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Bradley Cooper Reveals Eddie Vedder’s Surprising Influence On ‘A Star Is Born’ Bradley Coopermay have perfectly nailed the part of an aging rock star, but it turns out that one of the biggest detractors ofA Star is Bornwas Cooper’s own rock star friend,Eddie Vedder.Thankfully, Vedder’s warnings to Cooper fell on deaf ears, but the Pearl Jam frontman ended up influencing Cooper’s performance as Jackson Maine in a different way. When Cooper was first considering preparing to take on the role of both director and star ofA Star is Born, one of the first people he went to was his friend Eddie Vedder, who apparently “thought it was crazy I was going to do this movie....

D.J. Caruso Sets Up Coming-Of-Age Indie ‘The Goats,’ With Val Kilmer The Goatsis not a story aboutVal Kilmer’s coming of age, sadly. It could, however, be part of the evolution ofEagle EyeandI Am Number FourdirectorD.J. Caruso. The director has meandered from well-liked cult filmThe Salton Seato youth-Hitchcock thrillerDisturbiato the big budget schlock ofEagle EyeandI Am Number Four. He also worked on The Shield and has some other resume entries, but overall it isn’t...

Early Buzz: Bong Joon-Ho’s Dark, Ambitious ‘Snowpiercer’ Wows We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. After much anticipation, neither Kim Ji-woon’sThe Last Standnor Park Chan-wook’sStokerset Western audiences on fire when they opened earlier this year. But the third English-language debut by a South Korean director this year,Bong Joon-ho’sSnowpiercer, seems poised to blow the other two out of the water. Following very early screenings for the highly anticipated sci-fi film, the very first reviews have begun trickling out....

Eli Roth Joins Brad Pitt As An Inglourious Basterds Character Poster Thefirst waveofInglourious Basterdspromotional posters featured weapons, the second is featuring characters. After the break you’ll be able to see full versions of the first two sheets – one featuring Brad Pitt and the second, courtesy ofThe Quentin Tarantino Archives, featuring Eli Roth. The friendship and collaborations between Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth have drawn a lot of fire – heck, I thought they got enough flack individually – but absolutely nothing so far has dampened the enthusiasm I’ve had forInglourious Basterdssince I first read the screenplay....

Farrelly Brothers Planning ‘Dumb And Dumber’ Sequel That’s Not ‘Dumb And Dumberer’ It hadn’t occurred to me that we might get anotherDumb and Dumber, but now that the idea’s been floated, I’m finding it has the ring of inevitability about it. At the Sydney press junket forHall Passthis weekend,Dumb and Dumberco-directorBob Farrellyannounced that he and brother/co-directorPeter Farrellywere planning a sequel to their 1994 hit.Dumb and Dumberis the movie that initially put the Farrelly Brothers on the map, kicking off a successful career that includesThere’s Something About Mary,Shallow Haland (my personal favorite of their films — yeah, yeah, judge all you want)Stuck on You, among others....

Full ‘Joker’ Cast List Includes Shea Whigham, Glenn Fleshler, And Other Character Actors You’ll Recognize TheJokerstandalone movie continues to add to its unfairly good cast. Two days after we got our first glimpse ofJoaquin Phoenixin character as a pre-transformation Joker, and a day after character actorBrett Cullenjoined the cast as Thomas Wayne, Warner Bros. has released the full officialJokercast list, which features even more intriguing character actors joining the fray....

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Spoiler Review: Bustin' Makes Me Feel Uneasy And Disappointed As Hollywood continues to revive old franchises for new generations, the road most traveled is the legacy-quel that brings back all the familiar story beats, characters, and winking references to their predecessors. In the case of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” director Jason Reitman promised “the biggest Easter egg hunt of all time” as he rounded up every possible reference to “Ghostbusters” and, to a lesser extent, “Ghostbusters II....

Matt Reeves Is Producing An English-Language Remake Of Russian Creature Feature ‘Sputnik’ With a title likeSputnikand within a genre like horror, you can only expect one thing from the 2020 Russian creature feature: bloody, gory cosmonaut terror. And it seems likeSputnik, an acclaimed Russian sci-fi horror film that was released last year, delivered on those expectations, earning raves from the genre community who praised it as one of thebest horror movies of 2020....

Miranda July’s ‘The Future’ Trailer While the masses might not consider all filmmakers to be true artists, there’s no making that mistake withMiranda July. When she not only wrote but directed and starred in 2005’sMe and You and Everyone We Know, it was a revelation. A challenging, beautiful film that defied classification or simple description. Six years later she’s back with her second film,The Future, and once again July has created what looks to be somethingtotally unique and different....

Movie Mixtape: 6 Movies To Watch With ‘Bad Times At The El Royale’ Drew Goddard’sBad Times at the El Royaleis a buffet of noir. The music. The language. The location. The lies. The genre is poured on thick as crude oil on a moonless night with a side of extra pulp to chew on. It’s also a follow-up toCabin in the Woods, so the twists are conveniently layered on top of the turns....

Netflix Plows Through The Season With A Bunch Of New Original Holiday Movies & TV Shows Halloween isn’t even here yet and stores are already stocking up on Christmas decorations. So maybe it’s not so crazy that Netflix has unveiled their new wave of original holiday movies and TV shows that will be arriving on the streaming service over the next couple of months. In fact, the first holiday original arrives before Halloween with the romantic comedyHolidate....

Netflix Signs Four Picture Deal With The Duplass Brothers Indie directors and mumblecore royalty theDuplass Brothersare the latest filmmakers to jump to Netflix. The streaming service, which produces original content faster than the speed of sound, just inked a four-picture deal withJay and Mark Duplass. Can anything stop Netflix? More and more filmmakers have made the leap to Netflix as the streaming giant strives to grow its original content. The latest directors to climb aboard the Netflix train are the Duplass Brothers, the filmmakers behind mumblecore flicks likeThe One I Love,The Overnight,Creep,CyrusandJeff Who Lives At Home....

New ‘Rocky And Bullwinkle’ Series Heads To Amazon Along With Another ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Show While adults may like having an expansive library of titles to choose from when it’s time to relax on the couch, let’s not forget about the stay-at-home parents who need a variety of streaming programming to keep their kids occupied for a bit so they can just have a moment of piece of quiet. Amazon has two new additions to help spice things up for your kids on the small screen....