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The pressure is on Sir Peter Jackson to wrap up filming on The Hobbit trilogy by the end of the day. Just before he broke for lunch, he wrote on his Facebook page that he still had more than a few scenes to complete
Ryan Gosling’s latest film, Only God Forgives, has deeply divided critics and the Canadian actor concedes that the blood-spattered crime thriller set in Bangkok’s underworld of boxing clubs and brothels may not appeal to everyone. “The film is kind of like a drug,” the former child star who appeared on The Mickey Mouse Club TV show, told reporters ahead of the film’s opening in New Zealand next Thursday.
Catelyn Stark would be heartbroken to see where her children have ended up, says Michelle Fairley, who plays the honourable-to-a-fault Lady Stark in Game of Thrones. Speaking to Vulture, Fairley reveals what it was like filming the aptly named Red Wedding scenes, which saw the demise of several key characters of the popular fantasy HBO series.
While Buzz Aldrin enjoys movies about space, he doesn’t always think the filmmakers get it right.
A lot of films with multiple storylines like to play out each one at the same time until they meet either at the middle or end of the film (think Crash or Bobby) while some jump back and forth and disregard a consistent narrative timeline (Pulp Fiction).
Come behind the scenes of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 and see stars like Robert Downey Jr, Ben Kingsley, Rebecca Hall and Gwyneth Paltrow talk about their characters in the upcoming movie.
Hollywood producers have all kinds of clever strategies for making sequels to hit movies. Sometimes they cash in with a fast and almost identical follow-up – think The Hangover 2.
Leonardo DiCaprio says filming violent scenes like in Django Unchained doesn’t deter him from wanting his movies to be great art. The bloody revenge film about slavery before the US Civil War has fuelled some of the debate about whether Hollywood shows too much on-screen violence.
This Saturday, April 16, is the fourth annual Record Store Day, when around 700 independent record shops across the country celebrate their continued existence as a cultural institution. Some will have sales, giveaways, performances and signings; upwards of 200 different limited-edition vinyl records and CDs will be appearing on their racks, too.
Sending 21,000 more troops to Afghanistan is the centerpiece of the Obama administration’s strategy for winning there . Commanders say victory is achievable, but those in the field expect a long road ahead