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Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee of 'The Road' forged a realistic bond

 

Published 5 days ago by Jen Chaney at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee have eaten bugs together. They've shivered through frigid winter air, fought off desperately hungry cannibals and walked side by side on the empty and dusty roads of some future, dystopian America.

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Movie review: Ann Hornaday on Werner Herzog's 'Bad Lieutenant,' starring Nicolas Cage

 

Published 7 days ago by Ann Hornaday at washingtonpost.com - Movies

There's a deranged grandeur to Nicolas Cage's performance in "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," in which he plays a police officer who plunges into drug addiction after a heroic on-the-job accident. Cage throws himself into a role of a man ...

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Family Filmgoer: Reviews of 'Planet 51,' 'Christmas Carol' with kids in mind

 

Published 7 days ago by Jane Horwitz at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Planet 51 (PG, 90 minutes). This computer-animated feature about an American astronaut landing on a distant planet doesn't seem to know who its audience should be. Most of the jokes are geared to adults and are a little tasteless, yet the story itself ...

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Women living in 'Twilight' will not apologize for loving Edward, Bella and Jacob

 

Published 8 days ago by Monica Hesse at washingtonpost.com - Movies

We know. You hate "Twilight." You don't want to hear anything more about "Twilight." That's why this is not another story about the "Twilight" or "New Moon" mania, nor will it rhapsodize on the vampire craze, nor does it contain any interviews with ...

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Ann Hornaday movie reviews: 'Precious,' 'Blind Side'

 

Published 14 days ago by Ann Hornaday at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Movies come, movies go. But a rare few arrive like gifts, sent by some cosmic messenger to stir the senses, awaken compassion and send viewers into a world made radically new by invigorated alertness and empathy. Such is the movie "Precious: Based on ...

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Moviemaker: European Union Film Showcase: 'Girl with Dragon Tattoo,' 'Mammoth'

 

Published 21 days ago by Lavanya Ramanathan at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Never mind its wonky name: Every fall, the European Union Film Showcase lures thousands of movie buffs angling for a peek at next year's edgiest foreign films -- the ones that will probably be Oscar contenders and the ones that have won over those ...

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2009 holiday movie guide

 

Published 21 days ago by Post at washingtonpost.com - Movies

What do you want for Christmas? Movie-wise, it's gotten to the point where a good story and maybe a star or two would do. With Hollywood feeling the financial pinch along with the rest of the country, the studios are more inclined than ever to go for ...

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Family Filmgoer: 'Disney's a Christmas Carol'

 

Published 21 days ago by Jane Horwitz at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Disney's A Christmas Carol (PG, 96 minutes). It's hard to know what age group this dour, ultra-spooky animated adaptation of Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" will appeal to. A showcase for actor Jim Carrey and advances in a particular type of ...

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With strong female characters, Hollywood suffers from a fear of failure

 

Published 10/25/2009 by Ann Hornaday at washingtonpost.com - Movies

To earn her two Oscars, Hilary Swank went mano a mano with Clint Eastwood in a boxing ring and sucked face with Chloë Sevigny. But her toughest test yet might be this weekend, when box office numbers for "Amelia" come in. The historical drama, about ...

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With 'Zombieland,' D.C. Native Ruben Fleischer Turns His Directorial Debut Into a Hit

 

Published 10/17/2009 by Ann Hornaday at washingtonpost.com - Movies

It looks as if Washington native Ruben Fleischer manages to sneak in a little shout-out to his home town in the very first shot of "Zombieland," his directorial debut, which has stunned Hollywood by earning nearly $60 million since opening Oct. 2. ...

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Family Filmgoer: 'Where the Wild Things Are'

 

Published 10/16/2009 by Jane Horwitz at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Some parents may decide that this inventive, moody adaptation of Maurice Sendak's beloved 1963 picture book is too emotional and intense to be a family film. And for some children, they would be right. Director and co-screenwriter (with Dave Eggers) ...

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Was 'Paranormal Activity's' Trek Into Theaters a Viral Phenomenon or Just a Ruse?

 

Published 10/15/2009 by Jen Chaney at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Sometime during the past three weeks -- perhaps, appropriately, while we were sleeping -- the film "Paranormal Activity" pulled a pop cultural sneak attack.

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LeBron James May Be the 'Chosen One,' but He Hasn't Abandoned His Old Friends

 

Published 10/15/2009 by Michael Lee at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Romeo Travis fully understood what it means to be best friends with LeBron James on the streets of Bloomington, Ill., this past August. After attending a fundraising event for the local United Way, Travis was walking with the Cleveland Cavaliers ...

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For Jews in St. Louis Park, Minn., 'A Serious Man' Is a Homecoming

 

Published 10/11/2009 by Neal Karlen at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Fyvush Finkel, a venerable star of Yiddish theatrical melodrama, was expecting Joel and Ethan Coen to feed him nothing but juicy lines for their new film, "A Serious Man." Yet he felt they'd given him dreck. So Finkel, 86, did the heretofore ...

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Chris Rock and Nia Long Discuss 'Good Hair'

 

Published 10/9/2009 by Post at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Staff writer DeNeen Brown sat down recently in the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown with actress Nia Long and comedian Chris Rock for a conversation about Rock's documentary, "Good Hair."

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Film Salutes the Baltimore Colts (Yes, Colts) Marching Band

 

Published 10/8/2009 by Ann Hornaday at washingtonpost.com - Movies

BALTIMORE -- There aren't many foolproof recipes for male weepies -- movies that reduce the men who watch them to unapologetic tears. But athletes, setbacks and the whiff of mortality always help. Ask any guy which films are guaranteed to reduce a ...

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You Grow, Girl!

 

Published 10/4/2009 by DeNeen L. Brown at washingtonpost.com - Movies

"Good hair." These two words were often projected on little black girls by adults. Either you had it -- hair that didn't "need" to be straightened and grew and grew -- or you didn't. If you had it, your status was somehow elevated.

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'The Boys Are Back' Gives Clive Owen a New On-Screen Role: Dad

 

Published 10/4/2009 by Post at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Clive Owen has become many men on-screen: a top-secret CIA sniper ("The Bourne Identity"), an adulterous dermatologist ("Closer"), even the savior of humankind as we know it ("Children of Men"). But the one role he hasn't played? A father.

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Family Filmgoer: 'Toy Story & Toy Story 2'

 

Published 10/2/2009 by Jane Horwitz at washingtonpost.com - Movies

There's no reason why kids who love the "Toy Story" films and are looking forward to "Toy Story 3" (coming out next June) won't enjoy seeing the first two films digitally remastered with 3-D effects.

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MovieMakers: Drew Barrymore on Directing 'Whip It'

 

Published 10/2/2009 by Jen Chaney at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Think of Drew Barrymore and you probably picture that radiant, rom-com-sweetheart's grin she has displayed for more than two decades.

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National Gallery of Art Shows Its 'Darker Side'

 

Published 10/2/2009 by Michael O'Sullivan at washingtonpost.com - Movies

If the print and sculpture exhibition that just opened at the National Gallery of Art were a movie, it would be rated PG-13. Maybe even R. Far from explicit, "The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900" still very definitely caters to mature ...

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Lebowski Fest D.C. Allows Fans of Coen Brothers Movie to Unite in Dude-Ship

 

Published 10/1/2009 by Dan Zak at washingtonpost.com - Movies

What would the Dude think of Strike Bethesda, with its technicolored bowling pins, its wall of jumbo TV screens, its thoroughly vacuumed carpeting, its $9.45 chicken panini, its unscuffed lanes splashed with purple black light? Absent is the sweet ...

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Movie Review: 'I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell' - A Round of Male Misbehavior

 

Published 9/25/2009 by Dan Kois at washingtonpost.com - Movies

A grubby-looking and fitfully funny ode to binge-drinking and being a jerk, "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" is an adaptation of the best-selling book of the same name by Tucker Max, the self-styled playboy blogger and entrepreneur who produced and ...

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Movie Review: Immigrant-Themed 'Amreeka' Covers Familiar Dramatic Territory

 

Published 9/25/2009 by Jan Stuart at washingtonpost.com - Movies

You've seen this story before, if not lived it yourself.

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Movie Review: Ann Hornaday on Cedric Klapisch's 'Paris'

 

Published 9/25/2009 by Ann Hornaday at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Even in its opening mash-up of images and musical styles, it's clear that "Paris" will both indulge and explode the city's mythology. In a frenetic series of scenes, director C?dric Klapisch announces that his movie will be set in many cities: the ...

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Movie Review: Educational Success in Documentary 'Providence Effect'

 

Published 9/25/2009 by Ruth McCann at washingtonpost.com - Movies

No muckraking, scandalmaking or Michael Moore-manship here. "The Providence Effect" is simply an earnest, if long, documentary about an undeniably good thing -- the Providence St. Mel school, which is kind of like Lake Wobegon, transplanted to ...

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Family Filmgoer: Movie Reviews With Kids in Mind

 

Published 9/25/2009 by Jane Horwitz at washingtonpost.com - Movies

The romantic poet John Keats is torn between his art and his heart in this lovely, passionate film by director Jane Campion. Teens, particularly high-schoolers, of a dreamy bent ought to find the story irresistible, though they could be put off at ...

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Teen Musical DVDs: 'Camp,' 'High School Musical'

 

Published 9/25/2009 by Jen Chaney at washingtonpost.com - Movies

With TV shows such as "Glee" developing a following and the remake of "Fame" arriving in movie theaters Friday, this may be the best time in recent cultural history to be a performing arts nerd, or "Gleek," as fans of the aforementioned Fox comedy ...

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Juliette Binoche: A Renaissance Woman of an Actress

 

Published 9/25/2009 by Michael O'Sullivan at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Far be it from Juliette Binoche to take the predictable path. The French actress, an Oscar winner in 1997 for "The English Patient" and an Oscar nominee in 2001 for "Chocolat," could easily have gone Hollywood long ago. Yet, with the exception of "Dan ...

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'Options '09' Exhibit Holds Many Surprises.

 

Published 9/25/2009 by Michael O'Sullivan at washingtonpost.com - Movies

"Options '09" is full of little surprises. Surprise No. 1: It's not just another MFA parade.

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With 'Burning Plain' and Other Work, Charlize Theron Pushes to Make Days Count

 

Published 9/18/2009 by Lavanya Ramanathan at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Guillermo Arriaga's "The Burning Plain" is a slow-simmer sort of film, taking every moment of its nearly two hours to bring its story of two families connected by tragedy to a boil. But it takes just 20 seconds to expose -- literally, expose -- its ...

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Family Films: 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs'

 

Published 9/18/2009 by Jane Horwitz at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Funny -- really funny -- and enormously clever in its use of 3-D, this animated comedy (loosely based on the 1978 children's book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett) will tickle kids 6 and older as well as adults. It's that much ...

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Fall Arts Preview - Movies: Ann Hornaday on 'Avatar'

 

Published 9/13/2009 by Ann Hornaday at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Have you heard of "Avatar"? I haven't. Well, at least I've tried not to.

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Fall Arts Preview -- Film: Ann Hornaday on Michael Moore Documentaries

 

Published 9/13/2009 by Ann Hornaday at washingtonpost.com - Movies

The prospect of reviewing a Michael Moore documentary always fills me with a certain dread. Moore is the director of the most profitable nonfiction films in history -- "Bowling for Columbine," "Fahrenheit 9/11" and "Sicko."

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Stefan Aust Discusses the History Behind His 'Baader Meinhof Complex'

 

Published 9/11/2009 by Post at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Stefan Aust wrote "The Baader Meinhof Complex," the nonfiction account of the German urban terrorist organization that inspired the movie of the same name, opening Friday. Aust, a former editor of Der Spiegel, spoke this week from his office in Berlin ...

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Family Filmgoer: '9,' 'Ponyo,' 'Shorts,' 'All About Steve'

 

Published 9/11/2009 by Jane Horwitz at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Dazzling computer animation and art direction wedded to an intriguing idea can't save "9" from its own preachiness, which grows ever more ponderous even at the movie's 81 minutes. Filmmaker Shane Acker's post-apocalyptic fable is geared to adults. ...

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Kennedy Center Announces This Year's Honorees

 

Published 9/9/2009 by Jacqueline Trescott at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Start spinning "Born in the U.S.A." The Kennedy Center unfolded its 2009 roster of five Kennedy Center honorees this morning, led by two quintessential leaders of the bands, Bruce Springsteen and Dave Brubeck.

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'Extract' Gets 'Office Space' Boss Mike Judge Back in Business

 

Published 8/30/2009 by Michael Cavna at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Mike Judge planned to step out of the office only briefly. Instead, he disappeared from his desk for a decade.

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Movie Review: Rob Zombie's 'Halloween II'

 

Published 8/29/2009 by Ruth McCann at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Hospitals, basements, bathrooms, the (pre-)marital bed: All spaces in which one might be starkly vulnerable, perhaps literally naked. Safe spaces, one dearly hopes. That is, until the emotionless, qualmless, stabby "Halloween" serial killer Michael ...

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Family Filmgoer: 'Post Grad,' 'Ponyo,' 'Shorts'

 

Published 8/28/2009 by Jane Horwitz at washingtonpost.com - Movies

A smart college grad named Ryden Malby (Alexis Bledel, who played Lena in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" films, PG in 2005, PG-13 in 2008) discovers it's not so easy to get a great job the day after you get your diploma. She has to move back ...

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The Makers of 'Taking Woodstock' Ensure Hirsute Historical Accuracy

 

Published 8/28/2009 by Ann Hornaday at washingtonpost.com - Movies

For "Taking Woodstock," director Ang Lee used three types of film stocks, negotiated rights for more than 20 songs and orchestrated a long, complicated tracking shot involving a constantly moving camera, 120 cars and about twice that number of people. ...

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Movie Review: John Anderson on the Dardenne Brothers' 'Lorna's Silence'

 

Published 8/28/2009 by John Anderson at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Despite the lofty place they occupy in world cinema, filmmaking brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne have never bothered turning their pensive, intimate camera on characters falling from great societal heights. No, their people-in-crisis are ...

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Something's Out of Line for Hollywood and Grown-Ups

 

Published 8/23/2009 by Ann Hornaday at washingtonpost.com - Movies

If 2009 is remembered for anything in American cinema, it might be as the year grown-ups and Hollywood finally agreed to call it quits.

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Conversations: Ann Hornaday Chats With Paul Giamatti, Star of 'Cold Souls'

 

Published 8/23/2009 by Post at washingtonpost.com - Movies

In "Cold Souls," which opened in Washington on Friday, Paul Giamatti plays an actor -- also named Paul Giamatti -- who, in the midst of rehearsing a production of Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya," has a personal and professional breakdown. Desperate, he ...

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Family Filmgoer: Watching With Kinds in Mind

 

Published 8/21/2009 by Jane Horwitz at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Uneven and a little slapdash, "Shorts" still offers considerable fun for kids 8 and older, even after inspiration and energy start to evaporate in its last act. Told in chapters that jump around in time, it's a cautionary tale with a high silliness ...

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MovieMakers: Eli Roth in 'Inglourious Basterds'

 

Published 8/21/2009 by Michael O'Sullivan at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Don't make the mistake of calling Eli Roth's role in "Inglourious Basterds," the new World War II-era drama from Quentin Tarantino, small.

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For Child Stars, Life After 'Slumdog Millionaire' Full of Promise -- and Skeletons

 

Published 8/20/2009 by Emily Wax at washingtonpost.com - Movies

MUMBAI -- Never again would Azhar Mohammed Ismaill, 11, sleep in the overcrowded warren of shanties and festering lean-tos known as Garib Nagar, literally "city of the poor." Azhar, one of the child stars of the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog ...

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MovieMaker: Gaelan Connell, Star of 'Bandslam'

 

Published 8/14/2009 by Lavanya Ramanathan at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Gaelan Connell has a new apartment, and it has him fretting.

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Family Filmgoer: 'Ponyo'

 

Published 8/14/2009 by Jane Horwitz at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Once again, happily, it's time for families to seek out a stunning and fantastical film by the Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. Though Disney is distributing "Ponyo" on relatively few screens to start, please find a theater showing it. As with ...

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Edward McNally, Rumored Inspiration for Ferris Bueller, Remembers John Hughes

 

Published 8/12/2009 by Edward McNally at washingtonpost.com - Movies

Movie director John Hughes and I grew up on the same street in our home town of Northbrook, Ill. We both graduated from Glenbrook North, the high school where he filmed scenes from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "The Breakfast Club," where his mom ...

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