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| Chronicle / ***1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "Chronicle" (PG-13, 83 minutes). Three high school students find a hole in the middle of a gloomy grassy field, climb down, encounter a strange crystalline object and find themselves with such superpowers as telekinesis. But this isn't a typical sci-fi movie; as acted by Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell and Michael B. Jordan, they have a surprising realism as their powers take on new dimensions and one of them begins to act out his inner rage. An uncommonly original and entertaining film by talents in their early and mid-twenties; the directing debut of Josh Trank, with an accomplished screenplay by Max Landis. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Woman in Black / *** (PG-13) | |
| "The Woman in Black" (PG-13, 95 minutes). A stylish and creepy ghost story set in a crumbling mansion in the north of England, which is haunted by the spirit of a woman who mourns her lost child. A young attorney (Daniel Radcliffe) journeys there to search through her moldering papers, and because he needs the work refuses to be frightened away by the shrieks and shadows within the decrepit walls. In his first film since the Harry Potter series ended, Radcliffe still seems school boyish, but the stars of the film are the production design and cacophonous sound effects. Scary, sorta. Nice to look at. Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Innkeepers / *** (R) | |
| "The Innkeepers" (R, 100 minutes). Two young part-timers (Sara Paxton and Pat Healy) are working as the night staff at a Connecticut inn which is schedule to close in a few days. Only two rooms are occupied in addition to their own. To pass the time, they hope to capture video evidence that the inn is haunted. Writer-director Ti West ("The House of the Devil") does a good job of crafting quiet suspense and slowly building mystery. Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Coriolanus / ***1/2 (R) | |
| "Coriolanus" (R, 122 minutes). Ralph Fiennes stars in and directs Shakespeare's tragedy about a general whose scorn for the people causes him to turn against his own side and join forced with the enemy against it. A modern dress action film set against a backdrop that could be Bosnia. Well acted, admirable, but the violence and the language are an uneasy fit. Also wit Vanessa Redgrave, Gerald Butler, Brian Cox and Jessica Chastain. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Windfall / *** (Unrated) | |
| "Windfall" (Unrated, 83 minutes). A dismaying documentary that convincingly argues that that "wind farms" and their turbines (400 feet tall, weighing 600,000 pounds) are a hazard to the environment, create relentless low-frequency noise that effect mental health, slaughter birds and bats, and may use more energy than they produce. I thought wind energy was something I could believe in. This film suggests it's just another corporate flim-flam game. Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| My Piece of the Pie / **1/2 (Unrated) | |
| "My Piece of the Pie" (Unrated, 109 minutes). Two fascinating character studies and a promising situation are sidetracked by a preposterous last act. Karin Viard stars as a factory worker from Dunkirk who loses her job, goes to Paris seeking work, and unwittingly ends up as a housecleaner and nanny for a heartless and hateful stock trader (Gilles Lellouche). Too good in the set-up to be so disappointing at the end. Two and a half stars. | RogerEbert Headlines |
| A Separation / **** (PG-13) | |
| "A Separation" (PG-13, 123 minutes). A happily married middle-class couple in Tehran, have a sweet 11-year-old daughter Termeh, and his senile father also lives with them. They have agreed in principle to move abroad, where they hope their daughter's prospects might be better. She wants to lave now; he wants to stay because of his father. A wonderfully written and acted, very human story, then ends in a courtroom. I decent characters are all trying to do the right thing. To untangle right and wrong in this fascinating story is a moral challenge. The best film of 2011. Four stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Grey / ***1/2 (R) | |
| "The Grey" (R, 117 minutes). An unrelenting demonstration that wolves have no opinion. When they attack, it's not personal. Stranded in the far north after a plane crash, a small group of oil company workers try to walk to safety, and are tracked by a large group of ravenous wolves. Liam Neeson plays a wolf hunter who takes charge. This movie is not merely effective. The way I felt in my gut, it was all too effective. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| We Need to Talk about Kevin / **** (R) | |
| “We Need to Talk About Kevin" (R, 111 minutes). Tilda Swinton in a raw and courageous performance as a woman whose psychopathic son has driven her over the edge. Kevin (Ezra Miller and Jasper Newell) hates her and knows exactly what buttons to push. Her husband (John C. Reilly) is benign to the point of cluelessness. She is the wrong person in the wrong life with the wrong child. Directed by Lynne Ramsay. Four stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Albert Nobbs / *** (R) | |
| "Albert Nobbs" (R, 113 minutes). Such a sad, sad story. Glenn Close stars in one of her best performances, as a women living as a man in order to keep a job as a butler and waiter in a Dublin hotel. This is not a life choice he is suited for. She isn't a lesbian and indeed seems to possess no sexuality. She lives in constant dread of being discovered. The film's breath of life comes from "Hubert Page" (Janet McTeer), a rough-and-ready house painter, who briefly shows Albert her own happy life as a woman passing for a man. But there will be little happiness in life for Albert; she can't imagine it. Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Tomboy / ***1/2 (Unrated) | |
| "Tomboy" (Unrated, 82 minutes). A tender, delicate film about Laure, 10 years old, who in a new neighborhood is mistaken for a boy and goes along with it. The film would have been impossible without the casting of Zoé Heran in the title role. She isn't a masculine-looking girl or a feminine-looking boy. She's fresh, attractive, open-faced. If you think you're looking at a boy, you see one. If a girl, then that's what you see. It's an interesting summer, in a film that sidesteps exploitation or tragedy, and is simply one of those chapters in life. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Man on a Ledge / ** (PG-13) | |
| "Man on a Ledge" (PG-13, 102 minutes) Sam Worthington stars as an ex-cop who escapes from prison, climbs onto the 21st floor ledge outside a hotel room, draws a big crowd, and acts as a distraction while a diamond heist takes place across the street. Just a shade implausible, eh? Two stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Amador / ** (Unrated) | |
| "Amador" (Unrated, 112 minutes). Marcela Magaly Solier, a poor woman in Madrid, takes a job as the daytime companion of Amador (Celso Bugallo), an old man who spends his remaining days working on jigsaw puzzles. Gradually, quietly, they share some truths about life. Here is a lovely idea for a film, sidetracked by a central performance that is too maddeningly passive; there are too many overlong shots of Solier's warm face as she takes too long to arrive at fairly obvious conclusions. Written and directed by Fernando León de Aranoa. Two stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Haywire / *** (R) | |
| "Haywire" (R, 92 minutes). Gina Carano, a retired mixed martial arts fighter with amazing physical agility, stars as the employee of a shadowy "special contractor" that performs black ops for hire. Assigned to free a Chinese hostage in Barcelona, she finds herself at the center of a web is deceit, in a tale of betrayal so-starring Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Bill Paxton, Channing Tatum, Antonio Banderas and Michael Douglas. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, it makes no apology for being a well-crafted genre thriller. Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Pina / ***1/2 (PG) | |
| "Pina" (Unrated, 13 minutes). A 3D performance film by Wim Wenders, based on the work of the much-loved German choreographer Pina Bausch, who died shortly before filming began. I watched the film in a sort of reverie state. The dancers seemed particularly absorbed. They had performed these dances many times before, but always with Pina Bausch present. Now they were on their own, in homage. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Red Tails / **1/2 (PG-13) | |
| "Red Tails" (PG-13, 125 minutes). An air action movie inspired by the Tuskegee Airmen, the famed black fighter pilots whose skill and heroism were demonstrated in crucial US bombing runs over Germany. Produced by George Lucas, whose enthusiasm about aerial dogfights is much on display. Well made, entertaining, but lacks the emotion and social message of the well-known HBO film from 1995. More adventure than message. Two and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close / **1/2 (PG-13) | |
| “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” (PG-13, 129 minutes). The story of an 11-year-old boy named Oskar (Thomas Horn), whose father Thomas (Tom Hanks) was killed in 9/11. Finding a key labeled "Black" that was left behind by his dad, the boy determined to visit everyone named Black in New York City. Perhaps it will unlock a previous secret. Good acting here by young Horn, Hanks, Sandra Bullock as Oskar's mom, and Viola Davis and Jeffrey Wright as the first of the Blacks. But the idea of a small boy walking all over New York is preposterous, and the story too contrived to provide consolation after such a tragedy. Two and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Norwegian Wood / *** (Unrated) | |
| "Norwegian Wood" (Unrated, 133 minutes). A dreamy, languorous adaptation of the best-selling love story by Haruki Murakami. Begins with two best friends and the girlfriend of one of them. I thought of "Jules and Jim." Then the boyfriend commits suicide, leaving the others behind. They become lovers for one night, she flees, he follows later, there are scenes of languorous caresses and whispering poetic love talk. Can this love, shadowed by the loss of their friend, endure? Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Flowers of War / ** (R) | |
| "The Flowers of War" (R, 142 minutes). During the Rape of Nanking, as the Japanese Imperial Army murders civilians in the capitol city of China, a drunken American (Christian Bale) sobers up, impersonates a priest. and tries to shelter young women students and prostitutes in the cathedral. A well-crafted film by Zhang Yimou, but constructed of clichés--and why must the hero be a white westerner? Two stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Mulberry Child / ***1/2 (Unrated) | |
| "Mulberry Child" (Unrated, 85 minutes). Lisa Xia was born in China but moved to Chicago at the age of three and has been thoroughly Americanized. This is not entirely pleasing to Jian Ping, her mother, who says although they live in the same city she hardly ever visits. Jian Ping takes Lisa to China so they can learn more about one another, in a powerful and touching documentary focusing on the very hard times of family members during the cultural revolution. Three and a half stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The King of Devil's Island / *** (Unrated) | |
| "The King of Devil's Island" (Unrated, 120 minutes). Set in 1915 on an island near Oslo, tells the story of a "school" for juvenile offenders which includes forced labor, corporal punishment and sexual abuse. Said to be based on fact. Stellan Skarsgård is good as the ineffectual school governor, who suspects what's going on but allows his eyes to be clouded by optimistic platitudes. A good-looking big-budget box office hit from Norway. Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Wages of Fear / **** (Unrated) | |
| This classic is opening in a restored version starting Jan. 20 in selected venues around the country.
When the great French thriller "The Wages of Fear" (1953) was first released in America, it was missing parts of several early scenes -- because it was too long, the U.S. distributors said, and because they were anti-American, according to the Parisian critics. | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Carnage / *** (R) | |
| "Carnage" (R, 79 minutes). A four-hander adapted from Yasmina Reza's Tony-award winning Broadway play. Roman Polanski modulates body language and escalating vocabulary to show two affluent New York couples meeting to discuss a run-in between their sons, and find themselves embroiled in their own run-in. Juicy performances by Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly. Three stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| Contraband / ** (R) | |
| "Contraband" (R, 110 minutes). Stars Mark Wahlberg in a plot involving the smuggling of a vast quantity of counterfeit $100 bills from Panama City to New Orleans, while meanwhile his wife Kate Bekinsale) is threatened by a crime kingpin (Giovanni Ribisi) who has the kind of snaky voice that makes you wanna smack him up alongside the head. Lots of plot elenents off the spare parts shelf. Two stars | RogerEbert Headlines |
| The Iron Lady / ** (PG-13) | |
| "The Iron Lady" (PG-13, 105 minutes). Meryl Streep is flawless in a biopic about British Prime MInister Margaret Thatcher and her rise to power from humble origins as "the grocer's daughter from Grantham." Director Phyllida Lloyd and Abi Morgan seem to have little clear idea of what they think about her, or what they want to say. She's all dressed up with nowhere to go. Two stars | 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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| Ben Gazzara, Actor of Stage and Screen, Dies at 81 | Fri, Feb 3 10:30 PM |
Mr. Gazzara’s long acting career included playing Brick in the original “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Broadway and roles in influential films by John Cassavetes.
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| Movie Review: ‘Woman in Black,’ Starring Daniel Radcliffe | Fri, Feb 3 12:30 PM |
“The Woman in Black,” starring Daniel Radcliffe, isn’t especially scary, but it keeps you on edge, and without the usual vivisectionist imagery.
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| Bingham Ray, Light of October Films and Daring Cinema | Fri, Feb 3 11:51 AM |
The distributor Bingham Ray, who died on Jan. 23, never abandoned his commitment to risky, visionary cinema.
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| Rabbi Marvin Hier Talks Best Picture Nominees | Fri, Feb 3 11:00 PM |
Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, tracks the themes of this year’s best picture nominees.
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| Bela Tarr Says ‘The Turin Horse’ Is His Last Movie | Fri, Feb 3 11:43 AM |
The Hungarian director Bela Tarr has made what he is calling his final film, “The Turin Horse,” a black-and-white tale of medieval adversity and survival.
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| Movie Review: Dane DeHaan in ‘Chronicle,’ Directed by Josh Trank | Fri, Feb 3 01:00 PM |
In Josh Trank’s “Chronicle,” three teenage boys inexplicably acquire extraordinary powers.
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| Movie Review: ‘The Innkeepers,’ a Paranormal Film Directed by Ti West | Fri, Feb 3 12:53 PM |
During the final weekend at a New England inn, two employees capture ghostly images and haunting sounds on their cellphones and webcams.
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| Movie Review: Madonna’s ‘W.E.’ With Andrea Riseborough and Abbie Cornish | Fri, Feb 3 12:53 PM |
“W.E.,” Madonna’s film about Wallis Simpson also time-travels to the almost-present to tell the story of a bored New York housewife intrigued by Mrs. Simpson.
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| Movie Review: ‘Carol Channing: Larger Than Life,’ by Dori Berinstein | Fri, Feb 3 12:53 PM |
“Carol Channing: Larger Than Life,” a documentary by Dori Berinstein, chronicles the career of that theatrical clown “with huge saucer eyes, gigantic red lips and a massive smile.”
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| Movie Review: Ewan McGregor and Eva Green in ‘Perfect Sense’ | Fri, Feb 3 01:00 PM |
In David Mackenzie’s “Perfect Sense,” a chef and an epidemiologist find love as an epidemic sweeps the planet, slowly depriving human beings of one sense after another.
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| Movie Review: ‘Kill List’ Is Ben Wheatley’s Second Feature Film | Fri, Feb 3 12:53 PM |
Evil stalks two hit men at loose ends in “Kill List,” which delves into horror, psychodrama and religious rot.
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| Movie Review: ‘Windfall,’ a Documentary on Wind Turbines, by Laura Israel | Fri, Feb 3 12:53 PM |
The documentary “Windfall” shows the bitter rancor sowed among the residents of rural Meredith, N.Y., when the wind turbines came to town.
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| Movie Review: ‘Big Miracle,’ With Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski | Fri, Feb 3 12:53 PM |
Unlikely allies find themselves working together to save three whales trapped in ice in Alaska in “Big Miracle.”
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| Movie Review: ‘Splinters,’ a Documentary on Indigenous Surfing in Papua New Guinea | Fri, Feb 3 12:53 PM |
In the documentary “Splinters” competition surfers skim the waves off Papua New Guinea while being weighed down by personal problems back in their village.
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| Movie Review: ‘Bad Fever,’ Directed by Dustin Guy Defa | Fri, Feb 3 12:53 PM |
In “Bad Fever” the painfully awkward hero longs for a career in comedy, though it’s clear from the outset that his real gift is for tragedy.
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| Movie Listings for Feb. 3-9 | Thu, Feb 2 09:53 PM |
A critical guide to films playing in New York.
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| DVD: ‘The Great Waltz’ and ‘Moses and Aaron’ on DVD | Fri, Feb 3 11:25 AM |
“The Great Waltz” and “Moses and Aaron,” two films grounded in the work of notable Viennese composers, are on DVD.
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| Talk: Joe Eszterhas Sure Cleaned Up | Thu, Feb 2 02:07 PM |
So why is he writing a movie about Jewish history for Mel Gibson?
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| Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage Make Films for Paramount | Fri, Feb 3 08:07 AM |
Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage try to bring their success with teenage shows like “Gossip Girl and “The O.C.” to the big screen for Paramount.
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| The Carpetbagger: Oscars for Screenwriters Are a Cliffhanger | Fri, Feb 3 09:02 AM |
The Academy Awards for screenplays are traditionally one of the hardest categories to predict.
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| Arts & Leisure: Douglas Trumbull Honored for Technology He’s Still Creating | Thu, Feb 2 07:33 PM |
Douglas Trumbull is getting a special Oscar for technological contributions, and he’s not finished contributing them.
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| Arts & Leisure: ‘Carrie,’ a Huge Stage Flop, Is Reinvented by MCC Theater | Thu, Feb 2 06:57 PM |
One of Broadway’s greatest flops, “Carrie” is being dressed up, and toned down, for another onstage dance.
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| Critic’s Notebook: ‘The Story of Film: An Odyssey,’ by Mark Cousins, at MoMA | Wed, Feb 1 12:33 PM |
“The Story of Film: An Odyssey” traces the history of cinema in 15 hours. An epic in itself, it is playing at the Museum of Modern Art.
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| The Carpetbagger: '21 Jump Street' Will Premiere at South by Southwest | Thu, Feb 2 09:34 AM |
"21 Jump Street" will have its premiere at South by Southwest, one of 130 films to be screened at the festival, organizers announced.
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| Arts & Leisure: Ed Wood’s ‘Final Curtain’ Plays at Slamdance | Thu, Feb 2 07:43 PM |
Jason Insalaco, the great-nephew of an actor who appeared in Ed Wood films, found and restored a sort-of lost Wood television pilot called “Final Curtain.”
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| Popular character actor Ben Gazzara dies in NY
(AP)
| Fri, Feb 3 11:48 PM |
 AP - Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in such iconic productions over the decades as the original "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway and the film "The Big Lebowski," has died at age 81.
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| Director, writer, producer Zalman King dead at 70
(AP)
| Fri, Feb 3 09:02 PM |
 AP - Actor and filmmaker Zalman King, who became known for his erotic work after writing and producing his breakthrough film "9 1/2 Weeks," has died. He was 70.
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| Congress makes it tougher to shoot in U.S. capitol
(Reuters)
| Fri, Feb 3 07:48 PM |
| Reuters - Last year was a banner year for production in the nation's capital -- more than a dozen high-budget film and television projects ranging from "Bourne Identity 4 to "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss 'Obese' Season 2" spent time in the city -- but its future as a film location may be in jeopardy. | Yahoo! News: Movie News |
| "Woman in Black" delivers scares in abundance
(Reuters)
| Fri, Feb 3 07:46 PM |
| Reuters - From a London choking in smoke and fumes to a chilly marshland blanketed in fog, early 20th century England seems tailor-made for an atmospheric horror film, and "The Woman in Black" takes full advantage of all that built-in creepiness. | Yahoo! News: Movie News |
| Actor Ben Gazzara dead at 81
(Reuters)
| Fri, Feb 3 07:32 PM |
| Reuters - Actor Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, television shows and stage productions over his long career, died of pancreatic cancer on Friday at a Manhattan hospital, his lawyer said. He was 81. | Yahoo! News: Movie News |
| Patricia Disney dies in Los Angeles at age 77
(AP)
| Fri, Feb 3 04:34 PM |
| AP - Patricia Disney, who was once married to Walt Disney's late nephew Roy E. Disney and was vice chairwoman of Roy's investment company, died Friday after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. | Yahoo! News: Movie News |
| Son of actor Ryan O'Neal gets 16 months in prison
(AP)
| Fri, Feb 3 04:21 PM |
| AP - A San Diego judge has sentenced the son of actor Ryan O'Neal to 16 months in prison for his involvement in a drug-fueled, head-on car crash last year that left another driver injured. | Yahoo! News: Movie News |
| Erotica director Zalman King dies from cancer
(Reuters)
| Fri, Feb 3 03:35 PM |
| Reuters - Director Zalman King, best known for erotic film "9 1/2 Weeks" and television series "Red Shoe Diaries," died on Friday in Santa Monica, Calif., after a long battle with cancer. He was 69. | Yahoo! News: Movie News |
| Mel Gibson may be witness in discrimination trial
(AP)
| Fri, Feb 3 01:15 PM |
 AP - Attorneys for a deputy who arrested Mel Gibson on suspicion of drunken driving want to call the Oscar-winner as a witness during an upcoming trial to determine if the officer suffered discrimination because of the case.
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| Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies
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| Fri, Feb 3 01:07 PM |
 AP - "Chronicle" is working its mind-bending powers on critics, earning some of the best reviews in a crowded weekend of new releases.
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