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The Rules of The Sequel

Last summer, I took some time out to publish a breakdown of necessary rules Hollywood has inadvertently created to successfully pull off a remake. But there is another genre that many believe is a sign of the lack of [...]...
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[Mark’s Review] The White Ribbon

“Beauty has to suffer. That’s what they say,” the doctor muses at one point in The White Ribbon. The coupling of these antithetical poles is a longstanding motif in Austrian director Michael Haneke’s films....
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Breaking Dawn Going In The Fall?

According to a report in the LA Times the fourth and final (thank god) book in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, could begin production in the fall for a 2011 release. ...