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Star Wars countdown: Episode VI: "Return of the Jedi"

Star Wars countdown: Episode VI: “Return of the Jedi”

By Matt Maielli / Staff Writer December 13, 2015

Welcome to the “Star Wars” countdown and may the Force be with you. Each week leading up to the release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” The Pitt News will retroactively review the “Star Wars”...

Leonardo DiCaprio stars in "The Revenant." (Kimberley French/Twentieth Century Fox)

Inarritu’s “Revenant” a triumphant return

By Tarun Sathish / Staff Writer December 9, 2015

In many ways, Alejandro G. Inarritu’s “The Revenant” is the opposite of his previous project, the Oscar-winning “Birdman.” For one, no character’s career is on the verge of breakout or implosion,...

Star Wars countdown: Episode V: "The Empire Strikes Back"

Star Wars countdown: Episode V: “The Empire Strikes Back”

By Walter Howard / Staff Writer December 9, 2015

Welcome to the “Star Wars” countdown and may the Force be with you. Each week leading up to the release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” The Pitt News will retroactively review the “Star Wars”...

Kiss Me Goodbye is one of the many local independent film productions in Pittsburgh.  Photo courtesy of Kept Shut Productions

State budget woes vary among filmmakers

By Elaina Zachos / Staff Writer December 8, 2015

Lights, camera, no action on the state’s budget is shoving film production crews out of Pittsburgh, hurting the hospitality industry and pulling the curtains on the city’s reputation as the next Hollywood. With...

Saoirse Ronan attends the screening of "The Host" presented by The Cinema Society and Jaeger-LeCoultre in New York on March 27, 2013. (Dennis Van Tine/Abaca Press/MCT)

‘Brooklyn’ sails above stereotypes

By Ian Flanagan / Staff Writer December 8, 2015

From its universal ideas to its Oscar-bait-period-piece aura, everything about “Brooklyn” feels familiar — in a good way. The film’s magnetic central performance in Saoirse Ronan alone could...

Star Wars countdown: "Episode IV: A New Hope"

Star Wars countdown: “Episode IV: A New Hope”

By Dan Sostek / Contributing Editor December 3, 2015

Welcome to the “Star Wars” countdown and may the Force be with you. Each week leading up to the release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” The Pitt News will retroactively review the “Star Wars”...

Sylvester Stallone, left, and Michael B. Jordan in Creed.(Barry Wetcher/Warner Bros. Entertainment and MGM)

Knock out: “Creed” one last breath in Rocky franchise

By Matt Maielli / Staff Writer December 2, 2015

Don’t let the trailer fool you — “Creed” is not just another “Rocky” sequel. At first, another “Rocky” movie, let alone a spinoff, seems ridiculous — at this rate, his retirement comeback...

Courtesy of Emily Crosby

Q&A: Kicking out of the Bond Girls

By Walter Howard / Staff Writer December 2, 2015

For every Bond film there is a “Bond girl,” destined to shack up with the secret agent.    Then, cut, roll tapes. Since 1962, Bond has received gadgets and Aston Martin cars, and the actresses have...

Nicole Kidman in "Secret in Their Eyes." (STX Productions)

American “Secret” not so mysterious

By Jack Shelly / Staff Writer November 30, 2015

The appeal of the newly-released movie “Secret in Their Eyes” is not much of a secret. Producers cast some of the most bankable actors in Hollywood and  purchased the rights to remake the 2009 Argentinian...

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Star Wars countdown: “Revenge of the Sith”

By Matt Maielli / Staff Writer November 18, 2015

Welcome to the “Star Wars” countdown and may the Force be with you. Each week leading up to the release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” The Pitt News will retroactively review the “Star Wars”...

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