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While Breaking Bad fans might find it amazing that bronze statues of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) are now standing tall in Albuquerque, not everyone in the state of New Mexico shares that joy. Per Fox News, key conservative figures in the state have condemned the statues by arguing that they glorify drug dealers. For those unaware, Breaking Bad follows a high school chemistry teacher whose cancer diagnosis convinces him to partner up with a former student and produce mass quantities of meth....

Bruce Willis is about to join the fraternity of actor-director hyphenates. According to the Shreveport Times, Bruce Willis is set to make his directorial debut and star in the film, Three Stories About Joan. The film also stars Owen Wilson and Kieran Culkin and will be shot in the Shreveport area from October 3 to November 10. Little else was known about the film, but the folks at CHUD dug up a synopsis, found in The Film Catalog that we have below....

Emmy-winning veteran actor Bryan Cranston has been in show business for a long time, but he wasn’t above feeling starstruck when he learned Anthony Hopkins was such a big fan. It’s previously been revealed that when Hopkins finished watching Breaking Bad, he sent Cranston a letter praising him for his unforgettable performance as protagonist Walter White. In a new interview with People, Cranston remembered getting the letter and shared how it led to later meeting with Hopkins for lunch, where it took some restraint not to go into fanboy mode....

It seems that director Cameron Crowe will step behind the camera for the first time in five years with a new film project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Crowe has signed on to direct We Bought a Zoo for Fox. The trade reports that Crowe is already rewriting the original script written by Aline Brosh McKenna to better suit his style. The film is based off the memoir written by Benjamin Mee, which revolves around the true story of Mee and his family buying a broken down zoo that was set to be taken down....

MTV talked with Peter Jackson regarding The Hobbit casting, which starts this week, and now Jackson is revealing a few more Lord of the Rings stars in addition to the previously-announced Ian McKellen who will reprise their J.R.R. Tolkien characters: Production on the Guillermo del Toro-directed films is scheduled to start April or May. The first movie is targeted for a Dec. 2011 release followed a year later by the second in Dec....

CBS today announced mid-season series premiere dates and some time period moves for America’s top-rated Network. “We’re in the fortunate position of having a schedule with many successful shows and very few holes,” said Kelly Kahl, Senior Executive Vice President Primetime for CBS. “This allows us to be very targeted with our mid-season series. These are moves that maintain the core stability of a successful schedule, while giving us multiple looks for the future at a few time periods....

It seemed like the arrival of Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock in the MCU was a big thing for Marvel fans, but the actor didn’t feel that way when he snuck into a screening of Spider-Man: No Way Home to see the kind of reaction he had been hearing about for himself. However, it seems that he chose the wrong screening as instead of his short scene being greeted by gasps and cheers, all the actor experienced was a stony silence....

When you watch a good movie, you never want the story to end. You watch it again and again, but your imagination wanders. Plots are finite, self-contained, and measured, but you know the characters are deeper than two hours of run time. Rather than have your videotape get snarled and ejected from your VCR player or rehash and recite those plot points, you know by heart, the story can continue....

American author and poet Peter Straub passed away at the age of 79. He was born on March 2, 1943, to Gordon Anthony Straub and Elvina (Nilsestuen) Straub in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His father wanted him to become an athlete, while his mother wanted him to be a doctor or Lutheran minister. Instead, he took his lifelong love of reading to become a writer. He is survived by his wife Susan and two children, Emma and Benjamin....

Sci-Fi Movies hold the magical power to take us to far-off lands of the imagination that appear every bit as real as everyday life. The greater the elements of fantasy, the more viewers are entranced by these fictional worlds. Losing ourselves in these imaginative lands is a universal childhood pastime, and its novelty never wears off. No matter how old we get, it’s always a jolly good time to watch movies set in futuristic and fantastic lands....

Like any profession, actors and actresses do not always get along with their coworkers; on screen, they may look like the best of friends, but when filming wraps, sometimes our favorite duos just can not seem to make it work. Maybe it is the high-stress environment of working on a big-budget movie set, or maybe it is just that certain personalities clash more than others. Whatever the reason, some of Hollywood’s favorites have taken it so far as to vow to never work with each other ever again after butting heads....

The Good Bruce Willis, Mos Def and David Morse all give weight to this well made film. The Bad Sadly, this film got a little too convoluted at the end. It has been quite awhile since we have been treated to an old school action movie and who better to give us that than Richard Donner? Overall, 16 Blocks is a solidly made film which features stand out performances by all the main cast members....

It may be hard to imagine a world were the House of Mouse didn’t own the rights to every Marvel property. From the Avengers, to the X-Men and now, most recently, The Defenders and The Punisher. All they need now is the complete rights to Spider-Man. However, it was only a few years ago that other companies (Fox, Netflix, and Sony) were releasing Marvel movies and shows to a varied degree of critical success and praise from fans....

Alexander Payne is getting back to work with some familiar faces. According to Variety, Alexander Payne is putting the finishing touches on his new screenplay, Downsizing, and, although no deals are in place, he already has some big names secured, with Paul Giamatti, Reese Witherspoon and Sacha Baron Cohen already committing to the film. Payne is writing the screenplay with his writing partner Jim Taylor, and the film is said to surround small people....

IFC Entertainment today announced that its independent theatrical catalog will now be available on the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com). Included in the announcement are all IFC’s 2007 Independent Spirit Award nominees. This is the premier award for the independent film community and for the 2007 Spirit Award competition IFC Entertainment received the most Spirit Awards nominations of any one film company. “By making IFC films available on the world’s most popular online movie store we’re giving independent filmmakers the exciting opportunity to reach a wider audience of movie enthusiasts,” said Lisa Schwartz, IFC’s senior vice president of sales and business development....

Dear Josh, Your last three movies, simply put, were amazing. Of those three, the two that came out last year - Lucky Number Slevin and The Black Dahlia were on my Top 10 list for 2006 and your latest, Resurrecting the Champ could very well be on my top 10 list for this year as well. Sadly, these films haven’t even made $50 million at the box office… COMBINED. For such a marvelous trio of movies, that number is insanely disturbing....

The Good If you don’t know anything about Ralph Nader or you are unclear on what he represents… you need to see this film. The Bad Why didn’t Nader do a commentary track on this film? An Unreasonable Man is a 122 minute look at a man some people love, some people are terrified of, and other people (both on the Left and Right) hate. There are three key points in Ralph Nader’s life that are shown in this comprehensive film....

The Spider-Man franchise has one of the largest fanbases in the world and always leaves Marvel fans wanting more. From Tobey Maguire to Andrew Garfield to Tom Holland, the Spider-Man movies have made the fandom grow even stronger with every movie. Created by Stan Lee, Spider-Man’s superhuman strength, speed, and swiftness has been gracing our screens since his creation in 1962. One of the most promising actors of our generation, Andrew Garfield, reminisced on his time as the superhero and what the franchise means to him in an exclusive interview with the Farooqi Brothers on Cinema Debate....

The gears are now in motion for Bruce Lee, a biopic in the works about the iconic actor and martial artist. Directed by Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), the film will be written by Dan Futterman (Capote). As the project has been in gestation for years, Futterman will be reworking the story following prior drafts by Jean Castelli, Alex Law, Mabel Cheung, and Wells Tower. Per Deadline, the biopic has also found its lead star, as director Ang Lee has tapped son Mason Lee to play the Enter the Dragon star....

Amid heavy rumors that Jason Momoa will be hanging up the trident after the release of Aquaman 2 to pursue a new role as Lobo in the DCU, James Gunn and Peter Safran themselves are clearing the air. On Tuesday, Gunn and his fellow DC Studios boss, Peter Safran, announced a slew of upcoming projects that are on their slate for the DCU. This includes new projects for superheroes like Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, but there was no mention of either Aquaman nor Lobo....