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Alternate Avengers opening
Slash Film posted one of the extras from the upcoming Blu-ray/DVD release of The Avengers, which is an alternative opening to the film. It’s quite a different tone and clearly doesn’t fit with the film that we got. But it’s an interesting look into what would have been a completely different movie. Cobie Smulders, …
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Cool Cloud Atlas character shots revealed
Plenty of you probably saw the Cloud Atlas trailer we posted last week. Unless you’ve read the book, the trailer is probably a bit confusing, but intriguing nonetheless. Readers of the book may well be wondering, even after seeing the breathtaking trailer, how a good movie of a book with such a diverse group of …
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Andrew Stanton to screen his next Disney endeavor for Super Bowl teams
Rockport native Andrew Stanton, writer and director of one of Pixar’s most charming entries, Wall-E (which also happens to be the Pixar movie with the highest grossing run at CinemaSalem) has another film coming out this Spring. It’s the Marvel comics adaptation JOHN CARTER, and the players of both Superbowl teams will get to see …
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THR has some behind the scenes dish on The Hunger Games
As many of you may have noticed, we here at CinemaSalem hunger for all things Hunger Games. If that hunger is something you share, you might want to check out THR for a low down on the economics of the film, including how the pay and budget compares to the first Twilight film.
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Best picture and actress nominees this week at CinemaSalem. Ocscar nominations out this morning!
Starting Friday at CinemaSalem: The Descendants and My Week with Marilyn and back for a second week, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. That’s two Best Picture nominees and a nominee for Best Actress (also Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay, but who’s counting?) And coming soon? The Artist for …
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“Side by Side” Trailer – Hollywood heavyweights discuss film vs. digital
I’m sure most of you are familiar with, or have at least heard of the current film/digital debate that’s been going on for the last few years. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, or wish to further investigate the situation yourself – you’re in luck! Coming this year is a new documentary …
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Have vampire movies finally jumped the gun?
This summer brings the releases of some highly anticipated blockbusters – The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, Men in Black 3, Prometheus, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Brave, among others. Slipping through the cracks with a late June release date is the literary adaptation Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Based …
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Shia LaBeouf – Director?
No, that headline is not a joke. Actor Shia LaBeouf has made his directorial debut with a 10 minute horror short film for hip hop star Kid Cudi, based on his single “Maniac”. The short stars Kid Cudi and Cage (his collaborator on the single) and can be seen below. Warning, though, the short is …
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Rumor mill–Rooney Mara wanted for American version of Oldboy?
It’s just a rumor as of right now, but it got me wondering why Hollywood is obsessed with remaking foreign films when the originals are already kick ass movies. Park Chan-wook, the director of the original Oldboy, a Koren thriller, is one of my favorite Asian filmmakers. Intellectually, I Hollywood puts out so many …
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Cary Fukunaga Goes Sci-Fi
Apparently Cary Fukunaga doesn’t like to repeat himself. At all. He’s done immigration drama with “Sin Nombre” and classic period piece “Jane Eyre.” Now he’s taking on a sci-fi mystery/thriller project with “Spaceless.” THR describes it thus: “The story centres on an assassin who wakes up inside a spacesuit tumbling helplessly through space, with a …
