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Disney's Touring 'Art of Frankenweenie' Exhibition Heading to Comic-Con, Plus Animated Infographic of Tim Burton's Filmography

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Disney is launching a touring "The Art of Frankenweenie" exhibition in advance of "Frankenweenie"'s October 5 release. The exhibition will start at CineEurope in Barcelona...

By Maggie Lange
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June 8, 2012 1:36 PM
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Trailer Watch: Fluent Spanish Speaker Viggo Mortensen in 'Everyone Has a Plan'

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Viggo Mortensen has a whole second career as a Spanish-language actor. During his childhood, his family relocated from New York to Argentina (with stops in Venezuela and Denmark in between), where he lived until age 11, going to grade school in Buenos Aires and acquiring fluent Spanish. In 2011, Mortensen returned to his theatre roots in a Madrid production of "Purgatorio." Now he stars in Ana Piterbarg's "Everyone Has a Plan" ("Todos Tenemos un Plan"), which was recently at the Cannes market. Watch the trailer below -- no English subtitles!

By Beth Hanna
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June 7, 2012 6:09 PM
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Watch: Daniel Craig Shows Off Custom-Made Tom Ford Suits in 'Skyfall' Vlog; Orgy of 50th Anniversary Bond Programming

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Daniel Craig is nothing if not a dapper James Bond. Check out the latest video blog for the 23rd Bond film, "Skyfall," in which costume designer Jany Temime describes the necessity for 007 suits that fit Craig "near his body," while remaining "very supple, and move with him." Temime worked with fashion designer Tom Ford...

By Beth Hanna
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June 7, 2012 4:21 PM
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Weekend Preview: Spectacular 'Prometheus' Arrives, 'Safety Not Guaranteed' Best of the Indies

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"Prometheus" finally arrives this weekend and it's quite a ride. While its story may not deliver on the promise of its dazzling trailer and promos, it's visually stunning and Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender are an impressive pair. Among the indie fare arriving this weekend is the charming Sundance hit "Safety Not Guaranteed."

By Sophia Savage
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June 7, 2012 1:40 PM
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IFC Midnight Acquires Brandon Cronenberg's 'Antiviral,' Father and Son Interview at Cannes (VIDEO)

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The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree. Thus Brandon Cronenberg, whose debut feature "Antiviral" premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, shares plenty of horror DNA with his father David, who admitted during a Cannes father-son interview with Toronto Film Festival's Cameron Bailey that they both share an interest in the natural world.

By Anne Thompson
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June 6, 2012 9:07 PM
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Trailer Watch: Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' Hits Web

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A group of journalists in Cannes saw much of the footage from Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" that hit the web in its first trailer Wednesday. The trailer leaked before a planned Fandango launch today. The Weinstein Co. and Sony are partnered on the film which is still in mid-production and is set to finish in mid-July for December 25 release.

By Anne Thompson
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June 6, 2012 8:05 PM
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VIDEO: 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Clip and Featurette Show Dazzling Fireworks

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In this new clip posted below, we see a stunning night seen from Sundance's breakout film this year, "Beasts of the Southern Wild." In a new featurette, posted on Apple, Behn Zeitlin, the writer and director and writer Lucy Alibar, guides us through a featurette, while the cast explain their characters and the particular landscape, the Bathtub, where the movie takes place.

By Maggie Lange
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June 6, 2012 7:05 PM
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Trailers from Hell: Jack Hill Explains the Trailer to 'Sorceress'

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In today's Trailers from Hell post, Jack Hill guides us through the trailer for the "Sorceress." Here's the TFH write-up...

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June 6, 2012 6:57 PM
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Akira Kurosawa and Francis Ford Coppola Whiskey Ads [Video]

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IIn the 80s, Akira Kurosawa and Francis Ford Coppola made and starred in a series of whiskey advertisements for Suntory Whiskey, posted below. Not only does the ad include footage of Kurosawa directing a herd of horses and extras while filming "Kagemusha," but we can see the directors guzzling whiskey and not pretending to find it delicious.