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What’s better than a disaster film that pits desperate characters against an impending doom?



Bourne Legacy Director Tony Gilroy Casts Wide Net to Find Bourne 2.0

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Matt Damon is a tough act to follow — especially as the anchor of the Bourne franchise.



The Year in Books on Film

The Year in Books on Film

As 2010 draws to a close, we’re sliding in just under the wire with our year-end list of the best literary filmmaking. Rather than rank the best overall adaptations, we’ve highlighted specific feats of virtuoso performance, cinematography, score, voice-over narration, limb severing, etc. This way, we hope to provide an alternate perspective to view some of the year’s most celebrated and overlooked releases.



Have ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ and ‘Lincoln’ Paved the Way for an Unvarnished Portrait of MLK?

Have ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ and ‘Lincoln’ Paved the Way for an Unvarnished Portrait of MLK?

History has never been one of Hollywood’s strongest subjects, but the biopic’s dull-edged reticence may have entered the beginning stages of its own velvet revolution.



Sean Penn, Keira Knightley, and Anne Hathaway Join the Mass Migration from Arthouse to Action

Sean Penn, Keira Knightley, and Anne Hathaway Join the Mass Migration from Arthouse to Action

Of all the oxymoronic hybrids populating today’s pop culture landscape, the highbrow action hero may be the most unlikely. Or is it?



On Gone Girl, Reese Witherspoon, and the Perfect Nick: 3 Questions for Gillian Flynn

On Gone Girl, Reese Witherspoon, and the Perfect Nick: 3 Questions for Gillian Flynn

If you’ve not read Gone Girl, get thee to a bookstore. Once you’ve read it, you’ll understand why we’re so excited for the upcoming movie adaptation.



What If Wes Anderson Directed a Spider-Man Movie?

What If Wes Anderson Directed a Spider-Man Movie?

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The Big Lie: 5 Films of Deception, by The Expats Author Chris Pavone

The Big Lie: 5 Films of Deception, by The Expats Author Chris Pavone

Author and former expat Pavone shares the inspiration behind his ‘brilliant, insanely clever, and delectably readable’ debut.



Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and 5 Other Post-9/11 Films

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and 5 Other Post-9/11 Films

A decade on from September 11, 2001, the definitive film about the event and its domestic aftermath is yet to be made, but here are five interesting perspectives on that very topic.



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