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‘The Boy’ Review: Scary-Doll Horror Flick Is Creepy and Clever
A nanny escaping from an abusive ex gets more than she bargained for
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‘Dirty Grandpa’ Review: Robert De Niro, Zac Efron Comedy More Interested in Gross-Outs Than Jokes
Aubrey Plaza also stars in crude, rude bummer of a spring break movie
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’13 Hours’ Review: Michael Bay’s Benghazi Tale Has Way More Bullets Than Brains
Great action sequences can’t make up for a willfully stupid look at war and terror
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Why Hollywood Should Turn to Mobile Gaming to Replace Dwindling DVD Revenue (Guest Blog)
“The most successful Hollywood-IP partnerships can generate $100 million+ of lifetime revenue,” writes Niccolo de Masi, chairman and CEO of Glu Mobile
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‘The Masked Saint’ Review: Preaching Replaces Pageantry in Christian Wrestling Biopic
Truth feels phonier than fiction in a film more interested in platitudes than storytelling
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What’s the Big Idea? If You Really Have a Good One, Here’s How to Make It Reality (Guest Blog)
Development producer, creative consultant Ari Sturm breaks down how to develop an idea for a hypothetical reality TV show about the circus called “Clowning Around”
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‘Where to Invade Next’ Review: Michael Moore Discredits Himself in Rambling New Doc
Moore’s international search for solutions to America’s problems are undone by an overly simplistic conceit
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How ‘Son of Saul’ Director Feels He Succeeded Where Other Holocaust Movies Have Failed
László Nemes’ 10-year effort forgoes typical tropes of victims and villains to “make one face visible for the public”
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‘Son of Saul’ Review: Hungary’s Oscar Entry Is a Tense, Immersive Masterpiece
Holocaust drama is as harrowing as it is brilliant
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‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip’ Review: Sequel Runs Out of Steam Before Its Destination
Unfunny, unaffecting, unnecessary live-action film will nibble away at audiences’ patience quite quickly
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Gun Reform Needs Help From Hollywood (Guest Blog)
“It’s not enough for the Hollywood community to advocate for positive and bloodless scripts, we need to implore our movie stars to take action,” Aviva Kempner says
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Buy French for the Holidays in Tribute to the Victims of Paris Terror Attacks (Guest Blog)
Support France with shopping, French films and “cap the evening off with a French wine or champagne,” Aviva Kempner says
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YouTube Red Launch: 4 Lessons for Companies Looking to Break Into SVOD (Guest Blog)
The recent introduction of YouTube’s subscription video service exposes pitfalls and opportunities for those lacking Google’s resources (i.e., everyone)
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‘Macbeth’ Review: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard Make Shakespeare Majestically Raw
Fassbender proves his genius for combative malevolence once again in an exciting new vision of the Scottish play
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How a 1993 Craig T. Nelson TV Movie Predicted the Climate Change Debate
As politicians meet in Paris for COP21, Hollywood asks why more films about global warming haven’t been greenlit since CBS’ “The Fire Next Time”
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