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Nine opens December 25th, 2009 (wide)


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Published Dec. 20, 2009 at 3:31 a.m.

World famous film director Guido Contini reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife, his mistress, his film star muse, his confidant and costume designer, an American fashion journalist, the whore from his youth and his mother ...

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Extreme Movie opens


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Published Dec. 20, 2009 at 3:31 a.m.

This feature-length vignette-style comedy boasts a smorgasbord of young comedic talent, including Michael Cera (SUPERBAD, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT), Ryan Pinkston (PUNK'D, SOUL PLANE), Frankie Muniz (MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE), and Jamie Kennedy (KICKIN' IT OLD SKOOL). In the tradition of KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE, the film is comprised of a series of sketches, most of which revolve around teenagers and sex. Matthew Lillard and Andy Milonakis also make appearances in this ribald offering from the team behind

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How To Sell DVD’s Online


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Published Dec. 14, 2009 at 3:48 p.m.

Well as we’re talking about engaging potential marketing partners from the earliest stages of Production, it inevitably raises the question: What if the film is already completed?I’ve been following several self-distribution DVD launches over the last year or so and I can tell you this – the best ways to make a splash with your [ ... ] ...

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Crazy Heart opens December 16th, 2009 (limited)


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Published Dec. 13, 2009 at 3:27 a.m.

Jeff Bridges stars in this drama based on Thomas Cobb's first novel about an alcoholic country singer. The musician's career is going downhill as he watches his protégé's star ascend, but his encounters with a journalist (THE DARK KNIGHT's Maggie Gyllenhaal) might just keep him from hitting rock bottom. Oscar winner Robert Duvall costars and serves as one of the film's producers ...

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Avatar opens December 18th, 2009 (wide)


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Published Dec. 13, 2009 at 3:27 a.m.

AVATAR takes us to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on an epic adventure, ultimately fighting to save the alien world he has learned to call home. James Cameron, the Oscar-winning director of "Titanic," first conceived the film 15 years ago, when the means to realize his vision did not exist yet. Now, after four years of production, AVATAR, a live action film with a new generation of special effects, delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new

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Found Footage Festival returns home to Wisconsin


Published Dec. 12, 2009 at 9:06 a.m.


When the fifth Found Footage Festival comes to the Oriental Theater this week, it will be a homecoming not only for founders Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, but also for the festival, which got its start when Prueher and Pickett found an insipid McDonald's training video in the break room of a Stoughton fast food restaurant. Also, The Times hosts a stop on another nation-wide film tour.

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Engaging Marketing Partners Early


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Published Dec. 11, 2009 at 11:53 a.m.

One of the things you hear about so much these days is the necessity of lining up Marketing/Promotional partners for your film. The main reason for this is so that you can leverage the might of some of these partners to be able to spread buzz about your film – sell DVD’s, get people to [ ... ] ...

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Section 181 Revealed


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Published Dec. 10, 2009 at 3:18 p.m.

So yesterday we had the Virtual Seminar with Film Financing Section 181 expert Corky Kessler. Allow me to say it’s one of the most information-packed Virtual Seminars I’ve ever hosted with another expert.Here’s some of the questions that came in (and were answered) during the call:• What are the odds Section 181 will get renewed?• [ ... ] ...

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OnHollywood: Robert Pattinson talks "Twilight"


Published Dec. 4, 2009 at 7:57 p.m.


Fresh off a huge opening weekend at the box office, "Twilight: New Moon" star Robert Pattinson sat down with OnMilwaukee.com film expert Gino Salomone to discuss the huge success of the "Twilight" series, working with new director Chris Weitz, and the relationship with the cast.

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OnHollywood: Sandra Bullock talks "The Blindside"


Published Nov. 18, 2009 at 9:54 a.m.


In anticipation of interviewing her for "The Blindside" Gino Salomone went through tons of possibilities which all fell through. What you see is his feeble attempt to make her laugh as he attempts to look like her husband, biker Jesse James.

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