Skyfall

<i>Skyfall</i>

James Bond is the elder statesman of action movies, celebrating his 50th anniversary in film this year with the release of his twenty-third(!) feature, Skyfall. It goes without saying that adaptations of characters with such longevity should reflect the prevailing styles of entertainment and tastes of contemporary audiences … or does it?...  read more

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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

<i>The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel</i>

How wonderful it would be if a movie could get by on fleeting charm alone. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is pleasant to look at and pleasantly acted, but its filmmakers were content to coast on a stellar cast and an assortment of imminently photographable locations in urban India. Not even the combined forces of England’s best veteran actors can hoist it above its lethargic funk....  read more

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J. Edgar

<i>J. Edgar</i>

Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black follows up his Oscar-winning script for Milk, the profile of the short-lived, openly gay California politician, with a companion piece of sorts: a biopic of Milk’s polar opposite, J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  read more

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Mia Wasikowska, Judi Dench and Others may Join Jane Eyre Cast

Mia Wasikowska, Judi Dench and Others may Join <i>Jane Eyre</i> Cast

A new big-screen adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's Gothic classic Jane Eyre is being readied for production and is assembling quite the cast...  read more

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Kate Hudson joins the Nine cast

Kate Hudson joins the <em>Nine</em> cast

Looks like the legendary Penny Lane has decided to abandon her musician-worshipping past and give us a little song and dance of her own. Of course, we speak of one Kate Hudson, who recently signed on for a lead role in Nine, the Rob Marshall (Chicago) adaptation of the 1982 Broadway musical of the same name....  read more

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