Columns
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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
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‘Sisterhood of Night’ Review: Fresh Cast Helps Put a New Spin on Witches
Kal Penn leads an up-and-coming cast with Georgie Henley and Kara Hayward in an ambitious and timely film about a modern-day Salem witch trial
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‘Effie Gray’ Review: Dakota Fanning and Emma Thompson Star in a Sumptuous Brocaded Gothic
The biopic is a better study of Victorian times than a portrait of Effie Gray, who dawdles for much too long before planning her escape from a disastrously unhappy marriage
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‘Ned Rifle’ Review: Aubrey Plaza, Liam Aiken Seek Revenge in the Close of Hal Hartley’s Trilogy
The veteran trio of Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak and Parker Posey steals the picture from the younger cast in a capper that’s faithful but inessential
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‘Woman in Gold’ Speaks to Children of Holocaust Survivors (Guest Blog)
The true-life story of reclaiming art stolen by the Nazis stars Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds and Charles Dance
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‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Star Elodie Yung Joins ABC Pilot ‘Of Kings and Prophets’ (Exclusive)
Actress joins the biblical project from the writers of film “Exodus: Gods and Kings”
