Within 24 hours of Zero Dark Thirty losing Best Picture to Argo, the Senate Intelligence Committee closed its inquiry into the film, Reuters reports. As if the Oscar snub wasn’t enough… Initially questioning whether members of the CIA had inappropriately given the filmmakers information about the Osama Bin Laden case, the committee put together to […]
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Threat level midnight – Zero Dark Thirty review
January 21, 2013 
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Zero Dark Thirty – Starring Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, and Jennifer Ehle. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. This thing is an embarrassment of riches; the jewel in director Kathryn Bigelow‘s crown. The most accomplished procedural since David Fincher‘s superb Zodiac, gifted with an esteemed, oddball ensemble cast anchored by a career-best […]
Continue readingJoel Edgerton signs up to Kill Bin Laden
May 6, 2011 1 Comment
Earlier in the week, numerous sources speculated that Kathryn Bigelow‘s Kill Bin Laden project would be fast-tracked into production … for obvious reasons. They were right. Joel Edgerton has officially become the first actor to join the cast of commandos tasked with taking out the Al Qaeda leader. In The Hollywood Reporter‘s original story, Edgerton was named as the lead […]
Continue readingKathryn Bigelow will Kill Bin Laden
May 3, 2011 4 Comments
Update (May 4): Variety has confirmed screenwriter Mark Boal will indeed rewrite the picture to conclude with “the 40-minute firefight at the compound in Pakinstan where bin Laden was found and shot to death.” The original story is below: The assassination of terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden will no doubt have a monumental impact on the […]
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