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- Cannes: Emma Watson turns to crime in celebrity-obsessed film
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 01:48 PMCANNES - British actress Emma Watson has turned to crime in her latest role as part of a celebrity-obsessed teenage gang robbing their Hollywood idols' homes in a film that made its debut at the Cannes film festival on Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Review: As a hitman, Michael Shannon chills in "The Iceman"
Thursday - 05/16/2013 - 02:22 PMPerhaps it's not right that "The Iceman" is as good as it is. Mobsters, hitmen, the agents of mayhem and corruption don't deserve to be so compelling.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Julianne Moore: 'bad Mom' role is her antithesis
Thursday - 05/16/2013 - 10:31 AMCANNES, France—Julianne Moore sometimes identifies with the characters she plays but when it came to playing a bad mother in "What Maisie Knew," she couldn't relate.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - At Cannes, Watson revels in post-'Potter' freedom
Thursday - 05/16/2013 - 12:58 PMCANNES, France—Emma Watson is reveling in her post-"Potter" freedom at the Cannes Film Festival, relishing a Valley Girl role far from her wise-beyond-her-years Hermione.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Review: "Star Trek Into Darkness" and the power of emotion
Wednesday - 05/15/2013 - 03:47 PMJ.J. Abrams gets it. The director and his star fleet of writers and actors proved that with 2009's rousing, humorous "Star Trek." That adventure breathed relevant but not too hagiographic life into a beloved (to put it mildly) 1960s television sci-fi adventure series.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oscar rivals Spielberg, Ang Lee reunited at Cannes
Wednesday - 05/15/2013 - 11:32 AMCANNES, France—Recent Oscar rivals Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee are together again at the Cannes Film Festival.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Can a student write a paper without actually reading 'Gatsby'?
Wednesday - 05/15/2013 - 07:02 AMNEW YORK — In the weeks leading up to Friday's release of Baz Luhrmann's "Great Gatsby," I suffered from many of the same symptoms that the institutionalized Nick Carraway exhibits in the film:
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Iron Man' beats strong 'Gatsby' in box office showdown
Monday - 05/13/2013 - 10:52 AMTony Stark's superpowers lifted blockbuster "Iron Man 3" back to the top of movie charts in the United States and Canada, beating out a strong debut over the weekend for lavish Jazz Age drama "The Great Gatsby.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - For Baz Luhrmann, Cannes is a birthplace
Tuesday - 05/14/2013 - 11:18 AMCANNES, France—Baz Luhrmann might never have gone on to direct "The Great Gatsby"—or anything else, for that matter—if not for the Cannes Film Festival.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy
Tuesday - 05/14/2013 - 03:17 AMLOS ANGELES—Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.
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- Review: Actor Kate Bosworth's "Black Rock" a missed opportunity
Thursday - 05/16/2013 - 01:32 PMWell, at least the credits to "Black Rock" showed promise. It was written by one of the Duplass brothers, creators of "The Puffy Chair," "Cyrus" and "Jeff Who Lives at Home."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Review: Potently simple "Kon-Tiki" is gripping, suspenseful
Thursday - 05/16/2013 - 02:26 PMResolutely old-school and blessedly free of irony, the Norwegian adventure film "Kon-Tiki" is a celebration of heroism that's a pleasure to watch.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cannes: Leonardo DiCaprio defends 'Gatsby' from critics
Thursday - 05/16/2013 - 12:51 PMCANNES, France — Leonardo DiCaprio scans the sumptuous grounds of his Long Island chateau as dozens of revelers guzzle champagne, dance the foxtrot and dive into a monogrammed pool.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - For stars, ' Hangover' series was a game changer
Thursday - 05/16/2013 - 01:07 PMLAS VEGAS — Four years ago, Bradley Cooper had built a solid reputation as a scene-stealing supporting player.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - At Cannes, challenging the notion that black films 'don't travel' overseas
Wednesday - 05/15/2013 - 01:36 PMCANNES, France — In 1995, Will Smith begged producer Jerry Bruckheimer to let him go to the Cannes Film Festival to promote "Bad Boys," despite the parent studio's insistence that a black
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Star Trek': Spock and Kirk, then and now
Tuesday - 05/14/2013 - 06:25 PMWhen "Star Trek Into Darkness" hits theaters Friday, the lead roles of Spock and Kirk will look and sound far different from their original 1966 incarnations.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cannes opens with DiCaprio, Spielberg
Wednesday - 05/15/2013 - 08:34 AMCANNES, France—The Cannes Film Festival got under way with a blockbuster day of Steven Spielberg and Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cannes festival chief talks sex and Spielberg
Tuesday - 05/14/2013 - 11:07 AMCANNES, France—It's the big Cannes question—what will catch Steven Spielberg's eye? The king of Hollywood heads the jury that will decide who wins the Palme d'Or and other prizes at the French Riviera film fest, and artistic director Thierry Fremaux can't wait to find out what takes his fancy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Branch Rickey's grandson calls Jackie Robinson movie "42" a big hit
Tuesday - 05/14/2013 - 01:38 AMProviding viewpoint from inside the family, Branch Rickey III gives the movie "42" a 10.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - From 'Gatsby' to Gosling, a preview of Cannes
Monday - 05/13/2013 - 01:10 PMFor even those most accustomed to the frenzy of celebrity, the Cannes Film Festival can be a disorienting experience.
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- Movies now showing in Colorado, 5/17/2013
Thursday - 05/16/2013 - 01:26 PMSome reviews originate at newspapers that do not award star ratings; some movies are not screened in advance for critics.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Review: "Kiss of the Damned" a slightly duller retread
Thursday - 05/16/2013 - 05:28 PMWriter-director Xan Cassavetes pays homage to the libidinous vampire B movies of the 1970s with "Kiss of the Damned," a slightly duller retread of its precursors.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Model-actress Marine Vacth a Cannes rising star
Thursday - 05/16/2013 - 11:03 AMCANNES, France—Cannes has been the birthplace of many a star, and the latest candidate to shine is Marine Vacth, who plays a teenager confronting the complexities of adolescent sexuality in Francois Ozon's "Jeune et Jolie" ("Young and Beautiful.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Disney pulls sexy makeover of 'Brave' heroine Merida from its official princess website
Thursday - 05/16/2013 - 12:01 PMIn the face of a tsunami of criticism, Disney has abandoned its sexy makeover of Merida, the feisty heroine of its Oscar-winning animated feature "Brave," on its official princess website.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Enterprise crew talks about 'Star Trek Into Darkness' (interview)
Wednesday - 05/15/2013 - 01:36 PMEvery captain needs a crew -- even a captain like James Tiberius Kirk of the Federation starship Enterprise.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sci-Fi thriller to be filmed in NM
Wednesday - 05/15/2013 - 05:01 AMSANTA FE, N.M.—A sci-fi thriller about three college freshmen who disappear while tracking a computer hacker through the Southwest will film in New Mexico.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Zoe Saldana brushes off criticism of Simone role
Wednesday - 05/15/2013 - 08:19 AMLONDON—Zoe Saldana has played an alien and a future space traveler—but taking on the role of an actual famous person proved even harder.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jessica Alba movie coming to Boulder County
Tuesday - 05/14/2013 - 11:18 AMLONGMONT -- A film starring Luke Wilson and Jessica Alba is shooting throughout Boulder County -- including possible sites in Longmont, Lyons, Niwot and Hygiene -- for the next several weeks, according to numerous sources.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - "The X Factor" draws crowds to Denver auditions
Tuesday - 05/14/2013 - 11:24 AMHopefuls starting lining up early outside the Denver Coliseum on Tuesday to audition for season three of the Fox series "The X Factor."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - JJ Abrams boldly going from 'Trek' to 'Star Wars'
Monday - 05/13/2013 - 01:30 PMLONDON—J.J. Abrams is master of one universe—and he's about to try conquering another. The director who rebooted "Star Trek" for a new generation, sending the USS Enterprise out again to explore strange new worlds, has also been put at the "Star Wars" helm.
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