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'Ender's Game' Trailer: Colonel Harrison Ford Needs a New Kind of Soldier

Nick Romano — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:03:08 +0000

The sci-fi novel comes to life as we see a young boy named Ender training in a futuristic battle school and proving himself a master of the art of war.

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8 Things You Didn't Know About Indiana Jones

TheFW Staff — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:00:05 +0000

Indiana Jones was one of our favorite movie characters growing up -- he ate brains, killed Nazis and wasn't ashamed to admit he hates snakes. We assume this love is universal. That's why we made this handy little infographic just for you.

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'42′ Review

Matt Singer — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:23:29 +0000

My grandmother, Rhoda Singer, died earlier this year. She lived much of her life in Brooklyn and was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan. Her favorite player was Pee Wee Reese, the Dodgers' scrappy white shortstop who famously silenced a racist Cincinnati crowd by putting his arm around his black teammate Jackie Robinson during pre-game warmups.

I thought about my grandmother a lot while watching '42,' the new biopic of Jackie Robinson and his quest to break the color barrier in baseball. On an intellectual level, I can tell you a dozen things wrong with the movie, from its excessively preachy dialogue to its bloated length. But on an emotional level, I have to admit that this movie bypassed my brain and grabbed my heart, pulling each and every string contained therein firmly and repeatedly. It's a pretty good tribute to a great man. And when Pee-Wee and Jackie embraced on that field in Cincinnati I cried.

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'Star Wars: Episode 7′ Is Definitely Not Something Harrison Ford Wants to Talk About…Yet

Nick Romano — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:05:48 +0000

As you most likely already know, reports of Harrison Ford's involvement in the upcoming J.J. Abrams-directed 'Star Wars: Episode 7' came out a while back followed by a statement from George Lucas saying that him, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill were all in negotiations. Plus even Ford himself said he "thinks" it's a sure thing -- but that's apparently all he has to say on the matter and he won't discuss it further. Seriously.

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'Star Wars Episode 7′: Lucas Says The Original Cast Is Officially Signed

Eric Walkuski — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:33:29 +0000

Are they in or aren't they? That's the biggest question revolving around 'Star Wars: Episode 7' at the moment: is the original cast actually returning? We've heard "confirmations" from various sources, but there's still a large question mark hovering over the matter.

Today we might be a little closer to a definitive answer on the 'Star Wars: Episode 7' cast, coming straight from George Lucas himself.

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'42′ Featurette Highlights the Heroism of Jackie Robinson

Damon Houx — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:00:20 +0000

'42' looks fascinating, and not just for Harrison Ford's weird make-up. Relaying the biography of Jackie Robinson, it shows how the star baseball player (played by Chadwick Boseman) had to struggle against the prejudices that didn't want to see professional baseball become integrated. Now there's a featurette that plays up Robinson's historical significance.

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'Star Wars: Episode 7′: Harrison Ford Says "Maybe"

Damon Houx — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:11:37 +0000

Oh boy, we're in for a long road to 2015. That's when we'll get 'Star Wars - Episode 7' in theaters, but from now until then we're going to be dealing with a lot of rumors about the new 'Star Wars.' Today we heard that Matthew Vaughn might be the film's director, and now we're hearing that it's possible Harrison Ford could join the new film.

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