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Sesame Street movie in the works

This news article is brought to you by the letter ‘$’. 20th Century Fox has purchased the film rights to the long-running kids’ show Sesame Street.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, Shawn Levy (Real Steel) will produce the feature. The Sesame Workshop will be involved as producers too. There are no further details on the project. Sesame Street first began […]

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R.I.P. Maurice Sendak

Where the Wild Things Are author, illustrator, and television producer Maurice Sendak has died from complications following a recent stroke. He was 83 years old. Sendak is best known for the fantastical world he crafted in his somewhat anarchic 1963 picture book Wild Things, which was adapted into a film twice; first as an animated […]

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Melbourne International Film Festival – Day Thirteen

Melbourne International Film Festival – Day Thirteen. By Simon Miraudo. “Nothing cleanses the palate after watching a movie about Satan (or perhaps a vengeful Jesus) wreaking havoc on Earth like a documentary about Elmo.” “You know what I LOVE? Silent films about circus folk living in a war zone.” “No day would be complete without […]

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