Watch: ‘Disassembled’ Takes an Animated, Comic Approach to Marvel Superheroes
Why Watch? The Avengers parodies were inevitable, but animator Junaid Chundrigar just won with a fantastic exploration of The Hulk, Spider-Man, Iron Man and other Marvel heroes on their bad days....
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So Necessary: Gerard Butler, Sam Worthington, and Matthew McConaughey to Star...
True-life American military tales are gunning for a real resurgence lately – what with Ben Affleck’s Argo, Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, and the Robert Pattinson-starring Mission: Blacklist –...
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Cannes Review: ‘Rust and Bone’ Offers An Award-Worthy, Emotionally Raw Love...
Rust and Bone could well have failed. In many other hands the story of a killer whale trainer who loses her legs but finds strength and her resurrection in an unlikely relationship with an underworld...
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The Most Anticipated Movies of Cannes 2012
Simon has already weighed in on Moonrise Kingdom – his first Cannes film of 2012 – but we check in with him to see what 6 films he’s looking forward to the most. Plus, Movies.com’s Peter Hall faces...
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NSFW: ‘Maniac’ Teaser Trailer Will Make You Want to Take a Very Artsy Shower
William Lustig’s original 1980 Maniac was of the highest, grainy midnight movie caliber. Perhaps it’s not sacred ground, but it’s a grisly example of an artifact from when terrifying and exploitative...
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Cannes Review: ‘Roman Polanski – A Film Memoir’ is Interesting But Sychophantic
Roman Polanski has more than one story to tell. In a lifetime dedicated to storytelling, it is ironic that his own life experiences have been the stuff that good Hollywood films tend to made of. No...
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Cannes in 60 Seconds: A Lounging ‘Dictator,’ A Triumphant ‘Kingdom’ and...
What is Cannes in 60 Seconds? If you say it with a pompous accent, it’s a hilarious pun on a classic Nic Cage/Angelina Jolie film that no one can rightfully claim is at all terrible. If you say it...
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‘The Human Centipede 2′ is Full of Excrement, Devoid of Interest
It’s fairly rare that a film can come along and generate a lot of attention just based on the premise. The Human Centipede was one such film. It claimed to be “100% Medically Accurate,” was viewed at...
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28 Things We Learned From the Commentary Track for ‘The Kingdom’
It’s a wild career Peter Berg has created for himself. The kid from Shocker and Aspen Extreme grew up to have an eclectic mix of directorial offerings. Everything from wicked, black comedies like Very...
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8 Awesome Fictional Movie Games For The Bored and Lazy
Sure, Quidditch looks like a whole bunch of fun until you take into account the fact that you’re probably not very good at it. Not to mention how exhausting it must be. There’s a reason you barely see...
View ArticleWatch: ‘The Raid’ (Remade with Claymation Cats)
Why Watch? It’s The Raid. Made with claymation cats. By Lee Hardcastle. Do you need an embossed invitation? What will it cost? Only 3 minutes. Skip Work. You’ve Got Time For More Short Films Hat tip...
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‘The Possession’ Trailer Reaffirms Age-Old Belief: Don’t Ever Buy Anything at...
By now, audiences should be burnt out on horror films that promise that they’re based on true events – after all, whoever heard about this stuff before it hit the big screen? However, Ole Bornedel‘s...
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Review: Silly, Sanitized ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ Is Less...
Pregnancy and childbirth are nothing new. In fact, there are few things less new than humans reproducing. It’s been done before. But Kirk Jones’ What to Expect When You’re Expecting accurately...
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Is It the Sex or the Hate That Keeps Us Watching ‘Girls’?
If you’re like me and have slumped into a mind-numbing semi-sleep for the past five Sundays thanks entirely to the comings and goings of Westeros, then you have probably woken up with a jolt halfway...
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Cannes Review: ‘Paradise: Love’ Is Grotesque and Too Openly Provocative For...
Those of you who read my review of Sleeping Beauty at last year’s festival might remember that I said the film was probably the least sexual film I had ever seen, despite its boob count. I would...
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Liam Neeson Still Hates Kidnappers, Will Come to Get Them Again in ‘A Walk...
There is absolutely no place for kidnappers in the world as long as Liam Neeson is still around. After jump-starting his new career as movie badass for hire with Taken (soon to be followed by Taken 2:...
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Peter Berg Wanted to Add ‘Star Wars’ and Grit to His ‘Dune’
Another adaptation of Dune has been kicking around for a little while now. The last we heard of it was Pierre Morel (Taken) quickly joining and then leaving the project, a project which Paramount soon...
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Can Larry David Recreate the Improv-Based Bliss of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ on...
Larry David has reigned as the king of cable comedy for quite a few years now due to the continued success of his HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. His largely improvised look at what it’s like to be a...
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Hampton Fancher Will Likely Return to Pen ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel with Ridley...
A sequel to Ridley Scott‘s ground-breaking take on Philip K. Dick‘s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” (that would be Blade Runner) has been bandied about for years and years, to the point that...
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Entertainment Weekly Has a Very Particular Set of Stills…From ‘Taken 2’
These days we kind of take it for granted that Liam Neeson is the biggest badass on the planet. But, once upon a time, he was just a budding action star, an actor making a transition from the dramatic...
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