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“As you wish.”  Looks like we will all have to be shelling out money again for the 25th anniversary edition of ‘The Princess Bride’.  From celebrated director Rob Reiner (‘The Bucket List’) and Oscar®-winning screenwriter William Goldman (‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’) comes “an enchanting fantasy” (Time) filled with adventure, romance and plenty of “good-hearted fun” (Roger Ebert). Featuring a spectacular cast that includes Robin Wright (‘Forrest Gump’), Cary Elwes (‘No Strings Attached’), Mandy Patinkin (‘Homeland’) and Billy Crystal (‘Tooth Fairy’), this wonderful fairy tale about a Princess named Buttercup and her beloved is “a real dream of a movie” (People).

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Coming this fall, the third highest-grossing movie of all time and the #1 movie in the world, “Marvel’s The Avengers” assembles as you’ve never seen it before on Blu-ray 3DTM, Blu-rayTM, DVD, Digital and On-Demand platforms on September 25, 2012. In anticipation of this release, Marvel is also launching an all-new App in July – “The Avengers Initiative: A Marvel Second Screen App” (available for the first time on iPhone) – that gives fans unprecedented access to exclusive content building up to the home entertainment release.

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William Shatner just posted to his social media outlets, “Hoping to do a documentary on Star Trek:The Next Generation. I don’t know if you know but there’s a mysterious story that needs to be told and I’d like to tell it.”  This blew my mind.  I wonder what kind of mysterious events surround the epic series.  And what will Shatner bring to it.

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  HBO series True Blood and Game of Thrones are confirmed for panels and autograph sessions, and Cinemax series Strike Back will have a panel and a screening at Comic-Con International:  San Diego 2012. Below is panel information on the three HBO/Cinemax series.  Panel times will be released soon.  Expect live coverage of the True Blood and Game of Thrones panels, at HBO Connect (hbo.com/connect) and #sdcctruebie #sdccgotfan.  For Strike Back, fans can go to cinemax.com/strike-back.

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Sony Screen Gems officially announced a sequel to the hit film ‘Think Like A Man’.  The studio hired the same writers (Keith Merryman and David A. Newman) to pen the sequel according to the LA Times.  It makes sense to make the sequel after the first film grossed over $91 million which makes it one of the most successful comedies of the year so far.

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The official red band trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s “The Man With The Iron Fists” starring RZA is here. In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers.  “Quentin Tarantino presents an action-adventure inspired by kung-fu classics as interpreted by his longtime collaborators RZA and Eli Roth.”  This is RZA’s first time in the direcotr’s chair as he is directing Lucy Liu and Russell Crowe.  Enjoy it.

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Based on the poignantly optimistic autobiographical writings of California-based journalist and poet Mark O’Brien, The Sessions tells the story of a man confined to an iron lung who is determined–at age 38–to lose his virginity. With the help of his therapists and the guidance of his priest, he sets out to make his dream a reality.  This film screened at Sundance and was a big hit with the crowds.  It stars John Hawkes, Alan Arkin, William H. Macy, and Helen Hunt.  Ben Lewin served as director.

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Beasts of the Southern Wild is no doubt in my top-10 list for best films of 2012.  I know most of you haven’t heard of this film, but rest assured, once you see this film – and I urge you to see this film as fast you can- you will not forget it.  Beasts of the Southern Wild is Benh Zeithlin’s feature-length directorial debut, and even though he is only 29 years old, he has a poetic vision that is on par with Stanley Kubrick and Terrence Malick.  Zeithlin’s attention to detail allows the movie to successfully portray backwater Louisiana, magical realism, and a culture’s determination and strength. It is unlike anything I have seen.  Not only is this film entertaining, smart, and creative, it is also important in that it shows a very realistic portrayal of some of the poorest people in present day America as they struggle to survive disasters both man-made and natural.  This is what every indie filmmaker should strive for.

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Are there naked slabs of man? Why yes, yes there are. But this is not all that Magic Mike has to offer. I have to admit, I dismissed this movie when I first saw the previews. I like looking at men – especially this cast of men – but filling two hours of film with this is likely to get old real fast. When I realized Steven Soderbergh was at the helm, I gave it a chance, and I’m glad I did. Magic Mike delivers on all the raunchiness hoped for out of a movie about male strippers, but there is more to it than Channing Tatum’s bare, rhythmic body.
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20th Century Fox and And Imagine TV are prepping an epic tv series called ‘The League of Pan’, a Peter Pan themed television series.  This project is the brain-child of writer Brian McCauley Johnson according to Deadline.  ’The League of Pan’ will be a re-imagining of the Peter Pan universe and will take place in present day and will follow the Lost Boys (no, not Haim and Feldman), who left Neverland ten years ago.

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