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Posted in Links by Sam Unsted on July 25, 2008
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Generation Kill writer Evan Wright has signed up to script Cocaine Cowboys.

The Dark Knight is doing some incredible business, now outgrossing the entire domestic run of Batman Begins.

Robot Chicken are going to a galaxy far, far away again.

Here’s an interview with the Luna Brothers.

Is The Devil’s Advocate a modern cult classic?

Footage from Tron 2 has been revealed at Comic-Con.

DiS talks to The Hold Steady, as all should be given the brilliance of their new record.

They also chat to Noah and the Whale, a charming upcoming group.

Aaron Eckhart talks to The Guardian.

Songs to slack to.

Not much love for the return of CSS. Time passed?

Neil Young is all about high-resolution sound.

How can print adapt to the digital age?

Most romantic gestures in movies, in list form.

Russell Brand is taking over the VMAs.

The second season of Mad Men is reviewed here.

Here’s a 1990 profile of Barack Obama from Vanity Fair.

Keitel joins Life on Mars.

A coffee table and a learning experience.

Is porn star Buck Angel a new feminist hero.

Robocop is officially coming back, with Aronofsky in the hot-seat.

Season 3 of Dexter is also being previewed at Comic-Con.

So is Alan Ball’s True Blood, the new HBO vampire deal.

Twitch has a review of Death Race with Jason Statham.

Tim Burton has found his Alice to venture into Wonderland.

Fiddy is pissed with Taco Bell.

Jim DeRogatis shows some praise for Canasta.

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Posted in Links by Sam Unsted on April 18, 2008

JoBlo has some pics from Australia, Baz Luhrmann’s new epic undertaking.

Lil’ Emma Watson has signed on to Napoleon, replacing Scarlett Johannson.

EW talks to Jason Segel about nudity.

Brett Ratner is attached to The Incredible Shrinking Man if there are any fans of this series out there, I’m sorry.

Battlestar’s Ronald D Moore is to write a sci-fi trilogy for UA.

A red-band trailer for Hamlet 2 has turned up.

CHUD has a video interview with Bill Hader.

Details are leaking on Dollhouse, the new project from Joss Whedon.

Milo is being transferred into comic-form.

Tisdale is remaking Teen Witch.

The AV Club urges all and sunder to see Harold and Maude.

It also salutes Darren Aronofsky’s Pi and has an interview with Morgan Spurlock.

David Denby relates his thoughts on Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Peter Bradshaw gives his on Happy Go-Lucky.

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Posted in Links by Sam Unsted on April 8, 2008

JoBlo has a new clip from Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr is THE MAN.

Emma, hip hop musical style! Ooooh, she gonna get serrrved!

EW has a list of Daniel Day Lewis’ best ever roles.

Darren Aronofsky is writing a show for AMC.

Errol Morris is moving into fiction.

The reaction to Oliver Stone’s script about George W Bush has been mixed among biographers of the World’s Most Powerful Buffoon.

IndieWire has a review of The Visitor, the new film from The Station Agent director Tom McCarthy.

MGM is defending its decision to delay Valkyrie.

Bright Lights After Dark has a tribute to Bette Davis on her centenary.

Top Model reject Clare bitches away to TV Guide.

The AV Club interviews John Krasinski and profiles the career of Thomas Haden Church.

Bobby Cannavale is to star in the updated version of Cupid from Veronica Mars’ Rob Thomas.