Eric Lavallée

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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Martyrs | DVD Review

You have to feel sorry for Gavin Hood and Hugh Jackman who will, in only a few weeks from now, get to field questions about the incompetence behind a studio's security system. I could have easily given the Lemon of the Week to the individual(s) who lifted an incomplete, working copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and leaked it online, but instead, I'm awarding the honour to 20th Century Fox.

Soderbergh’s Knockout Manning Up with Fassbender, McGregor and Traffic Combo

Soderbergh is turning to his vault and re-teaming not with any Ocean's films players, but Traffic stars Michael Douglas and Dennis Quaid. He'll also have one of the U.K. biggest new talents in Michael Fassbender (who was genius in Hunger and the upcoming Fish Tank) and completing the foursome is Ewan McGregor - someone in need of some juicier supporting roles.

DGA Noms: Bigelow Receives Deserving Nom, Coens Bros. Snubbed

This year's nominees have been announced with Kathryn Bigelow being the clear favorite among a field of noms that also include: James Cameron for Avatar; Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire; Jason Reitman for Up in the Air; and Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds.

James Franco Climbs onto Boyle’s ‘127 Hours’

From General Hospital to in desperate need of a trip to the hospital - James Franco will find himself in the rock-climbing shoes of Aron Ralston in Danny Boyle's 90 minute exercise of show, not tell for Fox Searchlight. This Production Weekly twitter feed should get a lot of traction from the film news media, as most have been speculating since November whether the Ryan Gosling and Cillian Murphy would indeed play the solo part.

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