http://www.ropeofsilicon.com The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Sat, 26 May 2012 01:15:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/directors-career-pick-up/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/directors-career-pick-up/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:01:15 +0000 Kevin Blumeyer http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49705 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/directors-career-pick-up/feed/ 32 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/edgar-controversy-hoover-sexuality/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/edgar-controversy-hoover-sexuality/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:55:00 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47771 J. Edgar, which could definitely serve as cause for controversy.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/edgar-controversy-hoover-sexuality/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/clint-eastwoods-acting/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/clint-eastwoods-acting/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:45:17 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47498 Gran Torino would be the last film Clint Eastwood acted in, but Beyonce's pregnancy has delayed his A Star is Born remake and it looks as if he's got the itch...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/clint-eastwoods-acting/feed/ 3 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/bad-buzz-clint-eastwoods-j-edgar-begins/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/bad-buzz-clint-eastwoods-j-edgar-begins/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:32:03 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47203 J. Edgar buzz surfaces for the first time and films such as The Artist, Moneyball and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close continue the conversation. It was a bit of a big moving day today as 13 of my 19 contenders all have new rankings. Click through to see where everything landed...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/bad-buzz-clint-eastwoods-j-edgar-begins/feed/ 25 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/j-edgar-trailer-epic-eastwoods-film-leonardo-dicaprio/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/j-edgar-trailer-epic-eastwoods-film-leonardo-dicaprio/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:19:30 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=46491 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/j-edgar-trailer-epic-eastwoods-film-leonardo-dicaprio/feed/ 31 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/official-2012-oscar-predictions-director/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/official-2012-oscar-predictions-director/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:00:18 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=46080 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/official-2012-oscar-predictions-director/feed/ 13 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/poll-post-dark-knight-rises-option-christian-bale-star-next/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/poll-post-dark-knight-rises-option-christian-bale-star-next/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:28:32 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45468 The Dark Knight Rises and those choices include films from the likes of Clint Eastwood, Spike Lee, Darren Aronofsky and Michael Mann. 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