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Wes Anderson wrote 'Moonrise Kingdom' with a little help from friends
Wes Anderson won't formally begin his next movie, "The Grand Budapest Hotel," until the new year, but he's on the phone after a busy day spent filming "little shots" in Saxony with a very good German driver named Peet who's quite adept, Anderson says,...Tags: Film Independent Spirit Awards, Academy Awards, Ernst Lubitsch, Conan O'Brien, Star Wars (movie)
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Highs, lows — and a graceful exit
It's my final column of the year and, for that matter, the new millennium — not to mention of all time. Unless it isn't. I'm so confused. Anyhow, let's look at the highs and lows of 2012 — not that you have much choice if you're going to...
Tags: Alan Ball, Men in Black III (movie), Fargo (movie), To Kill a Mockingbird (movie), Benedict Cumberbatch
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'Pi,' 'Impossible': Nature's fury unleashed on the film screen
It could be a dark and stormy Oscar night. Among the historical epics, political thrillers and romantic dramas on the awards scene, several films that feature nature's fury are clouding the horizon. "Life of Pi," "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "The...Tags: Naomi Watts, Entertainment, Life of Pi (movie), Natural Disasters, The Impossible (movie)
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Bill Murray's take on FDR in 'Hyde Park on Hudson'
TELLURIDE, Colo. — Actors are used to pressure, but the task before Bill Murray in "Hyde Park on Hudson" was more than a little stressful. Director Roger Michell said that if the "Ghostbusters" and "Groundhog Day" veteran didn't want to star as...
Tags: Roger Michell, Celebrities, Entertainment, World War II (1939-1945), George Clooney
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Despite controversy, 'Zero Dark Thirty' soars in limited release
The backlash in Washington over "Zero Dark Thirty" didn't reach the box office, as Kathryn Bigelow's CIA thriller got off to an excellent start in limited release. Playing in five theaters, the film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden grossed $410,000...
Tags: Naomi Watts, Entertainment, Jack Kerouac, Michael Haneke, The Impossible (movie)
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The independent film breakout stars of 2012
Independent filmmaking often acts as a farm team of sorts for Hollywood, a showcase for performers and filmmakers who go on to bigger, if not always necessarily better, things. The following is a look at some of the people — and some of the...Tags: The Imposter (movie), Frances Ha (movie), NAACP Image Awards, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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Lines from Launch LA: Field Notes serves up the write stuff
All The RageNew trade show Launch LA, which opened its doors at Santa Monica Airport's Barker Hangar, delivered on its promise to serve up a smartly curated mix of apparel, footwear and accessories that spoke to the Southern California lifestyle, but the...... -
Anticipating the Oscars: These might contend
My Academy Awards predictions — and honestly, why not start now, a month before the nominations are announced? — carry an odor akin to Paul Rudd's cologne in "Anchorman": 60 percent of the time, they're right every time. This week the awards...
Tags: Les Miserables (movie), Flight (movie), Argo (movie), Jennifer Lawrence, Entertainment
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Keith Morris is going Off!
It's a press day for Keith Morris, frontman for the punk supergroup Off!, and the interviews are bumping against each other like elbows to rib cages in the pit at one of his shows. "I'm doing, like, three interviews today. And the guy that set up the...
Tags: Jason Schwartzman, Step Brothers (movie), Entertainment, Penelope Spheeris, Viggo Mortensen
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Best movies of 2012: 'Pi,' 'Master,' 'Moonrise Kingdom' make cut
It's as if this year filmmakers remembered why God made movies. In a world of nonstop data where most of the static is gossip in 140 soul-destroying words or less, cinema has had a transcendent 12 months — a visual renaissance that has burned past...Tags: Leos Carax, Entertainment, Life of Pi (movie), The Impossible (movie), Paul Thomas Anderson
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Movie awards: Unusual joins usual
More cinema awards. The Los Angeles Film Critics Circle has a reputation for sometimes picking unusual choices. This year, the critics honored "Amour" (picture and female actor Emmanuelle Riva), "The Master" (director P.T. Anderson, actors Joaquin...
Tags: Netflix Inc., Jennifer Lawrence, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Amy Adams
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