Posts Tagged ‘News’

John Hughes passes away at 59

Friday, August 7th, 2009

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John Hughes is one of the great names in filmmaking from the 80s.  He was the director and writer of beloved films such as: The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Wierd Science and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.  Yesterday it was reported that John Hughes died of a heart attack. (more…)

Spielberg will be directing Harvey next.

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

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Steven Spielberg, one of the greatest directors ever, will be directing an adaptation of Harvey.  The original play was written by Mary Chase in 1944, it was then adapted into a film in 1950 starring James Stewart. (more…)

HBO renews Entourage, True Blood & Hung

Friday, July 31st, 2009

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HBO, my favourite cable channel, has renewed True Blood, Entourage and Hung for another season each and they will all return on the air next summer. (more…)

Ridley Scott attached to direct the Alien prequel

Friday, July 31st, 2009

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It’s been reported that Ridley Scott [also directed films such as Blade Runner and Black Hawk Down] has been attached to direct the upcoming prequel for the Alien franchise.  The screenplay is currently being written by Jon Spaihts.  It has been three decades since the first Alien film was released, which was directed by Ridley Scott, and with many people curious as to what kind of prequel we can be expecting it is just exciting to hear that Ridley is back on the franchise that he started. (more…)

Rebecca Hall and Jon Hamm cast in Affleck’s ‘The Town’

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

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Ben Affleck [also directed Gone Baby Gone] will be directing his second feature length film, The Town, which is based on the novel “Prince of Thieves” written by Chuck Hogan.  The book is about “a dashing Boston bank robber who falls in love with a bank teller while eluding the unwanted attentions of the FBI.” (more…)

Richard Linklater may direct Liars

Monday, July 27th, 2009

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Richard Linklater, director of films such as: Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Dazed and Confused and Waking Life, is in line to land the job to direct “Liars (A-E)” (more…)

Top Ten News Items this Week

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

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This is once again an attempt for me to create a weekly article here on gmanreviews. I know I’ve disappointed you many times before promising some weekly pieces which have ranged from slightly interesting to completely useless. However, I promise I will try my best to keep this one going. And whenever I can’t find ten news pieces I’ll try to pad with cool articles that I like.

I don’t cover news on the site for the main reason that most of the news reported on film blogs that I read are either uninteresting or unconfirmed rumour most of the time. But on the odd occasion that the news is in fact genuine then that is when I jump up in joy reading some of it and other times fall into a deep dark depression. So here is the TOP TEN NEWS ITEMS THAT BROKE THIS WEEK. (more…)