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‘This Is 40’ preems at the Chinese
"This Is 40" is described as the "sort-of sequel" to "Knocked Up." Which also describes all the usual suspects who showed up to support Judd Apatow at Wednesday preem at the Chinese.
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VFX house Rhythm & Hues endures cash crunch
Rhythm & Hues Studios, long one of the biggest and most important of the industry's visual effects companies and the creator of the digital animals and environments for "Life of Pi," narrowly...
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Review: ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’
Russia needs its own John McClane movie the way Uncle Sam needs a bright red babushka, and this subpar sequel feels suspiciously like someone tried to plug McClane into a preexisting, Moscow-set...
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Cannes: Music Box Nabs U.S. Rights to ‘Oh Boy’
Music Box has acquired U.S. rights to German art-house hit “Oh Boy,” which is being handled in international markets by Beta Cinema. Jan Ole Gerster’s Berlin-set slacker dramedy has been one of the...
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Toronto: Kristen Wiig’s Ready to Get ‘Nasty’ with Silva (EXCLUSIVE)
“Bridesmaids” star and co-scribe Kristen Wiig has joined the cast of “Nasty Baby,” the next project from “Crystal Fairy” director Sebastian Silva, one of Chile’s top young helmers. Juan de Dios Larrain...
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Cannibals, Hallucinogens Help Chilean Pics Gain Traction in English
In Chile, as in much of the world, English is becoming the lingua franca among a growing number of filmmakers, as arthouse and genre helmers alike make it the primary language in films targeted to play...
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Sundance Film Review: ‘Nasty Baby’
In what could almost be a Fort Greene, Brooklyn-based variation on Armistead Maupin’s “Tales of the City” series, a trio of new bohemians are trying to get pregnant while fending off the distractions...
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Critics Look Back on Berlin, Where Kink and Quality Collide
Well, Peter, another Berlin Film Festival has come to a close, ending on a high note with the awarding of its top prize, the Golden Bear, to Jafar Panahi’s “Taxi.”
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Kristen Wiig on ‘Ghostbusters’ Backlash: ‘It Just Bummed Me Out’
When an all-female reboot of “Ghostbusters” was announced, many fans took to social media to decry the gender bending, and one of the new additions to the spirit-busting crew, Kristen Wiig, was not...
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From arranged marriage to infanticide, dramas mine wide range of dysfunctional group dynamics
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