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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Is a Darker, More Emotional Spin on the Classic Tale
To say that Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is unlike any Pinocchio story you’ve ever seen seems pretty obvious. Going by del Toro’s previous work, it’s also pretty obvious to assume the movie is darker and more messed up than previous dark and messed-up versions of the story have been. What might be less obvious, however,…
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Jennifer Lawrence Should Have Listened to Adele’s Career Advice
In a reveal so bonkers that it could only come from Jennifer Lawrence, the Oscar winner revealed to the New York Times that mega-superstar Adele (one of her good friends, actually) advised her not to sign on to 2016’s Passengers. “Adele told me not to do it!” Lawrence said to the Times. “She was like,…
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Behold the Behind-the-Scenes Glory of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
It’s a little weird, to be honest, but 2022 somehow became the year of Pinocchio. Multiple studios have made multiple movies based on the classic tale, and while at first it was probably easy to get excited about a Tom Hanks/Robert Zemeckis version, the truth of the matter is only three words really matter in…
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Wolfgang Petersen, Director of The NeverEnding Story and Outbreak, Has Died
If you grew up on a steady diet of Hollywood blockbusters over the past 40 years, you surely know the work of Wolfgang Petersen. He made us tense up with Das Boot, made us fly with The NeverEnding Story, made us hate coughing with Outbreak, and made Harrison Ford the president in Air Force One,…