New trailer for 'Nymphomaniac: Volume Two' offers more of the exciting same

Posted by · 11:10 am · January 29th, 2014

An intriguing new trailer for the second part of Lars von Trier’s erotic opus offers no nudity this time, but plenty of Talking Heads.

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Chris Evans and Tilda Swinton go off the rails in first 'Snowpiercer' trailer

Posted by · 1:50 pm · June 12th, 2013

2031-set action pic is Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho’s English-language debut.

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Steven Spielberg's 'The Adventures of Tintin' is handily one of the year's best films

Posted by · 8:21 pm · November 10th, 2011

Steven Spielberg’s “The Adventures of Tintin” closed out this year’s AFI Fest last night, and it’s one of the year’s best, most exciting cinematic accomplishments.

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Oscarweb Round-up: More on 2011 as 'the year of The Beard'

Posted by · 7:03 am · October 31st, 2011

In today’s round-up, Michael Cieply catches on to “The Year of The Beard,” the original music of “Albert Nobbs” owes plenty to Skype and production of “Iron Man 3” will head to North Carolina.

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The Lists: Top 10 debut performances of all time

Posted by · 11:14 am · October 18th, 2011

Hunter McCracken and Elizabeth Olsen give amazing performances in “The Tree of Life” and “Martha Marcy May Marlene” respectively this year. And in each case, it was their first at-bat. We use the occasion to look at the best debut performances, including work from Tatum O’Neal, Edward Norton and Natalie Portman.

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Review: Fun, frisky 'Tintin' pages Indiana Jones

Posted by · 2:55 pm · October 16th, 2011

You’d have been forgiven for thinking that Steven Spielberg had lost his fun gene after “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” — but “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” is a springy, souped-up entertainment that hews far closer to the original Indiana Jones template.

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