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On HBO: CLEAR HISTORY (2013)
CLEAR HISTORY(US - 2013)Directed by Greg Mottola. Written by Larry David, Alec Berg, David Mandel, Jeff Schaffer. Cast: Larry David, Jon Hamm, Kate Hudson, Michael Keaton, Danny McBride, Eva Mendes,...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: THE COMPANY YOU KEEP (2013) and THE BIG WEDDING (2013)
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP(US/Canada/Luxembourg - 2013)Despite one of the most star-studded casts of 2013, THE COMPANY YOU KEEP only made it to 807 screens in the US, just over the threshold required to...
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In Theaters: ELYSIUM (2013)
ELYSIUM(US - 2013)Written and directed by Neill Blomkamp. Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, William Fichtner, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Emma Tremblay,...
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In Theaters: KICK-ASS 2 (2013)
KICK-ASS 2(US/UK/Japan - 2013)Written and directed by Jeff Wadlow. Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jim Carrey, Morris Chestnut, John Leguizamo, Clark Duke,...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: SHADOW DANCER (2013) and ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY (2013)
SHADOW DANCER(UK/Ireland/France - 2012; 2013 US release)Some good performances help prod this dawdling IRA drama along to a legitimately unexpected finish, but until the last five minutes, it's pretty...
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In Theaters: THE WORLD'S END (2013)
THE WORLD'S END(US/UK - 2013)Directed by Edgar Wright. Written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike, Pierce...
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In Theaters: YOU'RE NEXT (2013)
YOU'RE NEXT(US/UK - 2013)Directed by Adam Wingard. Written by Simon Barrett. Cast: Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn, AJ Bowen, Joe Swanberg, Amy Seimetz, Rob Moran, Barbara Crampton, Sarah...
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In Theaters/On VOD: THE FROZEN GROUND (2013)
THE FROZEN GROUND(US/Germany - 2013)Written and directed by Scott Walker. Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Vanessa Hudgens, Radha Mitchell, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Dean Norris, Kevin Dunn, Olga...
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In Theaters: CLOSED CIRCUIT (2013)
CLOSED CIRCUIT(UK - 2013)Directed by John Crowley. Written by Steve Knight. Cast: Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Ciarin Hinds, Jim Broadbent, Julia Stiles, Anne-Marie Duff, Kenneth Cranham, Riz Ahmed,...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: STRANDED (2013) and EVIDENCE (2013)
STRANDED(Canada/UK - 2013)Nice to see we're still getting blatant ALIEN ripoffs 34 years after the Ridley Scott classic. STRANDED is especially sad since it's directed by Oscar-winning art director...
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In Theaters: BLUE JASMINE (2013)
BLUE JASMINE(US - 2013)Written and directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Cate Blanchett, Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin, Louis C.K., Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alden...
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In Theaters/On VOD: PASSION (2013)
PASSION(France/Germany - 2013)Directed by Brian De Palma. Written by Brian De Palma and Natalie Carter. Cast: Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Karoline Herfurth, Paul Anderson, Rainer Bock, Benjamin...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: THE ICEMAN (2013) and EMPIRE STATE (2013)
THE ICEMAN(US - 2013)It's hard for any 1970s set mob thriller to not swing from Martin Scorsese's nutsack, and while THE ICEMAN, based on the true story of career hit man Richard Kuklinski, is...
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In Theaters: THE FAMILY (2013)
THE FAMILY(France/US - 2013)Directed by Luc Besson. Written by Luc Besson and Michael Caleo. Cast: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, John D'Leo, Vincent Pastore,...
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In Theaters: INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 (2013)
INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2(US/UK - 2013)Directed by James Wan. Written by Leigh Whannell. Cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, Lin Shaye, Steve Coulter, Ty Simpkins, Leigh Whannell, Angus...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: THE BLING RING (2013); JAVA HEAT (2013); and PAWN SHOP...
THE BLING RING(US/France/Japan/Germany - 2013)Sofia Coppola's latest film is an account of the rash of 2008-2009 burglaries of celebrity homes in the Hollywood Hills committed by a group of privileged...
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New from Scream Factory: SCANNERS Double Feature
Ten years after David Cronenberg's 1981 classic SCANNERS, his former producer Pierre David got the ball rolling on two back-to-back-shot sequels that have fallen into relative obscurity until the...
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In Theaters: PRISONERS (2013)
PRISONERS(US - 2013)Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Written by Aaron Guzikowski. Cast: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano, Len Cariou,...
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On DVD/Blu-ray/Netflix streaming: ROOM 237 (2013) and SIMON KILLER (2013)
ROOM 237(US - 2013)Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING opened largely to critical derision in the summer of 1980, with many complaining that it deviated too much from Stephen King's 1977 novel. It was still...
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On DVD/Blu-ray: V/H/S/2 (2013) and I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 2 (2013)
V/H/S/2(US - 2013)This bigger-budgeted sequel to last year's overrated horror anthology V/H/S is pretty much along the same lines: some memorable and inspired moments mixed with some groaners....
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