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Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’ Isn’t Just a Film — It’s an Essential Moviegoing Experience

By Jason Bailey on

There’s a key image that appears two or three times in Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, of a single, solitary figure, floating off into the deep, black void of space. It is a powerful visual, encompassing both the genuine awe of the setting, and the utter terror of the situation. “Life in space is impossible,” an early title card reads, and we’re given no reason to think otherwise. … Read More

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This Week in Trailers: Meryl, Medea, "Mansome" and More!

By Jason Bailey on

Every Friday here at Flavorwire, we like to gather up the week’s new movie trailers, give them a look-see, and rank them from worst to best — while taking a guess or two about what they might tell us (or hide from us) about the movies they’re promoting. We’ve got seven new ones for you this week — including a couple of titles from that festival, plus new stuff from Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell, Blake Lively, Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Robert Pattinson, and Tyler Perry. Check ‘em all out after the jump, and share your thoughts in the comments. … Read More

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What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds In Our Office

By Caroline Stanley on

Today at Flavorpill, we felt kind of depressed after watching the cast of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory reunite on the Today Show, 40 years later. We thought that Ed Harris made a pretty decent John McCain in this still from HBO’s upcoming film Game Change. We were impressed by… Read More

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Daily Dose Pick: The Way Back

By Mindy Bond on

Australian filmmaker Peter Weir returns with The Way Back, a WWII epic about a disparate group of prisoners that escapes from a Siberian labor camp to journey thousands of miles across hostile and treacherous terrain.

A story of survival and the power of the human spirit, the film is inspired by The Long Walk: The Story of a Trek to Freedom — a ghost-written bestseller about Slavomir Rawicz, a Polish Army officer captured by the Soviets after the invasion of Poland in 1939. Rawicz claimed he escaped from the Gulag in 1941 with six other prisoners, but the veracity of the story has come into question since his death in 2004. … Read More

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