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| The Dictator / *** (R) | |
| "The Dictator" (R, 85 minutes). Funny, in addition to being obscene, disgusting, scatological, vulgar, crude and so on. Sacha Baron Cohen establishes a claim to be the best comic filmmaker now working. He plays General Admiral Aladeen, a North African dictator who to his amazement falls in love with a left-wing Manhattan health food nut (Anna Faris). About as dedicated to plot as the Marx Brothers; the movie's spiritual ancestor is "Duck Soup" and Groucho's Freedonian dictator Rufus T. Firefly. Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Dark Shadows / **1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "Dark Shadow" (PG-13), 112 minutes). Tim Burton's film is all dressed up with nowhere to go, an elegant production without a central drive. There are wonderful things in the film, but they aren't what's important. It's as if Burton directed at arm's length, unwilling to find juice in the story. Johnny Depp is flawless at the vampire Barnabas, transported from the 18th century to 1992, but the other characters get lost in arch mannerisms. As always with Burton, the visual style is wonderful. Two and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Headhunters / ***1/2 (R) | |
| "Headhunters" (R, 100 minutes). A superior thriller from Norway, about an executive headhunter (Aksel Hennie), who moonlights as an art thief to lavish luxuries on the woman he loves. He's too insecure to believe she could love him or himself. That gets him into a showdown with a former commando (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), who turns out to be the wrong man to cross. It's not often a thriller keeps me wound up as well as this one did. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Sound of My Voice / *** (R) | |
| "The Sound of my Voice" (R, 85 minutes). Two Los Angeles documentary filmmakers infiltrate a San Fernando Valley cult group led by an ethereal young woman (Brit Marling) who claims to be from the year 2054. Whether that and several other things are true is the question at the enter of a low-budget but compelling weird tale. Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| God Bless America / ** (R) | |
| "God Bless America" (R, 100 minutes). Bobcat Goldthwaite's savage satire stars Joel Murray as a decent man who loses his job, is diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor, and starts killing people he sees on TV who disgust him. In a cross-country murder spree he's joined by a deranged teenager (Tara Lynne Barr) who urges him on. The first 30 minutes are brilliant. After that the film is simply identifying with two psychopaths, and it's impossible to laugh. Two stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Girl in Progress / *1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "Girl in Progress" (PG-13, 84 minutes). Studying "coming of age" in high school, a teenage girl sets out a road map to do so. It includes losing her virginity, dumping her best friend, and in general seeming much stupider than Cierra Ramirez, the smart, appealing actress who palsy her. Eva Mendes plays her mom, whose life is also messed up, and Matthew Modine is the snaky doctor having an affair with Mendes. One and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Avengers / *** (PG-13) | |
| "The Avengers" (PG-13, 142 minutes). A threat to earth from the smirking Loki, resentful adoptive brother of the Norse god Thor, causes Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), to assemble all of the Avengers: Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Capt. America (Chris Evans), the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Black Widow (Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner). The result is sort of like an All Star Game for Marvel superheroes. Exactly what you'd expect, although more of the same. Gets the job done. Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / ***1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" (PG-13, 124 minutes). A charming, funny, heartwarming movie making good use of seven superb veteran actors. They're Brits on limited income who have taken their chances on a retirement hotel in India, run on a shoestring with boundless optimism by Dev Patel (he was the quiz show contestant in "Slumdog Millionaire.") An amazing cast, including Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton and, in the best, most surprisingly movie role, Tom Wilkinson. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Surviving Progress / ***1/2 (Unrated) | |
| "Surviving Progress" (Unrated, 86 minutes). A bone-chilling documentary saying that unsustainable growth rates are being financed by debt, on which the interest is paid by irreplaceable natural resources. We are nearing the tipping point at which the earth will slide into ecological bankruptcy. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Keyhole / *** (R) | |
| "Keyhole" (R, 94 minutes). Surrounded by police on a dark and rainy night, a desperate armed gang is holed in inside a vast haunted house surrounding a courtyard holding a bog into which they will soon push two bodies. Their leader (Jason Patric), his hat dripping with rain, finds his way through the night with the body of a drowned woman slung over his shoulder. Guy Maddin is creating another of his doomy nightmares. The endlessly inventive Canadian director's film plays like a fever dream using the elements of film noir but restlessly rearranging them. With Isabelle Rossellini, Udo Kier, Brooke Palsson. Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Raven / ** (R) | |
| "The Raven" (R, 111 minutes). John Cusack stars as Edgar Allen Poe, in an overwrought serial killer melodrama having only the most tenuous connection to the great writer. Starting with one fact, that Poe was found wandering delirious in Baltimore in 1849, the movie concocts a plot that depends much more on sensational acting than on suspense or atmosphere. With Luke Evans as a detective who teams up with Poe. Two stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Darling Companion / * (PG-13) | |
| "Darling Companion:" (PG-13, 103 minutes). A dog gets adopted and the lost in the woods. An all-star cast splits into couples and goes looking for it. That's what happens. Essentially, it's all that happens. It's depressing to reflect on the talent that conspired to make this inert and listless movie. Directed by I walked in knowing it was directed by Lawrence Kasdan, its cast includes Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Richard Jenkins, Dianne Wiest and Sam Shepard. Thin soup. Freeway! Freeway! Freeeee-way! Where are you, boy? Freeway! One star. | RogerEbert Headlines |
| We Have a Pope / ***1/2 (Unrated) | |
| "We Have a Pope" (No MPAA rating, 102 minutes). To his horror, a senior cardinal has been elected Pope. Played by the legendary actor Michel Piccoli, he begs to be excused: The weight of responsibility is too great for his shoulders. As he slips out of the Vatican City and wanders around Rome, the College of Cardinals remains locked up in high security. Amusing, respectful, entertaining. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Monsieur Lazhar / ***1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "Monsieur Lazhar" (PG-13, 94 minutes). After a Montreal school teacher hangs herself in her classroom, an Algerian immigrant (Fellag) volunteers to teach the class. During the rest of the school year, the teacher and his students learn some lessons about human nature. One of the 2012 Oscar nominees for best foreign film. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Boy / ***1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "Boy" (PG-13, 90 minutes). Delightful, inventive coming of age story set in New Zealand and telling the story of an enormously likable 11-year-old Maori kid (James Rolleston) who lives in a village near the Bay of Plenty. His mother is dead, and his grandmother is away at a family funeral when unexpectedly his father (Taika Waititi) turns up after finishing prison sentence. Boy (the kid's name) has idealized his dad, visualizing him with elements of Michael Jackson, and does some growing in a few days. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Lucky One / **1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "The Lucky One" (PG-13, 101 minutes). Shameless love story about a Marine (Zac Efron) whose life is saved by a photo he funds in Iraq. He tracks down the girl in the picture (Taylor Schilling) and finds her running a dog kennel in impossibly beautiful North Carolina hills. Her nana (Blythe Danner) spots Efron as husband material, but her ex-husband (Jay R. Ferguson) hags around getting drunk and acting mean. A smooth, pretty adaptation of a smooth Nicholas Sparks novel, if incredible coincidences and romantic clichés don't both you; it's mid-level Sparks, done well. Two and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Think Like a Man / ** (PG-13) | |
| "Think Like a Man" (PG-13, 122 minutes). All-star cast, promising premise, doofus behavior. Women seek happiness in romance by leading their lives according to Steve Harvey's best-seller "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man." Then their men catch on and start reading the same book. Tiresome cycling through the couples; might have been better as satire. With Harvey, Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara, Meagan Good, Regina Hall, Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Gabrielle Union, Chris Brown. Two stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| In the Family / **** (Unrated) | |
| "In the Family" (Unrated, 169 minutes). One of the year's best films, about a gay man (Patrick Wang), whose partner (Trevor St. John) is killed, leaving him to raise the partner's son (Sebastian Banes). But the partner's sister has an old will, written before the two men met, and takes possession of the child. A courageous film that sidesteps shopworn stereotypes and a "social issues" approach and tells a quiet, firm, deeply humanist story. It avoids any message or statement, and shows us, with infinite sympathy, how the life of a completely original character can help us lead our own. Four stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Marley / ***1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "Marley" (PG-13, 144 minutes). An ambitious and comprehensive film that does what is probably the best possible job of documenting an important life. Authorized by all the members of his scattered family and with rights to all of his music and a wealth of previously-unseen film and video footage, it shows the growth of a legend, from a shack without electricity in Jamaica to international stardom. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Fake It So Real / ***1/2 (Unrated) | |
| "Fake It So Real" (Unrated, 95 minutes). A documentary that filled me with affection for its down-and-out heroes, a group of semi-pro wrestlers in Lincolnton, N.C. On Friday nights they rent a hall, construct their own ring, set out the folding chairs, stage a wrestling show, take the ring apart, truck it away, and start talking about next week. For this labor, one of them jokes, they get "twenty bucks, a hot dog and a pat on the ass." There is a rough nobility in the way they strive for fame and success. They work hard and pay painful dues for a moment in the spotlight. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Lady / **1/2 (R) | |
| "The Lady" (R, 132 minutes). Timely because of recent headlines, a biopic about the Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh), whose reform movement has just been swept into power in Burma, winning her a seat in Parliament after 15 years of house arrest. David Thewlis stars as her British husband. French director Luc Besson follows traditional biopic conventions too close, and his film lacks the spontaneity and energy we might have expected. Interesting but not much more. Two and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Great Movie: La Collectionneuse (1967) | |
| During lazy summer days and nights, the subjects of "La Collectionneuse" practice idleness and slow-motion mind games in a villa in the hills above St. Tropez on the French Riviera. Sensuality is always in the air, where it drifts aimlessly. This is the third of Eric Rohmer's Moral Tales, the first at feature length, the first filmed in color. It functions as a jumping-off point for the rest of his long career. | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Great Movie: La Ceremonie (1995) | |
| The French have a name for the events leading up to a death by guillotine. They call it "the ceremony." Although Claude Chabrol's "La Ceremonie" (1995) contains no guillotines, there is a relentless feeling to it, as if the characters are engaged in a performance that can have only one outcome. It comes as a surprise to all of them, and to us. But given these people in this situation, can we really say in hindsight that we're surprised? | RogerEbert Headlines |
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| The Last Airbender - TV Spot | Mon, Mar 1 12:00 AM |
| Air, Water, Earth, Fire. Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of this destruction. Caught between combat and courage, Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aang teams with Katara (Nicola Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka (Jackson Rathbone), to restore balance to their war-torn world. Based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon animated TV series, the live-action feature film “The Last Airbender” is the opening chapter in Aang’s struggle to survive. | Latest Movie Trailers |
| The Last Airbender - Trailer 2 | Tue, Feb 23 12:00 AM |
| Air, Water, Earth, Fire. Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of this destruction. Caught between combat and courage, Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aang teams with Katara (Nicola Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka (Jackson Rathbone), to restore balance to their war-torn world. Based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon animated TV series, the live-action feature film “The Last Airbender” is the opening chapter in Aang’s struggle to survive. | Latest Movie Trailers |
| Letters To God - Trailer | Mon, Feb 22 12:00 AM |
| A heartfelt tale of inspiration, hope and redemption, Letters to God is the story of what happens when one boy’s walk of faith crosses paths with one man’s search for meaning—the resulting transformational journey touches the lives of everyone around them. Tyler Doherty (TANNER MAGUIRE) is an extraordinary eight-year-old boy. Surrounded by a loving family and community, and armed with the courage of his faith, he faces his daily battle against cancer with bravery and grace. To Tyler, God is a friend, a teacher and the ultimate pen pal—Tyler’s prayers take the form of letters, which he composes and mails on a daily basis. The letters find their way into the hands of Brady McDaniels (JEFFREY S.S. JOHNSON), a beleaguered postman standing at a crossroads in his life. At first, he is confused and conflicted over what to do with the letters. Overtime he begins to form a friendship with the Doherty family – getting to know not just Tyler but his tough, tender yet overwhelmed mom (ROBYN LIVELY), stalwart grandmother (MAREE CHEATHAM) and teen brother Ben (MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BOLTEN) — who are each trying to stand strong against the doubts that come with the chaotic turn their lives have taken. Moved by Tyler’s courage, Brady realizes what he must do with the letters, a surprise decision that will transform his heart and uplift his newfound friends and community –in an exhilarating act of testament to the contagious effect of one boy’s unwavering faith against the odds. Inspired by a true story, Letters to God is an intimate, moving and often funny story about the galvanizing effect one child’s belief can have on his family, friends and community. | Latest Movie Trailers |
| Waking Sleeping Beauty - Trailer | Fri, Feb 19 12:00 AM |
| Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairytale. It is a story of clashing egos, out of control budgets, escalating tensions… and one of the most extraordinary creative periods in animation history. Director Don Hahn and producer Peter Schneider, key players at Walt Disney Studios Feature Animation department during the mid1980s, offer a behind-the-magic glimpse of the turbulent times the Animation Studio was going through and the staggering output of hits that followed over the next ten years. Artists polarized between the hungry young innovators and the old guard who refused to relinquish control, mounting tensions due to a string of box office flops, and warring studio heads create the backdrop for this fascinating story told with a unique and candid perspective from those that were there. Through interviews, internal memos, home movies, and a cast of characters featuring Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Roy Disney, alongside an amazing array of talented artists that includes Don Bluth, John Lasseter, and Tim Burton, Waking Sleeping Beauty shines a light on Disney Animation’s darkest hours, greatest joys and its improbable renaissance. | Latest Movie Trailers |
| The Ghost Writer - Featurette - Jumping Ship | Fri, Feb 19 12:00 AM |
| When a successful British ghost writer, THE GHOST, agrees to complete the memoirs of former British Prime Minister ADAM LANG, his agent assures him it’s the opportunity of a lifetime. But the project seems doomed from the start—not least because his predecessor on the project, Lang’s long-term aide, died in an unfortunate accident. The Ghost flies out to work on the project, in the middle of winter, to an oceanfront house on an island off the U.S. Eastern seaboard. But the day after he arrives, a former British cabinet minister accuses Lang of authorizing the illegal seizure of suspected terrorists and handing them over for torture by the CIA—a war crime. The controversy brings reporters and protesters swarming to the island mansion where Lang is staying with his wife, RUTH, and his personal assistant (and mistress), AMELIA. As The Ghost works, he begins to uncover clues suggesting his predecessor may have stumbled on a dark secret linking Lang to the CIA—and that somehow this information is hidden in the manuscript he left behind. Was Lang in the service of the American intelligence agency while he was prime minister? And was The Ghost’s predecessor murdered because of the appalling truth he uncovered? Resonating with topical themes, this atmospheric and suspenseful political thriller is a story of deceit and betrayal on every level— sexual, political and literary. In a world in which nothing, and no one, is as it seems, The Ghost quickly discovers that the past can be deadly—and that history is decided by whoever stays alive to write it. | Latest Movie Trailers |
| Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - Trailer 2 | Thu, Feb 18 12:00 AM |
| Michael Douglas is back in his Oscar®-winning role as one of the screen’s most notorious villains, Gordon Gekko. Emerging from a lengthy prison stint, Gekko finds himself on the outside of a world he once dominated. Looking to repair his damaged relationship with his daughter Winnie, Gekko forms an alliance with her fiancé Jacob (Shia LaBeouf). But can Jacob and Winnie really trust the ex-financial titan, whose relentless efforts to redefine himself in a different era have unexpected consequences. | Latest Movie Trailers |
| Blood Done Sign My Name - Trailer | Thu, Feb 18 12:00 AM |
| Jeb Stuart’s BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME is an epic story of empowerment and the struggle for social justice based on the acclaimed book of the same name by prize-winning author and scholar Timothy Tyson. Part family drama and part history of the civil rights movement in America’s south, the film is set in Oxford, North Carolina in 1970 and recreates the circumstances surrounding the small-town murder of Henry “Dickie” Marrow, a 23 years-old black Vietnam veteran who was shot and beaten to death by one of Oxford’s prominent white businessmen and his two grown sons. In response to the crime, and the sham trail that followed, many young African American men took to the streets, engaging in riots and vandalism. However, schoolteacher and burgeoning activist Ben Chavis (who was also Marrow’s cousin), decided that the best way to protest the injustice was to organize a peaceful march on the state capitol. What began as a small group of outraged friends and relatives grew to a crowd of thousands over the three day, fifty-mile trek to Raleigh. Ten years old at the time, Tim Tyson watched as his father, pastor of the town’s all-white Methodist church, tried to get his congregation to accept the inevitability of integration. | Latest Movie Trailers |
| Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - Trailer 1 | Thu, Feb 18 12:00 AM |
| Michael Douglas is back in his Oscar®-winning role as one of the screen’s most notorious villains, Gordon Gekko. Emerging from a lengthy prison stint, Gekko finds himself on the outside of a world he once dominated. Looking to repair his damaged relationship with his daughter Winnie, Gekko forms an alliance with her fiancé Jacob (Shia LaBeouf). But can Jacob and Winnie really trust the ex-financial titan, whose relentless efforts to redefine himself in a different era have unexpected consequences. | Latest Movie Trailers |
| When You’re Strange - Trailer | Wed, Feb 17 12:00 AM |
| Award-winning writer-director Tom DiCillo’s riveting film uncovers historic, previously unseen footage from the illustrious rock quartet and provides new insight into the revolutionary impact of their music and legacy. The film is narrated by Johnny Depp. The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists - drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, and singer Jim Morrison - made The Doors one of America’s most iconic and influential rock bands. When You’re Strange is the first feature documentary to tell their story. Using footage shot between their formation in 1965 and Morrison’s death in 1971, it follows the band from the corridors of UCLA’s film school, where Manzarek and Morrison met, to the stages of sold-out arenas. Taking its title from the cabaret-tinged Doors hit “People Are Strange,” the film chronicles the creation of The Doors’ six landmark studio albums in just five years, as well as their electrifying live performances. Rare cinèma vèritè footage offers an intimate glimpse into their musical collaboration - and their offstage lives. | Latest Movie Trailers |
| Chloe - Trailer | Wed, Feb 17 12:00 AM |
| When David (LIAM NEESON) misses his flight home from New York and, as a result, the surprise party his wife Catherine (JULIANNE MOORE) has planned for him, Catherine is forced to swallow her disappointment and any suspicions and return to the waiting guests. Reading a text message sent to David’s phone the following morning from one of his female students, Catherine’s fear grows. The successful couple, Catherine, a doctor, and David a professor of music, have a 17-year-old son, Michael (MAX THIERIOT), and to an outsider, they have everything. But their careers and raising a child have put strains on the marriage; their relationship is suffering greatly from loss of communication and intimacy. Two weeks after the surprise party, Catherine and David are at dinner with friends when Catherine excuses herself to use the restroom. There she meets an alluring young woman who, in those brief moments, connects with Catherine—it is Chloe (AMANDA SEYFRIED). Returning to the table where they’re now playing ―spot the hooker‖, Catherine watches with interest as Chloe approaches an older businessman. On the drive home Catherine finally asks David if he intentionally missed his flight from New York to stay for drinks. When he claims he did not, she knows she has caught him in a lie. Now more suspicious than ever that David is having an affair, Catherine seeks out Chloe, an escort, hiring her to test David’s fidelity. Meeting regularly, Catherine absorbs the explicit details Chloe shares of her encounters with David, igniting Catherine’s jealousy and awakening long-dormant sensations. Soon caught in a web of sexual desire, Catherine finds herself on a journey that places her family in great danger—is it too late to stop Chloe? | Latest Movie Trailers |
| Alice In Wonderland - Featurette | Tue, Feb 16 12:00 AM |
| From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure ALICE IN WONDERLAND, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. JOHNNY DEPP stars as the Mad Hatter and MIA WASIKOWSKA as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen’s reign of terror. The all-star cast also includes ANNE HATHAWAY, HELENA BONHAM CARTER and CRISPIN GLOVER. | Latest Movie Trailers |
| Vincere - Trailer | Tue, Feb 16 12:00 AM |
| A cinematic tour-de-force, VINCERE is Italian master Marco Bellocchio’s (FISTS IN THE POCKET) portrait of Benito Mussolini (Filippo Timi), and the fiery woman who was his secret wife and the mother of his abandoned child (Giovanna Mezzogiorno). The film was a standout selection of the 2009 Cannes, Telluride, Toronto, New York, AFI film festivals, and received awards for Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Actor at the Chicago IFF. In VINCERE, the closely guarded story of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini’s secret lover and son is revealed in fittingly operatic proportions. Thunderstruck by the young Mussolini’s charisma, Ida Dalser gives up everything to help champion his revolutionary ideas. When he disappears during World War I and later resurfaces with a new wife, the scorned Dalser and her son are locked away in separate asylums for more than a decade. But Ida will not disappear without a fight…. | Latest Movie Trailers |
| The Eclipse - Clip | Tue, Feb 16 12:00 AM |
| THE ECLIPSE tells the story of Michael Farr (Ciarán Hinds), a teacher raising his two kids alone since his wife died two years earlier. Lately he has been seeing and hearing strange things late at night in his house. He isn’t sure if he is simply having terrifying nightmares or if his house is haunted. Each year, the seaside town where Michael lives hosts an international literary festival, attracting writers from all over the world. Michael works as a volunteer for the festival and is assigned the attractive Lena Morelle (Iben Hjejle), an author of books about ghosts and the supernatural, to look after. They become friendly and he eagerly tells her of his experiences. For the first time he has met someone who can accept the reality of what has been happening to him. However, Lena’s attention is pulled elsewhere. She has come to the festival at the bidding of world-renowned novelist Nicholas Holden (Aidan Quinn), with whom she had a brief affair the previous year. He has fallen in love with Lena and is going through a turbulent time, eager to leave his wife to be with her. But all Lena is trying to do is extricate herself from this mess and just get through the next few days. As the festival progresses, the trajectories of these three people draw them into a life-altering collision. Embellished by the supernatural, THE ECLIPSE is a film about the challenges of love, fear of the unknown and release from the burden of grief. | Latest Movie Trailers |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Trailer | Tue, Feb 16 12:00 AM |
| Meet the kid who made “wimpy” cool, in a family comedy based on the best-selling illustrated novel Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, the first in a series that has thus far sold 24 million copies. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID chronicles the adventures of wise-cracking middle school student Greg Heffley, who must somehow survive the scariest time of anyone’s life: middle school. | Latest Movie Trailers |
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| Movie Review: ‘The Dictator,’ Sacha Baron Cohen’s New Comedy | Wed, May 16 11:27 AM |
Sacha Baron Cohen’s newest creation, Admiral General Aladeen, is the star of the new comedy “The Dictator.”
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| Bradford Young, Cinematographer for ‘Middle of Nowhere’ | Wed, May 16 10:17 AM |
Bradford Young, whose movies have focused on people who have been marginalized, says he is still trying to figure out what he wants to say with the camera.
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| Special Report: Cannes Festival: They'll Always Have Cannes | Tue, May 15 11:33 PM |
For better or worse the Cannes International Film Festival seems more than ever a model of stability, at a time when other major European festivals are working through regime changes.
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| Lindsay Lohan and Her ‘Liz & Dick’ Role | Wed, May 16 03:44 PM |
The producer of “Liz & Dick,” a television film about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, says some of Taylor’s friends aren’t happy about his casting Lindsay Lohan.
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| Movie Review: ‘Elena,’ by Andrei Zvyagintsev, Set In and Around Moscow | Wed, May 16 12:23 PM |
“Elena,” by Andrei Zvyagintsev, follows a married couple and their class resentments.
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| Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ With Bill Murray | Mon, May 14 05:08 AM |
“Moonrise Kingdom,” Wes Anderson’s seventh feature, concerns a group of adults searching for fugitive teenage lovebirds on a New England island in 1965.
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| Campaign Spotlight: Ads Advise Maximizing the Moviegoing Experience - Campaign Spotlight | Mon, May 14 10:51 AM |
A new campaign from Imax urges movigoers to watch large-format films for emotional rather than rational reasons.
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| Renoir’s Vision for a United Europe in ‘Grand Illusion’ | Tue, May 15 07:06 AM |
Renoir’s “Grand Illusion,” from 1937 (and now newly restored), may have lessons for a Europe bitterly divided at present.
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| ArtsBeat: 'The Avengers' Holds Strong at No. 1 | Sun, May 13 10:29 AM |
Tim Burton's tepidly reviewed "Dark Shadows" wilted under the holdover heat of "Marvel's The Avengers," which took in an astounding $103.2 million at North American theaters in its second weekend.
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| Sexuality and Other Female (Film) Troubles | Sat, May 12 08:13 PM |
“Hysteria,” starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, is just one of several new films directed by women that depict sexuality from a female perspective.
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| ‘Elena’ and Its Director, Andrei Zvyagintsev | Wed, May 16 10:19 AM |
The director Andrei Zvyagintsev’s film “Elena” has led to his regard as a seer of contemporary Russia.
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| ‘The Color Wheel’ and ‘Impolex,’ Films by Alex Ross Perry | Wed, May 16 10:21 AM |
The director Alex Ross Perry’s latest film is “The Color Wheel,” a comedy-drama about contentious siblings played by himself and Carlen Altman.
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| DVD: New DVDs: ‘Pillow Talk,’ ‘Girl on a Motorcycle’ | Sat, May 12 08:55 PM |
The suggestion of sex permeates “Pillow Talk” (1959) and “Girl on a Motorcycle” (1968), two unrated movies newly reissued on Blu-ray.
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| Andrew Garfield on Playing Biff Loman and Spider-Man | Fri, May 11 12:54 PM |
Andrew Garfield’s Biff, in “Death of a Salesman” on Broadway, is just the latest in a string of conflicted, richly complex characters this 28-year-old actor has played in his short but already impressive career.
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| Character Study: Gone Hollywood, Bollywood Theater in Queens Still Struggles | Wed, May 16 09:53 AM |
To keep his Bollywood theater in Queens from going under, Somasundaram Gunasegaram started showing American movies. But he is already $100,000 behind on rent.
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| Critic’s Notebook: From After Dark Films, a Spate of Genre Movies | Wed, May 16 02:03 PM |
After Dark Films has released a series of B movies that glory in their bullets, explosions and martial arts.
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| Weekend Miser: Hitchcock and ‘Mildred Pierce’ at Museum of Moving Image | Fri, May 11 08:37 AM |
The Museum of the Moving Image offers movies and lots of extra features.
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| Movie Review: Johnny Depp Stars in Tim Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows’ | Fri, May 11 12:00 PM |
Johnny Depp plays Barnabas Collins in this comedy from Tim Burton (their eighth movie together), based on the soap opera from the 1960s and ’70s.
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| Movie Review: ‘Girl in Progress’ With Eva Mendes and Cierra Ramirez | Fri, May 11 12:17 PM |
“Girl in Progress” is a teenager-coming-of-age tale that, by virtue of its self-conscious parody of that genre, turns out to be an unusually smart example of it.
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| Movie Review: ‘Dangerous Ishhq,’ Starring Karisma Kapoor | Tue, May 15 02:13 PM |
“Dangerous Ishhq,” starring Karisma Kapoor and Rajniesh Duggall, follows two lovers through their past lives.
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| Movie Review: ‘Tonight You’re Mine,’ Directed by David Mackenzie | Fri, May 11 12:43 PM |
“Tonight You’re Mine,” filmed at an actual rock festival, is a meet-cute romantic comedy that manages to feel fresh and lively.
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| Movie Review: Bobcat Goldthwait’s Film Satire ‘God Bless America’ | Fri, May 11 12:30 PM |
Bobcat Goldthwait has written “God Bless America,” a film satire that follows a man and a teenage girl who kill the people who offend them.
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| Movie Review: ‘Under African Skies,’ About the Paul Simon Album ‘Graceland’ | Fri, May 11 12:43 PM |
In “Under African Skies,” the filmmaker Joe Berlinger recounts the controversy surrounding Paul Simon’s album “Graceland.”
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| Movie Review: ‘Bonsái,’ From Chile, Directed by Cristián Jiménez | Fri, May 11 12:43 PM |
In Cristián Jiménez’s “Bonsái,” a struggling writer constructs a novel from a tragic first love, but it isn’t clear what is memory and what is fiction.
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| Movie Review : ‘I Wish,’ Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda | Fri, May 11 12:30 PM |
In “I Wish” the director Hirokazu Kore-eda spins an elliptical tale of two young brothers trying to reunite their parents.
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| Cannes festival opens with quirky comedy and a camel | Wed, May 16 08:56 AM |
 CANNES, France (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival kicked off on Wednesday with quirky U.S. comedy "Moonrise Kingdom", Wes Anderson's exploration of childhood and young love centered around two 12-year-olds who fall in love and run away together. The touching tale, set in 1965 on an island off the coast of New England, was a popular opening movie in the French Riviera resort, drawing laughs and warm applause at a press screening ahead of the official evening world premiere. ...
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| Travolta accuser hires celebrity lawyer Allred | Wed, May 16 03:19 PM |
 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The masseur whose $2 million sexual battery lawsuit against Hollywood actor John Travolta was dismissed earlier this week hired celebrity attorney Gloria Allred on Wednesday and could file a new claim. Allred, who numerous high-profile cases over the years have included representing women involved in the Tiger Woods sex scandal, said on Wednesday that she is now the attorney for "John Doe No. 1" and will be consulting with the masseur on his next steps in the case that has made headlines worldwide. "Mr. ...
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| "Terminator 3" star Nick Stahl reported missing | Wed, May 16 11:32 AM |
| LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" star Nick Stahl has been reported missing by his wife Rose, who says she hasn't seen the former child star since May 9. Los Angeles police confirmed to TheWrap that a missing persons report was filed on Stahl. Rose Stahl filed the missing persons report on Monday, according to TMZ.com, which first reported the news about the actor. Reps for Stahl did not immediately respond to TheWrap's request for comment. ... | Movies News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Stealth Media Group co-producing "The Devil's Banker" | Wed, May 16 12:59 PM |
| LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Stealth Media Group will co-produce the thriller "The Devil's Banker," the London-based company said at the Cannes Film Festival. Stealth will also structure financing, as well as package and sell the $30 million film to international buyers. "The Devil's Banker" depicts a political scandal that involves both the Mafia and the Catholic Church. These powerful institutions cause headaches for a British police Inspector investigating a murder in Rome. ... | Movies News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Joel Edgerton writing and starring in "Felony" | Wed, May 16 12:58 PM |
| LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Aussie up-and-comer is taking matters into his own hands by writing "Felony," a new thriller in which he will also take a starring role. Edgerton isn't a household name on this continent yet, but he's racked up some high profile roles since his acclaimed turn in last year's "Warrior." He will be seen opposite Jennifer Garner in this summer's family drama "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," and will appear with Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan in "The Great Gatsby," which hits theaters later this year. ... | Movies News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| FilmDistrict acquires horror film "Oculus" | Wed, May 16 01:48 PM |
| NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Do you believe in haunted mirrors? Film District will try to make you. The financing and distribution company has acquired Intrepid Pictures' horror flick "Oculus," which is based on Mike Flanagan's short film of the same name. Flanagan will direct from a script he co-wrote with Jeff Howard with production starting later this summer. Trevor Macy and Marc D. Evans will both produce and finance the project. Focus Features International is shopping its international rights at Cannes. ... | Movies News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Sony Pictures Classics nabs "Love Is All You Need" | Wed, May 16 12:57 PM |
| LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American rights to Susanne Bier's "Love is All You Need" from Scandinavian sales company TrustNordisk. The latest film from the Oscar-winning Danish director stars Pierce Brosnan, far removed from his James Bond alter-ego. Set in Sorrento, Italy, "Love is All You Need" focuses on a group of people all seeking love, passion and happiness, with varying degrees of success. Bier's most recent effort, "In a Better World," was also released by Sony Pictures Classics and picked up an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language ... | Movies News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Baron Cohen's Dictator storms Cannes, camel in tow | Wed, May 16 08:57 AM |
 CANNES, France (Reuters) - It took no less than a live camel strolling the promenade in Cannes to steal the show on the film festival's opening day, a feat that comedian Sacha Baron Cohen pulled off with chutzpah on Wednesday. The British satirist, star of "Borat" and "Bruno," used the novel public relations stunt to draw attention to the U.S. opening of his new film "The Dictator," in which he plays fictitious despot General Aladeen of the made-up North African country Wadiya. ...
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| John Woo directing remake of Japanese mob movie | Wed, May 16 11:29 AM |
| LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - John Woo, the Hong Kong action maestro, will bring his stylistic flare to a remake of "Day of the Beast." Woo will direct the English-language update of Seijun Suzuki's 1963 Japanese film, as well as co-produce. "Day of the Beast" centers on a turf war involving Cold War Russian gangsters and the Yakuza, the Japanese mob. Woo made a big splash in the United States in the late 1990s and early aughts, translating his balletic action sequences to mainstream Hollywood productions like "Mission: Impossible II" (2000) and "Face/Off" (1997). ... | Movies News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
| Fortissimo Films acquires Davies' "Sunset Song" | Wed, May 16 11:33 AM |
| LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Fortissimo Films has acquired the international rights to "Sunset Song," from British filmmaker Terence Davies. Davies recently scored a critical triumph with his moody re-imagining of Terence Rattigan's play "The Deep Blue Sea." He has also received acclaim for prior films like "The House of Mirth" and "Of Time in the City." "Sunset Song" is an adaptation of the 1932 novel of the same name by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Like "The Deep Blue Sea," it indirectly addresses World War II. ... | Movies News Headlines - Yahoo! News |
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