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Verizon’s AOL Acquisition Sheds Light on ‘Over-The-Top’ Plan
As Verizon seeks to hang onto its TV viewers, the AOL deal allows the telcom giant to tap into advertising tech know-how
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‘Skinny Bundles?’ Big Media Preps for America’s Changing Cable Diet
The pressure is on pay-TV as viewing alternatives grow. Companies like Disney and Fox are still in cable’s corner, but they’re hedging their bets
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‘Saint Laurent’ Review: France’s Academy Submission Is Disappointing Oscar Bait
The second of two Yves Saint Laurent biopics — the one made without the approval of the designer’s estate — winds up being the more generic and less insightful one
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‘Hot Pursuit’ Review: Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara’s Comedy Is Adam Sandler-Bad
Joyless and perfunctory, this road-trip buddy comedy apparently replaced all its jokes with screaming
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Why Hollywood Shouldn’t Use Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight To Indict Periscope
Piracy looms, but Periscope users are part of an active community, while pay-per-view events are largely “lean back” experiences
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Who Got the Last Laugh on ‘The Ridiculous Six’ Movie Set? (Guest Blog)
“What is a laugh really worth?” asks contributor Aviva Kempner. “These actors expressed their concerns about the film and were essentially told to ‘get over it or get gone’”
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Lionsgate Considered Starz Acquisition Before Stock Swap With John Malone
Starz’s valuation is one of the factors that kept a deal from happening, and now all eyes are on John Malone’s next move, insiders tell TheWrap
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‘Little Boy’ Review: Faith-Based Drama Revisits Anti-Asian Racism During WWII
Despite boasting several important moral lessons, the period piece is more artificial than a polyester teddy bear stuffed with Splenda and Cheez Whiz — and about as appealing
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‘The Water Diviner’ Review: Russell Crowe’s Directorial Debut Isn’t Just Another Vanity Project
Seen through Crowe’s beauty-seeking if exoticizing camera, the Turkey-set period epic asks difficult and urgent questions about war and masculinity
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‘The Age of Adaline’ Review: Blake Lively Auditions for Another Vogue Cover in Gorgeous But Forgettable Romance
Lively’s never been better, but “Adaline” is more interested in what she’s wearing than what her character’s thinking
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Directors Slam Russell Crowe’s ‘Water Diviner’ Over Armenian Genocide Denial (Guest Blog)
“We do not know how Mr. Crowe and now Warner Bros. have ended up here — by ignorance alone or by bad luck,” say writer-directors of “1915 The Movie”
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‘Ex Machina’ Review: Oscar Isaac Makes a Creepy Tech Genius in Chilly A.I. Thriller
Domhnall Gleeson and Alicia Vikander co-star in a stylish and thoughtful directorial debut from Alex Garland
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‘Lost River’ Review: Ryan Gosling’s Directorial Debut Is Just as Bad as You’ve Heard
Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Matt Smith, Iain De Caestecker and Eva Mendes star in a bombastic exercise in sadism that’s all bluster, no brains
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‘Monkey Kingdom’ Review: Tina Fey Puts Her Stamp on Winsome Disneynature Doc
A populist take on simian society and alpha leadership leads to an entertaining look at caste systems in the animal kingdom
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Cole Haan’s ‘American Dream Project’ Docuseries Lands Distribution Deals With Amazon, Ora TV, Vessel (Exclusive)
The Happy Marshall Productions series will also be available on Dailymotion, Google Play, iTunes, Vimeo and YouTube
