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  Man of Steel: Making Sense of All That Christ and Death Stuff
  By Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu Jun 13, 2013

  Sometimes, there's just too damn much to say about a movie than can fit into any one review. (Even Stephanie Zacharek's exhaustive, excellent... More >>

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  To Actresses on the Brink of 40: Go Bad or Go Home
  By Inkoo Kang
  Thu Jun 13, 2013

  Last week, EW columnist Mark Harris tweeted a statistic disturbing to anyone who cares about gender equality on the big screen: "It's now been 61... More >>

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  Tiger Eyes is a breath of fresh air -- and an opportunity
  By Nick Schager
  Thu Jun 13, 2013

  Judy Blume's first novel, The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo, was published in 1969, yet it's only now, 44 years later, that the first... More >>

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  If George R. R. Martin Wrote Every TV Show Ever
  By Alan Scherstuhl
  Thu Jun 6, 2013

  George R. R. Martin took a break from killing Starks today to send us this list of the notes he would send to the producers of TV shows if he... More >>

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  Superman Movies Matter More Than the Comics: A Film-by-Film Breakdown
  By Glen Weldon
  Thu Jun 6, 2013

  Superman is an idea. OK, fine. Technically he's an intellectual property—a set of data points slammed together by Jerry Siegel and Joe... More >>

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  In Omit the Logic, Richard Pryor Crucifies Himself, Again and Again
  By Alan Scherstuhl
  Thu May 30, 2013

  “Least you got to see a motherfucker crucify himself,” Richard Pryor spits in the most surprising footage director Marina Zenovich... More >>

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  Shakespeare, Comic Books -- for Joss Whedon, It's All the Same Thing
  By Amy Nicholson
  Thu May 30, 2013

  After completing five months of principal photography on The Avengers, Joss Whedon flew back to Los Angeles and threw himself a welcome-home... More >>

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  How M. Night Shyamalan Became Just Another Director
  Thu May 30, 2013

  Wait, you didn't know that After Earth, the Will Smith–Jaden Smith sci-fi adventure hitting theaters this weekend, is the latest from... More >>

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  Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra is a Delightful Little Curio
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 23, 2013

  Ladies and gentlemen—anyone, really, who cares about his or her mug—step right up. According to a bit of advice proffered in one of... More >>

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  Fast & Furious & Elegant: Justin Lin and the Vulgar Auteurs
  Thu May 23, 2013

  Justin Lin may strike some as out of place in the pantheon of contemporary auteurs. The Taiwanese-born American filmmaker, best known for having... More >>

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  Cannes: In Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian), Benicio Del Toro Acts Again!
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 23, 2013

  In Arnaud Desplechin's English-language Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian), Benicio Del Toro—freed at last from the tyranny of... More >>

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  Cannes: Refn's Again with Ryan Gosling, but Only God Forgives Isn't in the Same League as Drive
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 23, 2013

  Expectations here in Cannes were high—or at least semi-high—for Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives, in which Kristin Scott... More >>

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  Cannes: The Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 23, 2013

  I. First, Something About the Badges (Then We'll Get to the Coens) Someday I'm going to write a song and call it "Ballad of the Blue Badge." I... More >>

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  Cannes: Not Even the Gifted Emma Watson Can Raise The Bling Ring
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 16, 2013

  The biggest puzzlement of these early days of the festival comes from Sofia Coppola, one of my favorite working directors. Until now, I have... More >>