Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of the line to separate movie-goers from their cash?
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Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
“Coco Before Chanel” offers an enlightening peek into the early life and sartorial origins of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, one of fashion’s modern masters. Full story »
Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney’s “The Men Who Stare at Goats,” and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: “More of this is true than what you might imagine.” Full story »
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
"I love terrifying children," reveals Jim Carrey, who plays Scrooge, the original holiday-hating miser who undergoes a transformation in Robert Zemeckis' faithful adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
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Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
Actor Jeff Bridges, looking like a Malibu prophet with his bushy beard and seasoned surfer smile, says he had a bit of a flashback while filming "The Men Who Stare at Goats," which fictionalizes the oddball odyssey of a U.S. military program that tried to train soldiers to use mental powers as a weapon (and, yes, to snuff out farm animals by glaring at them).
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Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Lionel Barrymore. Alastair Sim. Laurence Olivier. Albert Finney. George C. Scott. Bill Murray. Michael Caine. Mr. Magoo. Scrooge McDuck. Of the many to play Ebenezer Scrooge, Jim Carrey now adds his name, starring in Disney's new 3-D animation version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." The appeal of the part is clear: You get villain and redemptive hero rolled into one, plus you spend most of the movie in your pajamas.
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Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
The flat-lining, alien-abduction thriller "The Fourth Kind" offers a close encounter that buries an interesting idea under a barrage of gimmicky, carnival-like hokum. Full story »
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Cameron Diaz and James Marsden have a terrible moral dilemma in Richard Kelly's "The Box": Press a button on a mysterious container, they'll get $1 million, and someone they don't know will die. What button, on whose box, did Kelly push to get the money to make this awful, preposterous thriller?
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Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
During World War II, trend-setting French designer Coco Chanel, who extolled the virtues of simplicity - albeit very expensive simplicity - had a love affair with a German officer. She was once arrested on war crime charges but was set free through the intervention of the British royal family.
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Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
To begin to understand director Lee Daniels, you can start by looking closely at the living room of the broken-down Harlem apartment created for Claireece “Precious” Jones, the obese, illiterate, abused teenager at the center of his emotionally raw new drama, “Precious.” Full story »
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
The George Lucas empire struck back Tuesday against a British prop designer who sold replicas of the iconic Stormtrooper uniforms from the “Star Wars” movies. Designer Andrew Ainsworth has fought a long legal battle against Lucasfilm Ltd., which sued him over the replica suits and helmets he sold through a Web site Full story »
Monday, Nov. 2, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The cast and crew of "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" continued their unexpected journey from a scrappy little screening 10 months ago at the Sundance Film Festival to a star-studded gala at the legendary Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Full story »
Monday, Nov. 2, 2009
HOLLYWOOD - The last time one of Michael Jackson's tours played the continental United States was 1988. So perhaps it's no surprise that "This Is It," Sony Pictures' film made from rehearsal footage for Jackson's planned London concert series, did more than twice as much business internationally in its first five days as it did domestically.
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Friday, Oct. 30, 2009
Wanting to capitalize on the teen vampire movie craze it stirred last year, Summit Entertainment is planning to re-release “Twilight” in more than 2,000 theaters Nov. 19, the night before the arrival of the highly anticipated sequel, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.” Full story »
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009
It's hard to put a finger on exactly what a Coen brothers movie is. That's part of the great allure of them.
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