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Cannes Film Festival: J.C. Chandor's 'All Is Lost' is unusual survival tale
CANNES, France — For his 2011 Wall Street drama "Margin Call," writer-director J.C. Chandor put an ensemble of stars including Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore and Zachary Quinto into corporate offices and had them talk furiously as a crisis...Tags: Arts and Culture, Film Festivals, Margin Call (movie), Demi Moore, Action (Movie Genre)
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Breakup Fee for Rythym & Hues Stalking-Horse Bidder Approved (Exclusive)
ReutersMay 23 (TheWrap.com) - A U.S. bankruptcy court judge approved a settlement Wednesday between Rhythm & Hues and JS Communications, ending at least one contentious legal issue stemming from the March sale of the Oscar-winning visual-effects studio. As...Tags: Evan Jones, Companies and Corporations, Bankruptcy, Economy, Business and Finance, Auction Service
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Cannes 2013: Reviewers onboard for 'All Is Lost'
Some called it “Life of Pi” without the tiger. Others compared it to Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea.” But most critics liked what they saw in “All Is Lost,” an almost dialogue-free narrative feature...Tags: Margin Call (movie), Arts and Culture, Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter, Movies
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Ang Lee Drops Out of FX's 'Tyrant' Pilot
ReutersMay 20 (TheWrap.com) - UPDATE: Ang Lee has issued a statement saying that he dropped out of FX's "Tyrant" pilot because "I need some rest" after making and promoting "Life of Pi." Lee's full statement is included below. Previously... Ang Lee...Tags: Homeland (tv program), Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Fox Broadcasting Company, FX (tv channel)
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'Safe Haven' and 'Jack Reacher' top DVD/Blu-ray charts
A trio of new titles arrived to knock Oscar winners “Django Unchained” and “Silver Linings Playbook” from their reign atop the sales and rentals charts -- among them Tom Cruise’s box-office disappointment “Jack Reacher....
Tags: Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Epic (movie), Iron Man 3 (movie), Jack Reacher (movie), Tom Cruise
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The Week Ahead: Myanmar mends, Africa ascends, cinema celebrates
Architect of exiting autocracy invited to the White House Monday, May 20 -- Myanmar President Thein Sein’s visit to Washington symbolically celebrates his nation’s embrace of democracy and the rule of law after half a century of...
Tags: Heads of State, Minority Groups, Christoph Waltz, Elections, Islam
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Cannes Film Festival: Steven Spielberg heads jury
“We’re always sitting in personal private judgment of the films we see,” Steven Spielberg said Wednesday, in Wednesday’s Cannes Film Festival press conference introducing this year’s nine-person jury headed by Spielberg....
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Film Festivals, Arts and Culture, Christoph Waltz, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (movie)
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Nate Silver: In Hollywood, 'Nobody knows anything'
Predictability and the arts-and-entertainment world have an uneasy relationship. Predictability is a given — like the mouthfeel of a Big Mac — when it comes to, say, the punch lines on "Two and a Half Men" or the beats of your average...
Tags: Sports, Social Media, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Argo (movie), Iron Man 3 (movie)
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Reel Critics: A good 'Gatsby,' if not great
F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel "The Great Gatsby" captured America's roaring 1920s madness with sharp observations of the era. But the love story at the heart of the tale is what makes it a parable for the ages. Director Baz Luhrmann ("Moulin Rouge!"...
Tags: Carey Mulligan, Polynesia, Kon-Tiki (movie), The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013)
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Review: 'Kon-Tiki' a tale retold of determined seafarers
"Kon-Tiki" is a ripping yarn torn from yesterday's headlines. Though somewhat forgotten now, the 1947 story of six men, an oceangoing raft and a wild and crazy theory was a media sensation that gripped the world's imagination — and launched a...
Tags: Science and Technology, PG-13 Rated Movies, Sports Illustrated, Entertainment, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Motion Picture Academy shines a spotlight on 'VFX Game-Changers'
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate breakthroughs in visual effects with a slate of programs in April, beginning Tuesday with an advance screening of "Jurassic Park 3D" at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Steven...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Dennis Muren, Academy Awards, Jurassic Park (movie)
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Hong Kong Film Festival: Capturing the ambiance of Taipei in 'Together'
HONG KONG — Ang Lee, Taiwan’s most famous director, brought new respect to his homeland with the artistic achievement created there in his Oscar-winning “Life of Pi.” But in the movie “Together,” which screens...
Tags: Hong Kong, Film Festivals, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Taiwan
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