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February 2010

Noomi Rapace Discusses Her Preparation for the Role of Lisbeth Salander – Video

February 22, 2010
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In the video below, Noomi Rapace, the star of a trio of new Swedish films based on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, discusses her approach to the role of Lisbeth Salander, a punk hacker sleuth who works in tandem with liberal Stockholm journalist Mikael Blomkvist to solve homicides.
Larsson’s books have become a publishing phenomenon, already having [...]

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Leaves of Grass – Trailer

February 18, 2010
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Title: Leaves of Grass
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Lionsgate
Cast: Edward Norton, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Melanie Lynskey, Keri Russell, Tim Blake Nelson
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Screenwriter: Tim Blake Nelson
Producers: Elie Cohn, Kristina Dubin, John Langley, Bill Migliore, Tim Blake Nelson, Edward Norton
Synopsis: No, it’s not a film version of Walt Whitman’s famous work.  Edward Norton plays a dual role [...]

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Defendor – Trailer

February 17, 2010
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Title: Defendor
Release Date: February, 2010
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Alliance Films
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Kat Dennings, Sandra Oh
Director: Peter Stebbings
Screenwriter: Peter Stebbings
Producer: Nicholas Tabarrok
Country: Canada
Synopsis: Arthur Poppington (Woody Harrelson) is an ostensibly ordinary man who has a nocturnal alter-ego: at night, he believes he’s a superhero named Defendor.  Yes, that’s Defendor, with an O.  He befriends a young prostitute [...]

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Red Riding Trilogy – New Trailer

February 16, 2010
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Title: Red Riding Trilogy
Genre: Crime Drama, Mystery
Studio: IFC Films
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Rebecca Hall, Sean Bean, Warren Clarke, Eddie Marsan, David Morrissey, Peter Mullan, Paddy Considine, Jim Carter, Sean Harris, Maxine Peake, Tony Pitts, Leslie Sharp, Daniel Mays, Saskia Reeves
Directors: 1974 – Julian Jarrold, 1980 – James Marsh, 1983 – Anand Tucker
Screenwriter: David Grioni, from novels [...]

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Shutter Island – Trailer

February 15, 2010
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Title: Shutter Island
Release Date: February 19, 2010
Genre: Thriller
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, Max Von Sydow
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenwriters: Laeta Kalogridis; based on a novel by Dennis Lehane
Producers: Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Bradley J. Fischer, Martin Scorsese
Website: http://www.ShutterIsland.com
Synopsis: When U.S. Marshals (Mark Ruffalo and Leonardo [...]

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The Wolfman – Reviews

February 14, 2010
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Title: The Wolfman
Release Date: February 12, 2010
Genre: Action, Horror
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, Art Malik
Director: Joe Johnston
Screenwriters: Andrew Kevin Walker, David Self
Official Site: http://TheWolfmanmovie.com
Synopsis: In this remake of the Universal B-movie classic, nobleman Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro) returns to his family estate, in the Victorian hamlet of [...]

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Chloe – U.S. Trailer

February 13, 2010
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Title: Chloe
Release Date: March 26, 2010 (U.S.)
Genre: Erotic Thriller
Studio: Montecito Picture Company, StudioCanal, Sony Pictures Classics (Dist.)
Cast: Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Nina Dobrev, Max Thierriot
Director: Atom Egoyan
Screenwriter: Erin Cressida Wilson
Producers: Jason Reitman, Ivan Reitman, Tom Pollock
Country: U.S., Canada, France
Budget: $15,000,000
Synopsis: Catherine Stewart (Julianne Moore), a successful gynecologist, suspects her husband David (Liam Neeson) [...]

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7 Days – Trailer

February 13, 2010
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Title: 7 Days
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Language: French
Cast: Rémy Girard, Claude Legault, Fanny Mallette, Martin Dubreuil, Rose-Marie Coallier
Director: Daniel Grou aka Podz
Screenwriter: Patrick Senecal
Run Time: 105 min / 111 min (Québec)
Synopsis: In a dark tale of revenge and retribution, when the eight year old daughter of a successful surgeon is brutally raped and murdered,  the surgeon becomes [...]

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Get Him to the Greek – Trailer

February 11, 2010
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Title: Get Him to the Greek
Release Date: June 4, 2010
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne, Colm Meaney and Sean Combs
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Screenwriter: Nicholas Stoller
Producers: Judd Apatow, Nicholas Stoller, David Bushell
Website: http://www.gethimtothegreek.net/
Synopsis: The latest film from producer Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People) is a wild comedy [...]

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The 33rd Portland International Film Festival – Trailer

February 6, 2010
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Program Highlights: This year’s festival has an exciting mix of offerings from established masters, notables of the future and possible Oscar candidates.  Festival-goers will surely recognize names such as Alain Resnais, Ken Loach, Peter Greenaway, Marco Bellochio, Chen Kaige, Jan Hrebejk, Catherine Brelliat, and Hong Sang-soo, all of whom have offerings this year. And  audiences [...]

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