Kate Winslet and Catherine Keener Join Frank or Francis

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Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) and Catherine Keener (Where the Wild Things Are) have signed on to star in Frank or Francis. Winslet and Keener will star oppositeĀ Steve Carell (Dan in Real Life), Jack Black (Be Kind Rewind), Nicolas Cage (Kick-Ass) and Kevin Kline (French Kiss) what’s being described as a “very meta musical comedy”. Frank [...]

Charlie Kaufman Aims His Sights on Film Critics

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Should we be worried? Charlie Kaufman is set to attack the world of online film criticism with his latest directing project Frank or Francis. After his directorial debut Synecdoche New York won critics over, as most of his films do, Kaufman is turning to Hollywood and making a satire about a movie director who feuds [...]

Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman To Reunite?

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The L.A. Times are reporting that one of cinema’s most inventive creative forces are pitching a new project to financiers and whenever Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze are mentioned in the same sentence I’m immediately interested. The past few years have been good for the pair with Synecdoche, New York marking a solid directorial debut [...]

Gary Oldman Joins the Kung Fu Panda Sequel

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The Dreamworks Animation Kung Fu Panda was a surprise hit in 2008 and a subsequent sequel was always on the cards, and next summer we’ll see the Jack Black voiced Panda back on the big screen and joining him with be none other than Gary Oldman. HeatVision spill the beans that one of our finest [...]

Review: Synecdoche, New York

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You know when you go to the cinema and you’re sat next to a friend or partner who asks you what’s going on every few minutes, well, this movie would be one to beware of in the cinema or at home. The main reason for that is because you too will probably struggle to understand [...]