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'Splice'
![Messing around with science or nature always is dicey, as the characters played by Oscar winner Adrien Brody ("The Pianist") and Sarah Polley ("The Sweet Hereafter") discover anew in this thriller.](http://www.zap2it.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-10/55960749-06090035.jpg "Messing around with science or nature always is dicey, as the characters played by Oscar winner Adrien Brody ("The Pianist\") and Sarah Polley (\"The Sweet Hereafter\") discover anew in this thriller.")
Zap2ItMessing around with science or nature always is dicey, as the characters played by Oscar winner Adrien Brody ("The Pianist") and Sarah Polley ("The Sweet Hereafter") discover anew in this thriller. They play scientists who combine DNA taken from...Tags: Documentary (genre), Adrien Brody, DVDs, Genes and Chromosomes, Splice (movie)
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Sarah Polley, Adrien Brody's 'Splice' of artificial life comes true
The Dish RagAdrien Brody and Sarah Polley's scary new sci-fi film, "Splice," is about two geneticists who create a new form of life from DNA. The same thing that a team of geneticists just announced this week. Artificial life imitating art? Creepy.com.... -
Reel Critics: Perfect odd couple in 'Get Him to the Greek'
"Get Him to the Greek" marks Russell Brand's return as legendary rock god Aldous Snow from "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." While this new comedy isn't quite as hilarious as that 2008 hit, the stars make it worth a look. Jonah Hill is Aaron Green, a...Tags: Sean John Combs, Entertainment, Missing in Action, Jonah Hill, Wars and Interventions
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Sarah Polley: 'Splice' makes you 'squirm in a deeply uncomfortable, ethical, emotional way'
The Hero ComplexAmy Kaufman is back on the Hero Complex with an insightful piece about "Splice" star Sarah Polley. This is a longer version of Kaufman's story in today's edition of the Los Angeles Time Calendar section. Sarah Polley had just arrived...... -
Horror of horrors: Did the wrong kind of people like 'Splice'?
The Big PictureJudging from the drubbing that "Splice" took at the box office over the weekend, with the film making a woeful $7.3 million, it's pretty obvious that the kiss of death for a horror film is to get a huge sheaf...... -
Adrien Brody did 'Predators' research: 'I would sleep in the jungle alone'
The Hero ComplexAdrien Brody is on the hunt for a new career chapter with his action-hero duty in "Predators," which hits theaters Friday. Amy Kaufman caught up with the Oscar winner to discuss aliens and alienation. This is a longer version of...... -
'Don't Come Knocking'
!["Don't Come Knocking" opens with a bandit mask view of blue sky and fluffy white clouds where the eyes should be. A reverse shot reveals it to be a panoramic vista of rocks near Moab, Utah, with Sam Shepard on horseback high-tailing it from somewhere or another.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-03/22465554.jpg ""Don't Come Knocking\" opens with a bandit mask view of blue sky and fluffy white clouds where the eyes should be. A reverse shot reveals it to be a panoramic vista of rocks near Moab, Utah, with Sam Shepard on horseback high-tailing it from somewhere or another.")
Times Staff Writer"Don't Come Knocking" opens with a bandit mask view of blue sky and fluffy white clouds where the eyes should be. A reverse shot reveals it to be a panoramic vista of rocks near Moab, Utah, with Sam Shepard on horseback high-tailing it from somewhere or...Tags: Entertainment, Marley Shelton, Montana, Tim Roth, Movies
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Don't Come Knocking
Zap2It.comMore than 20 years after collaborating on "Paris, Texas," director Wim Wenders and writer Sam Shepard reunite for "Don't Come Knocking," which delivers the expected stellar cast, deep and sweeping vistas, rhythmic dialogue and floundering anti-hero....Tags: Entertainment, Montana, Tim Roth, Movies, Sam Shepard
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'Beowulf & Grendel'
Chicago TribuneTwo elements of "Beowulf & Grendel" make a mixed-up and unbalanced picture nearly worthwhile. One is Iceland. Shooting in various, epically craggy corners of a country that hasn't been location-scouted to death, the film's makers resort to not a single...Tags: Gaming, Entertainment, Gerard Butler, Michael Phillips, Forehead
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Crossing borders
![The indomitable spirit of a woman responding to the oppressive patriarchy that surrounds her is at the center of the forceful Iranian drama <strong>"Border Café."</strong> Written and directed by noted screenwriter Kambozia Partovi ("The Circle"), the film takes place near the Turkish border, an area where European and Persian cultures intersect.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-05/23690897.jpg "The indomitable spirit of a woman responding to the oppressive patriarchy that surrounds her is at the center of the forceful Iranian drama <strong>"Border Café.\"</strong> Written and directed by noted screenwriter Kambozia Partovi (\"The Circle\"), the film takes place near the Turkish border, an area where European and Persian cultures intersect.")
Times Staff WriterThe indomitable spirit of a woman responding to the oppressive patriarchy that surrounds her is at the center of the forceful Iranian drama "Border Café." Written and directed by noted screenwriter Kambozia Partovi ("The Circle"), the film takes place...Tags: Entertainment, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Culture, University of California, Los Angeles, Agatha Christie
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Connecting with the isolated through film
![Nearly a decade ago, Isabel Coixet found herself on an oil rig off the southern coast of Chile. An aspiring if impecunious filmmaker, she was there to shoot an industrial film for Shell Oil. The job was neither glamorous nor idyllic, but in the weeks she spent aboard the isolated platform, she was struck by something extraordinary, even beautiful. "Alone in the middle of the ocean, men open up to each other more and talk about what really matters to them." These days the Catalán-born Coixet, 44, is one of Spain's most honored directors. But the oil rig, and what it embodied, are still with her.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-12/27122394.jpg "Nearly a decade ago, Isabel Coixet found herself on an oil rig off the southern coast of Chile. An aspiring if impecunious filmmaker, she was there to shoot an industrial film for Shell Oil. The job was neither glamorous nor idyllic, but in the weeks she spent aboard the isolated platform, she was struck by something extraordinary, even beautiful. "Alone in the middle of the ocean, men open up to each other more and talk about what really matters to them.\" These days the Catalán-born Coixet, 44, is one of Spain's most honored directors. But the oil rig, and what it embodied, are still with her.")
Special to The TimesNearly a decade ago, Isabel Coixet found herself on an oil rig off the southern coast of Chile. An aspiring if impecunious filmmaker, she was there to shoot an industrial film for Shell Oil. The job was neither glamorous nor idyllic, but in the weeks...Tags: Entertainment, Dylan Thomas, Celebrities, Patricia Highsmith, Robert Altman
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'The Secret Life of Words'
![There may be no young actress today better at embodying a blend of wounded innocence and stoic pride than Sarah Polley. In "The Secret Life of Words," she has a part worthy of her gifts.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-12/27004245.jpg "There may be no young actress today better at embodying a blend of wounded innocence and stoic pride than Sarah Polley. In "The Secret Life of Words,\" she has a part worthy of her gifts.")
Special to The TimesThere may be no young actress today better at embodying a blend of wounded innocence and stoic pride than Sarah Polley. In "The Secret Life of Words," she has a part worthy of her gifts. Polley drew international acclaim as an accident victim in Atom...Tags: Entertainment, Julie Christie, Atom Egoyan, David Byrne, Wim Wenders
Sep 3, 2010
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Jun 22, 2010
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Jun 10, 2010
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Jun 3, 2010
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Mar 17, 2006
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Mar 16, 2006
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Jul 28, 2006
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![Two elements of "Beowulf & Grendel" make a mixed-up and unbalanced picture nearly worthwhile. One is Iceland. Shooting in various, epically craggy corners of a country that hasn't been location-scouted to death, the film's makers resort to not a single computer-generated effect in this pictorially imposing retelling of the heroic tale. (Scholars date "Beowulf" to somewhere between the seventh and 11th centuries.)](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-07/24601820 "Two elements of "Beowulf & Grendel\" make a mixed-up and unbalanced picture nearly worthwhile. One is Iceland. Shooting in various, epically craggy corners of a country that hasn't been location-scouted to death, the film's makers resort to not a single computer-generated effect in this pictorially imposing retelling of the heroic tale. (Scholars date \"Beowulf\" to somewhere between the seventh and 11th centuries.)")
Jun 1, 2006
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Dec 30, 2006
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Dec 22, 2006
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