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On Demand DVD New Releases May 13-19
Channel Guide MagazineCloud Atlas is certainly the most ambitious of this week's titles. With a budget of over $100,000,000, the film is one of the most expensive independent films made to date. Nominated for a Golden Globe award, the film involves cast members playing... -
Is city short of space to shoot?
According to Andy and Lana Wachowski, most of their films are set in Chicago — although none have actually shot here. When my colleague Chris Borrelli asked about this for a piece that ran in the Tribune last week, Lana Wachowski replied, "There...
Tags: Television, G.I. Joe (fictional character), North Lawndale, Festive Events, Transformers (movie)
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Inside 'Cloud Atlas' directors' Chicago workshop
The Wachowskis lie low. It's what they do. Indeed, They do it so well that when you meet the Wachowskis and ask them about their lying low, you find yourself reminding yourself: You have never really seen them before. Not really. They don't stand for...
Tags: Movies, Tom Tykwer, Arts and Culture, Dentistry and Dental Health, Entertainment
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'Mr. Selfridge': The man who invented retail therapy
Until recently, the Vera Wang bridal shop in Singapore imposed a non-refundable $482 fee to try on dresses. And last month a health food retailer in Australia posted this notice on its door: “As of the first of February, this store will be...
Tags: Grant Park, Marshall Field, Ike Barinholtz, Seth Rogen, Downton Abbey (tv program)
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Quick Takes: Netflix, into the sci-fi matrix
Netflix's newest original series will be science fiction from the duo behind the "The Matrix" trilogy. Netflix announced Wednesday that it would stream "Sense8" late next year for subscribers. The series is the first foray into television for Andy and...Tags: CSI: New York (tv program), Matt Lauer, Harrison Ford, Arts and Culture, Two and a Half Men (tv program)
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Netflix goes sci-fi with the Wachowskis
Netflix is going big with its next original series. After tapping the talents of David Fincher and Eli Roth for previous productions, the online outfit is getting Andy and Lana Wachowski, creators of "The Matrix" series, who will work with J. Michael...
Tags: David Fincher, Literature, Arrested Development (tv program) , Arts and Culture, Stephen Colbert
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GLAAD award nominees include 'Wallflower,' 'Cloud Atlas'
Among the nominations for its annual entertainment awards, GLAAD, the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy and anti-defamation organization, chose to honor animation's first gay character, a film directed in part by a transgender woman...Tags: Movies, Tom Hanks, Tom Tykwer, Social Issues, Alan Cumming
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Robin Weigert taps Brooke Wyeth's mind in 'Other Desert Cities'
On your way to meet actress Robin Weigert for the first time, you may be forgiven for feeling some trepidation about who, exactly, will greet you at the door. Will it be Calamity Jane, the buckskin-wearing, dirt-encrusted, foul-tongued frontier woman...
Tags: Lincoln Center, Celebrities, Movies, New York University, Sidwell Friends School
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An interview with David Mitchell, the author behind 'Cloud Atlas'
David Mitchell came to Los Angeles because of an 8-year-old book. Thanks to the movie by Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, Mitchell's novel "Cloud Atlas" has landed on American bestseller lists -- right behind the decidedly less literary...
Tags: Authors, Literature, Fiction, Movies, Music
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Holdover 'Argo' beats four newcomers on slow moviegoing weekend
Moviegoers had four new films to choose from at the box office this weekend, but "Argo" — the well-reviewed film that has been out for 17 days — still seemed like a better option to most. Ben Affleck's political thriller claimed the top...
Tags: Movies, Tom Hanks, Tom Tykwer, Halloween, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
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Taylor Swift, 'Cloud Atlas' and assumption junction
On semi-rare occasions, you absolutely know when something’s going to be good. You judge a book by its cover because you’ve practically already read it. A new Fiona Apple album, good. 3 Doors Down’s greatest hits, bad. That said, it&...
Tags: Hayden Panettiere, Fiona Apple, Movies, Jim Broadbent, Tom Hanks
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'Cloud Atlas' review: A historic mess
* (out of four) Hokum of monumental proportions is still hokum. Watch the 6-minute “Cloud Atlas” trailer about 30 times and you’ll have an idea of what it’s like to sit through this epic disaster, which never bores but never...
Tags: Halle Berry, Movies, Jim Sturgess, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant
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