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‘A Prophet’ Dominates The French Oscars, Takes Nine Awards

February 28, 2010 5:42 pm

In more awards news, Jacques Audiard's very impressive French prison film feature, "A Prophet" ("Un Prophete") completely dominated the French Oscar Awards (The Césars Awards) this weekend. The film's lead Taha...

Leona Lewis Sings ‘Avatar’; ‘Young@Heart’ Gets Remake; Friedkin An ‘Excorcist’ Again?

Kevin Jagernauth

November 16, 2009 4:22 pm

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-We've said it before and we'll say it again: we're profoundly indifferent to James Cameron's forthcoming "Avatar." The trailers, plot and weird blue aliens haven't done it for us and with today's announcement ...

William Friedkin Defends Poor Blu-Ray Transfer Of ‘The French Connection’

Rodrigo Perez

March 3, 2009 7:47 pm

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We can't really do this justice, so we're going to just post most of it, but the quick back story: Director William Friedkin recently butchered the look of "The French Connection" on DVD. Everyone pretty much a...

‘French Connection’ Photographer Haaaates The New Blu-Ray DVD

Rodrigo Perez

February 25, 2009 8:23 pm

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"Atrocious," "emasculated" and "horrifying." He said that he "wasn't consulted" by Friedkin and he "certainly wants to wash my hands of having had anything to do with ." -- "The French Connection" cinematograp...

ShortCuts: Colin Farrell’s ‘Alexander’ Shame, Gavin O’Connor & Vince Vaugh, Friedkin’s Halloween Horror Picks, More…

Rodrigo Perez

October 29, 2008 5:59 pm

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"'Alexander' hurt, you know — and again people are going to say 'Get over it, you were well paid' and all that. But 'Alexander' hurt … It was a film that was made to be seen by many people. Not many people saw ...

Homophobic Al Pacino Movie Finally Coming To DVD/Re-Released In Theaters

Rodrigo Perez

September 7, 2007 11:55 am

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Do you remember "Cruisin' "? The notorious and hyper homophobic 1980 film where Al Pacino plays an undercover cop who has to infiltrate the late '70s New York Village People-esque S&M gay scene to find a ho...

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