I say solid, but not great, because I’m not sure if I can actually state it was a great year for me, but we’ll get into that later. The 37th Telluride Film Festival has come to a close after a rather quick four days, and even though I didn’t get to see as many films [...]

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With the start of the hype machine for Danny Boyle’s new film 127 Hours and a starring role in franchise prequel Rise of the Apes, actor James Franco is a busy guy. Outside of the acting realm, Franco has also been promoting a documentary that he made himself as an NYU film student way back [...]

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After Zombieland was a surprise hit back in 2009, director Ruben Fleischer had quite an array of projects to choose from for his next. Ultimately, the filmmaker turned down higher profile directing gigs like the next installment of the Mission Impossible franchise for next year’s action comedy 30 Minutes or Less once again starring Jesse [...]

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It looks like all that action and ass-kicking in Taken might have knocked a screw loose in the head of Liam Neeson. After having some fun in the surprise action hit, Neeson seems to have taken a liking to senseless action with recent roles in blockbusters like A-Team and Clash of the Titans. Now it [...]

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One of the most incredible and unforgettable experiences of the Telluride Film Festival was meeting and talking with Aron Ralston, the mountaineer whose real-life story is the basis of Danny Boyle’s riveting new thriller 127 Hours, which has lots of buzz coming out of the fest. I first met him at a party Fox Searchlight [...]

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Wow. Now I know who I’m going to be rooting for to win the Best Actress Oscar next year. I just stepped out of Black Swan, the latest movie from Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler) up in Telluride, and it was phenomenal. I’m hesitant to really delve too much [...]

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Earlier tonight I watched my very first film of this 30-day festival tour, attending the world premiere of One Hour Photo director Mark Romanek’s newest film Never Let Me Go in Telluride. It’s based on the beloved novel by Kazuo Ishiguro and it’s kind of a period piece drama about a love triangle between three [...]

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I’m fighting with my own feelings. I love Danny Boyle and I admire everything he achieved in his newest film, 127 Hours, starring James Franco as the real-life mountaineer Aron Ralston, but I didn’t love the film. It’s great, but not amazing, in my honest and humble opinion, and I’m wrestling with why exactly I [...]

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Okay, before anyone gets overly anxious about this, Paramount’s new take on Dune isn’t actually dead, but the Peter Berg version is – and that’s what this concept art is for. Earlier today, a bunch of concept art from two projects hit the web, but unfortunately it’s some beautiful concept art for two projects that [...]

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If you haven’t seen yet, the Telluride Film Festival announced its line-up yesterday, and the fest officially kicks off today. I’m currently sitting in line at the Palm Theater, the local high school auditorium converted into a start-of-the-art cinema, waiting to see my first film of this year – Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go. [...]

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