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Little things that make me happy #5

James Sallis, the author of the book of the same name that Drive was based on, is aiming to release a sequel called Driven in April 2012 and naturally speculation has begun about a possible film adaptation because Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn are already working on two more projects together.

Little things that make me happy #4

Thinking about the post I will make here after going to see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on the 26th.

Overnight Bret Easton Ellis has pretty much cast Scott Disick (yes, the reality TV star) as the lead in a the horribly possible remake of American Psycho via twitter.
Though both have given confirmation I hope - and am almost certain - that this is just more of Bret’s fantastic sense of humor and not something we will really be facing.

We Need to Talk About Kevin

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Little things that make me happy #3

In the cinema during and at the end of Never Let Me Go two girls in front of me were crying, completely distraught, I thought it was what the film deserved.

Martha Marcy May Marlene

I’m reluctant to write about this film at all, at risk of somehow taking away from it.

I waited for what seemed like forever and was extremely excited when I saw that a workprint was available to download, it’s a film that has commanded my respect and full attention from the very start.

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Little things that make me happy #2

The almost undeniable evidence that Ellen Page will be in The Dark Knight Rises.

Like Crazy

[Potential SPOILERS Ahead]:

Life-ruining, is my recurring thought after I’ve just finished watching Like Crazy.

I knew from the the premise, long before I even downloaded the screener, that this film was going to be very personal.

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