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• Fan Rant: 24 Hours of Aronofsky
  

  Filed under: Drama, Independent, Romance, Sports, Artisan, Warner Brothers, Fox Searchlight, Toronto International Film Festival, Fan Rant

  
  
  (from left to right) Sean Gullette in Pi, Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream, Hugh Jackman in The Fountain, and Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
  
  I had been writing a rambling introduction to this piece, but to make a long anecdote short, I decided to re-watch the works of writer-director Darren Aronofsky prior to seeing his new film, The Wrestler. Out of more happenstance than...
  



• Lionsgate Titles Now on iTunes
  

  Filed under: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Artisan, Lionsgate Films, Home Entertainment

  I wasn't even aware that the rights to Terminator 2: Judgment Daywere owned by Lionsgate Films, but as of today the film is available on iTunes. Yes, that is right, Lionsgate titles are now offered through Apple's download store, almost six months after the studio had originally thought they would be. Back in September, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer announced to investors the deal to release movies through iTunes -- one of the first leaks that iTunes would definitely sell movies, in fact. But then a...