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Review: 'Legend Of The Fist' Is Probably Worth Telling...Once

By Gabe Toro
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April 21, 2011 7:46 AM
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This Friday sees the release of "Legend Of The Fist: The Return Of Chen Zhen." For the uninitiated, Chen Zhen is kind of a big deal in Hong Kong, so the subtitle is meant to refer to the character as played by Donnie Yen (here reprising his role) in a hit television series. The series borrows both from historical myth and a previous Bruce Lee film, so there's the slight assumption that you don't exactly need elaboration regarding Zhen's identity. Essentially, imagine if you had never heard of Indiana Jones but were now watching, "Young Indiana Jones: The Movie." We forgive your confusion.

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Josh Brolin Enters The Mix To Join Ryan Gosling & Sean Penn In 'The Gangster Squad'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 21, 2011 7:09 AM
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You gotta love Deadline and how they conveniently overlook their own reporting so they can go ahead put a big TOLDJA on their stories.

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Watch: New Trailer For Richard Ayoade's Coming-Of-Age Pic 'Submarine'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 21, 2011 6:54 AM
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Strong praise from the critics and word-of-mouth from festival goers at TIFF and Sundance have created an undeniable buzz around Richard Ayoade's "Submarine" and it certainly doesn't hurt to have Ben Stiller presenting your movie as it gets set to open for North American audiences.

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Watch: Trailer For Sci-Fi Sundance Hit 'Another Earth'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 21, 2011 6:44 AM
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As we noted this morning, it's been one helluva year for Brit Marling. She has starred in, co-written and co-produced a pair of sci-fi tinged dramas that also happened to be two of the most widely acclaimed films at Sundance this year, “Another Earth” and “Sound of My Voice” and in less than five months, has become one of the hottest new talents around town.

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First Close Up Look At A Dinosaur From Terrence Malick's 'The Tree Of Life'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 21, 2011 5:40 AM
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While we're as excited as anybody for Terrence Malick's "The Tree Of Life," even we're experiencing a bit of fatigue at this point in the run-up to the film. Fox Searchlight has done a great job getting the word about the film -- which will be hard sell to mainstream audiences -- out there, but for the past couple of weeks we've been trying to take a breather. But damn it all, if we're not back to obsessing again.

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Zach Braff Joins Chloe Moretz & Jessica Biel In 'The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 21, 2011 5:26 AM
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Planning To Adapt Stage Play 'All New People' Into A Feature FilmFor a moment there, the world seemed be his oyster for Zach Braff. The "Scrubs" star wrote and directed the mega indie hit "Garden State" which not only did gangbusters at the box office, but also spawned a best-selling soundtrack that suddenly had music supervisors everywhere looking at independent labels to find the music for their films. And then...Braff seemed to fade into the background a bit. He returned to his hit show and outside of "The Last Kiss" didn't do too much film work and found his sophomore directorial effort tough to get off the ground. But it looks like this year, Braff is going to be coming back in a big way. He stars in "The High Cost Of Living" which is now available on VOD and he's lining up a couple of more films, both of which are news to us.

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Review: 'Incendies' A Strong Film Ultimately Held Back By A Nauseating Final Plot Twist

By Christopher Bell
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April 21, 2011 4:22 AM
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Oh egregious plot twists, when will you stop ruining our movies? You've already turned us against M. Night Shyamalan (though we can't blame you for his last three disasters) and consistently do everything you can to obliterate affection for anything that precedes you. Well, we're not going to let you win this time, because Denis Villeneuve's 2011 Foreign Oscar contender "Incendies" was completely competent before you reared your despicable head. Maybe it's not very profound, but there's good work here. You'll get yours in a little bit.

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Robert Zemeckis Hopes To Take 'Flight' With Film That Doesn't Require Motion Capture (We Hope)

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 21, 2011 3:56 AM
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Denzel Washington Loosely Attached To ProjectUpdate: THR reveals that Denzel Washington is "loosely attached" to star.

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Watch: New Trailer For Brit Alien Invasion Flick 'Attack The Block'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 21, 2011 3:51 AM
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While there were a number of genre films playing to strong notices at SXSW last month, none wowed audiences more than Joe Cornish's "Attack The Block."

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Kate Beckinsale Offered Sharon Stone Role In 'Total Recall' Remake

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 21, 2011 3:39 AM
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Eva Mendes & Rosario Dawson Contenders For Role Of MelinaAs it gears up to shoot later this year, the "Total Recall" remake casting is in full swing and no surprise that director Len Wiseman is once again finding a role for his wife and "Underworld" star Kate Beckinsale.

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