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Michael Berkowitz

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Hope Springs... Streep Soars!

Michael Berkowitz | Posted August 20, 2012

Read More: Hope Springs Review, Hope Springs, Hope Springs Film, Hope Springs Meryl Streep, Hope Springs Movie, Hope Springs Tommy Lee Jones, Meryl Streep Tommy Lee Jones
It's kind of like sex. The new Meryl Streep-Tommy Lee Jones movie, Hope Springs, can be a little messy and uneven. You need to take your time with it, be patient and open. But it is ultimately satisfying.

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Tom Hanks' New Project: JFK Indie Drama

Vanity Fair | Posted August 20, 2012

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks Movies, Entertainment, Film, Indie Film, Jfk Movie Tom Hanks, Movies, Tom Hanks Jfk, Tom Hanks Jfk Movie
Now Tom Hanks is set to contribute his own John F. Kennedy project to the already sizable film canon dedicated to the 35th U.S. president.

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Regina Weinreich

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Jake Gyllenhaal's Good Cop in 'End of Watch'

Regina Weinreich | Posted August 21, 2012

Read More: America Ferrera, Anna Kendrick, Bob Balaban, Bruce Weber, Bryan Bantry’s Goose Creek, Calvin Klein, Chris Martin, Cody Horn, Donna Karan, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ingrid Sischy, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jerry And Jessica Seinfeld, Katie Lee, Michael Pena, Natalie Martinez, Peggy Siegal, Sandra Brant, Toronto Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival 2012, Beth-Ostrosky-Stern, End Of Watch, Tiff 2012
The F-word flies by fast, furious and often from cops and criminals in Jake Gyllenhaal's new movie End of Watch, now on its way to the Toronto Film Festival.

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Nancy Doyle Palmer

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'Hit and Run' - Serious Summer Fun

Nancy Doyle Palmer | Posted August 20, 2012

Read More: Beau Bridges, Bradley Cooper, Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Kristen Chenoweth, Tom Arnold, David Palmer, Hit And Run, Jess Rowland
There is a light-hearted goofiness to Dax Shepard's Hit and Run that just plain works. I interviewed Shepard and his fiancée and co-star Kristen Bell about the film and working together.

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Jay Weston

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Sparkle Is an Exciting Movie... Fun, Flawed and Moving!

Jay Weston | Posted August 20, 2012

Read More: Berry Gordy, Diana Ross, LA Sparkle, The Supremes, Whitney Huston, Dreamgirls, La Arts, Sparkle, Whitney Houston Sparkle
As a picture of a pop music world only recently updated, Sparkle is a magnificent masterpiece that "has soul, sound, and sizzle."

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Lonna Saunders

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Hope Springs for Midwest Couple Meryl Streep & Tommy Lee Jones

Lonna Saunders | Posted August 20, 2012

Read More: Blythe Danner, Charlie Sheen, Dartmouth College, Erich Segal Love Story, Gwyneth Paltrow, Martin Sheen, Meryl Streep, Nora Ephron, Ryan O'Neal, Steve Carell, Tommy Lee Jones, University Of Chicago, Wellesley College, Ali Mcgraw, Hope-Springs-Movie, Vanessa Taylor, Vice President Al Gore
For anyone who has ever wanted a second chance at love with the same partner, Hope Springs starring a midwestern couple played by Meryl Streep (Kay) and Tommy Lee Jones (Arnold), is your movie.

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Leslie Sisman

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Popcorn Preview: Searching for Sugar Man

Leslie Sisman | Posted August 20, 2012

Read More: Leslie Sisman, Popcorn Diary, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Cape Town, Movie Preview, Movie Review, Popcorn, Popcorn Profiles, Profile, Review, Rodriguez, Searching For Sugar Man, Sugarman, Video
The narrative is crafted remarkably well. It may even bring tears to your eyes. In South Africa, Rodriguez is bigger than Elvis and the Rolling Stones combined.

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Caryn James

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Cosmopolis, Beyond the RPatz PR Tour (Review)

Caryn James | Posted August 20, 2012

Read More: Daily Show WIth Jon Stewart, David Cronenberg, Jon Stewart, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Cosmopolis
For once, Pattinson's stiffness works in his favor as Eric Packer, an affectless young billionaire looking for meaning as his self-made financial empire crumbles in a single day.

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Dan Persons

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Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: ParaNorman

Dan Persons | Posted August 20, 2012

Read More: Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same, Painted Skin: The Resurrection, Paranorman, Paranorman Box Office, Paranorman Reviews
With an onslaught of mouldering zombies, voluble spirits, and malevolent storm fronts, plus a production that pushes the artistic boundaries of stop-motion in terms of scope and character performance, the film has no shortage of ambition. But is that enough?

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Scott Mendelson

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Weekend Box Office: Expendables Tops While ParaNorman and Sparkle Open Well

Scott Mendelson | Posted August 20, 2012

Read More: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Box Office (Weekend Box Office Rundown), Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jennifer Garner, Robert Pattinson, Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables 2, Whitney Houston, Paranorman
It's no real surprise that The Expendables 2 opened with about 18 percent less this weekend ($28.75 million) than the first Expendables on this weekend in 2010 ($34 million).

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Marshall Fine

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How Not to Make a Documentary

Marshall Fine | Posted August 20, 2012

Read More: Adrien Grenier, Angela Lansbury, New York Film Critics Circle, New York Times, Perez Hilton, Rex Reed, Richard Thomas, Smash His Camera, South By Southwest, Teenage Paparazzo, Tennessee Williams Festival, The Gong Show, Showtime, Sundance, Sxsw, The Dakota, Tmz, Toronto, Tribeca
I knew what the odds were when we started (though, of course, I was convinced I could beat them). I'd heard the horror stories from filmmakers I'd interviewed over the years: unscrupulous and inept producers, financiers and film companies, and so forth.

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Scott Mendelson

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How the National Apathy and 'Death of Outrage' Killed the Political Conspiracy Thriller

Scott Mendelson | Posted August 20, 2012

Read More: Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Enemy Of The State, George W. Bush, Jeremy Renner, Matt Damon, Paul Greengrass, The Bourne Legacy, Tony Gilroy, Will Smith, Politics
If we did learn that U.S. governmental agencies were using science and sorcery to make super-soldiers for wet-work, would any of us really be surprised? Does anyone think that something along the lines of Treadstone or Blackbriar doesn't currently go on?

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