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Ben Whishaw & Hugo Weaving Join Tom Hanks & Halle Berry In 'Cloud Atlas'

By Oliver Lyttelton
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May 11, 2011 7:23 AM
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Actors Will Play Multiple Roles In ProjectTo date, The Wachowskis have never quite lived up to their promise. After a strong debut with lesbian noir "Bound," they reinvented the action movie with "The Matrix," a film as seriously influential as any since "Star Wars" -- hence the slavish copycats that have clogged up sci-fi pictures in the last 10 years. But the sequels were bloated and near-unwatchable, failing to understand what made the first film special, while their only other directorial credit since -- "Speed Racer" -- gave us a giant headache, even if we can sort of understand those who defend it as a piece of pop art.

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SFIFF '11: Matthew Barney's Persistence of Vision And 'Ancient Evenings'

By Sean Gillane
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May 11, 2011 7:14 AM
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During the final weekend of the San Francisco International Film Festival, Matthew Barney (“Cremaster Cycle” and “Drawing Restraint 9”) was presented the annual “Persistence of Vision” award to accompany a discussion with art critic Glen Helfand and the North American Premiere of “Drawing Restraint 17.”

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Katie Aselton To Direct & Star In Thriller 'Black Rock' With Kate Bosworth & Lake Bell

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 11, 2011 6:45 AM
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If you don't know the name Katie Aselton, don't be too worried, but you'll likely be hearing more of it very soon. The actress has knocked around the indie world notably in the films of her husband Mark Duplass, and she was also a regular on the series "The League." But she took a big step with her directorial debut "The Freebie" last year, a comedy starring herself and Dax Shepherd that was not unlike this year's "Hall Pass" -- at least in its premise -- focusing on a couple who give each other one night off from their relationship. However, for her next gig behind the camera, Aselton is switching up directions big time.

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First Look At David Tennant In New 'Fright Night' Pics

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 11, 2011 6:08 AM
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A couple more pics from the upcoming "Fright Night" remake/reboot and with the release date just a few months away, we're going to get a trailer soon, right?

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Watch: First Clip From 'X-Men: First Class' Has Charles Xavier Convincing The CIA Mutants Exist

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 11, 2011 5:46 AM
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The 20th Century Fox marketing machine keeps churning hard for "X-Men: First Class" with multiple trailers and television spots to the point where we're a bit surprised some superfan hasn't cut together a mega trailer yet with all the footage. But we digress. A new full scene from the film has now landed, and any fears of a leaden tone as evinced by the recent character trailers have been quickly allayed.

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Watch: Ryan Reynolds & Jason Bateman Get Thunderstruck In New-Ish Trailer For 'The Change-Up'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 11, 2011 5:32 AM
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Need a break from all the high falutin' Cannes movie news? How about a new-ish trailer for the Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman body-switching comedy "The Change-Up."

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Interview: Spencer Susser Talks The Birth of 'Hesher,' Accidentally Getting Into Sundance

By Drew Taylor
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May 11, 2011 5:23 AM
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Also Reveals 'Star Wars'-Assisted Birth Of Australia's Blue Tongue Films Collective While watching the bizarrely confrontational "Hesher," opening this Friday in limited release and starring an electric Joseph Gordon-Levitt (alongside Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson), you might think to yourself -- who the hell made this thing?

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Leonardo DiCaprio's 'The Wolf Of Wall Street' Finds A New Home, Martin Scorsese No Longer Attached

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 11, 2011 4:05 AM
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It’s been quite a road for the long-gestating “The Wolf of Wall Street” project, and adaptation of Jordan Belfort‘s tell-all autobiography of 1990s stockbroker decadence.

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