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Read Director Michael Powell’s Gushing Letter to Martin Scorsese About an Early Draft of Goodfellas

The legendary British director Michael Powell ( The Red Shoes , The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ) had been friends with Martin Scorsese for over a decade by 1988. Scorsese idolized Powell, and it appears that reverence was reciprocated in a letter Powell sent regarding an epic Scorsese-penned script that would be released two years later as Goodfellas , the same year Powell died. Dig this amazing find.

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Read Director Michael Powell’s Gushing Letter to Martin Scorsese About an Early Draft of Goodfellas

New Our Idiot Brother Trailer: Will Paul Rudd Be Your Favorite Moron?

The Sundance comedy Our Idiot Brother is pretty much perfectly cast: From the titular Paul Rudd role to the hard-edged Elizabeth Banks part to the hipster Zooey Deschanel character, everyone is just right and apparently unafraid of typecasting. In this new trailer, Rudd harries his three sisters (Banks, Deschanel, and typically prickly Emily Mortimer), and Rashida Jones rushes in to act as a saving grace.

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New Our Idiot Brother Trailer: Will Paul Rudd Be Your Favorite Moron?

Past The Popcorn » Zombieland

There is also a perfectly cast cameo in the middle of the film, but I don’t dare spoil that surprise here. Although Zombieland certainly has enough creative zombie bashing, funny one-liners and helpful zombie survival tips, …

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Past The Popcorn » Zombieland