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David Fincher was very particular about Rooney Mara's nipple piercing

David Fincher was very particular about Rooney Mara's nipple piercing

David Fincher is known as an exacting director, which should come as no surprise given the sheer level of detail in so many of his films. And any…
The most pirated movies of 2011 are depressingly terrible

The most pirated movies of 2011 are depressingly terrible

TorrentFreak, a site devoted to tracking the use of file-sharing technology BitTorrent, has revealed the most pirated movies of the year... and…
No, Taylor Lautner did not actually come out to <em>People</em> magazine

No, Taylor Lautner did not actually come out to People magazine

Nothing quite says "holiday season" like "celebrity coming out hoax." Thus, hopes were raised and then shattered this week…
Here's the best homemade fake trailer for <em>The Dark Knight Rises</em> you're going to see

Here's the best homemade fake trailer for The Dark Knight Rises you're going to see

To say that The Dark Knight Rises is one of the most anticipated movies of 2012 is to speak a terrible understatement — it may be the most…
See if you can spot the <em>Alien</em> references in the <em>Prometheus</em> trailer

See if you can spot the Alien references in the Prometheus trailer

Fans of Ridley Scott's Alien and its sequels (well... some of them) have long been wondering if the film was a prequel to those iconic movies, and…
Get your momentary Tolkien fix with the first trailer for <em>The Hobbit</em>

Get your momentary Tolkien fix with the first trailer for The Hobbit

If you were one of the people who thought that the Lord of the Rings trilogy was too short — and I'm sure there are at least a few of you out…
Generous Woody Allen would still have deigned to direct "not very sexy" Bette Davis

Generous Woody Allen would still have deigned to direct "not very sexy" Bette Davis

Given his decades of moviemaking and auteur status, you would probably expect Woody Allen to give great answers to the prompt, "Which iconic…
Man gets one year in prison for pirating <em>X-Men Origins: Wolverine</em>

Man gets one year in prison for pirating X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Generally, when I worry about illegally downloading music or movies, I'm not so concerned about the actual punishment so much as the idea of…
Here's the non-shakey version of that trailer for <em>The Dark Knight Rises</em>

Here's the non-shakey version of that trailer for The Dark Knight Rises

If your weekend was anything like mine, it was spent combing through the YouTubes and other video-hosting websites, trying to stay one step ahead…
Blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo finally receives credit for <em>Roman Holiday</em>

Blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo finally receives credit for Roman Holiday

I guess this one goes under "Decades-long injustice finally righted." Dalton Trumbo, who some of you will probably recognize as having…
<em>300</em> sequel to be even more sexist and historically inaccurate

300 sequel to be even more sexist and historically inaccurate

Speaking as a Classics major, all I ask for from motion pictures is even the slightest deference to actual history or mythology. I know that any…
Movie studios upset about illegal piracy are illegally pirating each other's movies

Movie studios upset about illegal piracy are illegally pirating each other's movies

Ah, hypocrisy. It really does make the world go 'round. It's sooooooo much easier to just tell people to do things than to actually…
Golden Globe nominations manage to be more or less respectable

Golden Globe nominations manage to be more or less respectable

Call it a strategy of surpassing low expectations: the Hollywood Foreign Press announced the nominations for this year's Golden Globe Awards…
Check out an interesting video essay on "The Spielberg Face"

Check out an interesting video essay on "The Spielberg Face"

An early holiday gift for film geeks has arrived in the form of a new video essay, written, directed, and produced by…
Watch and cringe at the trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen's new movie, <em>The Dictator</em>

Watch and cringe at the trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen's new movie, The Dictator

It's not at all surprising that Sacha Baron Cohen, creator and star of Da Ali G Show, Borat, Brüno, etc., would make a movie called…
Five videos you can watch instead of the "Rock of Ages" trailer

Five videos you can watch instead of the "Rock of Ages" trailer

Rock of Ages, the ill-advised film adaptation of the Broadway show featuring the music of such groups as Journey and Poison, released its first trailer…
Meryl Streep becomes oldest <em>Vogue</em> covergirl, finally earns a real accolade

Meryl Streep becomes oldest Vogue covergirl, finally earns a real accolade

Over the course of her thirty-five-plus years in the business, Meryl Streep has had her share of triumphs. Let's see — there's her…
Here is the new Men in Black 3 trailer for you to pass judgment on

Here is the new Men in Black 3 trailer for you to pass judgment on

Columbia Pictures unveiled its new trailer for Men in Black 3 this morning, and though opinion of the new movie is divided…
A whole bunch of film critics boards announce their annual awards

A whole bunch of film critics boards announce their annual awards

Oscar race, consider yourself on. And wildly confusing. But on. The New York Film Critics Online, Los Angeles Film Critics Association…
Apparently, no one can understand Tom Hardy's Bane in <em>The Dark Knight Rises</em>

Apparently, no one can understand Tom Hardy's Bane in The Dark Knight Rises

Now that a select, lucky few have been able to see footage from Christopher Nolan's upcoming trilogy capper The Dark Knight Rises, we on the…