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3 hrs ago | Firstshowing.net

Must Watch: Hugh Jackman Rages in New Trailer for 'The Wolverine'

" Eternity can be a curse. A man can run out of things to live for. " Honestly, the first domestic trailer for The Wolverine from director James Mangold was a little underwhelming for this writer.

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Related Topix: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Celebrities, Hugh Jackman, Knight and Day, Walk the Line, Drama Movies, 3:10 to Yuma, Biography Movies, Music!

Tue May 21, 2013

Ultimate-guitar.com

Ricky Gervais Premieres 'Learn Guitar With David Brent' [News]

Ricky Gervais has posted the first video in a series which revives his classic comedy character David Brent on YouTube.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Ghost Town, The Office, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, The Ricky Gervais Show, Extras, Ricky Gervais

The Leaf-Chronicle

'Candelabra' fired up Michael Douglas, Matt Damon

Michael Douglas is Liberace and Matt Damon is his longtime lover and confidant Scott Thorson in 'Behind the Candelabra,' which is screening at Cannes and airs on HBO on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, The Rainmaker, Celebrities, Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger

Hollywood Reporter

Kanye West Is 'Pushing' Will Smith To Make New Music

"We went in the studio a couple times, so I might get the bug. I'm not going to do it unless I'm truly inspired, but Ye's been pushing me a little bit," the actor says.

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Related Topix: After Earth, Will Smith, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Wild Wild West, Comedy Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Celebrities

CBC News

Cannes critics embrace Coen brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis

U.S. directors Joel, left, and Ethan Coen pose on Sunday ahead of screening Inside Llewyn Davis at the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.

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Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment, Dave Van Ronk, Folk, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Barton Fink, Drama Movies, Music!, Fargo, Crime Movies, Adventure, O Brother, Where Art Thou?

FiveThirtyEight

ArtsBeat: Obie Awards Honor 'Detroit' and 'Grimly Handsome'

Because of a tie vote, the judges for the 2013 Obie Awards, announced on Monday night, chose two winners for best new American play: Lisa D'Amour's dark comedy "Detroit" and Julia Jarcho's triptych "Grimly Handsome." Other Obies included playwriting awards for Annie Baker and Ayad Akhtar for "Disgraced," which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma!, Musical Movies, Shuler Hensley, Theater, Arts

Mon May 20, 2013

Broadway

Tony Winner Christian Borle Joins Chris Hemsworth and Viola Davis in Cyber Crime Thriller

Tony winner and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Christian Borle will go from Smash to cyberspace, as the actor has just landed a role in writer-director Michael Mann's upcoming cyber crime thriller, reports Deadline .

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Related Topix: Smash, Entertainment, Television, Christian Borle, Public Enemies, War Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, The Last of the Mohicans, Adventure

DVD Verdict

3:10 to Yuma (1957) (Blu-ray) Criterion Collection

"Funny, some men you see every day for ten years and you never notice; some men you see once and they're with you for the rest of your life." For modern audiences, movies in the Western genre prior to its Italian renaissance often get lumped together under the derogatory "oater" heading for being cliched and predictable.

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Related Topix: 3:10 to Yuma, Glenn Ford, Van Heflin

DVD Verdict

The Great Escape

World War II is raging on, and the Germans have dedicated one of their concentration camps to holding Allied prisoners well-known for making escape attempts.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Maverick, Adventure, Celebrities, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn

Chicago Reader

Weekly Top Five: Joseph Lewis and the B movie swamp

Tomorrow night, the University of Chicago's Doc Films will screen the Joseph H. Lewis noir Gun Crazy , one of the major works of classic B cinema and one of the most radical and thoroughly entertaining movies in American film history, period.

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Related Topix: University of Chicago, Terror in a Texas Town, Chicago, IL

MacLeans

Beautiful Loser: the Coens' portrait of a failed folkie lights up Cannes

Here at Maclean's, we appreciate the written word. And we appreciate you, the reader.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, True Grit, Adventure, Burn After Reading, Now, Drive, Action Movies, Comedy Movies, Science Fiction Movies

Examiner.com

Make a Film Foundation premieres 'The Magic Bracelet' in Beverly Hills

A host of Hollywood celebrities and guests were in attendance for The Make A Film Foundation and its world premiere of 'The Magic Bracelet' at the WGA Theater in Beverly Hills Saturday evening.

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Related Topix: Hollywood (Los Angeles, CA), Los Angeles, CA, Theater, Arts, Once Upon a Time, Entertainment, Television, Bailee Madison, Drama Movies, True Grit, Adventure

Sun May 19, 2013

411mania.com

The Gratuitous B-Movie Column 5.20.13 Issue #258: Oblivion

The Gratuitous B-Movie Column 5.20.13 Issue #258: Oblivion Posted by Bryan Kristopowitz on 05.20.2013 A look at the big budget sci-fi action flick Oblivion , quick hits on The Following and How I Met Your Mother , a new B-Movie Babe is named and more! Hello, everyone, and welcome once again to the internets movie review column that is pretty dang ... (more)

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Related Topix: Oblivion, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Celebrities, Tom Cruise, Movies, Entertainment

411mania.com

411 Box Office Report: Star Trek Into Darkness Warps to #1

Star Trek Into Darkness may not have been the box office bonanza that some people had hoped for but it still crushed the box office with a first-place finish.

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Related Topix: Magic Mike, Pain & Gain, Oblivion, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Mud, Movies, Entertainment

The Papillion Times

TV Q&a: What's the deal with that Robert J. Wilke?

Question: I watch Encore's Westerns channel a lot. Robert J. Wilke is not a well-known name, but his face is very recognizable.

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Related Topix: High Noon, Thriller, Drama Movies, Stripes, Short, Comedy Movies, War Movies, Lee Van Cleef, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Wagon Train, Emergency!

The Globe and Mail

Coen brothers' brand of humour on full display at Cannes

Director Joel Coen speaks during a press conference for Inside Llewyn Davis at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2013.

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Related Topix: A Serious Man, Drama Movies, True Grit, Adventure, Movies, Entertainment, World News, Germany, Brothers

EDGE

Unsinkable

The spunky song-and-dancer entertainer and actress Debbie Reynolds, now 81, looks back with humor and zestful spirits in her memoir "Unsinkable" at a personal life that might well have done a lesser lady in and at an enviable career that is still going strong.

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Related Topix: Two Weeks with Love, Comedy Movies, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Musical Movies, Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher, Easy-Listening

Toledo Blade

Mixed reviews for Depp's Tonto

The Hollywood image of Tonto once had the Lone Ranger's sidekick wearing a thin headband and lots of dangling fringes.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Family, Edward Scissorhands, Drama Movies, Adventure, Musical Movies, Celebrities, Johnny Depp, The Lone Ranger, Action Movies, Oklahoma, Jay Silverheels, Movies, Entertainment

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

George Hatza: An actor rediscovers the thrill

Matthew McConaughey had planned on being a lawyer. Instead, in 1996, he played one in Joel Schumacher's film adaptation of John Grisham's "A Time To Kill." He caused a sensation.

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Related Topix: Magic Mike, Mud, Killer Joe, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Lone Star, Thriller, Mystery Movies, A Time to Kill, Contact, Science Fiction Movies

Sat May 18, 2013

The Jersey Journal

Family Viewing: 'Lonely Are the Brave'

Once upon a time: In a tiny New Mexican town, rough-and-ready cowboy Jack Burns picks a fight with the cops - simply so they'll put him in jail, where he can help a friend break out.

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Related Topix: Lonely Are the Brave, Drama Movies, Entertainment

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