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Los Angeles— Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the world's most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office.
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It may be the best proposal ever in terms of cheapening the Oscars while simultaneously making them even more wildly popular.
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Even though this year's supporting actor and actress Oscar races seem foregone conclusions, they're still worth kicking around a bit. Especially since they're not really foregone conclusions.
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There's an inevitable darkness to Angelina Jolie's "In the Land of Blood and Honey," an unavoidable sense of despair and outrage.
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'Chronicle" puts a fresh, invigorating spin on the superhero origin story, a tale Hollywood spins again and again (and again).
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"The Woman in Black" is your standard-issue ghost story, gussied up in period garb to make it look like a prestige picture.
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There are stories that by their very nature force you to confront the possibility that people aren't entirely horrible. "Big Miracle" is one.
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More on that and other titles new and notable on DVD this week.
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This week's new releases for kids, teens and families include the Oscar-winning classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," Disney's talking puppies on a desert adventure, "Dr. Seuss's The Lorax" and more.
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You don't expect a movie called "Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey" to be a story of addiction, murder and despair. And it's not. "Being Elmo" is pretty much as upbeat, hopeful and perky as the shaggy red Muppet at its center.
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Angelina Jolie decided as an exercise to write about the devastating conflict of the Bosnian War. That little "homework assignment," as she calls it, led her to write, produce and direct her first feature film, "In the Land of Blood and Honey."
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Daniel Radcliffe had to decide what his first starring film role would be after the "Harry Potter" franchise ended last summer, and he didn't make that decision lightly. Read on as the star talks about his roles as a dad in a horror film.
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From big shows to music to clubs and DJS, to stage and comedy, film and more, Metro Detroit has no shortage of fun to suit all tastes. Read on for the lowdown on what's goin' on.
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Despite modern ruins in cities of shrinking population as subject matter, "After the Factory," a film playing Thursday night at the Detroit Film Theatre in the Detroit Institute of Arts, is almost relentlessly upbeat.
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In the past few years, trailers have begun moving away from voice-overs, favoring graphic devices such as title cards to serve as narration. Still, plenty of voice-over jobs remain, especially in television, though women are seldom cast.
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Liam Neeson's "The Grey" topped the weekend box office with $20 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, continuing the actor's success as an action star in the winter months.
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"The Devil Inside," which opened here Jan. 6, was the first in a new wave of films based on the premise of "found footage" — movies blending fantastical plots with supposedly real video events — due for release this year. Next up? On Friday, 20th Century Fox will look to continue the "Devil" mojo with "Chronicle.")
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"The Help," "The Descendants" and "Bridesmaids," along with the silent movie "The Artist" and Woody Allen's "Midnight In Paris," are all vying for the Screen Actors Guild's ensemble trophy at Sunday night's'th annual SAG Awards. SAG began giving its movie ensemble award in'94, after an equivalent trophy for favorite television cast proved popular in its inaugural awards show a year earlier.
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This year's Oscar broadcast is going to get serious help from "The Help." That's because of the nine best picture nominees, "The Help" is the only one to make serious money.
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Even in his post-"Avatar," post-"Clash of the Titans" stardom, Sam Worthington remembers what it was like when he wasn't that unlike Nick Cassidy, the character he plays in his new film, "Man on a Ledge" which opened here Friday.
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"Man on a Ledge" is a movie for those who like their vertigo straight up. It is essentially an hour-and-a-half of waiting for a guy to fall 21 stories and splatter on the street below. Considering the simplicity of the idea, first-time feature director Asgar Leth manages to keep things fairly tense.
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Albert Nobbs" may not be a perfect film, but it's darn near a perfectly acted film. Glenn Close brings a sweetness, vulnerability and fragility to the title character that's wholly unlike the flinty women she's played so often.
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At first, this survival film seems to have artsy aspirations. Man against nature and all that. But then it gets so spectacularly dumb and predictable and long-winded that you lose all respect and interest.
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"Pina" is a tribute to Pina Bausch, the German dancer and choreographer who died in 2009. The power and intelligence of Bausch's approach, which at times seems more cerebral than sensual, is communicated.
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More on the Michigan-filmed "Real Steel" and other flicks new and notable on DVD this week.
