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The directors' branch is still dominated by men, but a number of women have staked their claims to fame, directing some of the top-grossing films in history. Jennifer Lee, right, co-directed "Frozen" , which became the highest-grossing animated film of all time.
Having terrorised the planet with alien invasion in Independence Day, and an ice age in The Day after Tomorrow, writer/director Roland Emmerich turned to the cataclysmic predictions of the Mayan calendar to give Earth another pounding. Best to let the science bit wash over you - solar flare, neutrinos, stuff getting really hot - and enjoy the ride, as world leaders gather to enact a lottery-based planetary exodus and individuals play out their own stories in classic disaster-movie style.
Cleveland will be rocking when Marvel superhero Thor comes to town on Saturday, February 27, 2016 for the second annual Wizard World Comic Con. Joining the big screen god of thunder Chris Hemsworth at First Merit Convention Center this weekend will be A Nightmare on Elm Street horror icon Freddy Krueger , Happy Days cool guy "The Fonz" , Star Trek: Next Generation favorite Data , WWE pro wrestler Rusev, and '70s CHiPS motorcycle cop Jon Baker .
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I'm typically unperturbed by Oscar noms, save for when something gets surprisingly snubbed or rewarded . Demian Bichir's nomination for A BETTER LIFE is as perfect an example as any of something that completely caught me offguard in the best way.
The legend that is Angela Lansbury was honoured in Dublin yesterday with a special tribute award at the Audi Dublin International Film Festival. The Taoiseach Enda Kenny was greeted with boos and jeers as he came onto the stage to present her with the award at An Bord Gais Energy Theatre.
Vikings star Clive Standen is set to take on the role of Bryan Mills in NBC's straight-to-series Taken prequel , The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The drama is described as a modern-day prequel to Luc Besson's feature of the same name that starred Neeson as retired CIA operative Bryan Mills on a one-man mission to save his kidnapped daughter.
As part of a short film series about films that were never made, director Joe Dante talks about the time he developed a film about Golden Age Hollywood animators called Termite Terrace, the unglamorous nickname of the Warner Bros. animation studio in the 1930s.