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‘He Named Me Malala’ Review: Flat Portrait of Nobel Winner Belongs in Schools, Not Cineplexes
Oscar-winning documentarian Davis Guggenheim offers more talking points than insight
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‘The New Girlfriend’ Review: Tame Trans Drama Is Too Beautiful to Dismiss
Haunted by death and idiosyncrasy, director François Ozon’s latest is about the loves and identities that dare not speak their names
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Tobey Maguire on Going Dark in ‘Pawn Sacrifice’ and Possible Return to Superhero Genre
Former “Spider-Man” star tells TheWrap about playing chess prodigy Bobby Fischer, “He was an exceptionally skilled chess player who was so off-base in life”
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Toronto: Ed Skrein on How Badly He Wanted Role in Nicholas Hoult’s Dark Comedy ‘Kill Your Friends’ (Video)
“I would have walked on and just been an extra in the background,” the star of “The Transporter: Refueled” tells TheWrap’s Jeff Sneider about the film based on cult novel
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Toronto: ‘Equals’ Star Nicholas Hoult on Falling for Kristen Stewart in World Where Emotions Are Banned (Video)
“It ended up being a very intimate shoot,” the actor tells TheWrap’s Jeff Sneider about his sci-fi indie at the Toronto Film Festival
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‘Breathe’ Review: Melanie Laurent’s Tale of Friendship Gone Wrong Is One of 2015’s Best Films
An intimate, naturalistic drama about obsessive friendship turns painfully claustrophobic in the actor-director’s marvelous second feature
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‘Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine’ Review: Stunning Peek at Apple Legend’s Dark Sides
Alex Gibney’s ace new documentary on the Silicon Valley giant chronicles Jobs’ path to greatness, trampling friends and foes alike
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‘Hitman: Agent 47’ Review: Video Game Adaptation is All (Messy) Plot, No Believable Characters
Don’t expect this reboot of the “Hitman” franchise starring Zachary Quinto and Rupert Friend to break the curse of bad movies made out of hit video games
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‘Rosenwald’ Director Recounts Philanthropist’s Contributions to American Education (Guest Blog)
Sears CEO Julius Rosenwald partnered with educator Booker T. Washington and African American communities in the South to build over 5,300 schools
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‘Fort Tilden’ Review: SXSW Favorite Invites You to Care About the Most Annoying People on Earth
Dark comedy doesn’t make it easy for you to like two Brooklyn hipsters on an ill-fated trip to the beach
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New Orleans Reconceived as World’s Largest Theme Park Post-Katrina in New Satire (Guest Blog)
In his new novel, “New Orleansland,” TheWrap General Manager Alan Citron imagines Hollywood hatching a plan for the Crescent City after the hurricane
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‘Shaun the Sheep’ Review: ‘Wallace & Gromit’ Spin-Off Is Pure, Wordless Entertainment
Aardman, the studio behind “Chicken Run,” offers another stop-motion treat, even if it’s more funny than memorable
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Requiem for Relativity – Hollywood Should Mourn the Loss of a Studio
There should be no sneering, no schadenfreude for Ryan Kavanaugh’s fall
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‘Best of Enemies’ Review: Gore Vidal, William F. Buckley Usher in Era of Insult-Driven Political Debate
A timely but unsatisfying exploration of a series of exchanges between conservative Buckley and liberal Vidal makes its case too little and too late
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‘Unexpected’ Review: Cobie Smulders Mopes Through Thoughtful, Sleepy Pregnancy Drama
Anders Holm, Elizabeth McGovern and newcomer Gail Bean costar in Kris Swanberg’s well-intentioned tale of a teacher and student who bond
