In 1930s Tennessee, backwoods hermit Felix Bush (Duvall) decides to throw a party for his own funeral -- while he's still alive.
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Most every festival review declares that director Aaron Schneider has created a near-perfect folk tale with his debut feature, one for which Robert Duvall might be celebrated come awards season. Aside from Duvall, the presence of funeral parlor owner Bill Murray might obscure attention paid elsewhere, but we think Sissy Spacek and Bill Cobbs, playing a widow and a reverend, respectively, are the performances to note here. Don't count out heat for Schneider, won an Oscar for the short Two Soldiers, and the screenplay, which was co-written by "Mad Men"'s Chris Provenzano.
Tim (Rudd) is a rising executive who "succeeds" in finding the perfect guest, IRS employee Barry (Carell), for his boss's monthly event, a so-called "dinner for idiots," which offers certain advantages to the exec who shows up with the biggest buffoon.
Buzz:
We're wondering how PG-13 director Jay Roach will handle himself in the post-Hangover world, where the mainstream has embraced bawdy language and behavior. Meanwhile, there have been *a lot* of writers attached to this story during its development and production. Maybe that industry expression "this is a high-concept comedy" is more like a distant-early warning of a tough sell?
The ongoing war between the canine and feline species is put on hold when they join forces to thwart a rogue cat spy with her own sinister plans for conquest.
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So much time between the original movie and this sequel -- it's like the TRON: Legacy of anthropomorphic talking animal movies. Why can't the LOLCats get involved here?
After his younger brother Sam passes away, Charlie St. Cloud (Efron) finds a way to deal with his grief by working as caretaker at the cemetery where Sam is buried. Charlie and Sam keep their bond with nightly conversations and playing catch, however, when a girl enters Charlie's life, he struggles between remaining with Sam or pursuing real-world love.
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By the end of this decade, Zac Efron might pull a Joseph Gordon-Levitt and put his cheesy TV origins fully behind him. For his next drama, Efron reteams with his 17 Again director, Burr Steers, for a project that seems like it has more in common with Steers' first film, Igby Goes Down. Originally set for a summer release, Universal made the smart decision to movie Charlie to the fall. Oops!
Henry Harrison (Kline) is an eccentric literature professor (and failed playwright) who also devotes time to escorting Upper East Side widows to various events. Into his life, and the spare room in his Spartan apartment, comes Louis Ives (Dano), an aspiring playwright (and nascent crossdresser) looking to explore new horizons.
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We missed this one at Sundance, but Kevin Kline's nimble performance is earning raves - if you've watched the trailer, you might agree there are few actors who can pull off this sort of role. And now that we think of it, the same could be said for Paul Dano, whom we applaud for keeping his career more on the indie side of celebrity. Like Solitary Man, look for the latest oddity from Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini to liven up the art-house; next up from the filmmaking duo is the HBO's Cinema Verite, a reworking of the documentary series "An American Family" (which we think will serve as Thomas Dekker's true breakout role).
During the communist era, Andreï Filipov (Guskov) was fired as the conductor of Moscow's Bolshoi Orchestra for refusing to fire all Jewish performers. Now a janitor at the Bolshoi, Andreï intercepts a fax that inspires him to reform his orchestra for a surprise appearance at the Pleyel in Paris.
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For most of last year, Radu Mihaileanu's latest project was eclipsed by A Prophet in its native France (and, well, most everywhere else it played), but kept winning over audiences throughout Europe. American critics have taken offense at some of the characterizations here, but we're ... a bit ... oversensitive. Producer Luc Besson has backed Mihaileanu's next film, La Source des femmes, which will shoot this fall.
A U.S. soldier (O'Nan) returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas.
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This Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner is the first film from writer-director Ryan Piers Williams. In the lead role, relatively unknown actor Ryan O'Nan has earned solid reviews for his performance, and his better known co-stars ably support his campaign to illustrate the horrors faced by today's soldiers as they head home from Iraq (or Afghanistan, or ...).
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The story centers on Veronika, a woman in her mid twenties who appears to have everything: good looks, good job and a great life ahead of her. Yet she decides to end her own life.
Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing…
Kostas Sommer, a Greek film star, travels to various cities around the world, and goes on extreme adventures – anything from skydiving and shark-diving to driving a race car or riding a bull in a rodeo. The first ten episodes will be shot in the United States in cities like…
An exciting, full-length documentary highlighting one of the most influential entertainers of our time. Well known for his artistic vision in bringing comic book characters to life, Stan Lee is best known for his work at Marvel Comics.
Kevin Costner stars as Bud Johnson, an apathetic, beer-slinging, lovable loser, who is coasting through a life that has passed him by, except for the one bright spot in his mundane existence, his precocious, over-achieving twelve-year old daughter, Molly. She takes care of them both, until one mischievous moment on…
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Our Stan Lee Documentary "With Great Power: The Stan Lee story" is almost done. We are actually in the last month of post production. We are so proud of this project and being such a big part of this living legends life. Next week he is being honored in Las Vegas and we ll be there.
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