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Empire Magazine's Jameson Awards Honor 'Skyfall' as Best Film of 2012, Helen Mirren Makes Plea for More Women in Film
The Jameson Empire Awards for the best films of 2012 were handed out in London on March 24, with Sam Mendes taking top honors as Best Director, and 23rd Bond installment "Skyfall" receiving Best Picture as well as the Empire Award. Helen Mirren, who was honored with the Empire Legend award, noted th...
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'Trance' Director Danny Boyle Channels Evil Side with Naked Femme Fatale: Exclusive Interview, Early Reviews
"Trance" is stylish escapist fun that makes excellent use of reflective surfaces including the iPad, among other visual tricks--when it isn't pummeling you into submission. Boyle isn't one to sit back and let you feel calm and relaxed. Early reviews by trade critics claim that style trumps substance...
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Watch: New Trailer For Danny Boyle's 'Trance' Goes Inside The Mind
The reviews are starting to hit and you'll have our verdict soon enough, but for those of you who just can't wait for Danny Boyle's brain-tripping thriller "Trance," a brand new trailer has arrived in all its glitchy glory.
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Watch: Head-Exploding Red Band Trailer for Danny Boyle's 'Trance,' Starring McAvoy, Cassel and Dawson
Check out this new red band trailer for Danny Boyle's psychological thriller "Trance," starring James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel. The final moments surprise us with a trippy, unexpectedly gruesome image -- it's, er, mindblowing...
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Check it Out! Danny Boyle's Trippy New 'Trance' Poster
The latest poster for Danny Boyle's "Trance" has been released and it looks like the dizzying, disorienting mind trip the trailer promises. The memory-loss, art heist thriller, which will have a limited U.S. release on April 5th, follows an auction house assistant (James McAvoy) w...
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Trailer of the Week: Danny Boyle's 'Trance' Suggests a Pulpy Throwback to the Boyle of Yore
Before We Saw the Trailer, We Thought: Following Danny Boyle's celebrated opening of the London Olympics and prestige work on "127 Hours" and "Slumdog Millionaire," the Oscar-winner's newest film "Trance" seemed, on paper, like a refreshing throwback to the paranoid thrillers that put him on the map...
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Watch: Frenetic and Stylish Trailer for Danny Boyle's 'Trance,' Starring James McAvoy and Rosario Dawson (VIDEO)
The recently unveiled trailer for Danny Boyle's hotly anticipated Fox Searchlight thriller "Trance" hints at a film that aims to put you in the state described in the title. Propelled by a score from Underworld's Rick Smith, lensed just as playfully as "Slumdog Millionaire&quo...
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Review: Danny Boyle's Witty, Subversive & Spectacular Opening Ceremony For London 2012 Olympics Was A Triumph
We're not known for our love of sporting events here at The Playlist, but ever since it was announced that Danny Boyle would be the man in charge of the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics (following in the footsteps of "Hero" director Zhang Yimou, who shepherded the Beijing events), we've ...
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Danny Boyle Taps Underworld for 2012 Olympic Games
One thing is for sure: Danny Boyle fucking loves electronic music duo Underworld (nee Carl Hyde and Rick Smith). After using choice cuts of theirs for the soundtracks to "The Beach" and "Trainspotting" (where their propulsive "Born Slippy" was memorably used at the...
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Fiction Vs. Non-Fiction Death Match
POV blogger Tom Roston (@docsoupman), an old colleague from Premiere, loves documentaries--in fact, he blogs about them. And while I enjoy digging into The Interrupters as much as the next cinephile, I love fiction films even better. So Roston challenged me to pit five fiction films, "whether they’v...
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