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Jodi Arias TV movie airs Saturday on Lifetime

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:47:42 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — A made-for-television movie on Jodi Arias is scheduled to air this weekend.

Seth Rogen on reshooting 'This Is the End' finale

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:19:13 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — This is the end. Unless that is the end.

'Man of Steel' soars with $116.6M at box office

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:13:29 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Man of Steel" went up, up and away at the box office.

Movie stars

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:29:01 GMT

★ 45 Minutes from Broadway The irrepressible Henry Jaglom returns with this play within a movie that is supposed to be a celebration of the art of acting but is in fact an exercise in overacting. The bogus Chekhovian scenario involves a family of histrionic thespians thrown into even more chaos by the return home of an estranged daughter and her “normal” fiancé. (106 min., R) (Peter Keough)

Movie Stars

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:28:54 GMT

How do you say ‘hoop dreams’ in Farsi?

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:51:21 GMT

“The Iran Job,” a lively, engaging documentary directed by the German filmmaker Till Schauder, has two things going for it. One is a pretty irresistible premise: an American playing point guard for an Iranian professional basketball team. There are fish out of water – and then there’s Kevin Sheppard. Sheppard, the point guard, is the other. He has an exuberant personality, curious mind, and engaging manner. If Michael Strahan ever leaves his morning gig with Kelly Ripa, Sheppard could step right in.

Denzel Washington in Haverhill; A pass on local pilot ‘Hatfields & McCoys’?

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:02:18 GMT

Denzel Washington’s film “The Equalizer” has taken over the empty Lowe’s building in Haverhill. It’s a good thing we have so many movies in Boston this summer — it makes up for the fact that ABC Family’s Boston-based drama “Chasing Life” will be filmed in California and that, according to TheWrap.com, NBC has passed on the Charlize Theron-produced “Hatfields & McCoy’s” pilot, which filmed in Boston a few months ago. The show updated the family rivalry and starred Sophia Bush and Virginia Madsen.

Review: 'Monsters University' gets a passing grade

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:34:06 GMT

In Pixar's "Monsters University," a prequel to 2001 "Monsters, Inc.," our expert "scarers" to be — the wisecracking pipsqueak Mike Wazowski and the burly James B. Sullivan — are college freshmen with high aspirations.

'Man of Steel' takes flight with $125M debut

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:17:07 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Man of Steel" leaped over box office expectations in a single weekend.

Groton student makes movies about skateboarding

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:04:37 GMT

GROTON, Conn. (AP) — James Messina started making movies at age 12 with a digital camera he bought with money earned mowing lawns.

The luxe life goes to movies

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:33:26 GMT

hT he Showcase Cinemas SuperLux in Chestnut Hill is not your typical movie-going experience. An employee in a crisp, all-black uniform greets patrons at the door, ushering them into a lobby that looks more like an upscale hotel than a movie theater.

Kodak ending production of acetate film base

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:01:40 GMT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Eastman Kodak Co. says it's ending in-house production of one of the key components of camera film and cutting 61 jobs.

Doc walks backup singers '20 Feet' into spotlight

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:31:04 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer and Darlene Love, fame and fortune were just a shot away.

Playing Superman a super opportunity

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:01:39 GMT

Producer Christopher Nolan and the makers of “Man of Steel,” which opens Friday, have invested considerable creative energy – and studio dollars – in playing up Superman as a strange, introspective visitor from another planet. They wanted a hero as realistically grounded, in his highflying way, as Nolan’s Batman.

Filmmaker takes center stage in surveillance story

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:54:19 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Laura Poitras' skill and boldness as a documentary filmmaker have gained her Oscar and Emmy nominations, Sundance Film Festival honors and a public TV showcase, even if her work fell short of making a "Super Size Me" splash.

Keeping an eye on the clock

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:05:27 GMT

It’s a little disheartening that the Blu-ray debut of the silent-comedy classic “Safety Last!” (1923) includes a vintage TV documentary entitled “Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius.” Watching some of Lloyd’s more inspired bits, you’d think he’d be as remembered as Chaplin and Keaton, and not just a runner-up. (Is Lloyd’s high-rise stunt of dangling from a building-façade clock as recognizable as the Little Tramp’s mustache? It’s a discussion point, anyway.) Maybe it’s that Lloyd’s comic sensibility didn’t have quite the same episodic propulsiveness as Chaplin’s. For all its lively, creatively staged moments, that ascent to the clock does take a while.

George Plimpton: the ultimate amateur

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:56:09 GMT

Cinemania: best high school movies

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:40:14 GMT

Odd woman out in ‘Shadow Dancer’

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:11:08 GMT

In a summer of apocalyptic movie behemoths, it’s almost shocking to stumble on a modest treat like “Shadow Dancer,” a drama set during the Irish Troubles of the early 1990s. As directed by James Marsh, a very good documentarian (”Man on Wire,” “Project Nim”) making one of his occasional sallies into fiction, the movie’s a tautly minimalist, occasionally generic study of betrayal and family ties.

‘45 Minutes From Broadway’ is way off

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:10:45 GMT

Movie capsules: Short reviews of what’s in theaters

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:10:39 GMT

Capsule reviews of new and recently released movies.

NUCLEAR FUSION OF THE CINEMATIC SORT: MOVIES WITHIN MOVIES

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:56:36 GMT

Which is more impressive: the shag-carpet fullness of Michael Douglas’s beard (take that, Liberace!) or the glorious cascade of Jane Fonda’s tresses? Clearly, 1979 was a great year for hair. Poor Jack Lemmon doesn’t stand a chance. Which, if you’ve seen “The China Syndrome,” is pretty much how things play out onscreen.

The Whedon players

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:38:11 GMT

Joss Whedon’s hardcore fans will have no trouble recognizing the actors in “Much Ado About Nothing,” but the rest of the movie-going world may need a scorecard.

COMPANY MAN

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:33:47 GMT

You’re the star of a long-running TV drama with a grueling production schedule. Or, you’re a key actor in a series of blockbuster comic-book-based films. A friend calls with a proposition: “Hey, I want you to be in my next movie. It’s 12 days of shooting. At my house. And, oh yeah, it’ll be black and white. And, um, it’s Shakespeare.”

From Chelmsford High to Monsters U.

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:23:58 GMT

When the Kelly family of Chelmsford ate at the local Friendly’s, Dean Kelly was the kid more interested in drawing pictures on his placemat than in eating fries or ice cream.