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Metacritic
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Jan 18, 08 9:37 AM CST
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Despite actress Katherine Heigl's undeniable appeal, her first role as a leading lady is in a film of such little consequence "that seeing it and skipping it are the exact same thing," writes Robert Wilonsky of the Village Voice . In 27 Dresses , Heigl plays Jane, a perennial bridesmaid who's got a major crush on her boss (Ed Burns), who, unfortunately, falls for Jane's blonde-bombshell sister (Malin Akerman).
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Associated Press
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Jan 17, 08 2:29 PM CST
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Notorious ladykiller Jack Nicholson is ready for a new romance, though he admits he remains, at 70, "a fool for love." "Ask any old friend of mine, they'll say, 'Jack's pretty smart, but in this area the man is beyond the pale. Don't ask him anything about love. Or if you ask him, don’t listen,'" he told AARP The Magazine .
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Der Spiegel
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Jan 17, 08 3:57 AM CST
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The Berlin Film Festival will kick off next month with the world premiere of Martin Scorsese's rockumentary about the Rolling Stones, Der Spiegel reports. Scorsese and his team shot over half a million feet of film at two 2006 Rolling Stone gigs in New York. Performances by Jack White and Christina Aguilera also feature in Shine a Light.
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Associated Press
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Jan 14, 08 1:17 PM CST
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Pulp Fiction screenwriter Roger Avary was arrested last night on charges of manslaughter and driving under the influence after he crashed his car in Ventura County, Calif., killing a passenger and injuring Avary's wife. Avary is free on $50,000 bail and his wife is recovering in the hospital. She was thrown from the car in the single-car collision.
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Variety
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Jan 13, 08 3:33 PM CST
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The Bucket List kicked National Treasure: Book of Secrets from top spot this weekend in the best-ever debut for a Rob Reiner flick, Variety reports. First Sunday nabbed a close second and Juno kept crowds giggling in third. Tonight's toned-down Golden Globes will not help Juno as expected, but the quirky laffer has almost passed Sideways as Fox Searchlight's best-grossing film.
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Blender
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Jan 13, 08 2:14 PM CST
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Grab a blanket and some popcorn and settle in with Blender's best rock and roll movies of all time: This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Saturday Night Fever (1977) Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
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Rotten Tomatoes
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Jan 11, 08 1:40 PM CST
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The Bucket List, Rob Reiner’s new cancer comedy, “never ascends from the bowels of tearjerk formula and audience pandering," writes Newsday’s Jan Stuart. The film stars Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as terminally ill buddies trying to do it all before they die. They skydive, race cars, globetrot, and “recycle old screen personas with an abandon that borders on self-parody.”
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Rotten Tomatoes
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Jan 11, 08 9:43 AM CST
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So excruciating is the tension in the Spanish supernatural thriller The Orphanage that "you'll have to calm yourself by saying, 'It's only a movie,' " writes Time's Richard Corliss. But the horror film, centering on the dark secrets inside a woman's childhood home, is about as far from a blood-soaked slasher flick as it could be, something that's winning it high praise.
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Variety
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Jan 7, 08 7:14 PM CST
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Striking scribes cut a deal with Tom Cruise's United Artists today, their first with a major studio since walking out in November, Variety reports. Terms were kept secret, but analysts say they likely match a deal struck with David Letterman's WorldWide Pants last week, including new media residuals. “United Artists has lived up to its name," WGA West president Patric Verrrone said.
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Variety
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Jan 6, 08 6:53 PM CST
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets glowed in top spot for a third straight weekend as quirky Juno scored a startling third, almost neck-and-neck with mega-hit I Am Legend . Juno banked an estimated $16.2M and expanded to 1,952 theaters in its fifth week, a near-record run for a specialty film.
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Vanity Fair
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Jan 6, 08 3:34 PM CST
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It seems like a sure thing: Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, in on 13 of the 100 highest-grossing movies ever, revive the billion-dollar Indiana Jones franchise. But Lucas spent 15 years trying to convince Spielberg and Harrison Ford to do Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , due out May 22. Why the discord? It all came down to what Hollywood calls a MacGuffin, Vanity Fair reports.
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Reuters
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Jan 6, 08 8:00 AM CST
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There Will Be Blood , a riveting movie about the greed and corruption of oil prospecting in America a century ago , captured several of the highest awards from the National Society of Film Critics yesterday. Director Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of a 1927 Upton Sinclair novel earned awards for best picture, best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis and best director.
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Associated Press
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Jan 4, 08 10:27 AM CST
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Johnny Depp trounced Will, George and Matt to bring in more green at movie theaters than any other actor in 2007, reports the AP. The star of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, now proving he can sing, too, in Sweeney Todd , was voted the No. 1 box office draw for the second year in a row by movie exhibitors contacted by Quigley Publishing Co.
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AFP
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Jan 3, 08 10:06 AM CST
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Hollywood's favorite bad boy Sean Penn will preside over the jury for the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, AFP reports. The now twice-divorced actor and director "represents the independent American cinema as well as a vision of America which we like," said the festival's artistic director. Americans Clint Eastwood and Quentin Tarantino have previously helmed the Cannes jury.
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Financial Times (UK)
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Jan 2, 08 10:41 AM CST