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Cannes Review: Sprawling, Uneven Crime Saga 'Blood Ties' Falls Short Of Epic Scope

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • May 19, 2013 2:27 PM
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  • 9 Comments
Reviews
If there is any movie this year at Cannes that is absolutely brimming with promise on paper, it's Guillaume Canet's "Blood Ties." With an extended cast featuring Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Mila Kunis, Matthias Schoenaerts, Zoe Saldana, James Caan, Marion Cotillard, Noah Emmerich and Lili Taylor among others along with a script co-written by James Gray, one wonders how it could go wrong. And while "Blood Ties" isn't a disaster, it's certainly a mess, a sprawling crime saga that endeavours to evoke the great character-driven movies of the 1970s, but never quite lives up to its epic scope.
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More: Reviews, Review, Cannes Film Festival, Blood Ties, Guillaume Canet, James Gray, Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Zoe Saldana, Marion Cotillard, James Caan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Noah Emmerich

New Images Of Marion Cotillard, Clive Owen, Matthias Schoenaerts & More In Guillaume Canet's 'Blood Ties'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • May 3, 2013 9:04 AM
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  • 4 Comments
News
Cannes you feel it? (Ha ha, groan). We're less than two weeks from red carpets being rolled out on the Croisette and with the lineup now firmed, all we can do is wait for the movies to arrive. And until that moment when the lights dim and the reels or digital bits unspool, these new images from Guillaume Canet's "Blood Ties" will hold it down.
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More: Marion Cotillard, Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Matthias Schoenaerts, Zoe Saldana, James Caan, Guillaume Canet, Blood Ties

James Caan & Rick Ross Hit Miami In Trailer For Season 2 Of Starz Drama 'Magic City'

  • By Charlie Schmidlin
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  • January 7, 2013 2:18 PM
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  • 0 Comments
Television
Having navigated a mid-season slump to slide out from underneath the shadow of “Mad Men,” Starz period drama “Magic City” has been gearing up for a second outing of shady hotel dealings and the glossy veneer just above, and now an extended trailer has made its way online to tease the latest developments at the Miami Miramar Playa, as well as a new historical element overall.
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More: Television, TV News, Magic City, James Caan

Review: 'That's My Boy' Predictably Juvenile & Surprisingly Far Uglier Than The Usual Adam Sandler Offering

  • By Gabe Toro
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  • June 14, 2012 12:37 PM
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  • 8 Comments
Reviews
Adam Sandler, comedian, A-List star, and leading man of this Friday’s “That’s My Boy,” is not an idiot. Dedicated to preserving his brand, his films have effectively raised a generation, from the sophomoric absurdity of “Billy Madison” to, uh, the sophomoric banality of “Grown Ups.” You can’t keep playing the same notes forever, and Sandler is not the most diverse instrument, so aside from token experiments (“Punch Drunk Love” certainly stands out), “That’s My Boy” is something of a departure: a hard-R rated film featuring an unfamiliar collaborator in director Sean Anders (“Hot Tub Time Machine”) and a co-star who actually makes Sandler, for the first time ever, come across as an elder.
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More: Review, Adam Sandler, That's My Boy, Andy Samberg, Will Forte, Vanilla Ice, James Caan

Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Mila Kunis, Marion Cotillard, Zoe Saldana & More Make 'Blood Ties' With Guillaume Canet

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 15, 2012 4:40 PM
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  • 4 Comments
News
In the works for a couple of years now -- the project first surfaced in 2010 -- Guillaume Canet's '70s set thriller "Blood Ties" has finally come together, and it features one helluva fucking cast.
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More: Blood Ties, Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Mila Kunis, Marion Cotillard, Zoe Saldana, James Caan, Guillaume Canet, James Gray, Matthias Schoenaerts

Tribeca Film Plans Theatrical/VOD Release for Tony Kaye's 'Detachment'

  • By Drew Taylor
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  • September 8, 2011 7:40 AM
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  • 1 Comment
'Black Water Transit' Still Never Coming Out
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Film Studios, Tony Kaye, Detachment, Karl Urban, Adrien Brody, Bryan Cranston, James Caan, Laurence Fishburne, Christina Hendricks, Tribeca Films

Leighton Meester, James Caan & Vanilla Ice Say 'I Hate You, Dad'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • April 1, 2011 7:45 AM
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  • 5 Comments
No, this is not an April Fool's Day gag. Vanilla Ice -- oh sorry, Robert Van Winkle -- is getting into the acting biz. Seriously. And just wait until you read the character he'll playing -- but we're getting a bit ahead of ourselves.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Musicians, I Hate You Dad, James Caan, Leighton Meester, Vanilla Ice

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