Moviefone - 05.15.2012

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Communing With Kubrick

Mike Kaplan | Posted May 18, 2012

Read More: CANNES, CANNES, Stanley Kubrick, Kubrick, Kubrick Critical Reception, Kubrick Films, Room 237, Room 237 Cannes, Stanley Kubrick Movies, The Shining

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Room 237, Rodney Ascher's documentary about the hidden puzzles and bizarre theories fomented by Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, is one of only two American films selected for the Director's Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival this year (May 16-27). The prestigious berth signals keen attention will be paid...

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How to Make a Hit Movie in 2012

Paul Iorio | Posted May 15, 2012

Read More: The Avengers, The Hunger Games, Blockbusters, Hit-Movies-1961, Movie Making, Movie-Trilogies, Summer Blockbusters, Trilogies

So you want to make a movie -- a hit movie, no less -- in the 2010s, one that truly captures the zeitgeist of pop culture in the Tens?

Obviously, there's no formula.

But there are trends and common elements emerging in Tens cinema that might help you create that...

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Popcorn Preview: Dark Shadows

Leslie Sisman | Posted May 15, 2012

Read More: Bella Heathcote, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dark Shadows, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tim Burton, Dark Shadows Review, Movie Review, Video

Film: Dark Shadows (2012)
Cast includes: Johnny Depp (The Rum Diary), Michelle Pfeiffer (Hairspray), Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech), Eva Green (Casino Royale), Bella Heathcote (In Time), Chloë Grace Moretz (Hugo)
Director: Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands)
Genre: Comedy | Fantasy (113 minutes)

Barnabas Collins tells...

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There Is Still Reason for Hope, but Here's the Catch

Phil Campbell | Posted May 15, 2012

Read More: Alabama Tornadoes, Alabama Tornadoes 2011, Grassroots, Grassroots Books, Grassroots Film, Grassroots Memoir, Grassroots Movie, I'm With Phil, I'm With Phil Film, I'm With Phil Movie

Why am I blogging for The Huffington Post? Maybe because two movies are being made about me.

Hear that? Two. Movies.

Two.

How often does that happen to a non-famous person? What did I possibly do for such a thing to happen to me? I've asked those questions of...

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Bully: The Sequel

Cindy Waitt | Posted May 15, 2012

Read More: Bullies, Bully Movie, Bully Prevention, Bully The Movie, Bullying, Bullying Prevention, Elementary School Bullying, High School Bullying

"What's next?" That was the question from Esta Soler, founder and president of Futures without Violence, and a longtime colleague of ours, as well as a huge supporter and advisor of the film Bully. We were discussing community outreach around the documentary, and Esta, who loves the film, knows its...

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Peeta: Real or Not Real?

Maddy Lederman | Posted May 15, 2012

Read More: Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games, Entertainment, Peeta Mellark, Pop Culture, Women-Books

I'm coming to this party late, but after seeing the movie, I read The Hunger Games trilogy in what seemed like five minutes. My husband is a Peeta-type, an artist, charming and affectionate. I'm lucky. He doesn't know I'm in love with Peeta. Or maybe he does. He knows I'm...

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Dark Shadows Is a Boring Mess of a Movie

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted May 15, 2012

Read More: Gothic Soap Operas, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Tim Burton, Vampires, Witches

Sometimes you have a pretty strong feeling about a movie before you see it; my flop radar was going off like mad when I watched the trailers for Dark Shadows. This is the latest Johnny Depp/Tim Burton collaboration, which reimagines the 1960's TV gothic soap opera.

The movie just...

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