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Stana Katic: The Hollywood Interview

4 November 2009 12:57 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

Actress Stana Katic looking tailored as Detective Kate Beckett in Castle.

Stana Katic:

Storms The Walls Of Castle

By

Alex Simon

Actress Stana Katic is on a roll. After scoring supporting roles in two of last year’s highest-profile films, Quantum of Solace and The Spirit, the statuesque Canadian stunner landed the female lead in ABC’s new police drama/romantic comedy Castle, playing Detective Kate Beckett, a tough-as-nails NYPD officer who finds herself with the regrettable assignment of allowing cocky, best-selling crime novelist Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) to shadow her for research on his next book. Not only does she find that Castle’s creative instincts for the criminal mind help her solve some of the city’s most challenging murders, she finds her tough exterior melting under Castle’s considerable charms. The show airs Monday nights on ABC.

Stana Katic sat down with us at a local »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Harold Ramis Takes Us Back to Year One

30 September 2009 8:35 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Jack Black and Michael Cera star in this hilarious look at life in the early days of existence

Year One is coming to DVD and Blu-ray on October 6th. This hilarious new comedy was directed by the legendary Harold Ramis, a man responsible for such epic box office hits as Caddyshack, Vacation, and Groundhog Day. He's also an established comedic actor, appearing in such 80s mainstays as Stripes and Ghostbusters, not to mention the recent Judd Apatow film Knocked Up. This past year, he teamed once again with Apatow to direct Year One, which stars Jack Black and Michael Cera as a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers who are banished from their primitive village. The two comedians set off on an epic journey through the ancient world of biblical times hoping to save two women they wish to "lay with". It's a very funny adventure that is sure to be a cult hit on DVD. »

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Meryl Streep "The Immoral Psychotic Promiscuous One"

18 June 2009 6:43 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Streep at 60, A Retrospective

Previously: Julia, The Deer, 1978 Oscars

Sadie, Sadie (Un)married Lady

One of the fascinating things about old movies is the snapshots they take of their own time. Even in period pieces you can see the (then) modernity of the time period it was made in faintly stamped... a bit of reverse pentimento if you will. The Seventies might be the very best decade for cultural snapshots since it seems as if a large percentage of filmmakers were excited about capturing their own times rather than obsessing over eras gone by or creating imaginary worlds. That's arguably a naive modern perspective on the Seventies based on the films that endured but it feels like the truth.

Troubled marriages have been around since the sacred institution was invented. Naturally they've also been a part of cinema since its invention. What is Sunrise: A Tale of Two Humans (1927) for »

- NATHANIEL R

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Tuesday Top Ten: The Best of 1984

16 May 2009 4:13 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

For no reason whatsoever I have declared today 1984 day! It's a 25th Anniversary Jamboree or some such. (Don't ask questions. Just go with it) Herewith a tripled top ten: What the public liked, what Oscar liked, what I liked from the year that was. All movie title links go to their Netflix page in case you're interested in giving them a looksie. First a little historical entertainment context: Vanessa Williams was not starring on Ugly Betty but resigning her Miss America tiara due to nude photos (the more things change...), Ricky Martin was a new member of Menudo, people were just discovering what Madonna looked like on MTV, and Scarlett Johansson was fresh out of the womb.

What Oscar Liked

The Oscar nominees for Best Picture were the Mozart bio Amadeus (11 noms / 8 wins), the legendary David Lean's swan song A Passage to India (11 noms / 2 wins), Roland Joffé's war »

- NATHANIEL R

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Getting Versed in Versus Movies

31 March 2009 9:43 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

There has to be no easier movie pitch than unveiling a "versus" in the title. Everyone, even studio heads, has at one time or another dwelt on the existential question of "who would win in a fight?" The conflict is clear, the characters are established, the action implied -- all they have to do is sign on the bottom line. Sci-fi has especially benefited from the built-in allure of this most savage of titling decisions -- from the endless "Godzilla" fight cards to the recent "Alien vs. Predator" franchise, mano y mano monster throwdowns have made a mint at the box office, especially when established geek properties square off. Often a sign that a character has run his or her course into camp ("Freddy vs. Jason" or "Dracula vs. Frankenstein"), the more resourceful of these films exceed their built-in limitations. DreamWorks is trying to milk that "versus" mojo for their animated 3D spectacle "Monsters vs. »

- R. Emmet Sweeney

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Christine Vachon Unplugged

1 March 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- Even though she has a French name, I was surprised to see that a festival showcasing the best in past and upcoming Quebecois cinema (Les Rendez-Vous Du Cinema Quebecois) had managed to lasso a very busy, legend producer in American Independent Cinema. For those who have seen clips of her master classes online or have read the two great books on producing that she penned know that Christine Vachon tells it likes it is.  On Monday she was in London supervising the recording of the songs from the Brit lead for Killer Films' Canadian/French co-production of Lullaby for Pi (which starts lensing in Canada's wheat growing provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba). On Wednesday she met up with some folks over at Sony for a project she is hoping to get greenlit and which I imagine will be Killer Film's most costly production yet and on Saturday, she »

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