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Ed Harris Channels Donald Trump As Hollywood Goes Populist

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Zakarin | Posted 01.27.2012

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It's being marketed as an action-packed, high-wire thriller that offers nothing more complicated than a brief escape from the mid-winter doldrums. But...

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First-Time Nominee JC Chandor Talks Oscar Nod Glory

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Zakarin | Posted 01.24.2012

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JC Chandor earned his first Oscar nomination on Tuesday, getting a Best Original Screenplay nod for his star-studded, independent financial meltdown t...

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Big Stars Get Big Honors

Posted 11.29.2011

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UPDATE: The NYFCC has announced that "The Artist," the Michel Hazanavicius-written and directed silent film, has won Best Picture. _____ PREVIOUSL...

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ReThink Review: Margin Call -- 'Twas the Night Before the Meltdown...

Jonathan Kim | Posted 01.01.2012

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The film Margin Call takes us inside a lightly fictionalized stand-in for Lehman Brothers called HMS, where a young risk analyst discovers the math that proves HMS' imminent demise.

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Director: 'Margin Call' Relevant To Occupy Movement

Turnstyle | Posted 12.26.2011

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Photo Courtesy of Prodigy Public RelationsActor Zach Quinto and writer-director J.C. Chandor on the set of Margin Call. Originally published on Tur...

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10 Movies That Take On Wall Street

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 12.24.2011

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The bigger they are, the harder they fall: This little maxim neatly summarizes why we love to watch movies set on Wall Street. Last Friday, J.C. C...

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Angry About This Economy? This Movie's For You

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Zakarin | Posted 12.21.2011

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It would be the ultimate stroke of lucky timing, as the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to gain momentum, for a film to come along that excoriat...

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