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Box Office: ‘Shutter Island’ Shuts Out ‘Cop Out’ and ‘The Crazies’

February 28, 2010 6:20 pm

It looks like a George Romero remake and a mash-up of '80s cop-movie cliches were no match for the might of Martin Scorsese's psychological thriller. "Shutter Island" pulled in another $22.2 million over the we...

Jamie Foxx and Ashton Kutcher Buddy Up For ‘Streets Of Fire’

Oliver Lyttelton

February 26, 2010 10:26 am

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Any attempts to revive the buddy-cop genre have been firmly put back this weekend by Kevin Smith's "Cop Out," which, by all accounts, takes a pretty dreadful script and makes it even worse, even with the appeal...

Review: Kevin Smith’s ‘Cop Out’ Is A True ’80s Action Timewaster… Which Is Not A Compliment

Gabe Toro

February 25, 2010 7:23 pm

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The word "programmer" is commonly used to denote a film with a shelf life valuable to distributors but not necessarily to viewers. Usually, it's an effort churned out quickly by a studio needing product, regar...

‘Cop Out’ Soundtrack Hits Feb 23, Features Harold Faltermeyer Score, New Pattie Labelle Track

Rodrigo Perez

February 16, 2010 6:01 pm

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Kevin Smith may have been booted off a plane for being too rotund, but his consolation prize might be the fact that he did score his dream musician.Late last year, Smith had hoped to grab venerable '80s synth-h...

Kevin Smith Gives His Final Word (For Now) On The SouthWest Airlines Fat Fiasco

Kevin Jagernauth

February 16, 2010 4:15 pm

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Kevin Smith has certainly had better press in the run-up to the release of his movies. First, there was the chatter about his idea for a fan-financed "Red State" and now, over the President's Day long weekend, ...

Kevin Smith May Start A Fan-Ready Donation Website To Get Funding For ‘Red State’

Rodrigo Perez

February 5, 2010 11:14 pm

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Back in September of last year, we reported that Kevin Smith would be making his hockey movie next if he didn't get the necessary funding in order to move ahead with his long-in-the-works horror movie, "Red Sta...

Robin Williams Was Originally Going To Star In ‘Cop Out’? New Red Band Trailer Lands

Kevin Jagernauth

February 5, 2010 3:23 pm

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Well, we have to say it was kept pretty quiet, but Robin Williams' company Fiat Risus has lost their suit against Gold Circle for the $6 million the actor said he was owed in an apparent pay-or-play deal for "C...

The 65 Least Anticipated Films Of 2010

Rodrigo Perez

January 6, 2010 5:20 pm

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Ahh, the 2007/08 writers strike. We're still feeling the after-effects of that fiasco. Scripts greenlit into production because studio heads were afraid they'd have no product and then half of them sat on the ...

Kevin Smith New Winky ‘Dicks’ Title Is ‘Cop Out’

Rodrigo Perez

December 14, 2009 2:10 pm

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Kevin Smith's new movie finally appears to have a title — after TV networks refused to show ads for the original title, "A Couple of Dicks."The director has compromised with the studio and come up with the new ...

Guillermo Del Toro Updates on “The Hobbit’; Disney Cans Anna Faris/Robin Williams Project, ‘Wedding Banned’

Oliver Lyttelton

December 14, 2009 11:04 am

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— Guillermo Del Toro popped in to the forums at LOTR fansite The One Ring to address a couple of rumors that have emerged over Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones" press tour. Del Toro tells fans that, as things ...

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