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RIP Albert Finney. The 5-time Oscar nominee, known for films such as Tom Jones and Erin Brockovich, died at 82 this week. Finney's final screen credit was this recent James Bond film:
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Spectre
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Quantum of Solace
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Casino Royale
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Skyfall
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If you're this mercurial filmmaker, you're suing Amazon for a cool $68 million over the non-release of his movie A Rainy Day in New York:
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Woody Allen
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Roman Polanski
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Oliver Stone
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Uwe Boll
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The weekend brought a trio of new films to the cineplex. Shrouded by a pre-release cloud of incredibly bad PR, Liam Neeson starred in Cold Pursuit, in which he attempts to distribute justice largely with the help of this cold-weather accessory:
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A snowblower
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A snowplow
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A ski lift
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A bobsled
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Next up, What Women Want, featuring the star of this TV series in the main role, gender-updated the 2000 Mel Gibson/Nancy Meyers flick:
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Veep
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Empire
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How to Get Away with Murder
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Law and Order: SVU
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And everything was not awesome for The Lego Movie 2: The Second part. Audiences seemed to have lost interest in the five years since the original, during which there have been this many other Lego movies:
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In upcoming movie news, if you've been jonesing for a Rebel Wilson/Anne Hathaway comedy, then you lively caught the trailer for the upcoming The Hustle. Alert cinemaphiles will recognize this as a remake of with earlier buddy film?
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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Tango and Cash
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Midnight Run
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48 Hours
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And fans were treated to the first teaser trailer for Frozen 2. The Disney animated film, which we're forecasting to make a least a few million dollars, will open closest to which 2019 holiday?
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Christmas
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Thanksgiving
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4th of July
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Easter
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And if you're a fan of both film and legitimate the-ater, you probably have on your radar that this Broadway smash will open as a movie come Christmas 2021:
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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Avenue Q
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Wicked
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Cabaret
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In our occasional pop culture-real estate report, the internet had a field day with a house-for-sale listing with certain....amenities which calls to mind this certain popular film:
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50 Shades of Grey
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Twilight
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Saw
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The Conjuring
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And we'll end with a quick glance at the small screen, which saw the comedy Miracle Workers on TBS. Daniel Radcliffe plays an angel. He plays God:
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Mark Harmon
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Alan Alda
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Steve Buscemi
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Jason Alexander
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