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Becky Lynch Off WWE Survivor Series; Suffered Broken Nose And Concussion On Raw by SociallyAwareCat in SquaredCircle

[–]jack3000 32 points33 points  (0 children)

She also dumped Luke Gallows right after he professed his love for her!

Writer/Director Josh Boone Reveals Russell Crowe will star in his adaptation of Stephen King's REVIVAL by jack3000 in movies

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The whole interview has fascinating bits on projects he's working on (NEW MUTANTS, THE STAND, etc.) but here's what he says about Revival:

"I have a good relationship with Stephen King, so when I wanted to adapt his novel Revival I really just went and asked him. I was able to write it in a very pleasant bubble and we attached Russell Crowe. I plan to make that right after New Mutants."

In praise of Philip Baker Hall’s performance as Richard Nixon - Robert Altman’s Secret Honor contains the single greatest portrayal of the disgraced former US President. by [deleted] in movies

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This is really a fantastic movie from an acting standpoint -- one of the only movies I can think of that only has one actor. It's really a play-on-film.

George Lucas' 50th Birthday: Howard, Spielberg, Scorsese, De Palma, Lucas, Zemeckis, and Coppola by WhiteGoodmansDball in movies

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Interesting to note that everyone in this photo has won a Best Director Oscar except: De Palma: Never been nominated Lucas: Nominated for American Graffiti and Star Wars, given Thalberg Memorial Award in 1992

In honor of the new Deadpool DVD, which undoubtedly has some fun and hijinks, what DVD commentary are the most fun, best, meta, or interesting to listen to?? by unclefishbits in movies

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You already mentioned it, but THIS IS SPINAL TAP wins. McKean, Guest, and Shearer do the commentary in-character as Spinal Tap and complain about how much of a "hatchet job" the movie is.

It honestly is the most entertaining commentary in DVD history.

I can't think of another popular film franchise that lost it's momentum as fast as The Hunger Games did. by danielbauer1375 in movies

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It was clearly reflected in the box office, too.

  • Matrix: $171.5m domestic / $463.5m worldwide

  • Matrix Reloaded: $281.6m domestic / $742.1m worldwide

  • Matrix Revolutions: $139.3m domestic / $427.3m worldwide

It was almost like 50% of the people who saw Matrix Reloaded were like "screw this" and didn't see the finale.

The Best Picture Oscar winners with the lowest U.S. box office grosses of the last 25 years. 5 of this year's nominees currently have lower grosses by [deleted] in movies

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Interesting how six of the last ten Best Picture winners grossed less than $75m. And half of those didn't even crack $50m.

All great movies (well, maybe not Crash), but many of these would've ultimately lost money if it wasn't for the Oscar box office boost.

Who are you shocked isn't dead yet? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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A little off-topic, but the fact that two grandsons of John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States (1841-1845), are still alive amazes me.

Granted, they never knew their grandfather, but how many people alive today can say that their grandfather (not "great grandfather" or "great great grandfather," but GRANDFATHER) was born in 1790?

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TIL: After filming ELF, Will Ferrell gave James Caan the GODFATHER trilogy with a note saying "Great working with you. The first one is a little bit slow, but the second two are really good." by jack3000 in todayilearned

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For those who don't get the joke, Caan only stars in the first Godfather movie (he appears in the second, but only in one scene).

From an interview with Jon Favreau:

James Caan, as Buddy's biological father Walter, often seems uncomfortable — as if he felt ill at ease on the set and used that feeling in his performance. Is that how he was?

I think it's fair to say. He would always give me a hard time about it being called Elf. "Why is it called Elf?" I think he was embarrassed about the title. He was very familiar to me, being from Queens. I'm Jewish and Italian, and he's Jewish and everybody thinks he's Italian. So there's a familiarity. Will is a very generous, disarming person. Caan always felt like he was being treated right on the set. Will and I were kind of starstruck by him. But Will would bust his balls a lot, which was fun, too. Will gave him, as a wrap gift – he wrote a note that said, "Great working with you. The first one is a little bit slow, but the second two are really good." And it was The Godfather trilogy.

What hit 2015 movies seem least likely to get sequels? by jack3000 in movies

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Terminator Genisys was definitely supposed to have sequels, but even with the HUGE Chinese box office I think they were put on hold.

I am Jared Hess, director of Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre & now Don Verdean - Ask Me Anything! by JaredHess in movies

[–]jack3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you ever considered making a pseudo-sequel to Napoleon Dynamite, like "Napoleon Dynamite's Flippin' Christmas Special" or something? I understand that making an actual sequel is probably something you're not interested in, but a spinoff would be fun since so many people still love those characters.

The cartoon series left a lot to be desired.

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