January 10, 2023
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Reviews for HBO's "The Last Of Us" Call it an Astonishing Adaptation on Every Level

...us currently sits at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics marveling at the depth of the storytelling, the absorbing and terrifying postapocalyptic aesthetic, and the performances, led by Pascal and Rasmey Check...

September 18, 2012
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Coming to a Theater Near You: Tugg.com and The Burgeoning Screen-Anywhere Movement

...an effort to promote cinema literacy, preserve historic movie theaters, and strengthen local communities. Tugg.com is at the center of this movie viewing revolution. The service offers cinephiles the chance to bring...

September 25, 2012
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On Location: Western Costume

Founded in the movie biz’s earliest days, Western Costume is a one-stop shop for film, TV, commercial, digital media and theatre costumes. The 100-year old company got its start in downtown Los...

November 15, 2012
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Building Beauty: A Conversation With Sarah Greenwood, Production Designer on Anna Karenina.

...start shooting, he turned around and said, “Okay, we’re doing it all in this massive derelict theater!” And he had this whole concept of how it would work. It was brilliant. Everyone...

January 18, 2013
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A Q&A With Girl Rising Director Richard E. Robbins About the Nine Incredible Young Women in his Groundbreaking Documentary

...or to believe their own individual story is meaningful." Robbins and his team found their subjects in India, Peru, Haiti, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Egypt, Sierra Leone, and Nepal. Robbins was nominated for...

November 13, 2013
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Harvard Professor Anita Elberse on Hollywood’s Smart Bet on Blockbusters

...for the big screen, help original films? I think one underreported part of my book, and something both movie lovers and people in the industry need to really understand, is that these...

September 3, 2014
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The Bold Adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's Wild for the Screen

...in not having wings. Strayed estimated she hiked more than 2,000 miles, from the Mexican border in California to the Oregon/Washington border. The entire PCT moves along the crest of nine mountain ranges,...

November 20, 2014
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A Woman Goes Into the Wild

...on the journey of a woman coming to terms with her past, including the death of her mother and her drug addiction, while struggling to change the course of her future. But...

April 22, 2015
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Green Screen: Celebrating Earth Day

...any set generators. On every Sony and Screen Gems film, the production must complete a legacy project. For example, while shooting The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the studio helped plant trees and restore areas...

November 11, 2015
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Stephen Colbert Debuts Candy Crush the Movie, Starring Liam Neeson

The game "Candy Crush" has been in the news quite a bit lately. The company that makes it, King, was recently sold for $5.9 billion to Activision Blizzard. During last night's Republican Presidential debate, Florida...