The Iceman

<i>The Iceman</i>

Ariel Vromen’s The Iceman is inspired by real events in the life of Richard Kuklinski, a hitman convicted in 1988 for killing 100 men in the New York area during a 20-year period. While shocking, the murders are not the most surprising part of the story. Kuklinski perfected the art of compartmentalizing: His double life was so meticulously hidden that his wife and daughters had no idea about his real profession until his arrest....  read more

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Future of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Sequel Hanging on Script

Future of Tim Burton's <i>Beetlejuice</i> Sequel Hanging on Script

There have been rumors for years about the possible resurrection of characters from Tim Burton’s 1988 film Beetlejuice for a sequel, but the director now tells Vulture that whether he moves forward on the project depends on the quality of the script....  read more

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Beetlejuice Sequel Shows Signs of Life

<i>Beetlejuice</i> Sequel Shows Signs of Life

Zombies are a pop culture staple so it’s surprising that it’s taken over two decades for this to (possibly?) happen, but the long-rumored Beetlejuice sequel may finally be moving forward....  read more

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James Franco to Produce and Star in The Stare with Winona Ryder

James Franco to Produce and Star in <em>The Stare</em> with Winona Ryder

James Franco is set to produce a new psychological thriller starring Winona Ryder....  read more

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Tim Burton's Frankenweenie Gets a Cast

Tim Burton's <em>Frankenweenie</em> Gets a Cast

There’s no Johnny Depp or Helena Bonham Carter this time around, but there are still some familiar faces attached to Tim Burton’s latest movie....  read more

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Jennifer Connelly to Star in Ron Howard's Cheaters?

Jennifer Connelly to Star in Ron Howard's <em>Cheaters</em>?

Jennifer Connelly is being touted for a role in comedy movie Cheaters....  read more

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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Review

<em>The Private Lives of Pippa Lee</em> Review

Release Date: March 2 Director/Writer: Rebecca Miller Cinematographer: Declan Quinn Starring: Alan Arkin, Robin Wright Penn, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Maria Bello, Blake Lively Studio/Run Time: Screen Media Films, 98 mins. Girl gone mild In The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Rebecca Miller adapts her novel of the same name, telling again the melodramatic story of its title character. Lee and her husband’s relationship has slowly fallen apart, and Miller takes us back in time to show what led to this loveless marriage with a much older man. A bifurcated plotline attempts to contrast the dullness of Lee’s...  read more

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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Release Date: Nov. 27 (limited) Director/Writer: Rebecca MillerCinematographer: Declan Quinn Starring: Alan Arkin, Robin Wright Penn, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Maria Bello, Blake Lively Studio/Run Time: Screen Media Films/98 mins. In The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Rebecca Miller adapts her own novel of the same name in order to tell the overly melodramatic story of its title character’s life.  As she’s grown older, Lee and her husband have slowly been breaking down but in order to understand Lee’s current situation, we have to start at the very beginning of her life and learn about what it’s...  read more

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Winona Ryder Confirms Heathers Sequel

Winona Ryder Confirms <em>Heathers</em> Sequel

Before there were Valley Girls and Plastics, there were the Heathers. Now, the demons that haunted the nightmares of many a glasses-wearing, braces-sporting, bullied high school girl are purportedly making a comeback. ...  read more

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Heathers musical on the way

<em>Heathers</em> musical on the way

“Dear Diary, my teen-angst bullshit now has a body count." ...  read more

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