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Spotlight On: 'Hancock'

Will Smith in Hancock

Will Smith is the king of summer films and chances are Hancock won't cause him to lose his throne, but it's not the quirky, fun summertime romp audiences have come to expect from one of Hollywood's most bankable stars.

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Exclusive Interview with Hellboy II Director Guillermo del Toro

Thursday July 3, 2008
Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) is not only one of the most successful directors working today, he's also just about the nicest man you'd ever want to meet. At the Hellboy II: The Golden Army premiere, del Toro talked about the appeal of Hellboy - and his upcoming Hobbit films (Guillermo del Toro even discusses those pesky rumors over James McAvoy's attachment to The Hobbit). Read On...
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Sir Ben Kingsley on The Wackness
Sir Ben Kingsley sports long hair, smokes pot from a bong, and dispenses advice to a confused teenage drug dealer as the quirky Dr. Squires in The Wackness, a complex coming of age film from writer/director Jonathan Levine. Starring Josh Peck as Dr. Squire's pot-selling patient, Luke Shapiro, The Wackness is set in 1994 and follows Luke as he fills the months between high school and college with peddling drugs, talking over his problems with Dr. Squires, and trying to develop a relationship with Squire's stepdaughter (played by Olivia Thirlby from Juno). Read On...
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Josh Peck Talks About The Wackness

Wednesday July 2, 2008
Josh Peck, one of the stars of Nickelodeon's Drake & Josh series, takes on the role of a drug-dealing pot-smoking loner in the coming of age tale, The Wackness. Written and directed by Jonathan Levine, the R-rated independent film was a hit at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and marks a real departure from the characters Peck has played on TV and in past feature films. "I never really wanted to be typecast. That’s something I was worried about. But more so, it wasn’t like this big definitive decision that I was going to make this part to blow any preconceptions people had of me out of the water," explained Peck about his decision to take on the lead role in The Wackness. Read On...

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    American Teen follows five very different Indiana high school students around during their senior year, catching all the emotional turmoil associated with getting ready to leave high school behind and head off to college and the real world. The guys from the movie - Mitch Reinholt, Colin Clemens, and Jake Tusing - talk about the film while on the red carpet at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Read On...
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