Articles by Cal MacLean

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  Hyde Park on Hudson

  Roger Michell

  PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2012

  The trailer for Hyde Park on Hudson provides a refreshingly straightforward litmus test for whether audiences should go see the film or not...

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  The Bourne Legacy [Blu-Ray]

  Tony Gilroy

  PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2012

  By now, the story behind the making of the Bourne series is nearly as compelling as the films. Starting with director Doug Liman's adaptati...

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  A Liar's Autobiography – The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

  Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson and Ben Timlett

  PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2012

  Monty Python are often called the Beatles of comedy, but the two groups have more in common than their tremendous legacies. With the premat...

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  Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [Blu-Ray]

  Timur Bekmambetov

  PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2012

  Remakes, remixes and, maybe most of all, mash-ups are getting attention at previously unprecedented levels. The Internet has given us endle...

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  The American President

  Rob Reiner

  PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2012

  It's difficult to find the proper context for The American President. When it was first released in 1995, it was Aaron Sorkin's third scree...

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  The Indiana Jones Collection [Blu-Ray]

  Steven Spielberg

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2012

  As the story goes, director Steven Spielberg was considering his career plans to friend George Lucas. Following the success of Jaws and Clo...

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  Frankenweenie

  Tim Burton

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2012

  The familiar story of a boy and his dog, as interpreted by director Tim Burton, is at the heart of Frankenweenie. Based on his 1984 short f...

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  Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

  Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky

  PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2012

  Directors Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky have said that when they first travelled to Arkansas in 1994 to film the trials of Jason Baldwin...