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Review: ‘3-View: ‘Pain & Gain’’
The large-scale destructiveness he has previously wreaked upon public and private property (including entire cities), Michael Bay visits on the human body in "Pain & Gain," a pulverizing steroidal...
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Lavish Headquarters a Symbol of Showy Nature of Agency Biz
Perhaps the best way to describe the hefty sums top talent agencies shell out for their headquarters comes from one of Hollywood’s best-known tenpercenters, WME’s Ari Emanuel: “Oy, gevalt. That’s a big...
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Zach Braff’s ‘Wish I Was Here’ Shooting in L.A., Aiming for Sundance
Three months after a high-profile Kickstarter campaign funded Zach Braff’s “Wish I Was Here,” the indie drama’s shoot has been among the most active productions in Los Angeles. “The dailies look great...
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L.A. Mayor Declares State of ‘Emergency’ As Movie, TV Production Flees Hollywood
Los Angeles’ new mayor has vowed to help staunch the flow of film and TV production jobs out of Hollywood, starting with the appointment of a film czar at City Hall.
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Reese Witherspoon’s ‘Devil’s Knot’ Propels Mystery of West Memphis Three Case
Hollywood’s latest feature about the West Memphis Three debuted with a press and industry screening Friday morning at the Toronto Film Festival, offering another passionate look into the Arkansas...
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Toronto Film Review: ‘Devil’s Knot’
Atom Egoyan's starry dramatization of the West Memphis Three case transforms a fascinating tale of small-town prejudice and miscarried justice into a surprisingly staid courtroom drama.
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TV Review: ‘The Blacklist’
Creating a toothy vehicle for James Spader, few series can boast such a compelling central figure, even if his cryptic comments and opaque motives risk giving way to a rather familiar procedural.
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Toronto Film Review: ‘Enemy’
Denis Villeneuve convinces Jake Gyllenhaal to undertake a journey into the subconscious with “Enemy,” a simultaneously unsettling and exasperating work of speculative fiction.
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Vegas: From Sin City to Arts Haven
Las Vegas is undergoing a renaissance, but not one associated with the theme-park-scaled hotels and casinos that dot the southern end of the Strip, which is technically not part of the city proper.
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Film Review: ‘Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde’
After spending over a decade filming “Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde,” it’s understandable that filmmaker Suzanne Mitchell might find it difficult to whittle her footage down to tolerable...
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