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Bradley Cooper is Now the Third Actor to Exit 'Jane Got a Gun'

Damon Houx — Thu, 02 May 2013 01:30:28 +0000

Michael Fassbender, Jude Law and Bradley Cooper all now have something in common, as Cooper is the third actor to exit from 'Jane Got a Gun,' the troubled Natalie Portman production that had its director replaced.

Natalie Portman and Michael Fassbender to Work Together After All in 'Macbeth'

Britt Hayes — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:00:30 +0000

Even though Michael Fassbender had to exit 'Jane Got a Gun,' he's still got plans to work with Natalie Portman, who's just signed on to star opposite Fassbender in 'Macbeth.'

'Thor 2′ Trailer: "When Do We Start?"

Damon Houx — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:24:13 +0000

'Thor: The Dark World' looks to be bigger and better than the original movie!

'Jane Got a Gun' Adds Noah Emmerich as Natalie Portman's Husband

Jacob Hall — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:08:10 +0000

After all of that trouble at the start of production, it looks like ‘Jane Got a Gun‘ has finally gotten its act together, casting character actor Noah Emmerich in the film’s final remaining lead role. According to Deadline, Emmerich will play Natalie Portman‘s outlaw husband, who returns to their farm with a team of very bad [...]

Story At The Movies: THOR

John Story — Fri, 13 May 2011 17:18:03 +0000

Now at the Evansville IMAX: The latest superhero thingy (not quite a movie but lots more than a comic book) from Marvel Comics Studio, “Thor,” a gigantically noisy but fun-for-the-fans exercise in silly plotting, overacting, and colorful images in good 3D. There’s this king of Asgard see, his name is Odin and he’s worshipped as a [...]

The King's Speech Wins Big At Oscars

WGBF-AM — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:10:06 +0000

There weren't a whole lot of surprises at the 83rd Academy Awards -- as expected, "The King's Speech" took the big prize as Best Picture. The film about King George VI overcoming his stutter also garnered a Best Actor statue for Colin Firth and a Best Director win for Tom Hooper.

"King"'s four statuettes tied "Inception," which also nabbed four awards in technical categories, for the most Oscars.

Oscar favorite Natalie Portman also took home the Best Actress statuette for her role in "Black Swan," and Melissa Leo and Christian Bale of "The Fighter" cleaned up in the supporting role categories.

See the full list of winners after the jump:

Story At The Movies: Black Swan

John Story — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:35:21 +0000

Welcome to the return of a movie review feature I first launched nearly 35 years ago on another radio station, but which now will form part of WGBF's new blog content that will be a regular feature of this site from now on. "Story at the Movies" will be here occasionally when I happen to see a new movie I love, whether in a theater, on dvd, cable or Netflix. However, today I'd like to comment on a film everyone else seems to love and I loathed: "Black Swan,"