The Twilight star plays a young billionaire on a crosstown death ride in David Cronenberg’s bland denunciation of wretched excess
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Pretty Boys Gone Wild, Part 1: Zac Efron in The Paperboy
The tweens’ dreamboat gets down and dirty in this lurid, racially charged melodrama
Star Wars Turns 35: How TIME Covered the Film Phenomenon
On May 25, 1977, Star Wars hit movie screens. TIME takes a fond look back at George Lucas’ little science-fantasy project.
Soldier Sequel SNAFU: G.I. Joe: Retaliation Stands Down, For Now
The planned summer release is on hold until March
Second Annual Edition: If I’d Been Tweeting from Cannes…
…it’d be a miracle, since I have no Twitter account, no smart phone and no desire to instantly embarrass myself in front of my dozens of followers.
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Exactly 140 characters — nailed it. I’m king of the
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The Intouchables: France’s Biggest Hit Dares You to Resist Its Charms
This fact-based fable of a rich white guy who can’t move and the black ex-con who cares for him is ready to conquer America
Men in Black 3: Somebody Get Tommy Lee Jones a Gold Watch Already
The years off have not been kind to the Men in Black—Josh Brolin as the young, 1969 version of Agent K is the only saving grace in this uneven, long-in-the-making sequel to the sequel
Legendary Creature Creator Rick Baker Talks Aliens and Men in Black 3
Rick Baker, the seven-time Academy Award-winning special makeup effects artist (they practically created the category just for him) can develop nearly any creature—human or not. His credits include Planet of the Apes, Hellboy, …
Explainer: In Blockbuster Season, How Do Theaters Determine Which One Gets the IMAX Screen?
The Avengers, Men in Black 3 and the soon-to-be-released Prometheus wage the eternal battle for placement
Kerouac’s On the Road Comes to Cannes: Where’s the Beat?
Walter Salles’ film of the Beat Generation classic wastes a strong cast, including Twilight‘s Kristen Stewart, in a needless tribute to ’50s wanderlust
Today’s Movie Trailer: The Great Gatsby
This Christmas Baz Luhrmann gives F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic Jazz-age melograma a glitzy remake, and from the looks of the first trailer it’s going to be a far cry from the 1970s adaptation starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow.
Luhrmann isn’t afraid of anachronisms and uses Kanye West and Jay-Z’s “No Church in the Wild,” from …
Today’s Movie Trailer: Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master
After years of stop-and-start production on Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, fans of the director of Magnolia and There Will Be Blood can finally breathe easy. With a trailer and a Cannes sneak-peek, those who wouldn’t believe it till they saw it can now take a look at The Master. Then again, given the suspense rightly provoked by the …
Killing Them Softly: Brad Pitt’s the Hitman, But the Movie’s Not a Hit
He’s a mob enforcer, and a cool dude, in Andrew Dominik’s laggard crime drama