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VODetails: 'Entrance'

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  • May 18, 2012 4:30 PM
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Is this slow-burning indie horror flick worth your VODollars?
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Barbed Wire: 'What to Expect When You're Expecting'

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  • May 18, 2012 2:00 PM
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This blog's crowning achievement: the best and funniest pans of the new baby mama drama (or comedy, whatever).
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The Ten Types of Midnight Movies

  • By Matt Singer
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  • May 18, 2012 10:35 AM
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Counting down the many kinds of late night cinematic spectacles.
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Cannes Review Capsule: 'Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir'

  • By Matt Singer
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  • May 17, 2012 3:14 PM
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How did this feature-length interview with the controversial director fare with Cannes critics?
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Weird Pull Quote Theater: 'Hysteria'

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  • May 17, 2012 12:06 PM
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And now, it's time for another installment of Weird Pull Quote Theater!
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Criticwire Picks: Russian Drama 'Elena' Celebrates Cannes-iversary

  • By Steve Greene
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  • May 17, 2012 11:14 AM
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Twelve months after its premiere, Andrey Zvyagintsev's latest headlines the week of new releases.
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Cannes Review Capsule: 'Moonrise Kingdom'

  • By Matt Singer
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  • May 16, 2012 6:03 PM
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Wes Anderson's latest has premiered at Cannes. What do the critics think?
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The Top 10 Critics to Follow on Twitter During Cannes

  • By Matt Singer
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  • May 16, 2012 2:34 PM
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The Cannes Film Festival starts in mere hours. Here's who to follow on Twitter to stay tuned in to it all.
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Film Critic Favorite 'Margaret' Gets Extended Cut on DVD

  • By Matt Singer
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  • May 15, 2012 3:51 PM
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The long-delayed, quietly released, and critically hailed Kenneth Lonergan film comes to DVD on July 10th with thirty-five new minutes.
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From the Wire: The Legacy of Stan Lee

  • By Matt Singer
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  • May 15, 2012 1:42 PM
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This is a really strange time to be a lifelong comic book fan. On the one hand, all your nerd dreams are coming true: geeks are cool and superheroes are mainstream. On the other hand, the success of comic book movies hasn't really trickled down to the comic book industry, which continues to struggle with flagging sales (up slightly this year, but down 13% from five years ago and 31% from fifteen years ago, according to Comichron.com). What's worse, many of the men who made these comics in the first place are seeing no financial reward from their remarkable success. "The Avengers" is now the fastest movie to gross $1 billion in history and exactly none of that goes to the estate of Jack Kirby, the man who co-created "The Avengers" with Stan Lee back in 1963. And while that's not legally wrong -- Kirby created "The Avengers" as a freelancer performing a work for hire for Marvel, which means all his artwork and concepts belong to the company and not the artist -- it sure doesn't feel too good.
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More: Alex Pappademas, The Avengers, Stan Lee

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