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WATCH: Bradley Cooper In the Trailer for American Sniper

Bradley Cooper is all over the place these days, and he seems to be making waves and headlines wherever he goes. Critics are eating him […]

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Philly Theaters Won’t Show The Interview After Terrorist Threat [UPDATED]

UPDATE: Actually scratch that. No theaters are going to be showing The Interview. Sony released a statement saying that it is scraping the movie’s release […]

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Dear White People‘s Tessa Thompson Cast In Rocky Spinoff Creed

Deadline reports that Dear White People star Tessa Thompson has been cast as the female lead in Creed, the upcoming Rocky spinoff that finds an […]

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Movie Meter: Reese Witherspoon is Back and Chris Rock Deserves a High Five

SEE IT NOW Wild: Through the more than two decades of her acting career, 38-year-old Reese Witherspoon has gone from being totally unknown to known […]

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TONIGHT: Bernadette Screens at The Roxy

This evening, the Philadelphia Film Society (PFS) will host a special screening of Bernadette, a documentary that follows one lesbian woman as she battles Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT)—”the […]

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Bradley Cooper Surprisingly Snubbed By 2015 SAG Awards

There’s been a lot of talk that Jenkintown native Bradley Cooper will rack up come awards season, thanks to his portrayal of Navy Seal Chris Kyle […]

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Weather Screws Up Chris Rock’s Trip to Tony Luke’s, But He Makes it to Ritz Five

Winter storm/Nor’Easter Damon might not have packed a powerful punch in the Philadelphia area but it’s wreaking havoc along the Coast and New England. Case in […]

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New Movie Spotlight: The Babadook Will Scare You Witless

Title: The Babadook Genre: Psychological Horror Logline: It’s Hide and Seek meets Jumanji

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UArts Alum Jared Leto and Will Smith to Play Master Villains in Suicide Squad

Two Philly boys are set to star in an upcoming DC Comics film. Warner Bros. confirms that UArts alum Jared Leto and Philly-bred actor Will Smith will […]

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Bradley Cooper Talks Addiction and Coping With the Death of His Father in Vanity Fair

Germantown superstar Bradley Cooper graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair. In the photo he’s shooting pool, starring straight into the camera as […]

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10 Movies Worth Your Money and Time This Thanksgiving Weekend

Being stuck with the family over a long holiday weekend can be one of those cruel tortures that test the tenuous nature of your familial […]

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Google Play Is Giving Away Guardians Of the Galaxy Soundtrack Today

Fans of the nostalgia-ridden hits on Peter Quill’s “Awesome Mix, Vol. 1” cassette tape in Guardians of the Galaxy can get a chance to nab it for free […]

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13 Things To Do In Philly This Week: Volunteer at the Philadelphia Marathon, Get Drinks With The Sphinx, See BalletX Fall Series and More

 

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Movie Meter: The Theory of Everything Is Ready for Award Season, Dumb and Dumber To Is Ready for the Trash

SEE IT The Theory of Everything: This biopic concerning the brilliant physicist Stephen Hawking, stricken to a wheelchair from ALS as a young man, sagely […]

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M. Night Shyamalan PA-Shot Thriller Gets Release Date

Earlier this year—smack dab in the middle of a snowpocalypse—I reported on a low-budget thriller M. Night Shyamalan was shooting around his home in rural Pennsylvania. At […]