Alec Baldwin joins Warren Beatty’s ‘Howard Hughes’ flick

It’s been a minute since we’ve heard any news on Warren Beatty’s long-gestating Howard Hughes biopic, but here’s something to sate your appetite. According to Deadline, Alec Baldwin will play Hughes’ lawyer Bob Maheu in the flick. Funnily enough, Baldwin also starred in Martin Scorsese’s Hughes biopic The Aviator, playing the eccentric billionaire’s frenemy Juan Trippe. […]

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Single white fairy tale – Mirror Mirror review

Mirror Mirror – Starring Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, and Armie Hammer. Directed by Tarsem Singh Dhandwar. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Keeping up with shifts in the pop cultural consciousness is a full-time job, and I don’t envy the devoted parents who must struggle to stay abreast of what their children might be ‘into’ at […]

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Trailer Debut: Snow White and the Huntsman

The trailer for Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman has debuted online, offering us some brand new footage and a greater glimpse of the plot. Of course, the plot is of the legendary Snow White fairytale, so we had a pretty good idea of it anyway. Although we’re equally excited for Tarsem‘s insane-looking family flick Mirror Mirror (starring Lily Collins as Snow White, and Julia […]

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Saoirse Ronan will play Snow White too

For reasons not totally clear to anyone, Snow White is suddenly the hottest property in Hollywood.  Not only are two Snow White flicks hitting cinemas this year – Mirror Mirror starring Lily Collins, and Snow White and the Huntsman starring Kristen Stewart – but Saoirse Ronan is now in talks to star in a film inspired by the same […]

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Bourne to run – Abduction review

Abduction – Starring Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins and Alfred Molina. Directed by John Singleton. Rated M. Originally published September 22, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Hollywood loves telling us who the big new movie stars are. Sam Worthington and Ryan Reynolds have both recently been given lead roles in tentpole blockbusters, and audiences have responded as enthusiastically as an infant getting their first vaccination. “Who is this […]

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Trailer Debut: Mirror Mirror

Hot on the heels of the newly released trailer for Rupert Sanders’ rival fairytale flick Snow White and the Huntsman comes the official teaser for Tarsem Singh‘s Mirror Mirror. Tarsem’s take on the Snow White legend is notably different from Sanders’. Whereas Huntsman looks to be a gloomy, edgy affair, Mirror Mirror is more child-oriented and comically-inclined. […]

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Tarsem’s Snow White renamed Mirror, Mirror

Relativity Media’s untitled Snow White project finally has a title. Slashfilm confirms the Tarsem Singh directed film will be called Mirror, Mirror. Many comparisons have been made between Singh’s take on the classic Snow White story (starring Lily Collins) and Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman (starring Kristen Stewart) also currently in production. Singh told […]

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Bourne to run – Abduction review

Abduction – Starring Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins and Alfred Molina. Directed by John Singleton. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Hollywood loves telling us who the big new movie stars are. Sam Worthington and Ryan Reynolds have both recently been given lead roles in tentpole blockbusters, and audiences have responded as enthusiastically as an infant getting […]

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First look at Lily Collins in The Brothers Grimm: Snow White

We’ve seen Kristen Stewart in character as a gritty Snow White in Rupert Sanders Snow White and The Huntsman. Now comes the first official photo of Lily Collins as Snow in Tarsem Singh‘s own take on the classic fable, The Brothers Grimm: Snow White. And it’s certainly got a different look! Singh’s version will star […]

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Sean Bean cast in The Brothers Grimm: Snow White

Remember that other film about Snow White? The one that doesn’t star Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth? No? Well, anyway, Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) has been cast as The King in that one (better known as Tarsem Singh‘s The Brothers Grimm: Snow White).  According to Variety, Bean is in final negotiations to appear in the film as […]

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Hugh Jackman to play Snow White’s Huntsman?

There are so many Snow White projects/fairy-tale revivals in the works at the moment it’s impossible to keep up. According to Deadline, Hugh Jackman has been offered the role of “the Huntsman” in, umm, one of them. More accurately, he is being considered for Snow White and The Huntsman, which already has Kristen Stewart attached […]

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