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‘The Messenger’: Spike Lee Describes Pulling The Plug On Unproduced 1984 Film As “A Complete Disaster”

January 8, 2021 2:26 pm

Having been a high-profile filmmaker for four decades, Spike Lee has had his fair share of projects fall apart. Films like his biopics about James Brown, Joe Louis, and Jackie Robinson or even “Inside Man 2” w...

Steve Buscemi, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright Join Oren Moverman’s Cop Flick ‘Rampart’

Oliver Lyttelton

September 14, 2010 12:00 pm

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One of the biggest surprises of last year's awards season was Oren Moverman's "The Messenger," which seemingly came from nowhere to pick up nearly unanimously terrific reviews. While this writer never saw it (a...

Steve Buscemi To Direct An Adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ ‘Queer’ Written by ‘The Messenger’ Scribe Oren Moverman

Edward Davis

April 18, 2010 3:05 am

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We initially included this bit of news at the end of a relatively just-published story about "The Messenger" director Oren Moverman directing an upcoming crime drama "Rampart," which may reunite him with cas...

‘Precious’ Dominated At The Independent Spirit Awards

Kevin Jagernauth

March 6, 2010 4:25 pm

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"Precious" walked away with Best Feature, Best Director as well as statues for both Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'nique at last night's 25th annual Independent Spirit Awards. As the title implies, the awards exclusive...

Berlin Gets Omnibus Treatment in ‘Love Berlin’

Jon Davies

February 18, 2010 10:36 pm

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They just can't stop with the omnibus films set in one city can they?The German capital will undergo the "Paris Je T'Aime" and "New York, I Love You," treatment for the upcoming "Love Berlin," Variety reports. ...

Oren Moverman In Talks To Take Over Universal’s Kurt Cobain Biopic

Simon Dang

February 18, 2010 6:01 am

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"The Messenger" writer-director Oren Moverman is in talks to take over Universal's Courtney Love-sanctioned biopic of Nirvana frontman, Kurt Cobain.Moverman is coming off two Oscar nominations for his directori...

Most Overlooked/Underappreciated Films of 2009

Rodrigo Perez

January 22, 2010 10:11 pm

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We see a lot of movies every year, and there are always those films that we end up sitting in awe of in an empty theater wondering, "Where is everybody?" These are the films that for whatever mystical reason sl...

‘Up In The Air,’ ‘Basterds’ & ‘Precious’ Lead The SAG Nominees

Rodrigo Perez

December 17, 2009 5:34 pm

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The SAG (Screen Actors Guild) nominees are always the most key bellweather of Oscar when it comes to the acting awards and much to no one's surprise they're pretty similar to the Golden Globe nominations (thoug...

‘Up in the Air’ Named Best Film Of The Year By National Board of Review

Kimber Myers

December 3, 2009 9:45 pm

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The publicists at Paramount might want to send the National Board of Review a thank-you card. Just one day before "Up in the Air" opens in select cities, the National Board of Review named the Jason Reitman dra...

‘Precious’ Leads Spirit Award Nominees

Rodrigo Perez

December 1, 2009 4:21 pm

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With the Gotham Award winners announced last night ("The Hurt Locker" being the big winner), Awards season is officially upon us. Today, The Spirit Award (formerly the Independent Spirit Award) nominees were an...

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