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Review: 'Hangover Part III' is just one long headache

By Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times Film Critic — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:20:00 PDT

The Wolfpack and Mr. Chow are back for a third time, too bad the genuine hilarity and fun from Todd Phillips' first 'Hangover' aren't.

The Wolfpack and Mr. Chow are back for a third time, too bad the genuine hilarity and fun from Todd Phillips' first 'Hangover' aren't.

Cannes 2013: Reviewers onboard for 'All Is Lost'

By John Horn — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:16:00 PDT

Some called it “Life of Pi” without the tiger.

Alexander Payne feels at home with 'Nebraska'

By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Film Critic — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:05:00 PDT

The script for the impressive film resonated with the director, who put off the project for years — a delay that deepened the material for him.

CANNES, France — Writer-director Alexander Payne has been nominated for three screenplay Oscars and has won two. So what did the man responsible for films including "Election," "Sideways" and "The Descendants" feel about working with someone else's script for the first time?

Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth for dying boy when real monarch can't

By John Horn — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:00 PDT

Helen Mirren was pretty persuasive playing Queen Elizabeth in “The Queen,” winning the best actress Oscar. But she may just have given an even more compelling performance as the English monarch for a terminally ill 10-year-old boy.

Ryan Gosling is an open, relaxed director, Saoirse Ronan says

By Amy Kaufman — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:44:00 PDT

At the Cannes Film Festival this week, Ryan Gosling's new film "Only God Forgives" inspired a divisive reaction among critics. Some audience members even booed the violent movie, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.

Cannes Film Festival: Kickstarter kids make an unlikely trip

By Steven Zeitchik — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:00:00 PDT

'Blue Ruin' and 'The Opportunist' were admitted to the festival, bringing their respective teams of young American filmmakers to the Riviera (on the cheap-ish).

'Blue Ruin' and 'The Opportunist' were admitted to the festival, bringing their respective teams of young American filmmakers to the Riviera (on the cheap-ish).

'Man of Steel' trailer: Zod demands Superman's surrender

By Gina McIntyre — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:00:00 PDT

'The World's End' trailer: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost face the apocalypse

By Gina McIntyre — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:03:00 PDT

Much ado about the Bard: The Cinematheque celebrates Shakespeare

By Susan King — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:00 PDT

With Joss Whedon's low-budget, modern retelling of Shakespeare's romantic comedy "Much Ado About Nothing" opening June 7, the American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre is getting into the Elizabethan spirit with a new series, "Much Ado About Shakespeare: The Bard on Film."

Cars crashed, smashed and trashed in 'Fast & Furious 6'

By David Undercoffler, Los Angeles Times — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:00 PDT

A custom 1969 Ford Mustang and a 2008 BMW M5 were among the casualties in director Justin Lin's quest for realistic destruction.

It didn't have to be like this. In the age of green screens and VFX houses, filmmakers responsible for the sixth installment of the "Fast & Furious" franchise didn't have to actually destroy hundreds of cars.