Disney’s Touchstone division will definitely distribute Mel Gibson‘s Apocalypto on 12.8, according to Disney spokesperson Heidi Trotta. Her statement came in response to Roger Freidman‘s Fox 411 report that Disney was trying to shop it around because of concerns that the controversy over Gibson’s anti-Semitic remarks would diminish the box-office. I don’t believe Disney didn’t at least explore the possibility of dumping it, or delaying the release date. Any responsible company would have.
Roughly two months ago a very early draft of Eric Roth‘s screenplay for Killers of the Flower Moon (dated 2.20.17,...
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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