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Hathaway: "It's not like the world has gotten nicer"

Saturday, 7 February 2015, 12:15 Last update: about 10 years ago

Anne Hathaway was not supposed to star in "Song One," an indie musical about a disconnected 20-something in a crisis who finds herself in folkmusic. One year after its Sundance Film...

Depp indulges inner clown in charmless 'Mortdecai'

Friday, 6 February 2015, 12:14 Last update: about 10 years ago

Any film credited with its own "mustache wrangler" really should have been much more fun than Johnny Depp's latest misfiring action-comedy. Mostly set in contemporary England, but aiming for the...

'Sacred Sperm' film explores ultra-Orthodox Jewish taboos

Friday, 6 February 2015, 09:53 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Like so many parents, Ori Gruder was grappling with how to talk to his 10-year-old son about sex. Being a member of Israel's ultra-Orthodox religious community, which tends to keep discussions of...

'Boy Next Door' way too predictable

Thursday, 5 February 2015, 12:13 Last update: about 10 years ago

No good adulterous affair goes unpunished in Hollywood movies. The latest proof is J.Lo starrer "The Boy Next Door," a gender-reversing B-movie spin on "Fatal Attraction" that sets suburban family...

Aniston talks Oscar snub, Razzie nom and acting cred

Wednesday, 4 February 2015, 12:12 Last update: about 10 years ago

Yes, Jennifer Aniston would like to thank the academy. But it won't be this year. At long last, many critics saw Aniston fulfill potential first revealed in 2002's art-house hit "The Good Girl"...

A tired gimmick weakens thriller 'Project Almanac'

Tuesday, 3 February 2015, 12:11 Last update: about 10 years ago

What have we done to deserve another found-footage movie? The tired hand-held technique that seemed so fresh in 1999 with "The Blair Witch Project" long ago wore out its welcome. The only thing...

Pacino bristles with comic energy in 'The Humbling'

Sunday, 1 February 2015, 19:51 Last update: about 10 years ago

Al Pacino delivers his best performance in years in "The Humbling," a tragicomic look at a veteran stage and film actor on the edge of a nervous breakdown. That description might seem like an...

Sweet, clever and cuddly, 'Paddington' is just right

Saturday, 31 January 2015, 19:50 Last update: about 10 years ago

Paddington Bear. How well we know him. He's cuddly, he's loyal, he's sensitive. He's well-traveled - but loves to stay home, too. And he can whip up a mean homemade marmalade. As Mom would say,...

Nicole Kidman shows her silly side in 'Paddington'

Friday, 30 January 2015, 19:48 Last update: about 10 years ago

Nicole Kidman knows most people don't consider her a comedic actress. In her 31-year career, her roles have ranged from the morose to the deliciously sadistic. There are a few straight comedies...

Desperation runs deep in Russia's 'Leviathan'

Wednesday, 28 January 2015, 19:46 Last update: about 10 years ago

Desperation runs through the frozen ground and swelling seas in "Leviathan," director Andrey Zvyagintsev's devastatingly beautiful and grand tale of man's ever deepening helplessness against a corrupt...

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