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  To Actresses on the Brink of 40: Go Bad or Go Home
  By Inkoo Kang
  Thu Jun 13, 2013

  Last week, EW columnist Mark Harris tweeted a statistic disturbing to anyone who cares about gender equality on the big screen: “It’s... More >>

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  After 44 Years, Hollywood Is Finally Smart Enough to Make a Judy Blume Movie
  By Nick Schager
  Thu Jun 13, 2013

  Judy Blume’s first novel, The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo, was published in 1969, yet it’s only now, 44 years later, that... More >>

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  Man of Steel
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu Jun 13, 2013

  Zack Snyder's Man of Steel is a movie event with an actual movie inside, crying to get out. Despite its preposterous self-seriousness, its... More >>

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  This Is the End
  By Alan Scherstuhl
  Thu Jun 13, 2013

  From the peak of Anchorman to the nadir of Burt Wonderstone, the formula for studio comedies of the last 20 years has been simple: Dude acts like... More >>

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  Man of Steel: Making Sense of All That Christ and Death Stuff
  By Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu Jun 13, 2013

  Sometimes, there’s just too damn much to say about a movie than can fit into any one review. (Even Stephanie Zacharek’s exhaustive,... More >>

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  The Internship
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu Jun 6, 2013

  Eager young people can't find jobs; qualified older people can't find jobs. There's nothing funny about that, which is exactly why someone ought... More >>

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  If George R.R. Martin Wrote Every TV Show Ever
  By Alan Scherstuhl
  Thu Jun 6, 2013

  George R.R. Martin took a break from killing Starks today to send us this list of the notes he would send to the producers of TV shows if he were... More >>

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  The Purge
  By Alan Scherstuhl
  Thu Jun 6, 2013

  Here's a category idea for bar trivia: Collect one-sentence plot summaries of young-adult novel series and R-rated horror films, and see who can... More >>

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  It's Blockbuster Time: Your Guide to the Summer Movie Season
  By Simon Abrams
  Thu May 30, 2013

  5/31: Now You See Me: Action filmmaker Louis Leterrier's output is all over the map, from the fitfully delightful Transporter 2 to... More >>

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  As He Likes It: Joss Whedon Takes On Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
  By Amy Nicholson
  Thu May 30, 2013

  After completing five months of principal photography on The Avengers, Joss Whedon flew back to Los Angeles and threw himself a welcome-home... More >>

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  After Earth: Smith Family Robinson
  By Alan Scherstuhl
  Thu May 30, 2013

  The surprise twist in the new M. Night Shyamalan film is that the film is directed by M. Night Shyamalan, a fact that the movie—like the... More >>

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  After Auteur: How M. Night Shyamalan Became Just Another Director
  By Nick Schager
  Thu May 30, 2013

  Wait, you didn’t know that After Earth, the Will Smith–Jaden Smith sci-fi adventure hitting theaters this weekend, is the latest from... More >>

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  In Omit the Logic, Richard Pryor Crucifies Himself, Again and Again
  By Alan Scherstuhl
  Thu May 30, 2013

  “Least you got to see a motherfucker crucify himself,” Richard Pryor spits in the most surprising footage director Marina Zenovich... More >>

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  Cannes: Heli Is Family Drama Set Against Mexico’s Drug Wars
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 23, 2013

  One of the most exciting things about attending the Cannes Film Festival is being among the first people to see the films the world will be... More >>