Ask FlickChick Movies affected by the writers strike dubbed performances whats that movie and more movie questions answeredIm a big fan of Brian De Palmas The Phantom of the Paradise Recently Ive been hearing rumblings that there was talk of a remake Any truth to these rumors I cant really imagine a remake of this movie being successful because part of the fun was how absolutely 70s it was Thanks KimFlickChick At this time talk of a Phantom of the Paradise remake seems to be little more than that The title is listed on the website of Pressman Films at the bottom of a list of in-development projects That said Pressman Films is a legitimate company Edward R Pressman has a strong track record as a producer and hes already backed a remake of Brian DePalmas Sisters 1973 Though the film hasnt opened in the US its got a great cast -- Stephen Rea Chloe Sevigny and Lou Doillon daughter of 60s icon Jane Birkin and an interesting writer-di
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Billionaire Mark Cuban, who somewhat inexplicably has endured Dancing with the Stars' first cuts, is simultaneously involved in some fancy legal footwork. At a Monday panel discussion about the Iraq War film Redacted, director Brian De Palma accused Cuban, who financed the pic, of obscuring a montage of wounded GIs because "he was disturbed by [them].... I felt my cut was violated."...read more
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Billionaire Mark Cuban, who somewhat inexplicably has endured Dancing with the Stars' first cuts, is simultaneously involved in some fancy legal footwork. At a Monday panel discussion about the Iraq War film Redacted, director Brian De Palma accused Cuban, who financed the pic, of obscuring a montage of wounded GIs because "he was disturbed by [them].... I felt my cut was violated." The New York Daily News says fellow panelist and film distributor Eamonn Bowles defended Cuban by blaming the edit on "an untenable legal situation," to which De Palma snapped, "It's a specious legal issue.... [M]y picture was redacted."Cuban did not answer the News' calls, but Bowles chalks it all up to a "misunderstanding" about photo rights.
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Ask FlickChick Yes there is a real body-snatching psychosis why Hollywood loves remakes why critics hate Stephen King and moreQuestion I just saw the new Nicole Kidman movie Invasion with my girlfriend and she insists theres a real disease where people think their friends and family have been replaced by duplicates That sounds crazy to me I think there have just been so many versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers that people think its a real thing What do you think ErikFlickChick Amazingly enough there is a real psychological disorder called Capgras Syndrome whose sufferers are convinced that their loved ones are no longer their loved ones just like the characters in the four adaptations to date of Jack Finneys allegorical science-fiction novel Invasion of the Body Snatchers The delusion is named for French psychiatrist Jean Marie Joseph Capgras who first described it in 1923 It remains something of a mystery and can take several forms Sometim
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Per Variety, Nicolas Cage is in talks to star in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables: Capone Rising, a prequel chronicling Al's rise to power and his relationship with nemesis Detective Jimmy Malone.... Maria Bello is replacing Rachel Weisz as aventuress Evelyn O'Connell in the third Mummy movie.... Guy Ritchie will return to his Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels roots with Rocknrolla, an action comedy about "a dangerous crime lord, a sexy accountant, a corrupt politician and a band of petty thieves".... Per the Hollywood Reporter, Gary Cole is an estranged hubby and father trying to reconcile with his boozing wife (Jennifer Coolidge) and their daughter (Agnes Bruckner) via a cross-country RV excursion in Say Hello to Stan Talmadge.
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