Thompson on Hollywood

'The Avengers': Who Comes Out Ahead? Everyone. Almost.

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When I finally saw "Marvel's The Avengers" Sunday in murky 3-D at Loew's 83rd Street Cinema in Manhattan, like everyone else in the theater, I had a roaring good time.

By Anne Thompson
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May 9, 2012 4:29 PM
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Career Watch: Scarlett Johansson, Beyond the Black Bodysuit

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Scarlett Johansson's role as Black Widow in "The Avengers" would be unnecessary if the superhero rulebook didn't require at least one buxom babe in black spandex. Thus secret agent Johansson plays a distant fiddle to Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans et al's super-human powers. Although her assassin has no superpower--other than outsmarting, interrogating and shooting and beating people to death ("looking puzzled or confused")--thanks to Joss Whedon's box office hit, attention is back on Johansson the kick-ass action babe rather than Johansson the nude-photo-hacking-scandal babe. But is Black Widow the best Johansson can do?

By Sophia Savage
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May 7, 2012 3:40 PM
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'It's Still About Nudity': VF's Marilyn Monroe Nude Outtakes, GQ's Interview with 'The Man Who Hacked Hollywood'

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Marilyn Monroe is the gift that keeps on giving. Vanity Fair's June issue features outtakes from her last photo-shoot. Photographer Lawrence Schiller (aka Larry Wolf) was to take nude photos of the star (in the pool with a suit, out of it naked) and guarantee that they would appear on magazine covers that made no mention of Elizabeth Taylor...

By Sophia Savage
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May 1, 2012 3:14 PM
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Review Round-Up: 'Marvel's The Avengers': The Best Super Hero Movie Of All Time?

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Stakes and anticipation were high for "Marvel's The Avengers," which finally brings together a half dozen superheroes. The take-home message from most reviewers is that the super hero mash-up more than met expectations--it set the bar higher for summer blockbusters and other superhero movies alike.

By Maggie Lange
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April 20, 2012 9:16 AM
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WATCH: New Trailer for "The Avengers" Reveals Epic Destruction

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The new trailer for Joss Whedon's "The Avengers" showcases the film's seven stars doing battle in the alien-besieged streets and skies of New York City.

By Beth Hanna
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February 29, 2012 1:34 PM
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Gordon-Levitt Tells hitRecord About Directing Untitled Sexy Comedy with Scarlett Johannson

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Looks like the already impressive Joseph Gordon-Levitt is looking to become even more so by adding a new line to his resume: Director.

By Jacob Combs
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February 8, 2012 4:29 PM
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Empire Polls Actors' 2011 Faves with Surprising Results

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I love the choices made by a gaggle of actors polled by Empire Magazine for their fave films of 2011. "Jane Eyre" and "Take Shelter" were on my ten best list, and 'Attack the Block" made my top 20. Here's a sample of some must-see, often offbeat films. I will have to check out "The Adopted."