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• May 18, 2012
• 16:00

  Review: 'Indie Game' captures the struggle to create

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  This documentary is a compelling glimpse into independent artists of the video game industry.
  
  In the smart, involving documentary "Indie Game: the Movie," when video game designer Phil Fish chillingly asserts that he'd kill himself if he didn't finish his long-gestating game "Fez," you get the feeling he isn't bluffing. That's the level of depth and candor filmmakers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky mine here as they profile several independent artists struggling to succeed in the highly corporatized — and often hugely lucrative — video game industry.

  
  

  
• 16:00

  Review: 'Natural Selection' survives with Rachael Harris

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  'Natural Selection,' writer-director Robbie Pickering's artful first feature, stars Rachael Harris as a woman sent to find her dying husband's secret son.
  
  "Natural Selection," an intriguing and intelligent first effort from indie filmmaker Robbie Pickering, digs deep into the heart of Texas for its soulful tale of small town saints and sinners and a road trip to redemption.

  
  

  
• 16:00

  Review: Expect little from 'What to Expect'

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  The movie version of the pregnancy how-to book is a confusing, shallow ensemble piece with big stars about five couples at different stages of coming parenthood.
  
  "What to Expect When You're Expecting"is essentially the Hallmark card version of the sage, saucy and very specific how-to bestseller by Heidi Murkoff. The movie's sentimental squibs on pregnancy merely skim the surface scratched so thoroughly by the book.

  
  

  
• 16:00

  Movie review: Aliens can have this 'Battleship'

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  An alien invasion that only the U.S. Navy can stop may sound exciting, but it's not. Especially when it's a $200-million-plus film version of the popular board game.
  
  "Battleship"is not the first major motion picture to be based on a board game — who could forget 1985's benighted "Clue"? — but it is surely the most expensive.

  
  

  
• 16:00

  Movie review: The glorious 'Grand Illusion'

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  Jean Renoir's 1937 antiwar classic returns to the big screen in a marvelous digital restoration taken from the original camera negative to celebrate its 75th anniversary.
  
  Jean Renoir's 1937"Grand Illusion," one of the most admired — and one of the most feared — films ever made, returns to theatrical screens in a fine digital restoration taken from the original camera negative just in time to celebrate its 75th anniversary.

  
  

  
• 9:33

  Hero Complex Film Festival: Stan Lee cancels Monday appearance

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  Stan Lee has canceled his Monday appearance at the 2012 Hero Complex Film Festival, according to Theo Dumont, a spokesman at Lee¿s POW Entertainment.

  
  

  
• 9:29

  Cannes 2012: Is Roman Polanski seeking some image rehab?

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• 9:27

  Cannes 2012: Weinstein Co. buys Libyan revolution documentary

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• 6:48

  Movie Projector: 'Avengers' to torpedo 'Battleship' in theaters

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  It won't be smooth sailing for the costly newcomer "Battleship" at the box office this weekend, as "The Avengers" is set to dominate ticket sales for the third consecutive round.

  
  

  
• 6:29

  Cannes 2012: 'Moonrise Kingdom' aims to restore Wes Anderson's crown

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  Anderson struggled with both longtime fans and at the box office with his last two films, the India-set family dramedy "The Darjeeling Limited" and the animated, George Clooney-voiced "The Fantastic Mr. Fox."

  
  

  
• May 16, 2012
• 16:00

  Movie review: 'The Dictator' rules with crudeness and smarts

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  'The Dictator' review: The genius and folly Sacha Baron Cohen displayed in 'Borat' are on display, as are the talents of Anna Faris.
  
  Like its creator and star Sacha Baron Cohen, the comedy of "The Dictator" is mercurial to the extreme and as crude as the massive oil reserves of Wadiya, the fictional North African nation where his latest movie prank begins. By turns hysterical, heretical, guilty, innocent, silly, sophisticated, teasing and tedious, the film follows the power-mad leader Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen as he loses his bearings, his beard and his heart in New York City.

  
  

  
• 11:42

  'Avengers': Joss Whedon talks sequel, 'Buffy' and 'X-Men' parallels

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  Whether he gets his hands on the sequel, Whedon's fingerprints are all over "The Avengers."
  
  Whether he gets his hands on the sequel, Whedon's fingerprints are all over "The Avengers."

  
  

  
• 11:42

  Aaron Sorkin set to adapt 'Steve Jobs' for Sony

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  The film will be based on the bestselling biography written by former Time magazine managing editor Walter Isaacson.
  
  The film will be based on the bestselling biography written by former Time magazine managing editor Walter Isaacson.

  
  

  
• 11:42

  Obama on 'The Avengers,' Kardashians, 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

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  Obama has made entertainment programs an increasingly important venue for his public appearances.
  
  Obama has made entertainment programs an increasingly important venue for his public appearances.

  
  

  
• 6:54

  In 'I Wish,' director Hirokazu Kore-eda explores brotherhood, and bullet trains

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  Eight years ago, Japanese writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda explored childhood and family in the acclaimed drama "Nobody Knows," about a 12-year-old boy who must take care of his siblings when their mother runs off with a new boyfriend. Kore-eda returns to a similar theme but in a lighter, whimsical vein in "I Wish," which opened Friday.

  
  

  
• 4:07

  Home Theater: 'Kevin,' 'Rampart' disturbing yet compelling

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  Looking to catch a film on Video on Demand or DVD or Blu-ray? Here are some of the newest options available to home theater aficionados.

  
  

  
• 3:46

  'Casablanca' to screen on Facebook Wednesday

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  As part of the 70th birthday celebration for "Casablanca," Warner Bros. Digital Distribution will sponsor a free screening of the Oscar-winning World War II melodrama on the movie's Facebook page on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Eastern and Pacific times.

  
  

  
• 3:37

  L.A. Film Fest to show premiere of Aaron Sorkin's 'The Newsroom'

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  The L.A. Film Festival is dabbling in television this year, showcasing two programs: AMC's "Breaking Bad" and HBO's "The Newsroom."

  
  

  
• 3:33

  William Friedkin to serve as L.A. Film Fest's guest director

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  William Friedkin, the Academy Award-winning director of 1971's "The French Connection," will serve as guest director of the Los Angeles Film Festival and will screen his new NC-17 movie, "Killer Joe," on June 15.

  
  

  
• 0:45

  Will 'Think Like a Man' put Tim Story on Hollywood's A list?

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  Story now has a ragtag success story of his own. His latest film, "Think Like a Man," made on a meager $12-million budget, is now a significant comedy hit, having grossed $82 million domestically in its first 24 days of release.

  
  

  
• May 13, 2012
• 16:00

  Critic's Notebook: Is it time to wash out Hollywood's mouth?

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  A backlash is growing against filmmakers' increasing reliance on foul language. It's OK to provoke, shock, titillate — if appropriate. Otherwise, watch the salty talk.
  
  At first, the email rants from readers expressing their distress about Hollywood's increasing reliance on foul language were a mere trickle. Like the way one couple lost faith in one of their favorite actors, Paul Rudd, mortified by his graphic pep talk to his private part in"Wanderlust."

  
  

  
• 16:00

  A Second Look: 'Being John Malkovich' is a surreal mind trip

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  The 1999 Spike Jonze-directed story of people seeking 15 minutes of an ultimate fan fantasy is a riff on modern celebrity culture.
  
  One of the greatest first films in all of American cinema, "Being John Malkovich" (1999) introduced audiences to Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman, two of the most distinctive voices in contemporary movies. A mad scramble of surrealist tropes and philosophical ideas, it marked the acme of Hollywood's passing interest in existentialist postmodernism, which manifested itself through the '90s in such meta-movies as"Groundhog Day,""The Truman Show" and"The Matrix."

  
  

  
• 16:00

  Dustin Lance Black revisits his past in retooled 'Virginia'

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  After his directorial debut, 'What's Wrong With Virginia,' was panned at the Toronto film festival, Black reedited and retitled it. The movie opens this week.
  
  It was September 2010 and anticipation for Dustin Lance Black's directorial debut at the Toronto International Film Festival was running high. A year earlier, the "Milk" screenwriter had made a splash at the Oscars with his moving acceptance speech touching on the difficulty of growing up gay, transforming him into a hero for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Now, his Southern-set film, "What's Wrong With Virginia" — starring Jennifer Connelly and Ed Harris — was unspooling in Toronto's special presentation section alongside the works of Danny Boyle, John Sayles and Clint Eastwood.

  
  

  
• May 12, 2012
• 9:34

  'Dark Shadows' is short on storytelling, not style, critics say

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  Critics' reviews have been mixed, with an underlying current suggesting that one's appreciation of the film will depend on their taste for Burton's idiosyncrasies.
  
  Critics' reviews have been mixed, with an underlying current suggesting that one's appreciation of the film will depend on their taste for Burton's idiosyncrasies.

  
  

  
• May 11, 2012
• 16:00

  Review: Jockey biopic 'The Cup' loses its way

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  Despite strong acting, director Simon Wincer's film gets mired in details in telling the dramatic story of jockey Damien Oliver's win at the 2002 Melbourne Cup.
  
  "The Cup," the true-life story of jockey Damien Oliver's miracle win atAustralia's2002 Melbourne Cup just a week after the death of his brother, is a tale of heart-wrenching tragedy and uplifting triumph that never quite hits its stride.

  
  

  
• 16:00

  Review: 'God Bless America' is bloody satire

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  Bobcat Goldthwait's funny film starring Joel Murray takes a lot of shots, but not all of them land.
  
  At times"God Bless America"feels more like an assault weapon than a movie, possibly an AK-47. This funny, sick twist of social satire is certainly locked and loaded, even if its aim is sometimes off.

  
  

  
• 16:00

  Review: 'Dark Shadows' is a lesson in Tim Burton's quirks

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  In 'Dark Shadows,' Johnny Depp is entertainingly weird as vampire Barnabas Collins, but director Tim Burton's weaknesses in story and drama show.
  
  They don't call it "Tim Burton's Dark Shadows," but they might as well have.

  
  

  
• 16:00

  Review: 'Hick' plays like a creepy-perv fantasy

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  Directed by Derick Martini from a screenplay adapted by Andrea Portes from her own novel,"Hick" is part road movie and part coming-of-age story but mostly plays like some creepy-perv fantasia looking for mileage from the mature-beyond-her-years presence of young star Chloë Grace Moretz.

  
  

  
• 16:00

  Review: Hope springs eternal in 'I Wish'

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  Young brothers hatch a plan to reunite their family, with perhaps a bit of magic involved.
  
  Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, who has that rare ability to capture the essence of childhood with effervescent sensitivity, has done it again with "I Wish," the story of a family separated by divorce and the two brothers who scheme to bring everyone back together.

  
  

  
• 5:52

  Movie Projector: Even Johnny Depp can't stop 'The Avengers'

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  Heading into the weekend, 'Avengers' has already raked in a phenomenal $775.4 million worldwide, and "Dark Shadows" will have to settle for runner-up.
  
  Heading into the weekend, 'Avengers' has already raked in a phenomenal $775.4 million worldwide, and "Dark Shadows" will have to settle for runner-up.

  
  

  
• 1:09

  'Dark Shadows': Tim Burton and Richard D. Zanuck form a family

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  With ¿Dark Shadows,¿ the tandem of director Tim Burton and producer Richard D. Zanuck has delivered its sixth movie, this one starring Johnny Depp as a confused and heartsick vampire
  
  With ¿Dark Shadows,¿ the tandem of director Tim Burton and producer Richard D. Zanuck has delivered its sixth movie, this one starring Johnny Depp as a confused and heartsick vampire

  
  

  
• May 10, 2012
• 13:56

  Turan's picks: 'Untamed' Joan Crawford, 'Dangerous' Bette Davis

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  The busy folks at the Warner Archives Collection have focused recently on the female stars of the 1930s (and even a bit earlier), and several new releases fill out their slate nicely.
  
  The busy folks at the Warner Archives Collection have focused recently on the female stars of the 1930s (and even a bit earlier), and several new releases fill out their slate nicely.

  
  

  
• 11:44

  When Spock met Hendrix: 'Trek' icon Leonard Nimoy's cosmic moment

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  Hero Complex' Geoff Boucher visited the sci-fi icon¿s Bel Air home and talked philosophy, family, career and a chance meeting with a rock legend.
  
  Hero Complex' Geoff Boucher visited the sci-fi icon¿s Bel Air home and talked philosophy, family, career and a chance meeting with a rock legend.

  
  

  
• 11:44

  Hollywood takes up veteran causes with 'Got Your Six' effort

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  The Got Your Six campaign follows on the heels of announcements by Comcast and Walt Disney Co. as well as other entertainment companies that they will make a concerted effort to hire more veterans.
  
  The Got Your Six campaign follows on the heels of announcements by Comcast and Walt Disney Co. as well as other entertainment companies that they will make a concerted effort to hire more veterans.

  
  

  
• 10:34

  'Avengers': Mark Ruffalo says the Hulk has 'found his family'

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  Joss Whedon: "I think he and Cap kind of share that role as the everyman who¿s lost in this kind of world."
  
  Joss Whedon: "I think he and Cap kind of share that role as the everyman who¿s lost in this kind of world."

  
  

  
• 10:34

  Obama's dinner guests at Clooney's: Details on lucky winners

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  The two Obama supporters who won tickets to Thursday night's campaign fundraiser for the president at George Clooney's house apparently had about 72 hours to prepare.
  
  The two Obama supporters who won tickets to Thursday night's campaign fundraiser for the president at George Clooney's house apparently had about 72 hours to prepare.

  
  

  
• 5:43

  Roman Polanski to direct movie about the Dreyfus affair

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  Polanski will direct "D," a political thriller based on the story of the French soldier who was wrongly accused of spying.
  
  Polanski will direct "D," a political thriller based on the story of the French soldier who was wrongly accused of spying.

  
  

  
• 3:17

  'On the Road' adaptation gets distribution from IFC, Sundance

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  On Tuesday, AMC Networks announced its acquisition of U.S. rights to the film, which will be jointly distributed by its IFC Films and Sundance Selects labels in the fall.

  
  

  
• May 09, 2012
• 9:50

  "The Avengers" to assemble — for a sequel

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  The superhero team that conquered the U.S. box office will be suiting up for a return engagement.

  
  

  
• 9:50

  'The Avengers' to assemble -- for a sequel

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  The superhero team that conquered the U.S. box office will be suiting up for a return engagement.

  
  

  
• 9:16

  On Location: Virgin flies high with 'Departure Date' film

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  The project involved a crew and cast of 20, including actors Janeane Garofalo, Ben Feldman and Luis Guzman.
  
  The project involved a crew and cast of 20, including actors Janeane Garofalo, Ben Feldman and Luis Guzman.

  
  

  
• 7:39

  Home theater: Channing Tatum, Tim and Eric top new releases roster

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  Looking to catch a film on Video on Demand or DVD or Blu-ray? Here are some of the newest options available to home theater aficionados.

  
  

  
• 6:20

  'Killer Joe' trailer: Will NC-17 boost the McConaughey pic?

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• 6:20

  The Summer Movie Posse: Tough grades for the season's films

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• May 08, 2012
• 17:49

  Summer Movie Posse: Movie stars don't cut it with these kids

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  This marks the 11th year that I¿ve tried to make sense of the summer movies by showing their trailers to a group of teens.
  
  This marks the 11th year that I¿ve tried to make sense of the summer movies by showing their trailers to a group of teens.

  
  

  
• 16:00

  PG-13: Some material may be appropriate for box-office success

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  A majority of box-office dollars are going to films rated PG-13. It's a rating sought by studios, parents of young moviegoers and even adult audiences.
  
  The most reliable predictor of box-office success these days may not be a marquee name or a masked superhero. It's thePG-13rating.

  
  

  
• 8:38

  R rating for 'Prometheus': Will it hurt the film commercially?

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  The news has been welcomed by fan sites, which don¿t want a diluted version of the Scott epic
  
  The news has been welcomed by fan sites, which don¿t want a diluted version of the Scott epic

  
  

  
• 8:22

  'Avengers': Cobie Smulders gung-ho for stunts, up for sequel duty

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  Smulders, who plays S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Maria Hill in "The Avengers," made it her mission to create a space for her character among Marvel's A-listers.

  
  

  
• 7:28

  Movie academy goes casual with plan for outdoor summer screenings

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  The organization purchased the lot near the intersection of Vine and Fountain for a movie museum, but opted to open the outdoor theater.
  
  The organization purchased the lot near the intersection of Vine and Fountain for a movie museum, but opted to open the outdoor theater.

  
  

  
• 7:28

  'Casablanca' tops lineup for film academy's outdoor theater

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• 4:42

  'Dredd': 'Game of Thrones' star takes 'mad' sci-fi detour

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  "Game of Thrones" fans might need a moment to recognize Lena Headey in the sci-fi film "Dredd."

  
  

  
• May 07, 2012
• 23:38

  'The Avengers': Seven lessons of Marvel's box-office success

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  Distributor Disney's estimate of $200.3 million shatters the previous opening-weekend record of $169.2 million, held by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2" last summer.

  
  

  
• 23:30

  'Avengers' explained: Who's that mystery villain?

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  Wondering who exactly is that lizard-looking fellow who turns up in the first bonus scene during the film's credits and why does he seem to be positively gleeful about the idea of winning dominion over Earth?

  
  

  
• 16:00

  'The Avengers' are box office superheroes, with $200.3 million

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  The opening in the U.S. and Canada is the biggest for any film in Hollywood history. And worldwide? Pow!
  
  It was a weekend that made Hollywood stand back and marvel. "The Avengers," from Walt Disney's Marvel Studios, didn't just break the record for the best opening weekend in Hollywood history — the film smashed through it Hulk style, grabbing up big green fistfuls of money.

  
  

  
• May 06, 2012
• 16:00

  Peter Berg sinks his teeth into 'Battleship'

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  An action-packed background helps guide the director into the turbulent waters of the big-budget, board game-based film.
  
  ABOARD THE USS SPRUANCE — On a clear, windless morning in January, director Peter Berg climbed from aU.S. Navy helicopter onto the deck of this 9,200-ton destroyer steaming north off the coast of San Diego and hurried to the bridge to meet the ship's commanding officer, Tate Westbrook.

  
  

  
• 16:00

  The Sunday Conversation: Erin Brockovich lets it flow

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  The environmental activist sounds off on our water supply.
  
  Environmental activist Erin Brockovich is one of the main talking heads of Oscar-winning director Jessica Yu's "Last Call at the Oasis,"a new documentary sounding the alarm about an impending global water shortage from the producers of "An Inconvenient Truth" and "Food, Inc."The film looks at diminishing water sources in Central California's agricultural belt and in Nevada's Lake Mead, which could affect L.A. if trends continue. Brockovich, an Agoura Hills resident who was portrayed by Julia Roberts in a 2000 eponymous biopic, has continued her work on behalf of communities with water pollution as the president of Brockovich Research & Consulting.

  
  

  
• 16:00

  Indie Focus: 'Hysteria' is a self-satisfying endeavor

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  The fictional film by director Tanya Wexler examines how a beleaguered doctor in Victorian England came to invent the vibrator.
  
  A polite comedy about a potentially rude subject,"Hysteria"takes its title from the medical condition diagnosed to women in Victorian England for any number of unrelated symptoms. As a treatment, doctors would stimulate a woman to orgasm, referred to as "manual massage to paroxysm," leading one beleaguered physician, essentially as a labor-saving device, to invent the vibrator.

  
  

  
• May 05, 2012
• 9:13

  Bob Iger's studio chief hunt: Why would anyone want the job?

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  In days gone by, running a movie studio was a glamour job, the pinnacle of success in show business. Today? Not so much.

  
  

  
• 7:13

  Star Wars Day memory: When George Lucas wasn't feeling The Force

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  Fans today can't get enough of the imaginative universe George Lucas created, but in 1983, a reflective Lucas seemed eager to put "Star Wars" behind him.

  
  

  
• 6:42

  'Avengers' grosses $18.7 million in late-night shows

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  When the sun rose on its first day in U.S. theaters, "The Avengers" had already taken in $322.7 million at the global box office.

  
  

  
• 4:59

  'Fairhaven' actor Chris Messina tries a new, more gritty approach

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  The DIY story of Tom O'Brien and Chris Messina, the writer-actors behind the new indie drama "Fairhaven," is an interesting exception to the indie model.

  
  

  
• 3:43

  Beastie Boy Adam Yauch was also a force in film world

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  In the last years of his life, Yauch focused his artistic attention on the world of film, as co-founder of Oscilloscope Pictures.

  
  

  
• May 04, 2012
• 16:00

  'Avengers' conquer world box office as U.S. audiences wait

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  By opening early abroad, movies like the Disney release 'The Avengers' build box-office momentum from their most avid audiences — foreign moviegoers who love spectacular action sequences on the big screen.
  
  With a quarter of a billion dollars already in its pocket from a week of ticket sales, the Marvel superhero mash-up"The Avengers"is poised to join Hollywood's most elite club — the brotherhood of billion-dollar box office movies.

  
  

  
• 16:00

  Movie review: 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'

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  'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' blooms with a strong British cast whose characters move to India for their golden years, only to find the surroundings filled with the unexpected.
  
  "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"is an affectionately told comedy about a bunch of English retirees who trade a bleak British future for an elegant retirement hotel in the middle of India, one that promises to make those final years truly golden — and for a fraction of the price at home.

  
  

  
• 9:45

  Awareness Film Festival aims to open eyes to social issues

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  Where else but Los Angeles would you find a nonprofit that offers donation-based yoga classes and also puts on its own annual film festival?
  
  Where else but Los Angeles would you find a nonprofit that offers donation-based yoga classes and also puts on its own annual film festival?

  
  

  
• 6:48

  'Avengers': Samuel L. Jackson on his 'master manipulator' Nick Fury

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  Samuel L. Jackson's mysterious Nick Fury is at last stepping out of the shadows for his turn in the spotlight in "The Avengers."

  
  

  
• 5:22

  Michael Bay heads to the seas with new Starz series

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  The eight-episode drama is expected to air in 2014 and takes place 20 years before Robert Louis Stevenson's classic '"Treasure Island."

  
  

  
• 3:02

  MPAA: Director to recut 'Chained,' but asks why she needs to

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  Jennifer Lynch isn't exactly happy about revising what was a very graphic depiction of a woman having her throat slit open.
  
  Jennifer Lynch isn't exactly happy about revising what was a very graphic depiction of a woman having her throat slit open.

  
  

  
• 2:51

  Universal Pictures salute showcases century of crowd-pleasing fare

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  "Universal Pictures: Celebrating 100 Years," a fascinating UCLA Film & Television Archive series starting Friday at the Hammer Museum, offers a glimpse into that crowd-pleasing catalog.

  
  

  
• 0:00

  Movie review: 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'

   » ‎ L.A. Times - Movie News
  'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' blooms with a strong British cast whose characters move to India for their golden years, only to find the surroundings filled with the unexpected.
  
  "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"is an affectionately told comedy about a bunch of English retirees who trade a bleak British future for an elegant retirement hotel in the middle of India, one that promises to make those final years truly golden — and for a fraction of the price at home.

  
  

  
• 0:00

  Movie review: Trying for 'The Perfect Family' and falling short

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  The drama about the imperfect union between real life and Catholicism is earnest and filled with self-doubt. Kathleen Turner is its single saving grace.
  
  The drama about the imperfect union between real life and Catholicism is earnest and filled with self-doubt. Kathleen Turner is its single saving grace.

  
  

  
• 0:00

  Movie review: Children in love with ballet in 'First Position'

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  Bess Kargman's 'kids compete' documentary enters the world of the classical ballet competition, which makes for a compelling and emotionally involving film.
  
  "Gotta dance!" is what Gene Kelly insists in "Singing in the Rain," and none of the driven young people featured in the irresistible "First Position" would do anything but enthusiastically agree.

  
  

  
• 0:00

  Review: 'In the Family' plays to the heart

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  If life is measured in our ability to achieve understanding with others about our common humanity, then writer-director Patrick Wang's absorbing debut feature "In the Family" — about a custody battle — has to count as a signature achievement. At nearly three hours it's long, but in Wang's pacing estimation, what is time when at stake is a decent character's threatened sense of being, fairness and belonging?

  
  

  
• 0:00

  Review: Scott Speedman propels a stylish 'Citizen Gangster'

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  Nathan Morlando's study of a family man turned bank robber finds cohesion in a charismatic turn by Scott Speedman as the 'Citizen Gangster.'
  
  At first, "Citizen Gangster," inspired by the true story of Toronto public enemy and folk hero Edwin Boyd, is intriguing stuff; an absorbing study of how, circa 1950, a seemingly decent World War II veteran, family man and wannabe actor-turned-bank robber to make ends meet. Unfortunately, after Boyd (Scott Speedman) is inevitably caught and jailed, what's left is an hour or so of overly familiar characters and situations.

  
  

  
• 0:00

  Review: Cancer comedy 'A Little Bit of Heaven' a lot of hokum

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  Gael García Bernal, Kathy Bates, Peter Dinklage and Kate Hudson can't save ill-conceived rom-com 'A Little Bit of Heaven.'
  
  To the cancer comedy subgenre we can add a new category: the colonoscopy rom-com, not likely to metastasize beyond "A Little Bit of Heaven." What Gael García Bernal, Kathy Bates, Treat Williams and Peter Dinklage saw in the material, one can only guess. But for leading lady Kate Hudson, the ill-conceived, blandly executed production is the latest in a long line of disappointing career choices, leaving fans of her eye-opening turn in "Almost Famous" still waiting for another role to showcase her range.

  
  

  
• 0:00

  Review: 'Mother's Day' celebrates mayhem

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  Even a gleefully demonic turn by Rebecca De Mornay as a crazed matriarch can't save this gory remake of the 1980 slash flick.
  
  It's a crowded cast in "Saw"-sequel graduate Darren Lynn Bousman's grisly, cacophonous remake of the 1980 slasher flick "Mother's Day," what with eight unwitting victims of a home invasion and three psychopathic sibling bank robbers on the run who take the owners and their guests hostage.

  
  

  
• 0:00

  Movie review: Not all is as it seems in 'Shanghai Red'

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  More successful when mining its DePalma-esque tale of a red-dressed avenging angel than during its flatter romantic or domestic moments, first-time feature writer-director Oscar Luis Costo's "Shanghai Red" largely emerges as a tantalizing, involving thriller.

  
  

  
• May 03, 2012
• 16:00

  Movie review: In 'The Avengers,' a Marvel-lous team

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  Joss Whedon pulls off a heroic feat in making the superheroes of 'The Avengers' work together.
  
  "The Avengers"are here, and resistance is futile.

  
  

  
• 16:00

  Word of Mouth: Fox Searchlight hopes seniors check into 'Marigold Hotel'

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  The studio hopes its age-focused marketing attracts older Americans in droves to the comedy, which stars Judi Dench and Bill Nighy.
  
  About three years ago, producer Graham Broadbent visited the offices of Peter Rice, who was then running Fox Searchlight Pictures. Stacked near Rice's DVD player were discs of the senior citizen comedies "Cocoon" and "Cocoon: The Return." "There have to be movies for older audiences," Rice told Broadbent. "There have to be." Broadbent replied, "I think we may have something for you."

  
  

  
• 16:00

  Movie review: In 'The Avengers,' a Marvel-ous team

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  Joss Whedon pulls off a heroic feat in making the superheroes of 'The Avengers' work together.
  
  "The Avengers"are here, and resistance is futile.

  
  

  
• 12:59

  Home theater: Robert Pattinson makes ladies swoon in 'Bel Ami'

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  Also reviewed: "George Harrison: Living in the Material World," "Haywire" and "W.E."
  
  Also reviewed: "George Harrison: Living in the Material World," "Haywire" and "W.E."

  
  

  
• 5:28

  'Sound of My Voice,' 'Safety Not Guaranteed': Time travel, DIY-style

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  The concept of leaping through the centuries has inspired writers and filmmakers for generations, but what's unusual about this new crop of movies in the modern era of multimillion-dollar, CG-laden blockbusters is their stripped-down approach.

  
  

  
• 4:08

  Video: Dev Patel brings dash of youth to 'Marigold Hotel'

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  Veteran actors aren't the film's only draw -- there's 23-year-old Dev Patel, best known to Americans for his turn in "Slumdog Millionaire."

  
  

  
• 2:47

  Mikhail Gorbachev says DVD can help cool U.S.-Russia relations

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  The former Russian premiere was at New York's Paley Center earlier this week, touting the home-video release of "Cold War," the massive documentary about the epic conflict.

  
  

  
• 2:42

  Fire at Tyler Perry's Atlanta studio damages only backlot facade

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  On Tuesday evening, over 100 firefighters, 13 engines and 12 trucks responded to a four-alarm fire at Perry's 30-acre complex.

  
  

  
• 0:47

  Tony Curtis documentary to open the L.A. Jewish Film Festival

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  "Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom," a new documentary on the late actor born Bernie Schwartz in the Bronx, opens the 7th annual Jewish Film Festival on Thursday evening at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills.

  
  

  
• 0:00

  Movie review: In 'The Avengers,' a Marvel-ous team

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  Joss Whedon pulls off a heroic feat in making the superheroes of 'The Avengers' work together.
  
  "The Avengers"are here, and resistance is futile.

  
  

  
• 0:00

  Word of Mouth: Fox Searchlight hopes seniors check into 'Marigold Hotel'

   » ‎ L.A. Times - Movie News
  The studio hopes its age-focused marketing attracts older Americans in droves to the comedy, which stars Judi Dench and Bill Nighy.
  
  About three years ago, producer Graham Broadbent visited the offices of Peter Rice, who was then running Fox Searchlight Pictures. Stacked near Rice's DVD player were discs of the senior citizen comedies "Cocoon" and "Cocoon: The Return." "There have to be movies for older audiences," Rice told Broadbent. "There have to be." Broadbent replied, "I think we may have something for you."

  
  

  
• May 02, 2012
• 16:00

  Academy Awards staying in Hollywood

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  The film academy signs a 20-year deal to keep the annual Oscar show at Hollywood & Highland. Dolby also has signed on as the theater's new name sponsor.
  
  In the end, the Oscars just couldn't leave Hollywood. After entertaining multiple offers to relocate the event, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that it would keep the Academy Awards at the theater at Hollywood & Highland, negotiating a new 20-year deal with the CIM Group, which owns the complex.

  
  

  
• 9:06

  Risky Hollywood move: Counterprogramming against big blockbusters

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  The counterprogramming idea makes sense, but in recent history the results have been mixed to terrible.
  
  The counterprogramming idea makes sense, but in recent history the results have been mixed to terrible.

  
  

  
• 9:06

  'Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' vs. 'Avengers': A risky Hollywood move

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  The counterprogramming idea makes sense, but in recent history the results have been mixed to terrible.
  
  The counterprogramming idea makes sense, but in recent history the results have been mixed to terrible.

  
  

  
• 6:51

  MPAA upholds NC-17 rating on Lynch's 'Chained'

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  The move marks a rare instance of an NC-17 rating being given because of violence alone.
  
  The move marks a rare instance of an NC-17 rating being given because of violence alone.

  
  

  
• 6:42

  Muted joy over jump in location film shoots in L.A. last month

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  Thanks to a flurry of low-budget celebrity-packed pictures, location shoots jumped 74% in April over last year.

  
  

  
• 4:12

  Film academy signs 20-year deal to keep Oscar show in Hollywood

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  Also confirmed is a Dolby Laboratories agreement with the owners of the complex to take over the naming rights to the theater, previously belonging to Kodak, which filed for bankruptcy.
  
  Also confirmed is a Dolby Laboratories agreement with the owners of the complex to take over the naming rights to the theater, previously belonging to Kodak, which filed for bankruptcy.

  
  

  
• 3:53

  'Dark Knight Rises' trailer: Bat flight, Cat fights, Gotham falls

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  The trailer shows a beleaguered Gotham in the clutches of chaos, with exploding bridges, sidewalk mobs, and wide-eyed children watching the bedlam from behind windows.

  
  

  
• 3:28

  Film Independent announces lineup for Los Angeles Film Festival

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  "Magic Mike," Steven Soderbergh's dramatic comedy set in the world of male strippers, will have its world premiere as the closing night program of the Los Angeles Film Festival next month.

  
  

  
• 3:21

  Josh Hutcherson: 'The Hunger Games' hasn't changed my life

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  Over a month after the film's release, the adaptation of Suzanne Collins' novel has racked up a phenomenal $600 million in ticket sales worldwide. But Hutcherson, 19, says the success of the movie hasn't affected his personal life.

  
  

  
• 3:17

  Anna Faris knows 'Dictator' star only as 'Supreme Leader'

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  Anna Faris, the actor's costar in "The Dictator" -- about the ruler of the fictional Republic of Wadiya -- said she was just as taken aback as the crowd by his antics.

  
  

  
• 3:04

  Texting in movie theaters: An idea whose time has come?

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  Several prominent industry figures seemed to endorse the idea that, at a time when teenagers are going to the movies less and less, it might be time to relax our prohibitions against texting in theaters.

  
  

  
• May 01, 2012
• 16:54

  Five Tribeca festival films you could soon be hearing about

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  What plays to packed houses within the festival bubble won't necessarily bring the crowds in outside it.
  
  What plays to packed houses within the festival bubble won't necessarily bring the crowds in outside it.