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How Heath Ledger's last film Parnassus nearly died with him

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Fri., December 25, 2009 07:41 EST

How Heath Ledger's last film Parnassus nearly died with him

Director Terry Gilliam nearly threw in the towel on his fantasy film "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" when its star, Heath Ledger, died unexpectedly in January 2008. But friends and family convinced Gilliam to complete the movie --which he did with t

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Sat., December 26, 2009 05:10 EST

Should You See Avatar? About 75 Percent Of People Who Tweet

James Cameron's visually-thrilling Avatar started out modestly for a mega-Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster, pulling in only $27 million its first day at the box . 75% of Twitter fans want you to go see it though....
Wed., November 25, 2009 07:03 EST

10 Great Bad Movies

Movies don't always have to be good to be entertaining. Sometimes, just sometimes, it's better when they're not. Because when things go wrong, and that alchemy of making great movies gets diluted by blind folly, mixed intentions, or just plain old ineptit
Sat., October 24, 2009 03:28 EDT

Do you remember "Aladin"? Now the movie!

A reimagining of the classic tale, is the story of Aladin Chatterjee, an orphan who lives in the city of Khwaish. His whole life he has been bullied by Kasim and his gang; Life changes drastically for Aladin when he meets Jasmine who hands him a magic lam
Tue., October 27, 2009 04:45 EDT

20 Movies Better Than The Books They Were Based On

It’s a familiar complaint, whenever books are re-imagined for film, fans and critics always cry that the novel is better than the movie. Here are 20 cases where the surprising opposite holds true.
Tue., October 20, 2009 08:23 EDT

End of the world as Hollywood knows it

Facing immense change, the studios appear to have accepted that they can't kill file sharing. At the same time, they seem to be in denial about future revenue streams like Hulu and YouTube.
Tue., October 13, 2009 05:16 EDT

Where's Your Messiah? 12 Notable Atheistic/Heretical Films

Lars Von Trier's new film, Antichrist, is already stirring up controversy even though it doesn't open in the U.S. until October 23rd. In the meantime, here's a look at 12 notable atheistic/heretical films (one for each apostle).