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• REVIEW: Jeremy Renner's Disdain Curses Overplotted, Underwritten 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters'

  Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is not a good film — it's inconsistently acted, and somehow both underwritten and overplotted — but it has some good ... 

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  Five Reasons To Just Say 'No' To 'Noobz'

  New video-game movie Noobz hits theaters this weekend, so make sure you’re absolutely anywhere else.  Pry open a manhole and spend the day pretending ... 

• SUNDANCE REVIEW: Splendidly Demented 'Stoker' Should Quench Park Chan-Wook Fans' Thirst

  When South Korean genre iconoclast Park Chan-wook decided to bring his peculiar gifts to a Stateside production, anything could have happened — and ... 

• J.J. Abrams, Master Of The Universe: Nears Deal To Direct 'Star Wars Episode 7'

  J.J. Abrams appears to have cornered the universe.  Both The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter are reporting that the filmmaker behind the rebooted Star ... 

• SUNDANCE: Directors Tease 'Gideon's Army,' 'Fallen City,' 'Newlyweeds,' 'Soldate Jeannette' And 'Lasting'

  The Sundance Film Festival is continues through the weekend. In the lead-up to the awards Saturday, M.L. continues its series profiling this year's ... 

• SUNDANCE REVIEW: James Franco's Infuriating 'Interior. Leather Bar.' Is An Empty Glory Hole

  Proving that a movie shot over a day and a half can premiere at Sundance if it has James Franco's name attached, Interior. Leather Bar. is an ... 

• WATCH: Trigger-Happy Melissa McCarthy Looks For Her Boss' Balls In NSFW Trailer For 'The Heat'

  Dare I say that, based on this trailer, Melissa McCarthy looks like she could actually be funnier in The Heat than she was in Bridesmaids?  Okay, so ... 

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  'Guardians of the Galaxy': Why Casting Jim Carrey And/Or Adam Sandler Would Be A Smart Marvel Move

  If you need further evidence that Marvel is winning the battle against DC on the comic-book movie front, consider the latest Internet chatter about ... 

• SUNDANCE REVIEW: James Ponsoldt's 'The Spectacular Now' Is A Spectacularly Authentic American Teen Movie

  The scars and blemishes on the faces of the high-school lovers in The Spectacular Now are beautifully emblematic of director James Ponsoldt's bid to ... 

• SUNDANCE: Directors Tease 'The Square,' 'American Promise,' 'Pit Stop,' 'A River Changes Course,' 'This Is Martin Bonner,' 'Who Is Dayani Cristal'

  The Sundance Film Festival is passing its midpoint, but there are more world premieres of some of the films that will grace the Specialty Big Screen ... 

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  High And Low: Wenders' 'Pina' Is Less Stodgy & Travis' 'For A Good Time, Call...' Less Stupid Than You Might Think

  This week’s High and Low celebrates the sublime and the obscene. But though the two movies I've spotlighted couldn't be more different, they're both ... 

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  'Star Trek Into Darkness': Benedict Cumberbatch's Identity Revealed?

  The release of the first issue of a three-part prequel comic to Star Trek Into Darkness has lent some credence to the theory that the true villain of ... 

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  Shia LaBeouf Dropped Acid For Sundance Role

  Shia LaBeouf appears to be going full-tilt method acting of late. First the actor said last summer that he was going "all the way" in Danish director ... 

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  Women Struggle In Hollywood, Study Shows, As New Outfit, Tangerine, Launches To Narrow Gap

  Chalk this up as being barely a surprise. A study recently found that, of the 250 top-grossing Hollywood films, only 9% of the directors were women ... 

• 'The Last Stand' Director Kim Jee-Woon On Arnold's Age And His 'Jin-Roh' Adaptation

  Arnold Schwarzenegger warned us he'd be back, but the ex-Governator's big action comeback as a small-town border sheriff in The Last Stand fizzled ... 

• SUNDANCE: Directors Tease 'C.O.G.,' 'I Used To Be Darker,' 'Shopping,' 'It Felt Like Love,' 'Austenland'

  The Sundance Film Festival is passing its midpoint, but there are more world premieres of some of the films that will grace the Specialty Big Screen ... 

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  Linklater's 'Before Midnight' Unveils New Photos, Earns Sundance Raves

  I couldn't have guessed back in 1995 that Richard Linklater's charming Before Sunrise would spark one of the most beloved trilogies of the next few ... 

• 'The East': How Marling & Batmanglij's Dumpster-Diving Freegan Summer Inspired The Eco-Anarchist Sundance Thriller

  Two Sundances ago Brit Marling mesmerized as the leader of a cult being infiltrated by two would-be documentarians in Zal Batmanglij's Sound Of My ... 

• Oscar Index: Argo-Sell Yourself — It's Crunch Time, Nominees

  “It just doesn't matter,” Bill Murray pep-talked to his misfit campers in Meatballs. You've got to think that Teams Lincoln and Silver Linings ... 

• SUNDANCE: 'Two Mothers,' Two Secret Affairs And Uncomfortable Laughter

  Naomi Watts and Robyn Wright star in what has likely been the most divisive film to screen at the Sundance Film Festival so far. Two Mothers is the ... 

• Chastain Rules, Schwarzenegger Drools As 'Mama,' 'Zero Dark Thirty' Rule Box Office

  The box office has spoken! Jessica Chastain scored the top two weekend spots over Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Last Stand) and the double-whammy of Mark ... 

• SUNDANCE: Directors Tease 'Dirty Wars,' 'Fire In The Blood,' 'God Loves Uganda,' 'A Teacher,' 'Narco Cultura'

  The Sundance Film Festival heads into the week with more world premieres and a peek at many of the films that will grace the Specialty Big Screen this ... 

• Jennifer Lawrence Pulls Her Punches During 'SNL' Oscar Rivals Monologue

  If you need an idea of how intensely competitive Oscar campaigning has become, look no further than Jennifer Lawrence's opening monologue for Saturday ... 

• SUNDANCE: Rick Springfield's Foo-Tastic Jam With Dave Grohl Tops Epic 'Sound City' Players Concert

  Seeing Dave Grohl and his Foo Fighters play searing rock 'n' roll with onetime teen idol Rick Springfield wasn't exactly on my bucket list prior to ... 

• REVIEW: Feral Kid Horror 'Mama' Is Jessica Chastain's Best Performance Yet

  In Tree of Life, Jessica Chastain played a mother who could float. In Mama, she's attacked by one. Chastain shot this dignified little thriller in ...