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Shane Carruth, director of ‘Upstream Colors,’ builds a movie language in layers

By DENNIS LIMNew York Times News Service | Wednesday, April 24 1:49 p.m.
‘I won’t always give satisfying answers,” filmmaker Shane Carruth said, by way of warning, in an interview...

Tom Cruise’s ‘Oblivion’ has the whiff of the overly familiar

By Roger MooreMcClatchy Newspapers | Tuesday, April 23 3:59 p.m.
Science fiction is one film genre that seems to wear its ancestors, the films that inspired it or, less charitably, that it...

Famous stunt woman Zoe Bell takes on more acting with a supporting role in ‘Oblivion’

By Roger MooreMCT | Wednesday, April 17 2:20 p.m.
Quentin Tarantino made her the most famous stunt woman alive. But Zoe Bell, now 34 and years removed from her breakout in...

Just saying ‘No’: Movie shows how commercials saved Chile from dictatorship

By Roger MooreMCT | Wednesday, April 17 2:18 p.m.
Here’s a fascinating piece of history that escaped much of the world’s notice when it happened in 1988.

Review: ‘Ginger & Rosa’ friendship has a ticking bomb

By A.O. SCOTTNew York Times News Service | Wednesday, April 17 2:17 p.m.
Ginger and Rosa are best friends. Vanguard baby boomers born in adjacent London hospital beds in 1945, they are teenagers in...

‘Scary Movie V’: When small appliances misbehave

By ANDY WEBSTERNew York Times News Service | Sunday, April 14 12:50 p.m.
It’s not even Halloween, and Dimension Films (the Weinstein Co.’s horror, action and sophomoric-comedy arm) is...

Jackie Robinson: The superhero who leaped color lines

By DANA JENNINGSNew York Times News Service | Wednesday, April 10 12:43 p.m.
Watching the movie “42” brings to mind the ending to John Ford’s fine 1962 western, “The Man Who Shot...

‘Blue Valentine’ director Derek Cianfrance looks at the difference between perception and reality in his new film ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’

By Mick LaSalleSan Francisco Chronicle | Wednesday, April 10 12:42 p.m.
‘The Place Beyond the Pines” is where writer-director Derek Cianfrance gets to show that his previous film,...

‘Trance’: Danny Boyle puzzler is mind-bending, but little else

By JAKE COYLEAssociated Press | Wednesday, April 10 12:42 p.m.
Plot-twisting puzzlers are a bubble market in the movies these days, with an arms race of “Inception”-like reality...

‘On the Road’ paved over by good intention

By JAKE COYLEAssociated Press | Thursday, April 04 12:01 a.m.
Walter Salles’ “On the Road” was made with noble intentions, finely-crafted filmmaking and handsome casting,...

‘Evil Dead’: Bruce Campbell helps with new version of horror movie

By ERIK PIEPENBURGNew York Times News Service | Wednesday, April 03 1:39 p.m.
Zack Carlson is a huge fan of the 1981 horror film “The Evil Dead.” That’s why he won’t be seeing the...

‘Temptation’: Charisma, wealth, flattery — Who could resist?

By ANDY WEBSTERNew York Times News Service | Wednesday, April 03 11:01 a.m.
The actor, director and playwright Tyler Perry has long embraced religion in his films, but perhaps never more so than in his...

‘G.I. Joe’ takes over box office

By DERRIK J. LANGAPAssociated Press | Monday, April 01 12:01 a.m.
LOS ANGELES — After a nine-month delay, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” deployed to the top spot at the box office.

‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ a bit off-the-wall

By Peter HartlaubSan Francisco Chronicle | Thursday, March 28 12:01 a.m.
History says there are two ways for Hollywood to handle something like a G.I. Joe movie: Take a completely straight-forward...

‘The Host’: Director Andrew Niccol makes this Stephenie Meyer novel work on screen

By Mick LaSalleSan Francisco Chronicle | Wednesday, March 27 2:33 p.m.
‘The Host” is based on a Stephenie Meyer novel, but don’t think of it that way. Meyer is the author of the...

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