane Eyre' and 'A Dangerous Method'
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SAG Award Nominees: Who Got Snubbed?
12/14/2011
Meryl Streep. George Clooney. Brad Pitt. Many of this year's SAG Award nominees were foregone conclusions, thanks to largely positive reviews in high-profile movies — not to mention early wins in varioius critics' circle awards.
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CLOSER LOOK: Probing Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' Trailer
12/23/2011
Prometheus has been unbound, so to speak, but the project is still a mess of a mystery. Sci-fi / Sigourney Weaver fans tired of endless speculation about the nature of the relationship between Ridley Scott's forthcoming Prometheus and his 1979 flick Alien ("Is it a sequel? prequel? squeakquel?") have had their prayers answered: the first trailer (below)! But what, exactly, are we looking at here? Scott, who collaborated with Lost writer Damon Lindelof on the film's script, said Prometheus is kind of its own thing.
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Shame
12/12/2011
The film Shame opens with the main character David (Michael Fassbender) lying naked in bed, and that is where his mind always is – on sex. David is a sex addict, which is where the title of the film comes into it.
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EXCLUSIVE: Antonio Banderas: Almodovar Pushed Us To Be 'Creatively Naked'
11/22/2011
Antonio Banderas, 51, is getting an onslaught of acclaim for his role as the psychologically disturbed plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard in The Skin I Live In, but he credits director and visionary Pedro Almodovar for much of his stunning performance in the controversial film.
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'Blade Runner' Sequel In The Works
11/10/2011
Rumors about a Blade Runner sequel have been flying about Hollywood for years, but it was recently revealed that director Ridley Scott, 74, has real plans to helm a follow-up to his 1982 iconic sci-fi film.
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Michael Fassbender Talks Sexy New Roles
10/06/2011
If you want to see Michael Fassbender nude, go see him in director Steve McQueen's Shame, in which Fassbender plays a sex addict trolling the streets of New York City. If you want to see Fassbender as psychoanalyst Carl Jung, go see him in director David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method, which co-stars Viggo Mortensen as Jung's mentor, Sigmund Freud.
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Michael Fassbender Isn't Shy In 'Shame' Nude Scene
09/30/2011
It looks as if Michael Fassbender does not need mutant powers to make lovely women feel more intimate with him, when a couple bottles of hard liquor and some Donna Summer do the trick. Fassbender plays a sex addict in Steve McQueen's Shame, which will arrive at the New York Film Festival October 7, and for one explicit nude scene involving burlesque stars Calamity Chang and DeeDee Luxe, the trio got in the mood with the help of some spirits and tunes.
