Harvey, we hardly knew ya. Just hours after word broke that Harvey Keitel was thisclose to signing a contract with Criminal Minds for the spot left vacant by the disappearing Mandy Patinkin, sources say the deal is no longer on the table. This makes Keitel the latest big name to be stricken from the show’s most-wanted list. Others include Geena Davis, Michael Keaton and Bob Hoskins. Despite the suspense surrounding the search, we hear the show is still chugging along fine without the replacement. The first three episodes are already in the can (with Patinkin’s absence being dealt with in the season-opener). This means that whoever the new character is, he/she (and we suspect it’s a he) won’t be appearing until later in the season. — Reporting by Jonathan SmallRelated: Harvey Keitel Emerges as Front-runner for Criminal Minds Top Spot
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Per the Hollywood Reporter, Eva Mendes is joining Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Keke Palmer and Christa Campbell in Cleaner, a thriller being directed by Renny Harlin.... Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott give "horribly immoral advice" to youths in Big Brothers, a comedy about a pair of wild beer-company reps who are forced to perform community service as mentors.... Bob Hoskins is a policeman in Doomsday, a thriller about his attempts to quarantine a lethal virus.
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Send your movie questions to FlickChickIn honor of the marvelous Helen Mirren who walked away from the Golden Globes with a pair of richly deserved awards for The Queen and the television miniseries Elizabeth I this weeks film is John Mackenzies UK gangster picture The Long Good Friday 1980I vividly remember seeing The Long Good Friday when it opened briefly and with little fanfare in New York in 1982 I went into the theater with no expectations and came out feeling as though Id been kicked between the eyes which I mean in the best possible way And I came out in awe of Helen Mirren whom I later realized Id already seen in the notoriously hard-core historical spectacle Caligula 1979 which probably represents the last time Bob Guccione and Gore Vidals names appeared in the same sentence But I digress Caligula is a story for another day Cockney villain Harold Shand Bob Hoskins dreams big and his dreams are on the verge of coming true Guided by his longt
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