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First Official Look At Ryan Gosling In Nicolas Winding Refn's Cannes Bound 'Drive'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 14, 2011 7:00 AM
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First Look At Takashi Miike's 'Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai'Cannes is basically Comic-Con for movie nerds, and so in the coming weeks, we'll be treating each image or morsel of info of the films playing there with the same weight as new toys for "Transformers" or covers for limited edition runs of Captain America that more genre-oriented sites might do.

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DreamWorks Starts Work On 'Real Steel' Sequel, Hires John Gatins To Start Writing Script

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 14, 2011 6:27 AM
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With the release date still six months away, DreamWorks thinks they have a big winner in "Real Steel" and they're putting the wheels in motion to get a script for a sequel ready to go.

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Glenn Danzig Writes New Song For 'Hangover 2'; Linkin Park Remix Themselves For 'Transformers 3'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 14, 2011 6:07 AM
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New Character Posters For 'The Hangover 2' RevealedNow that we got all of that Cannes stuff out of the way -- at least for this morning -- back to the summer blahs which means big, expensive popcorn fare that won't tax the brain, but aims to dazzle the eye. And with these projects looking to obliterate all of your senses, no surprise that that two films have brought on some big names to help flex their muscle in the music department.

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Review: 'The Conspirator' An Antiquated Costume Drama With A Political Message

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 14, 2011 5:40 AM
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The following is a reprint of our review from TIFF.

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Watch: Teaser Trailer For Curtis Hanson's HBO Financial Crisis Drama 'Too Big To Fail'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 14, 2011 4:47 AM
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It's like fairy tale movies for auteurs. Or something like that. "Margin Call" is coming, and just last night, George Clooney announced his own film about the 2008 bailout but before both of those, we'll get Curtis Hanson's take on the subject with "Too Big To Fail."

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Review: 'The Princess Of Montpensier' Tries To Find Some New Notes In A Familiar Period Piece

By Christopher Bell
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April 14, 2011 4:16 AM
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There's a certain stigma attached to period pieces; a preconceived notion that the film at hand will be elegant, beautiful, and excessively boring. Of course, a stereotype doesn't just come from anywhere, and those that decide to judge a movie by its poster may not be so far off in their hasty dismissal.

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Jeremy Irvine & Helena Bonham Carter Circle Mike Newell's 'Great Expectations'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 14, 2011 4:00 AM
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If the name Jeremy Irvine is meaningless to you, don't worry, that will soon change. The National Youth Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company actor -- and player in the the Brit series "Life Bites" -- was handpicked last year by Steven Spielberg to star in his upcoming WWI drama "War Horse" and now it looks like the actor is ready to take on one of the giants of literature with veteran Brit thesp possibly joining him.

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Poster & Pics From Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne's Cannes Entry 'The Kid With The Bike'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 14, 2011 3:25 AM
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Jean-Luc and Pierre Dardenne are Cannes Film Festival veterans and favorites. Ever since "Rosetta" took the Palme d'Or in 1999, all their films since have not only played in competition at Cannes, they've also won prizes -- that's right, they have two Palme d'Or, one Ecumenical and one screenplay prize from Cannes. Not too shabby. Well, they're back on the Croisette this year and if we were betting men, we'd put money down on them walking away with something.

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Snubbed? Who's Missing In The 2011 Cannes Line-Up?

By Edward Davis
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April 14, 2011 3:04 AM
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As one of the most highly anticipated film festivals on the planet -- the Olympics of cinema as it were -- each spring the looming arrival of the Cannes Film Festival line-up brings with it a near feeding frenzy of anticipation (except for those actually awaiting the summer tentpole season).

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George Clooney Will Produce & Possibly Direct Movie About 2008 Bailout

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 14, 2011 2:47 AM
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Picture To Be Written By 'Stranger Than Fiction' ScreenwriterSigh, do we really need another movie about the economic collapse? Michael Moore tried to address the issue with his rush job documentary "Capitalism: A Love Story" and he was bested by the immensely better, Oscar-winning "Inside Job." We've also got "Margin Call" and "Too Big To Fail" around the corner; we're kind of exhausted on this topic already. But damn if we can't raise a bit of interest when George Clooney comes sniffing around the subject.

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