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The Iceman: A Killer Role for Michael Shannon
Your favorite mild-mannered psychopath scores big at Venice as a real-life contract killer who boasted of more than 100 hits for the Jersey mob
Hollywood East: Why American Movie Companies Are Rushing to Find Big-Screen Partners in China
How the movie industry followed business trends with joint Chinese ventures
Lawless: Tom Hardy as the Bane of the Revenuers
The Batman villain leads a terrific cast in this much-too-studied story of the Prohibition era’s Virginia Moonshine Wars
Viva Venezia! Returning to the Venice Film Festival, the World’s Most Simpatico Cinematic Celebration
In its 69th session, Venice presents new films by Terrence Malick, Spike Lee and Paul Thomas Anderson. Read all about them right here over the next week.
Crossover Toys Revealed at Star Wars Celebration VI
Every year, fans and wannabe residents of the “Galaxy Far, Far Away” gather at the Star Wars Celebration to hang out and learn about upcoming Star Wars merchandise and media—but at this year’s celebration (which took place in …
Star Wars Speculation: With 3D Ewoks on the Horizon, How Long Until a Manipulated ‘New Hope’?
Some Star Wars fans have skipped right past the new announcement of back-to-back 3D re-releases of Star Wars Episodes II and III to speculate on how far behind the 3D releases of the original trilogy could be.
Given the …
President Obama to Oprah: Watch Beasts of the Southern Wild
Turns out the Commander-in-Chief is also “Critic-in-Chief.” Oprah Winfrey’s “Super Soul Sunday” program on OWN focused on the hit summer indie film Beasts of the Southern Wild because Barack Obama recommended the movie to her.
Box Office Surprise: How Judi Dench and an 8-Year-Old Won the Summer
Amid the onslaught of franchises, superheroes and fantasy adventures that dominated the 2012 summer box office (see Richard Corliss’ complete summer box office coverage), independent films carved out their own lucrative corner of …
Expendables 2 Takes the Top Slot Again, but Obamaphobia is Riding High
On a slow weekend, an anti-Barack doc brings out the faithful
2016: Obama’s America: Dinesh D’Souza Sees an End-of-Times
The Mayans were only partly right: the real cataclysm could begin on Nov. 6, if the President is reelected and acts on his radical beliefs
Sleepwalk With Me: His American Life
The story of stand-up comic Mike Birbiglia’s violent sleep disorder crashes through the window of reality to become an amiable, Woody Allenesque comedy
Premium Rush: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Pedals Furiously to Film Stardom
The most likable guy in indie films — and Christopher Nolan’s favorite movie mensch — becomes an action hero on two wheels in this far-fetched, fun adventure