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Cannes Film Festival Has American Slant This Year
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A scene from Battleship, which opens this weekend in the U.S. Thanks to earlier releases abroad, the film has already grossed $215 million worldwide.
Coming Soon — To A Theater Nowhere Near You
()Feel like you're the last to see the new Hollywood blockbuster? You may be right — because studios have started premiering big films overseas before they come to the United States.
Movie Reviews
Down In 'Virginia,' Where The Crazy Runs Deep()
May 17, 2012 Milk writer Dustin Lance Black directs a swampy Southern melodrama about a single mother's affair with the married sheriff of a small Virginia town. Critic Scott Tobias says the film suffers from inconsistent direction that treats its characters with contempt and its place as caricature.
Movie Reviews
'Elena': A Femme Fatale, In The Rubble Of Perestroika()
May 17, 2012 Two families united by marriage but divided by class are the focus of an intensely compelling slice of noir about moral rot and class warfare in post-Soviet Russia. Critic Ella Taylor says the film by director Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return) smolders with existential unease.
Movie Reviews
Board Game + Explosions + Aliens = 'Battleship'()
May 17, 2012 Inspired by the popular board game, the summer blockbuster pits the U.S. Navy against an invading force of hostile aliens. NPR's Bob Mondello says the Transformers-like mayhem that ensues is more or less incoherent.
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What To Expect When You're Expecting In A Movie()
May 18, 2012 It's tempting to hope the new film based on the self-help book of the same name will be better than the poster that's promoting it: It has some genuinely funny people in it, and a writer who scored a hit with Whip It.
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Cannes Diary: Of Efrons, Cinephiles And Whale-Taming Cotillards()
May 17, 2012 In the first of several letters from the Cannes Film Festival, writer Raj Ranade parses the fest's appetite for art-house fare and reports on one standout drama that's headed for the U.S. this year.
Movie Reviews
A 'Hysteria' Epidemic, And A Notably Electric Cure ()
May 17, 2012 The invention of the vibrator is the focus of a romantic comedy set in 1880s London and starring Hugh Dancy, Felicity Jones and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Critic Jeannette Catsoulis says the film is disappointingly limp, turning the story of a device that rocked sexual politics into coy costumed farce.
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Home Video Picks: 'Being John Malkovich'()
May 15, 2012 Bob Mondello recommends the Criterion Collection's Blu-ray release of Being John Malkovich, directed by Spike Jonze and starring Malkovich, John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener.
