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Observing mayhem and cannibalism, a boy trekking through wilderness with his father after surviving some unnamed holocaust asks, "Are we still the good guys?" This hipster question makes John Hillcoat's The Road much less credible and thought-provoking than Dakota Fanning in War of the Worlds asking, "Are we still alive?" Hillcoat, whose suspicious ...
Meet the Volturi, Twilight's' vampire royalty
Don't get on their bad side. This powerful coven enforces the laws of the vampire world.
The word resonant has appeared in 168 Times articles over the past year, including in a November 12, 2009 article by A. O. Scott called "Screen Memories" : Perhaps the easiest and most satisfying way to make sense of the unruly cinematic abundance of the past 10 years is to sift through it for masters and masterpieces, kicking the tires to see what ...
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'2012' offers pure special effect entertainment
As with family-friendly franchises, foreign horror movie remakes, and actor Ryan Reynolds, apocalyptic action flicks exist as pickable, profitable scabs in Hollywood.
Dakota Fanning gets to play a villain in New Moon'
Dakota Fanning, at 15, has more credits than most of the young stars of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" combined.
Doomsday is good therapy. What does it matter that billions die if that brings a family together in one big hug? As anyone with access to a TV, supermarket tabloids, or the Internet knows, 2012 is the year the Mayan calendar runs out.
Sarah Connor CHRONICLESa Josh Friedman Teaming With Drew Barrymore...
ABC is close to ordering a new "Charlie's Angels" pilot from writer-producer Josh Friedman, who was Steven Spielberg's screenwriter on "War of the Worlds." Friedman is no stranger to hot girls with guns, having masterminded Fox's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." Drew Barrymore, who starred in and produced the two "Angels" movies ...
Morgan Freeman to receive 2010 PSIFF Award
PALM SPRINGS, CA The 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival will present Morgan Freeman with the Career Achievement Award for Acting.
Dakota Fanning: from cutting teeth to the Twilight zone
The teenage star tells Will Lawrence how she keeps her feet a ' and her purple shoes a ' on the ground.
The Sullivan Brothers Triumphant Return to Melbourne with 'I'll Believe You'
The Sullivan Brothers Triumphant Return to Melbourne with "I'll Believe You" At this year's Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival, there will be a very special homecoming.
Dakota Fanning Crowned Homecoming Princess
Film star Dakota Fanning was crowned homecoming princess by her North Hollywood, Calif., high school, witnesses said.
Movielady: the Halloween Hoax that Panicked America
Today is the anniversary of one of the most notorious broadcasts in Entertainment history, The Mercury Theater on the Air's radio presentation of H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds." Certainly, the story of the terrifying alien invasion is well-known to most people now.
'War of the Worlds' coming to Saint Joseph's Cultural Center
The cast of "War of the Worlds": Jack Meeks, Ronna Lee Joseph, Scott Ewing, Tim Murray, Sean Dooley, Lois Ewing, Bill Keogh, Maddie Fornier, and Walt Webb.
South Solitary begins shooting in Victoria
South Solitary begins shooting in Victoria [Mon 26/10/2009 12:31:26] Press release from Nix Co.
KTRK's Dave Ward really has been in movies
In last week's post KTRK's Dave Ward vs the aliens? , we saw how it appears KTRK 13 anchor Dave Ward is in the 1953 version of War of the Worlds .
Run-DMC to make Broadway musical?
Following U2 and Green Day, the hip-hop pioneers are in talks to turn their story into blockbuster musical theatre Walk this way ... Are Run-DMC bringing their story to Broadway? Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features Twenty years after they helped bring hip-hop to a wider audience, Run-DMC may be heading to Broadway.
Mars comes calling in stage remake of radio classic
What is the magic behind the H.G. Wells Martian invasion classic 'War of the Worlds'? It's been 110 years since the original work was published, and since then, it's become famous as a legendary Halloween 1938 radio drama created by Orson Welles, a classic 1953 movie, a 1978 rock concept album and a 2005 Tom Cruise blockbuster.
The 1982 movie classic, which starred a young Drew Barrymore, told the story of a friendly extra terrestrial stranded three million miles from his home planet.
Sci-fi genre still alive and kicking, one hundred years after inception
This past Monday was the birthday of H.G. Wells, 63 years after his death. For those unaware of the sheer brilliance of this British author, he is considered the granddaddy of sci-fi for penning "The War of the Worlds," "The Invisible Man," "The Time Machine and "The Island of Dr.
Light in night sky just NASA at work
In 2004, aliens descended on the region -- in a manner of speaking -- when Steven Spielberg took his production of "War of the Worlds" to Greene County.
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