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Marvel: “Gambit” Movie with Channing Tatum Looks a Go for October Start Date
UPDATE THURS JULY 30: "Gambit" was supposed to start shooting in October. Since I wrote this on July 21st, there are reports that Channing...
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Jay Z, Eminem, 50 Cent All in One Room for Premiere of Excellent “Southpaw”
This probably couldn't have happened ten years ago: Jay Z, Eminem, and 50 Cent all in one small movie theater sitting near each other....
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Sony Leaks: Adam Sandler’s Jet Setting, Office Expenses Cost Movie Studio And “Stresses Out” Executive
This week we get another Adam Sandler movie, "Pixels." Insiders say it's not good (actually word from last week's screening was worse, I'm being...
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Box Office: Trainwreck Hits Sweet Spot, Outdoes Itself; “Ant” Falls Short
The real story this weekend wasn't that "Ant Man" fell short of $60 million-- it did $58 million and probably a little less.
The...
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Mission Impossible? Tom Cruise Film Isn’t Finished Yet, Won’t Be Til Next Week
The folks who saw "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation" last night in LA and NY didn't see a finished film. I'm told that Christopher McQuarrie...
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“Ant Man” Can’t Man: Marvel’s New Release May Be a Trainwreck at Box Office
SAT MORNING UPDATE: Ant Man had the second lowest Friday opening for a Marvel movie-- $22.6 million. Trainwreck came in at $10.7 million.
EARLIER Marvel...
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Woody Allen: Bette Midler’s Daughter Sophie Is Such a Good Actress He Expanded Her Role in “Irrational Man”
Woody Allen's new and-- I think excellent-- movie, "Irrational Man," opens Friday in New York and Los Angeles. Yesterday, I moderated a press panel...
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Happy 90th Birthday, Oscar Winner DA Pennebaker, Father of Cinema Verite
DA Pennebaker (Donn Alan) turns 90 years young today. He's the survivor member of the gang that created cinema verite-- Richard Leacock, Al Maysles,...