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Cannes Film Festival: J.C. Chandor's 'All Is Lost' is unusual survival tale
CANNES, France — For his 2011 Wall Street drama "Margin Call," writer-director J.C. Chandor put an ensemble of stars including Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore and Zachary Quinto into corporate offices and had them talk furiously as a crisis...
Tags: Film Festivals, Sundance Film Festival, Mike Tyson, Zachary Quinto, Entertainment
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Cannes 2013: Reviewers onboard for 'All Is Lost'
Some called it “Life of Pi” without the tiger. Others compared it to Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea.” But most critics liked what they saw in “All Is Lost,” an almost dialogue-free narrative feature...
Tags: Festive Events, Margin Call (movie), Cannes Film Festival, Movies, Ryan Gosling
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'Safe Haven' and 'Jack Reacher' top DVD/Blu-ray charts
A trio of new titles arrived to knock Oscar winners “Django Unchained” and “Silver Linings Playbook” from their reign atop the sales and rentals charts -- among them Tom Cruise’s box-office disappointment “Jack Reacher....
Tags: Star Trek into Darkness (movie), Star Trek (movie, 2009), Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Jack Reacher (movie), Epic (movie)
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The Week Ahead: Myanmar mends, Africa ascends, cinema celebrates
Architect of exiting autocracy invited to the White House Monday, May 20 -- Myanmar President Thein Sein’s visit to Washington symbolically celebrates his nation’s embrace of democracy and the rule of law after half a century of...
Tags: African Union, Religion and Belief, Africa, Christoph Waltz, Human Rights
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'Silver Linings Playbook' knocks 'Django Unchained' off DVD charts
Oscar and Golden Globes darlings went head-to-head as newly arriving David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook” knocked Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” off the top sales and rental charts -- in a field...
Tags: Gangster Squad (movie), Sony Corp., Star Trek (movie, 2009), Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Epic (movie)
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Rhythm & Hues effects house in search of a new home
Rhythm & Hues, the Oscar-winning visual effects house that recently emerged from bankruptcy protection, is now looking for a new home. As Times writer Roger Vincent reports, the company's 200,000-square-foot El Segundo headquarters has been sold for $25...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Companies and Corporations, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Animation (Movie Genre), Financially Distressed Companies
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Hollywood bets big on blockbusters, starting with 'Iron Man 3'
Summer is the season for blockbusters at the box office, and this year Hollywood is going all in. Midway through a year of declining attendance and ticket sales, the major studios are betting heavily on big-budget spectacles that can fatten the bottom...
Tags: Melissa McCarthy, Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man 3 (movie), John Carter (movie), Genres
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Review: 'Kon-Tiki' a tale retold of determined seafarers
"Kon-Tiki" is a ripping yarn torn from yesterday's headlines. Though somewhat forgotten now, the 1947 story of six men, an oceangoing raft and a wild and crazy theory was a media sensation that gripped the world's imagination — and launched a...
Tags: Kon-Tiki (movie), Amour (movie), Science and Technology, Movies, PG-13 Rated Movies
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Author Salman Rushdie sold 'Midnight's Children' rights for $1
This post has been corrected. See note below.Author/filmmaker Salman Rushdie joined Jon Stewart Tuesday night on "The Daily Show" to talk about the forthcoming film version of his bestselling novel "Midnight's Children." The 1981 novel won a slew of awards -- including the Man Booker Prize, the...Tags: Cinema Industry, The Daily Show (tv program), Midnight's Children (movie), Truman Capote, Literature
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'Django Unchained' will return to Chinese theaters -- with changes
Chinese moviegoers will soon be able to see “Django Unchained,” but it won’t be the same version that was mysteriously pulled from theaters two weeks ago. Sony Pictures announced Friday that Quentin Tarantino’s freed-slave...
Tags: China, Sony Corp., Django Unchained (movie), Radio, Movies
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Cannes 2013: Ang Lee, Nicole Kidman to join Steven Spielberg on jury
If any competitive spirit remains between directors Ang Lee and Steven Spielberg over their hard-fought contest this Oscar season, it will need to disappear quickly -- the two are about to spend a lot of time together. The “Life of Pi” helmer...
Tags: The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Film Festivals, Christoph Waltz, Justice System, Entertainment
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Cannes 2013: Coen brothers, Alexander Payne bound for film festival
The Cannes Film Festival is making a statement at this year's gathering: We still really like Americans. The main competition will feature four directors from the U.S. -- Alexander Payne (“Nebraska”) Joel and Ethan Coen (“Inside Llewyn...
Tags: Immigration, Ellis Island, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Sundance Film Festival, Music
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