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Gina Rodriguez Thriller ‘Miss Bala’ is a generic Hollywood remake
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Gina Rodriguez Thriller ‘Miss Bala’ is a generic Hollywood remake

In “Miss Bala,” a disappointingly bland genre exercise directed by Catherine Hardwicke (“Twilight,” “Thirteen”), a Los Angeles makeup artist heads to Tijuana, Mexico, to help her best friend enter a local beauty pageant. Big mistake. Amid a hail of bullets and a string of explosions, our innocent heroine is repeatedly abducted, exploited, threatened and terrorized by murderous drug-cartel operatives and duplicitous narcs, becoming the pawn of a system where criminality is the law of the land. It sounds like it should be better, and in fact, it already has been. A Hollywood revamp of a superior, same-titled 2012 thriller by the Mexican auteur Gerardo Naranjo, “Miss Bala” cleaves to that earlier picture in certain key story particulars. But nearly everything else that made Naranj...
Actress Selma Blair reveals that she has multiple sclerosis
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Actress Selma Blair reveals that she has multiple sclerosis

MS diagnosis came in August but Hollywood star has lived with symptoms for years The American actor Selma Blair has been praised for speaking candidly about having multiple sclerosis (MS). In an Instagram post the 46-year-old Cruel Intentions star said she had been officially diagnosed in August but had experienced symptoms for years.   View this post on Instagram   I was in this wardrobe fitting two days ago. And I am in the deepest gratitude. So profound, it is, I have decided to share. The brilliant costumer #Allisaswanson not only designs the pieces #harperglass will wear on this new #Netflix show , but she carefully gets my legs in my pants, pulls my tops over my head, buttons my coats and offers her shoul...
The Hate U Give’s Amandla Stenberg on bringing Black Lives Matter to the box office
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The Hate U Give’s Amandla Stenberg on bringing Black Lives Matter to the box office

Stenberg is the star of a new adaptation of the YA novel phenomenon. The actor, and the film’s director, discuss cinema’s new generation of resistance Any resemblance between The Hate U Give and your average teen movie evaporates about 20 minutes in, when 16-year-old Starr Carter, played by Amandla Stenberg, witnesses a police officer shoot dead her friend Khalil at point-blank range. By this stage, Starr’s father has already given her The Talk, the time-honoured ritual where African-American parents instruct their children how to behave if stopped by the police: be polite, stay calm, put your hands where they can see them. When their car is pulled over, Starr follows the drill. Khalil reaches for a hairbrush. The police officer thinks it’s a gun. That’s all it takes. The Hate U Gi...
A ‘Grumpy Old Men’ Remake Is In The Works
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A ‘Grumpy Old Men’ Remake Is In The Works

Can you believe it's been 25 years since the original? If Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau have taught us anything, it’s that loving thy neighbor can be really, really hard. Lemmon and Matthau’s blockbuster 1993 comedy, “Grumpy Old Men” saw the late actors as neighbors and longtime rivals who are fighting for the heart of a university professor, played by the legendary Ann-Margaret, who recently moved to town. Now, 25 years after it premiered, “Grumpy Old Men” will get the reboot treatment by New Line Cinema. But that’s not all: Comedian Eddie Murphy has reportedly signed on to star in the “Grumpy Old Men” reboot. He would play one of the two grouchy men popularized by Matthau and Lemmon. We’ll have to wait to find out who will play the other man, as well as the female neig...
20 Huge Historical Mistakes In Blockbuster Movies That Most People Never Even Noticed
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20 Huge Historical Mistakes In Blockbuster Movies That Most People Never Even Noticed

Historical fiction and non-fiction movies give us an impossible opportunity. They allow us to see the important decisions and people that shaped our modern world. They also help us to better understand our ancestors, and sometimes, ourselves. But it’s tough for filmmakers and writers to nail the past down truthfully to the very last detail! In fact, even some of the most critically acclaimed movies let small, historical mistakes and anachronisms make it into the final version of the film. Take these 20 popular movies below, for instance… 1. Braveheart: William Wallace and his band of Scots fought for independence from the British in kilts, but in Wallace’s day, Scottish warriors donned leine croiche’s—tunics dyed yellow with horse urine. 2. The Aviator: In a scene set in 1928, L...