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'Bottle George' and Other Short Film Directors Break Down Filming
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SAG Awards Noms Analysis: What to Make of Picks Populist (‘Wicked’) and Not (‘The Last Showgirl’)
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12 Deadly Animal Movies That Used Real Animals — With Varying Levels of Success
12 Deadly Animal Movies That Used Real Animals — With Varying Levels of Success
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Goteborg Film Festival Line-Up Features ‘The Brutalist,’ Queer,’ ‘The Girl With the Needle’
Goteborg Film Festival Line-Up Features ‘The Brutalist,’ Queer,’ ‘The Girl With the Needle’
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Chris Columbus Recalls Who Died In Darker ‘Gremlins’ Script And The Line He “Fought For”

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The scoop on the grizzly Gremlins script that never was, straight from director Chris Columbus' mouth

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In the original script, Gizmo's Mogwai pals were supposed to meet a grisly end - think decapitation and blood-curdling deaths
Columbus fought hard to keep one iconic line in the final film, a dark quip that gave Gremlins its signature holiday horror vibe

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