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Weekend Box Office: Brawn Beats Estrogen, Quirk As Stallone’s ‘Expendables’ Romp

August 15, 2010 5:00 pm

Let this weekend be a study in recognizable advertising versus selling something a bit off the beaten path. Two distinctly aged box office behemoths battled this weekend, with Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendab...

Weekend Box Office: Leo And The Dreamers Finally Defeated By ‘The Other Guys’

Gabe Toro

August 8, 2010 5:40 pm

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The Will Ferrell-Adam McKay teaming still works gangbusters. Each film they've teamed up for has done at least $85 million, with $30-something-million openings a virtual guarantee at this point. McKay doesn't s...

Point/Counter-Point: ‘Lebanon’ Is Appropriately Claustrophobic And Gut-Wrenching Or Total Contrived War-Tragedy Porn

Mark Z.

August 5, 2010 12:48 am

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The worst movies inadvertently make us question the skill and care that went into them. The good ones temporarily make us forget we are in a theater or at home, propped up on the couch or in a chair, expectant ...

LFF ’09: ‘Lebanon’ Is A Must-See

Oliver Lyttelton

November 9, 2009 6:05 pm

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There's a few reviews that slipped our mind, following the end of the London Film Festival last Thursday — not because they're bad films (in fact, they include two of our favorites of the festival), but because...

Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up Venice Winner, ‘Lebanon’ And ‘Get Low’

Rodrigo Perez

September 21, 2009 8:21 pm

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Sony Pictures Classics has continued its domination of the indie, foreign prestige-circuit this year (read: Cannes films) and has picked up the U.S. rights to "Lebanon," the big winner of this year's Venice Fil...

Samuel Maoz’s ‘Lebanon’ Wins Top Prize At Venice, Todd Solondz Wins Best Screenplay For ‘Wartime’

Rodrigo Perez

September 12, 2009 9:39 pm

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The Venice Film Festival awards are in, but don't expect for too many names you'll recognize. Shut out of all awards were films like Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story," and John Hillcoat's "The Road," w...

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