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Jason Reitman: Flying Solo

13 hours ago | TribecaFilm.com | See recent Tribeca Film news »

You can learn a lot from director Jason Reitman; after all, with only three features to his name - Thank You For Smoking, Juno, and the upcoming George Clooney vehicle Up in the Air - he's already established himself as one of the brightest filmmakers around, with a knack for making smart and human comedies, and he's barely into his thirties. For Reitman, the reason he gravitated so strongly towards his biggest hit, the Oscar-winning Juno, which made stars out of screenwriter Diablo Cody and actress Ellen Page, is because he loved the unusual decisions of its characters. 'I have no idea where my characters come from or what they do,' said Reitman. 'I just think of them as human beings.' Keeping in mind Reitman's love of 'unusual decisions,' it's no wonder that he veered from the usual Apple Store Meet the Filmmaker Talk format of a moderator, »

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'United States of Tara' Sets Season 2 Premiere Date of March 22, 2010

8 November 2009 9:17 AM, PST | Inside TV | See recent Inside TV news »

If you haven't checked out 'United States of Tara' yet, now would be a good time to do that. Season 2 of the Showtime series is set to premiere March 22, 2010. Plenty of time to get caught up with season 1. Created by Diablo Cody ('Juno'), the ... Read more

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- Jane Boursaw

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Up in the Air Screening Has New York Elites Pondering Layoffs

6 November 2009 1:11 PM, PST | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »

Jason Reitman, Judah Friedlander. From PatrickMcMullan. On Thursday night Travel & Leisure hosted a viewing of Jason Reitman’s new George Clooney–helmed vehicle Up in the Air, believing that the upcoming Oscar contender captured the woes and blessings of travel that the magazine’s readers know so well. Reitman took the stage before the screening, singling out friends in the audience (Juno actress Olivia Thirlby gave a shy wave in response to his boisterous shoutout, while Billy Crudup seemed delighted to remain under the radar) before introducing his two inspirations: father and co-producer Ivan, as well as Walter Kirn, whose novel provided the movie’s basis. After the film, the crowd convened for supper at Rouge Tomate, though the thought-provoking story remained on the minds of many. Kirn was thrilled with the way that Reitman updated the novel that he had written pre-9/11: “I think the book has been »

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20 Ways to Get Your "Arrested Development" Movie Fix*

5 November 2009 7:09 PM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

*Until they actually make the movie

Forget Scientology or Heaven's Gate. Today, the biggest cult in our country may very well be the teeming masses anxiously awaiting the return of "Arrested Development." After years of rumors and dashed hopes, it seems the beloved TV show will finally, for real, this time, be reincarnated on the big screen.

But don't break out your Cornballers yet: the film isn't set to hit theaters until 2011. How will you last that long? While you can treasure your DVD collection of all three seasons (or, for that matter, catch re-airs on IFC), you'll probably want to vary things up in the year-plus before we get sweet relief. Off the top of your head, you might know to watch Michael Cera in "Juno," but where can you find Judy Greer in a role as crazy as Kitty Sanchez? Will Arnett as a man as bumbling and self-involved as Gob? »

- Matt Singer

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Meet Dana E. Glauberman, Jason Reitman's Editor Extraordinaire

4 November 2009 6:40 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

Every other year or so, film editor Dana E. Glauberman gets The Call. The tradition began quietly enough in 2005 with an indie adaptation of the novel Thank You For Smoking. Yet by last spring, as the first of Jason Reitman's footage from the set of Up in the Air arrived in Glauberman's editing suite, the duo's meticulous shaping and storytelling process began anew on their biggest project to date. Expectations run high after their previous collaboration Juno became an Oscar-winning box-office smash, and indeed Up in the Air is already showing similar promise after its Toronto Film Festival premiere. But to hear Glauberman tell it when Movieline caught up with her this week, that's just another day at the office. »

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Clooney To Topline 'The Descendants'

3 November 2009 3:03 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

George Clooney is not a man to stay still for long. Not content with having three films come out within a couple of months of one-another (Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Men Who Stare at Goats and Up in the Air) and shooting Anton Corbijn's The American it looks very much like Clooney's going to star in Alexander Payne's The Descendants (Sideways and About Schmidt).

According to Variety the Oscar winning actor is in talks to star in the dramatic comedy by as a father who takes his two daughters on the road to track down his wife's lover.

We here at Screenrush have long been amazed it George's remarkable ability - given the fact that he's one of the most handsome, charming and intelligent men on the planet! - to express pathos (think Michael Clayton and Up in the Air, the upcoming comedy from Juno director Jason Reitman »

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Jennifer’s Body Reviewed

1 November 2009 10:53 PM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

“It would be easy to play Jennifer one dimensionally” said Megan Fox of her titular role, with the emphasis very much on tit, in Jennifer’s Body. For a humble reviewer, hoping to stow away a few groats from a seminal review which any editor in his right mind would open the cheque book for, the quote was much like Jennifer herself, a prick tease. It leaps from the page and says ‘go on, use me, you know you want to use me, weave me into the sordid little critique, screw the F-ing analysis, make me look like a silly girl, go on – yeaaaaah, I want you to, go on, write me! Write me! Write me! Ohhhhh yes!!!’

Y’know, something like that.

So with a shotgun pressed hard against a trout’s oily eye as it spasms at the bottom of a barrel, it’s fair to say that »

- Ed Whitfield

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Review: Jennifer’s Body

1 November 2009 3:01 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

From the creative mind of Oscar Winner Diablo Cody, who after her teenage comedy/drama Juno delivers her take on the horror genre staring Megan Fox as a demon possessed cheerleader man eater who terrorizes the small town of Devil’s Kettle and it’s down to her nerdy nervy best friend Needy to stop her (that’s fun to say).

After the success of Juno I think it’s safe to say everyone was hoping for something equally enjoyable and well written and a different take on the Horror movie but alas it’s one of the most predictable horror films I’ve seen with some equally terrible dialogue and acting, mainly from Megan Fox. Also on board on directing duties is Karyn Kusama who directed the awful Aeon Flux and Juno Director Jason Reitman who produces.

The plot of the film was ridiculous, Two teenagers Jennifer Check (Megan Fox »

- Gary Phillips

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An 'Eclipse' Stunt Man And A 'Boondock Saints' Pumpkin In Today's Twitter-Wood

27 October 2009 3:45 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Someone with a steady hand sent Sean Patrick Flannery a picture of the best "Boondock Saints" jack-o-lantern you're likely to see this year, and he retweeted in kind. There really wasn't any other choice for the Twitter Pic of the Day.

In other tweets, David Slade continued his "Eclipse" posting with a shot of one of the film's stunt co-coordinators and Rachelle LeFevre admitted to crying during "Where the Wild Things Are." Check out those post below along an old clip of The Ultimate Warrior that Aziz Ansari dug up, how Eliza Dushku feels about Dungeons & Dragons, who wants her at his table to play and how Ice-t is faring at "Borderlands" on his Xbox 360. I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter-Wood report for October 27, 2009.

Twitter Pic of the Day:

@seanflanery Rt @DreamCatcher85: http://twitpic.com/n5r6h Damn Im so proud of this pumpkin. @boondocksaints pumpkin. @wwwbigbaldhead @seanflanery

-Sean Patrick Flannery, »

- Brian Warmoth

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Jason Reitman Has Seen Part Of Scott Pilgrim, And He Loves It

27 October 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

You should start by knowing that Jason Reitman (director of Thank You For Smoking and Juno) and Edgar Wright (director of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) are pals, that they look almost exactly alike, and every now and then refer to each other as husbands. I know this all because I follow both of them on Twitter (Jason here, Edgar here), and their conversations with each other about filmmaking, editing, and traveling to do film promotion can sometimes be the best reason to be on Twitter. Anyway, this is all a long way of explaining that you ought to take the following sentence with a grain of salt: Jason Reitman has seen 30 minutes of Scott Pilgrim, and calls it "a Matrix for love and how we are willing to fight for it." He put it all on his Twitter feed after Wright showed him 30 minutes of the film, »

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Jason Reitman Reviews Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim

26 October 2009 2:52 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Well it looks like Edgar Wright has been showing a few close friends rough cut footage from his big screen adaptation of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. When I was in London last week, I had a chance to talk briefly with Jason Schwartzman, who told me that he had screened the opening 20 minutes, which he seemed very enthusiastic about. I tried to sneak my way into the UK editing bay, but unfortunately had no luck (believe me, I tried my hardest). And earlier today on Twitter, director Jason Reitman (Up in the Air, Thank You For Smoking, Juno) posted a mini glowing review of his thoughts on 30 minutes that Wright screened for him in London. In London, @edgarwright showed me 30min of Scott Pilgrim. While sworn to secrecy (so much, surprised blood wasn't demanded) I will say this: It is a game changer for Edgar and the genre. It »

- Peter Sciretta

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Denver Film Festival announces full lineup

26 October 2009 11:34 AM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

The only big film festival in my own backyard is back and it runs from November 12th through the 22nd. While it caters more to heavy run fest material and arthouse film, they do have some of the more interesting films playing this year:

Ryan Ward's excellent Son of the Sunshine which is one of my favorite films of the year. (review)

The weird, lengthy comedy The Revenant (review)

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

and much more. Program after the break!

In Competition

Children of Invention

Two first-generation Chinese kids in suburban Boston find themselves on their own after their desperate mother is unwittingly involved in a pyramid scheme and arrested. Older brother Raymond takes a page from her marketing seminars to start creating a life for himself and his sister - casting a strange, pint-sized reflection on the American Dream.

Footprints »

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Casting (Typecasting) Troubles? Ellen Page and Michael Cera need a hit

25 October 2009 11:48 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There is, apparently, some bit of a problem on the acting horizons for two Canadian talents - Ellen Page and Michael Cera.

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- - - A report from The Star, the online version of the largest Canadian daily newspaper, explains why:

Ellen Page and Michael Cera, the Juno duo who until recently were our brightest new cinematic lights from sea to shining sea, and also all points south of the 49th Parallel.

Halifax's Page parlayed her precociously preggers title teen in Jason Reitman's hit film into a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars, a rare Canuck achievement. Brampton's Cera came to Juno already a star, having already lit up screens here and stateside in the super-popular movie Superbad and the cult TV fave Arrested Development.

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It gives me no pleasure to report this, or to baldly state the obvious reason why Cera and Page are currently floundering: typecasting. »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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Casting (Typecasting) Troubles? Ellen Page and Michael Cera need a hit

25 October 2009 11:48 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There is, apparently, some bit of a problem on the acting horizons for two Canadian talents - Ellen Page and Michael Cera.

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- - - A report from The Star, the online version of the largest Canadian daily newspaper, explains why:

Ellen Page and Michael Cera, the Juno duo who until recently were our brightest new cinematic lights from sea to shining sea, and also all points south of the 49th Parallel.

Halifax's Page parlayed her precociously preggers title teen in Jason Reitman's hit film into a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars, a rare Canuck achievement. Brampton's Cera came to Juno already a star, having already lit up screens here and stateside in the super-popular movie Superbad and the cult TV fave Arrested Development.

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It gives me no pleasure to report this, or to baldly state the obvious reason why Cera and Page are currently floundering: typecasting. »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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Casting (Typecasting) Troubles? Ellen Page and Michael Cera need a hit

25 October 2009 11:48 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There is, apparently, some bit of a problem on the acting horizons for two Canadian talents - Ellen Page and Michael Cera.

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- - - A report from The Star, the online version of the largest Canadian daily newspaper, explains why:

Ellen Page and Michael Cera, the Juno duo who until recently were our brightest new cinematic lights from sea to shining sea, and also all points south of the 49th Parallel.

Halifax's Page parlayed her precociously preggers title teen in Jason Reitman's hit film into a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars, a rare Canuck achievement. Brampton's Cera came to Juno already a star, having already lit up screens here and stateside in the super-popular movie Superbad and the cult TV fave Arrested Development.

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It gives me no pleasure to report this, or to baldly state the obvious reason why Cera and Page are currently floundering: typecasting. »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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Casting (Typecasting) Troubles? Ellen Page and Michael Cera need a hit

25 October 2009 11:48 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There is, apparently, some bit of a problem on the acting horizons for two Canadian talents - Ellen Page and Michael Cera.

- - -

- - - A report from The Star, the online version of the largest Canadian daily newspaper, explains why:

Ellen Page and Michael Cera, the Juno duo who until recently were our brightest new cinematic lights from sea to shining sea, and also all points south of the 49th Parallel.

Halifax's Page parlayed her precociously preggers title teen in Jason Reitman's hit film into a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars, a rare Canuck achievement. Brampton's Cera came to Juno already a star, having already lit up screens here and stateside in the super-popular movie Superbad and the cult TV fave Arrested Development.

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It gives me no pleasure to report this, or to baldly state the obvious reason why Cera and Page are currently floundering: typecasting. »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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The 10 Sexiest Tomboys

24 October 2009 5:49 AM, PDT | newser.com | See recent newser news »

In honor of Amelia ’s celebration of the tough girl, James Brady Ryan of Nerve takes a look at the top 10 sexy tomboys onscreen and off: Nancy McKeon as Jo Polniaczek, The Facts of Life: Her entrance (on a motorcycle) and eventual career choice (police officer) speak for themselves. Ellen Page: The Juno star grew up climbing trees and playing with action figures, and she did her own roller-derby stunts in Whip It . Sara Gilbert as Darlene Conner , Roseanne: Sardonic, athletic, and brash, “she delighted in gross-out humor and tormenting her siblings.” Mia Hamm: “She’s been called one of... »

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Soupy Sales, Christian Serratos Proclaims 'Eclipse' Wrap And Twitter On Xbox In Today's Twitter-Wood

23 October 2009 4:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

The "last day on the battlefield" that David Slade tweeted about must have ended well, since Christian Serratos tweeted triumphantly that "Eclipse" filming wrapped in Vancouver yesterday. Elsewhere, he co-star Jodelle Ferland struggled with her Twitter icon after accidentally covering up her face with a lemon. Such have been the trials and tribulations in the Twitter world of "Twilight."

Miranda Cosgrove, meanwhile, didn't seem to be struggling with the new pair of glasses she TwitPic'd a look at for her followers to evaluate. Nor did Felicia Day seem to have any trouble with her new Twitter functionality on Xbox Live, which she appears to have installed. Check all of those out, along with some Soupy Sales memorial headlines, Paris Hilton's Hello Kitty diamonds and Emmy Rossum's call for Halloween costume ideas. They're all waiting after the jump in the Twitter-Wood report for October 23, 2009.

Twitter Pic of the Day:

@JohnStamos http://twitpic. »

- Brian Warmoth

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tMF Talkback: What are the chances of Anna Kendrick winning an Oscar?

23 October 2009 3:28 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

She's terrific in Rocket Science where she plays a student who is also the treacherous captain of the debating team. It was only a supporting role but she delivered quite a compelling performance. While moviegoers identify her as one of the cast of Twilight, Kendrick did quite a number of movies that speak volumes about her talent - two of them in particular has received raves for her performance - Up in the Air and Elsewhere.

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- - - The former is the movie that might bring her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. But what are her chances of actually winning the Oscar? [ Related: Kendrick also tops our list of most underrated young actresses. ]

Rave reviews and more after the jump!

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Rising Star award for Kendrick: This award is actually a 'precursor' to the Oscar buzz:

The 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) will honor Anna Kendrick with the Rising Star »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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tMF Talkback: What are the chances of Anna Kendrick winning an Oscar?

23 October 2009 3:28 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

She's terrific in Rocket Science where she plays a student who is also the treacherous captain of the debating team. It was only a supporting role but she delivered quite a compelling performance. While moviegoers identify her as one of the cast of Twilight, Kendrick did quite a number of movies that speak volumes about her talent - two of them in particular has received raves for her performance - Up in the Air and Elsewhere.

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- - - The former is the movie that might bring her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. But what are her chances of actually winning the Oscar? [ Related: Kendrick also tops our list of most underrated young actresses. ]

Rave reviews and more after the jump!

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Rising Star award for Kendrick: This award is actually a 'precursor' to the Oscar buzz:

The 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) will honor Anna Kendrick with the Rising Star »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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