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Ben Affleck leads team of bank robbers in ‘The Town’

Directing his first feature film since 2007′s Gone Baby Gone, Ben Affleck also stars in the upcoming action crime thriller The Town. Affleck, along with Peter Craig and Aaron Stockard, adapted the screenplay from Chuck Hogan’s novel Prince of Theives. … Continue reading

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Milla Jovovich returns to ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’ in the “most action packed, crazy” movie in the series

In the fourth installment of the Resident Evil movie series, Milla Jovovich returns to play Alice, the tough and rugged center of the saga. In this MakingOf featurette, we see how the Resident Evil filmmakers incorporated 3D for the first … Continue reading

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Emma Stone takes on a different role in Will Gluck’s new movie ‘Easy A’

After taking down countless walking dead last year in the successful film Zombieland, Emma Stone takes on a very different role as she stars in Will Gluck’s new movie Easy A. In Easy A, Olive (Emma Stone) agrees to pretend that she lost … Continue reading

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MakingOf exclusive interview with ‘Lucky’ filmmakers Jeffrey Blitz and Sean Welch

Director Jeffrey Blitz and producer Sean Welch talked with MakingOf about their documentary Lucky, which explores the lives of lottery winners after they hit it big. Blitz and Welch found it extremely difficult to find cooperative lottery winners. “When these … Continue reading

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Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba heat up the screen in ‘Machete’

The new Robert Rodriguez film Machete comes to theaters this weekend.  This MakingOf featurette looks at the women of Machete, Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba. Playing characters on opposite sides of the law, Rodriguez and Alba come to understand one another through … Continue reading

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Director Nanette Burnstein talks ‘Going the Distance’

MakingOf recently talked with Nanette Burnstein, whose film Going the Distance comes to theaters this Friday.  In this exclusive interview, Burnstein talked about her transition from documentary filmmaker to fictional director.  For a documentary you need “casting, a great story, … Continue reading

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Matt Dillon, Paul Walker play cops and robbers in ‘Takers’

With a ‘take’ higher than its budget in its first week of release, the John Luessenhop film Takers pulled in more than $20M over the weekend. The crime action film stars Paul Walker, Idris Elba (who uses his native English … Continue reading

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Rob Reiner gives us his latest with ‘Flipped’

Known for movies such as The American President and When Harry Met Sally, director Rob Reiner brings audiences his latest film with Flipped, out in theaters this Friday. When second-grader Juli first lays eyes on her classmate Bryce it’s love from the start.  … Continue reading

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Drew Barrymore, Justin Long ‘Go The Distance’

In Going the Distance, Justin Long and Drew Barrymore play a couple who live on opposite coasts and struggle with the challenges of making a long distance relationship work.  The romantic comedy from Nanette Burstein comes to theaters on September … Continue reading

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MakingOf exclusive interview with Jason Bateman (part 2)

In part two of our exclusive interview with The Switch lead Jason Bateman, he talks about why he loves acting, his Arrested Development character, and how he prepares for a role. Other than the obvious perks that come along with being an actor, Bateman … Continue reading

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