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Holiday movie schedule
The Hartford CourantRelease dates are subject to change. Nov. 23 The Ice Harvest - Harold Ramis stretches a bit with this comic thriller, in which John Cusack's sleazebag lawyer lusts after Connie Nielsen's strip-club owner. Billy Bob Thornton, so good at playing...Tags: Diane Keaton, Jack Black, Jennifer Aniston, Stephen Frears, Sienna Miller
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What's old is new - and perhaps better
Sun Movie CriticWith the last remnants of winter finally dribbling through art theaters, let us now praise summer remakes, sequels and franchises. With trailers rampant and the movies themselves unseen, every question mark registers as a come-on. Around the World in 80...Tags: The Godfather (movie), Fiction, Broadway Theater, Prisons, Steve Coogan
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On a screen near you ...
Tomorrow - The Agronomist: Jonathan Demme, keeping his hand in documentaries and pursuing his fascination with Haiti (previously reflected in a CD compilation of Haitian music), tells the story of the volatile Caribbean nation through the dissident...Tags: Isaac Asimov, Lili Taylor, Diana Krall, Rachel McAdams, Halle Berry
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Adam Sandler Sees 'Ghost' For Universal
VarietyAdam Sandler is attached to star in Universal's "Hello Ghost" with Chris Columbus on board to direct. The pic is a remake of the Korean comedy and Universal has optioned the remake rights. Sandler will produce through his Happy Madison banner along...Tags: The Hollywood Reporter, Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore
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Chris Columbus 1492 Pictures Acquires Found Footage Santa Spec
VarietyChris Columbus' 1492 Pictures, along with Ocean Blue Entertainment, have pre-emptively purchased the spec "12/24" written by Matt Lieberman. The spec is based on an original idea by "Safe House" scribe David Guggenheim who will produce with Madhouse... -
Chris Columbus Buys Spec About Brothers Who Try to Prove Santa Claus is Real
ReutersNEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures and Ocean Blue Entertainment have acquired "12/24," Matt Lieberman's spec script about two brothers who try to prove Santa Claus is real using a home video camera. The two brothers end up joining St....Tags: Safe House (movie)
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Chris Columbus in Talks to Direct 'Pixels' for Sandler and Sony
ReutersMay 30 (TheWrap.com) - Chris Columbus, whose last movie was 2010's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief," is in early talks to direct "Pixels" for Sony Pictures and Adam Sandler's Happy Madison banner, an individual familiar with the...Tags: The Hollywood Reporter, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (movie), Adam Sandler, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., New York City
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'Pain & Gain': Why is it so hard for directors to shed their skin?
If you follow directors' careers, you’ve often heard how hard it is for a so-called small filmmaker to go big. A few, like Christopher Nolan, have done it, evolving from intimate indies to studio tent poles. But it’s a trick infrequently...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Paul Weitz, Jurassic Park (movie), Lincoln (movie, 2012), James Cameron
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Chris Columbus and Ned Vizzini open up about 'House of Secrets'
Film director Chris Columbus’ arms are full. He’s carrying a 496-page book, “House of Secrets,” which he co-wrote with Ned Vizzini, bestselling young adult author of “It’s Kind of a Funny Story.” Columbus, known...
Tags: Fiction, Steven Spielberg, Authors, Festive Events
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Monday's TV Highlights: 'Top of the Lake' Sundance
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 14 -20, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES The Voice The battle rounds begin....Tags: Kay Bailey Hutchison, Timothy Olyphant, Alex O'Loughlin, Bob Saget, Tony Curran
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Edward Burns returns to his roots
About halfway through writing the script for "The Fitzgerald Family Christmas" (which opens at the Wilmette Theatre next week), Edward Burns says he found himself at a crossroad. "Do I want to make the big, crazy, funny, holly-jolly Christmas Irish family...
Tags: Tyler Perry, Entourage (tv program), Chicago Reader, John Hughes, The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (movie)
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Rise to finance films for Chris Columbus' 1492: Projects include 'Christ the Lord,' 'Home Front,' 'House of Secrets'
VarietyChris Columbus and his 1492 Pictures banner have signed a five-year deal with Michael Witherill's Rise Entertainment under which Rise will develop and finance 1492's upcoming slate. Those projects include "Christ the Lord," "Home Front" and "House of...Tags: Anne Rice, Movies
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