Guest Post – From Vision to Film: ALIEN 3

Happy Friday all! It's been nearly three months since we got a Vision-to-Film post from guest blogger Ted S. Last time we got the story on Superman Returns, and now we've got David Fincher's Alien 3. I've been saving this to coincide with his recently-released Facebook movie The Social Network, as well as the upcoming …

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FlixChatter Review: Secretariat

I saw this on day 4 of the film festival last week. There aren't a lot of movies with strong female roles in Hollywood, so it's nice that three out of four of the studio films at TCFF feature characters based on real-life strong women in a male-dominated arena. Secretariat is more than just a …

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Random Question: What movie(s) have been filmed in your area?

I just learned yesterday, thanks to Dez @ HollywoodSpy about Charlize Theron and Patrick Wilson starring in Diablo Cody's new movie Young Adult. The Minnesota-native, Oscar-winning writer is collaborating again with Juno's director Jason Reitman (who did the acclaimed Up in the Air last year). According to this anonymous tip on Dezmond's blog, they're actually …

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Weekend Roundup: Box Office and the latest Man of Steel reboot news

THIS JUST IN! Well, looks like the Affleck thing was probably nothing more than a rumor. Just a couple of hours ago, Deadline revealed that Zack Snyder has been picked to direct the Superman reboot. Snyder is quoted as saying,"It's early yet, but I can tell you that what David and Chris have done with …

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TCFF Day 5: Fair Game concluded the 5-day film festival

The Twin Cities Film Fest concluded its five-day event with a festive Fair Game screening, attended by Minneapolis-native film producer William (Bill) Pohlad (who's also part owner of the Minnesota Twins). The Pohlad family foundation was one of the primary sponsors for the festival and played a huge part in funding this event, the Pohlad …

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TCFF Day 4: Secretariat, Flourtown, Nature of Existence

TCFF day 4 has come and went, and we're about to close the 5-day film festival with FAIR GAME later tonight. Executive Producer Bill Pohlad will be on-hand at this red carpet event to introduce the movie at 7pm. Do you have your tickets yet? The online ticket sales is closed right now, but you …

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TCFF Day 3: Another based-on-a-true-story drama CONVICTION

TCFF scored another feat with this one, screening it two weeks before this is out on limited release. All four studio movies screened at Twin Cities Film Fest are inspired by real-life people, this time it's about Betty Anne Waters, an unemployed single mother who spent nearly two decades putting herself through school to earn …

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