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Will Judd Apatow Finally Get The Academy’s Attention With ‘Funny People?’

April 24, 2009 8:37 pm

Judd Apatow's highly anticipated film "Funny People," which stars Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman has recently screened to extremely positive feedback, enough ...

Random ShortCuts: Bergman In Aspen? Roman Polanski Set To Shoot New Political Thriller, The Real Dude Gets Throttled At Sundance

Rodrigo Perez

January 21, 2009 11:14 pm

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There's seemingly so much to cover out there at the moment and yet some of it feels slightly inconsequential. We're sort of tapped out too. So here's some stories in brief.The former owners of a multiplex in As...

Late-Day Inspiration For The Best Of The Best

Rodrigo Perez

October 31, 2008 9:32 pm

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Some late day inspiration hit us (relatively of course). We saw that David Fincher wrote up a offhand, semi-spontaneous list of his favorite films which inspired Jeffrey Wells to do the same. So we thought, hel...

‘The Wackness,’ ‘Anvil The Story of Anvil!’ Win L.A. Film Fest Top Honors, Willis Is To Blame For W, Wells Still Can’t Get Into ‘Knight’

Rodrigo Perez

June 30, 2008 3:30 pm

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The stoner coming of age story, "The Wackness" and "Man On A Wire" were awarded with the top awards at the L.A. Film Festival on Sunday. Hate to break it to anyone, but this film fest doesn't really rate.Update...

Jeffrey Wells Says Peter Travers Not To Be Trusted Over ‘Dark Knight’

Rodrigo Perez

June 26, 2008 1:45 pm

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Critic dickswinging alert!So the avuncular Peter Travers of Rolling Stone got an early peek at "Dark Knight" and has dropped some effusive praise on the film, right? Jeffrey Wells says, not so fast, the man is ...

Just Put The ‘Nail’ In The Coffin Already? Production On David O. Russell’s Political Satire Shuts Down For 4th Time

Rodrigo Perez

June 23, 2008 12:13 am

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Seriously, just throw in the towel already? David O. Russell's political satire "Nailed," has shut down production for a fourth time because of continuing money issues.Film union IATSE walked off the set on Fri...

Both Parts Of ‘Che’ Biopic Rule? Maybe Not, Critics Weigh In, But Reactions Are ‘Mixed’

Rodrigo Perez

May 21, 2008 10:53 pm

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Thank you Jeffrey Wells for getting back to us in a timely fashion. You're basically the only blogger/writer we can find that is dropping fast, but telling reports on Steven Soderbergh's "Che" two-part biopic, ...

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