April 27, 2009
Uni Preps New Videodrome
Universal has announced plans to remake David Cronenberg's "Videodrome," with Ehren Kruger set to write and produce.
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March 30, 2009
Cronenberg Making More Eastern Promises
Surprise! David Cronenberg is planning a sequel to "Eastern Promises." (Warning: if you haven't seen "Eastern Promises," and plan to one day, skip the finale-spoiling first sentence at the beginning of the article.)
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February 12, 2009
Cruise, Denzel, and Cronenberg Enter The Matarese Circle
David Cronenberg has lined up Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington for his next project, an adaptation of Robert Ludlum's "The Matarese Circle" that will star Cruise as a Russian spy pitted against Washington's American intelligence operative.
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October 8, 2008
Cronenberg Enters The Matarese Circle
David Cronenberg is in talks to direct "The Matarese Circle," an adaptation of a Robert Ludlum Cold War thriller, for MGM. Denzel Washington is attached to star.
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December 24, 2007
RT on DVD: Rush Hour 3, The Kingdom, and More!
There's action and drama to be found this week, and not just with your family at Christmas dinner. And if you couldn't make it out of town for the holidays, you're in luck; this week's DVDs take you to Paris (Rush Hour 3), Saudi Arabia (The Kingdom) and London (Eastern Promises).
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November 5, 2007
Cronenberg Seeks The Talking Cure
Tired of remakes, sequels, and videogame/comic book adaptations? David Cronenberg's next project might be of interest to you. Particularly if you have a degree in psychiatry.
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September 20, 2007
Box Office Guru Preview: Jovovich vs. Alba in Multiplex Mayhem
Jodie Foster will find herself in the middle of a catfight over the number one spot this weekend. The star of current chart-topper The Brave One will face challenges from Milla Jovovich's new action sequel Resident Evil: Extinction, Jessica Alba's romantic comedy Good Luck Chuck, and the Amanda Bynes college laugher Sydney White.
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September 20, 2007
Critical Consensus: Chuck is No Good, Sydney White is No Fairy Tale, Eastern Exceeds Promises
This week at the movies, we've got cursed couples (Good Luck Chuck, starring Dane Cook and Jessica Alba), a collegiate Snow White (Sydney White, starring Amanda Bynes), the London underworld (Eastern Promises, starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts), and post-apocalyptic zombie killing (Resident Evil: Apocalypse, starring Milla Jovovich). What do the critics have to say?
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September 16, 2007
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Jodie Struggles But Still Hits #1
For the second straight weekend, a star-driven action drama aimed at adult audiences opened at number one with $14M in ticket sales from roughly 2,700 theaters. This time it was Jodie Foster's The Brave One which topped the charts bumping former champ 3:10 to Yuma to the runner-up spot.
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September 12, 2007
RT Talks Eastern Promises with David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen
The upcoming Eastern Promises marks the second collaboration between David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen since A History of Violence in 2006. A crime drama with an interest in principles of family, Eastern Promises revolves around the underground slave trade in London run by the family-controlled Vory V Zakone (literally 'thieves in honor'.)
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April 21, 2007
"Scanners" Remake Explodes...with Politics
It's easy to remake old horror movies with newfangled CGI effects. Recapturing their spirit is another story. That's what David Goyer hopes to do with his script for "Scanners," originally David Cronenberg's telepathic exploding head movie from the '80s.
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April 11, 2007
"Batman Begins" Writer Tackling a "Scanners" Remake
He's written some of the most popular movies of the past few years, but writer/director David S. Goyer isn't slowing down. His remake "The Invisible" hits screens soon, he's got a cool-sounding project called "Super Max" on the horizon, and he's planning to remake a well-regarded David Cronenberg flick called "Scanners."
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March 1, 2007
"Saw" Maker to Tackle "Scanners" Remake
Darren Lynn Bousman, director of "Saw 2," "Saw 3," and the upcoming "Saw 4," will soon be helming a remake of David Cronenberg's "Scanners" for Dimension Films. They also signed a pretty good screenwriter for the gig...
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May 19, 2006
Naomi & Viggo to Make "Promises" with Cronenberg
After "A History of Violence," a whole bunch of us want to know what David Cronenberg's next project will be, and it looks like it'll be something called "Eastern Promises." We're being told that it's similar in tone to "Dirty Pretty Things," which is pretty good news, and also that it will star Naomi Watts and Viggo Mortensen, which is even better news.
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February 15, 2006
Cronenberg to Make Some "Eastern Promises"
True, he just signed on last week to direct a flick called "Maps to the Stars," but there's certainly nothing wrong with lining up the next gig while that awards buzz is still flowing. "A History of Violence" director David Cronenberg is expected to sign on for "Eastern Promises," a British thriller from the guy who wrote "Dirty Pretty Things."
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February 6, 2006
Cronenberg Soon to See "Stars"
Hot off the deservedly applauded "A History of Violence," director David Cronenberg has set his sights on a new project. It's called "Maps to the Stars," and it's to be a dark comedy about the underbelly of Hollywood. Insterestingly enough, this project will mark the first time the loyal Canadian works outside of his home country.
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January 16, 2006
OFCS Announces Its '05 Winners
The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) cast their ballots over the holiday weekend in an effort to pick the group's favorite flicks from 2005, and I think we did a pretty solid job, all things considered.
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January 13, 2006
Ohio Film Critics Offer Up Their Year-End Picks
The film critics of Central Ohio have chimed in with their own year-end picks, and they came up with quite a few solid surprises, actually. How about "A History of Violence" as best film of the year?
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January 11, 2006
Chicago Critics Pick Their 2005 Winners (and Iowa!)
The Chicago Film Critics Group announced their nominees just before New Years' Eve, and they reconvened this week to vote on their year-end favorites. Also, the Iowa Film Critics chimed in with their picks as well. Why not? Iowa has film critics, too!
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January 10, 2006
Online Film Critics Offer Their Annual Nominations
The OFCS, which is hosted right here at Rotten Tomatoes and (full disclosure) includes yours truly as a member, announced their year-end nominations yesterday ... and we hope you'll find a few solid surprises among the more familiar (yet obviously deserving) nominees. The winners will be announced on Monday the 16th.
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January 3, 2006
Chicago Critics Announce Their Nominations
Thanks to Movie City News for sharing the scoop on the Windy City critics and their favorite flicks of 2005.The Chicago film journalists will announce their year-end winners on January, 2006.
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December 22, 2005
Phoenix & Toronto Critics Offer Their Year-End Favorites
It's tough to keep up with all the critics' awards being tossed out this time of year, but Movie City News sure helps out a whole lot. This time we have the year-end picks from critic's groups in Phoenix, Arizona, and Toronto, Ontario.
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December 16, 2005
London Movie Critics Present Their '05 Nominations
Movie City News shares with us a press release from the London Film Critics Group in which their various nominations are announced. Keep in mind that the Brit crits use their own release dates as criteria, so don't be surprised to see a few 2004 releases in the mix.
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December 13, 2005
Awards Season Gets Rolling with Crix Picks
If you're a fan of the late-year awards season, be sure to add Movie City News to your hit list, because they deliver some consistently excellent coverage. Mid-December is when most of the critics' groups start doling out their accolades, and so far we've gotten input from reviewers' groups in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington.
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October 3, 2005
Foster's "Flight" Tops "Serenity" Start
For the second weekend in a row, Jodie Foster's air-thriller "Flightplan" was #1 at the North American box office. The Disney flick made an estimated $15 million in its sophomore session, and its grand total now stands at $46.1 million. Debuting in second place, with a not-awful but coulda-(shoulda)-been-better tally of $10.1 was Joss Whedon's "Serenity."
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August 9, 2005
New Line Goes with Anand Tucker for "His Dark Materials"
After Chris Weitz said "thanks but no thanks" to directing New Line's epic adventure "The Golden Compass," the studio looked to a variety of heavy hitters like Ridley Scott and David Cronenberg, but they eventually gave the job to one Anand Tucker, director of "Hilary and Jackie," the upcoming "Shopgirl," and a few documentary pieces.
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June 29, 2005
High-End Titles to Premiere at Toronto
Not at all surprisingly, the Toronto Film Festival announced a few of its more esteemed selections -- and there's some pretty exciting titles in there! The Steve Martin-penned "Shopgirl" (starring Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, and Mr. Martin himself) will debut at Toronto, as will Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain" (Jake Gyllenhaal & Heath Ledger), David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence" (Viggo Mortensen & Maria Bello), Atom Egoyan's "Where the Truth Lies" (Kevin Bacon & Colin Firth), and "Water," which is the third chapter in Deepa Mehta's controversial "Elemental Trilogy."
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May 23, 2005
Time Magazine Names the Top 100 Movies Ever Made
Time Magazine film critics Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel have put together a list of the All-Time Top 100 Movies. Lists like these are usually the domain of the American Film Institute (AFI), but the Timekeepers do a fairly interesting job with their list...
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May 17, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: "A History of Violence"
Thanks to the official Cannes Film Festival website for posting the all-new trailer for David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence." The New Line Cinema release, which is presently scheduled to hit screens on September 30th, stars Viggo Mortensen ("The Lord of the Rings"), Maria Bello ("Auto Focus"), Ed Harris ("The Truman Show"), and William Hurt ("Dark City").
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