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The Box

By Stephen M. Deusner on 3:00 PM on November 9, 2009

Release Date: Nov. 6 Director: Richard Kelly Writer: Richard Kelly (based on a short story by Richard Matheson) Starring: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella Cinematographer: Steven B. Poster Studio/Run Time: Warner Bros., 115 mins. What’s in the Box? A flawed but fascinating film...  read more

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Film Friday: A Weekend of Pushing Buttons

By Robert Davis on 1:58 PM on November 6, 2009

This weekend at your local Big Screen, the movies are about pushing buttons. In The Box, directed by Donnie Darko creator Richard Kelly, a mysterious man in a long coat who appears to have been slapped in the face on more than one occasion shows up at the home of Cameron Diaz and James Marsden to ask if this attractive, cash-strapped couple wants to see what’s in his box. Spoiler: it’s a button. Push it and you get a million dollars, but when you do someone on the other side of the earth whom you do not know will be...  read more

Found in: Movies, Features, Columns

Richard Kelly seals The Box: release date, the Arcade Fire score, more

By Joe Shearer on 1:34 PM on April 10, 2009

Ever get the feeling that writer/director Richard Kelly is setting himself up to be the next Orson Welles in terms of tragedy—the defiant, ahead-of-his-time director versus the studios that never seem to get it? Think about it. Welles arguably never escaped his critically acclaimed debut, Citizen Kane, while he was alive, and Kelly can't seem to shake his first movie, 2001's Donnie Darko. Granted one was an Academy Award-winner, while the other gained a cult following after hitting DVD, but the idea remains the same.  ...  read more

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Richard Kelly's new movie delayed until late 2009

By Kasia Galazka on 2:01 PM on July 2, 2008

[Above: James Marsden and Cameron Diaz in The Box]For people who just received a box that could grant them $1 million, Arthur and Norma Lewis (James Marsden, Cameron Diaz) sure look a bit worried. That's probably because if they push the box's button, an anonymous person will die somewhere on the planet. And they've got 24 hours to decide. Tension = justified....  read more

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