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Melancholia

<i>Melancholia</i>

Melancholia is Lars Von Trier’s lush, epic ode to the complexity of human life and the suffering that, he believes, must inherently accompany it. The film establishes a series of seemingly firm dichotomies—life versus death, good versus evil, logic versus chaos—only to subvert them and demonstrate the irrelevancy of their distinction. The characters are forced to find a calm and a power in living under the looming threat of apocalypse, and an acceptance in returning to nothing. Through the exploration of the physical and emotional lives of his two heroines, sisters Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), Von Trier...  read more

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Party Down Stars Adam Scott, Lizzy Caplan Reunited in Will Ferrell-Produced Comedy

<em>Party Down</em> Stars Adam Scott, Lizzy Caplan Reunited in Will Ferrell-Produced Comedy

Beloved, gone-too-soon series Party Down will see an unofficial reunion as stars Adam Scott and Lizzy Caplan will join Kirsten Dunst and Casey Wilson in the forthcoming Will Ferrell-produced indie comedy tentatively titled Bachelorette....  read more

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Watch Jens Lekman Perform Four New Songs

Watch Jens Lekman Perform Four New Songs

On Saturday, Jens Lekman took the stage at the Mondrian SkyBar in Los Angeles and performed a bevy of new material, including an ode to Kirsten Dunst....  read more

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James Franco and Kirsten Dunst's Shorts to Close Cannes' Critic's Week

James Franco and Kirsten Dunst's Shorts to Close Cannes' Critic's Week

Actors James Franco and Kirsten Dunst have both directed short films before. But this year, according to Screen Daily, their films will close the Critic’s Week sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival. Dunst’s film, titled Bastard, is about a young couple who travel to a remote desert hotel to meet three shady men. It’s also being shown at the Tribeca festival in New York. Franco’s film is based on Spencer Reese’s poem, and it’s titled The Clerk’s Tale....  read more

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Kirsten Dunst Cast in Lars von Trier's Melancholia

Kirsten Dunst Cast in Lars von Trier's <em>Melancholia</em>

Kirsten Dunst has been cast in new sci-fi disaster movie Melancholia....  read more

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Spider-Man 4 Already Slated for IMAX in 2011

<em>Spider-Man 4</em> Already Slated for IMAX in 2011

With the film barely announced, the anticipated Spider-Man 4 has already been booked for IMAX showings to run concurrently with its regular theater release. In fact, it's been booked in even more IMAX theaters than its two predecessors....  read more

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Writer Already Set for Fifth and Sixth Spider-Man Movies

Writer Already Set for Fifth and Sixth <em>Spider-Man</em> Movies

After Spider-Man 3's epic crash and burn, and considering how the series' fourth installment has yet to start principal photography, Sony might be getting ahead of themselves by assigning writers to scribble out Spider-Man 5, now scheduled for a 2012 release. ...  read more

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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is...  read more

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Raimi and Maguire re-team for Spider-Man sequels

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You need only click here for a brief reminder (or here for a much longer one) of how bad Spider-Man 3 was. Overlong, overstuffed and overcrowded with no less than three villains, Spider-Man 3 was a let-down in nearly every department....  read more

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