According to THR, Cloverfield producer J.J. Abrams is returning to the disaster genre and this time, instead of a monster, he’s going to interrupt the interpersonal lives of a bunch of boring 20-somethings with a big earthquake. Ok, I’m speculating about the boring 20-something part based on the Cloverfield template. Actually, details of the plot [...]

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According to IGN’s Todd Gilchrist, Rian Johnson (Brick) is set to follow up The Brothers Bloom with a sci-fi film called Looper.
He doesn’t say much about the story, but he says it’s violent and dark, involves time travel as a plot device and will focus on characters more than “fantastical conceits.”
I wasn’t as impressed by [...]

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Back in July, I passed along some rumors regarding the production of the spy thriller Edwin A. Salt. You may remember at one point the film was set to star Tom Cruise with Philip Noyce directing. Then, Fox entertainment news clown Roger Friedman claimed Tom Cruise was out and Will Smith was in. Meanwhile, Moviehole’s [...]

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Penélope Cruz and Ben Kingsley in Elegy
Hey it’s Monday and time for another Watercooler. Before we get to the movies, I wanted to point out that I’m experimenting with a Sunday slot for the Movies You May Have Missed column for Netflix-centric reasons explained in the column itself. Check it out below if you’d like.
Meanwhile, [...]

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