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New Moon smashes Potter midnight ticket sales record (20 November 11:22) |
| According to four people close to the movie, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sold more than $22.2 million worth of tickets in midnights shows last night, the all-time record set this summer by... |
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Fans scream with delight for Twilight New Moon (20 November 08:33) |
| Midnight screenings of the vampire film draw long lines. 'omg unbelievably thrilling!' says one tweet.
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Review The Blind Side (20 November 01:30) |
| Sandra Bullock and newcomer Quinton Aaron have a warm and winning chemistry in director John Lee Hancock's fact-based story of a football-loving white family's adoption of a homeless black t... |
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Review Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans (20 November 01:30) |
| Drawn to another man-in-crisis story, director Werner Herzog delivers a darkly delicious tale in which Nicolas Cage is positively reptilian.
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Review The Messenger (20 November 01:30) |
| Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson lead a strong cast in director Oren Moverman's taut drama about a casualty notification team's struggle to balance duties with private lives.
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Movie projector New Moon headed for $90-million-plus launch (20 November 04:09) |
| Edward and Bella's latest bite at the box office looks like it will be the second biggest of 2009.
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Movie review The Twilight Saga New Moon (19 November 01:30) |
| The novel demands that Bella and Edward be kept apart, robbing the movie of the crazy love that made 'Twilight' such a guilty pleasure. And about the director ....
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The newcomer stars opposite Sandra Bullock in Blind Side (19 November 01:30) |
| The young man auditioned, but thought he would be lucky to land a security job on set. Instead, he scored a lead role.
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15 documentary features make Oscars short list (19 November 01:30) |
| Of the 89 documentary films eligible for Oscar consideration this year, 15 were selected for a short list of potential nominees. And Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" wasn't one of ... |
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Is Percy Jacksons mythology too close to Harry Potters magic (19 November 01:08) |
| Executives working with the film are prepared for comparisons, but they're confident that the adventure has plenty of his own unique magic.
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The swashbuckling spirit behind Pirate Radio (18 November 01:30) |
| British DJs such as Johnnie Walker helped launch the music rebellion that spawned a similar underground movement in the U.S. that crested 30 years later.
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Hal Holbrook basks in That Evening Sun (18 November 01:30) |
| Making 'Into the Wild' gave the actor something he needed -- confidence. Now, he has star billing.
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Disneys Rich Ross halts production of Captain Nemo 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (18 November 01:30) |
| The planned $150-million project was just months from beginning shooting. The film was once considered to have franchise potential.
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New Moon causes strange changes for Taylor Lautner (18 November 01:30) |
| The young actor muscled up to hold on to his role as the werewolf Jacob. Excited howling ensued.
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African American actors disappear from Couples Retreat poster (18 November 02:48) |
| Universal's new black eye: The movie's African American couple -- Faizon Love and Kali Hawk -- are absent.
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New Disney movie chief pulls plug on costly Captain Nemo (18 November 02:13) |
| Rich Ross has made the costly decision to stop production on the planned $150-million production -- the last project approved by his predecessor Dick Cook.
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Twilight mania hits Westwood with the premiere of New Moon (18 November 12:56) |
| It was a premiere so highly anticipated even the wolves came out. Literally.
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Twilight New Moon rises in LA red carpet in Westwood (17 November 10:19) |
| Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson and more raise the heat at the movie's premiere.
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Disneys dream that Chrismas Carol will be the new Polar Express coming true (17 November 07:51) |
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Chris Columbus is like a proud parent watching Harry Potter stars from afar (17 November 03:08) |
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Twilight screenwriter says New Moon is better than first (16 November 09:19) |
| Melissa Rosenberg, who adapted Stephenie Meyer's novels, says "I know who I'm writing for."
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2012 explodes with $225 million worldwide box office (16 November 12:36) |
| "A Christmas Carol" has a strong second week and "Precious" is powerful.
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Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage Partners in crime (15 November 01:30) |
| 'Bad Lieutenant's' director sped through the making of the film even as its lead actor pushed the character's boundaries.
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László Kovács Vilmos Zsigmond Fade in on a friendship (15 November 01:30) |
| Professional and personal bonds are the focus of 'Independent Lens' documentary on the Hungarian cinematographers.
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New on DVD Star Trek demonstrate the proper way to revamp a franchise (15 November 01:30) |
| Also: "Brüno," "Humpday" and "Thirst."
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The Exiles is an excavation (15 November 01:30) |
| Kent Mackenzie's unearthed 1961 film about Native Americans on L.A.'s Bunker Hill is an excavation itself.
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Soldiers cope with grim duty in The Messenger (15 November 01:30) |
| Director Oren Moverman says he hopes audiences that have shown a strong aversion to military-related films will give his a chance. 'We never approached it as a war movie,' he stressed.
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Concept artists help set the mood or mayhem in movies (15 November 01:30) |
| Warren Flanagan's two-dimensional images for '2012' gave the film's cataclysmic disaster sequences a frame of reference with which to begin.
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Hoping Avatar is the new face of filmmaking (15 November 07:29) |
| James Cameron's futuristic thriller, opening next month, may be the most expensive movie ever from a Hollywood in sore need of a game changer.
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New Moon fans camping out in Westwood (15 November 05:47) |
| Fans hoping to get a glimpse of the "New Moon" cast on premiere-night Monday were camping out on the sidewalks of Westwood today, some arriving two days ago.
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Tom Sherak wants Oscars to be fun (15 November 02:17) |
| The new academy president brings his populist instincts -- think blockbuster -- onto the institution's biggest stage.
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2012 looking huge Christmas Carol holding strong (15 November 12:55) |
| The end of the world is going to do big business once again.
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Review Fantastic Mr Fox (13 November 01:30) |
| The exhilarating stop-motion animation film, with George Clooney and Meryl Streep, shows director Wes Anderson at his best.
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Review Pirate Radio (13 November 01:30) |
| The plot might lose the rhythm sometimes, but the soundtrack and cast keep the '60s-set rock fable afloat.
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Wes Anderson crazy like a fox (13 November 01:30) |
| The exacting director got exactly what he wanted in 'Fantastic Mr. Fox,' despite running the sometimes frustrated London crew by e-mail from Paris.
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Movie projector 2012 will be big domestically huge worldwide (13 November 04:05) |
| "2012," Sony Pictures' $200-million disaster movie from genre specialist Roland Emmerich, is on track for strong domestic opening weekend ticket sales of about $55 million, according to peop... |
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Bill Nighy pretty much lived this role (12 November 01:30) |
| 'Pirate Radio' listens to the music that rocked 1960s England, even though it was blockaded by polite society. The actor knows the era well.
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Rudy Ray Moore conquered blaxploitation genre (12 November 01:30) |
| Writer Larry Karaszewski will host a salute to the '70s legend, who died last year.
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Oscars give Roger Corman and Gordon Willis a golden glow (12 November 10:12) |
| They will be honored for their achievements behind the camera.
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Why a Monopoly movie The story behind the dice roll (12 November 02:07) |
| A Monopoly movie? When word first spread about Universal's plan to make a film based on the venerable board game, it wasn't hard to predict the smirking suggestion from every skeptic within ... |
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Rich Ross restructures Disney movie studio (12 November 02:01) |
| Rich Ross is putting his mark on Walt Disney Studios, bringing over a technology guru from Pixar and promoting the home entertainment chief to a newly created job.
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Ooops -- strike 2012 off your Oscars best-picture list (11 November 11:49) |
| It looks like '2012' will score big at the box office, but only one pundit is calling it an Oscar contender.
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Once again TV not film drives Lionsgate growth (10 November 08:40) |
| Lions Gate Entertainment swung to $31.7 million in net income during its second fiscal quarter compared with a net loss of $51.8 million a year ago.
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Apocalypse now Collapse and the end of the world as we know it (10 November 08:35) |
| America has a bad case of the doomsday jitters.
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Tobey Jake Natalie and Oscar O Brothers where art thou (10 November 07:05) |
| Jim Sheridan's little movie could surprise this season.
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Walt Disney Studios President Mark Zoradi resigns (10 November 05:37) |
| The studio distribution veteran is leaving the company after 29 years as restructuring continues under the new regime.
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David Ansen named artistic director of the Los Angeles Film Festival (10 November 01:43) |
| A critic at Newsweek from 1977 through 2008, Ansen continues to write for the magazine as a contributing editor.
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Jim Camerons Avatar price tag How about a cool $500 million (10 November 01:17) |
| When it comes to a mega-blockbuster like "Avatar," studios like Fox don't just hedge their bets.
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The Cold Wars greatest hits (09 November 01:30) |
| The fears of that era left their imprint on a treasure trove of films. Here are a few favorites.
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The evergreen Ebenezer Scrooge (09 November 01:30) |
| Over the decades, numerous actors have inhabited the role of Dickens' memorable skinflint Scrooge.
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