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Commentary: Sequel summer steams on

The summer movie season has already brought moviegoers "Iron Man 3" and "Star Trek Into Darkness," the 12th film in that series. Still to come are second installments of "Grown Ups," "Despicable Me," "The Smurfs," "RED," "Kick-Ass," "300" and "Percy Jackson." There's also "Wolverine," a continuation... 39 minutes ago

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Sorrentino serves up a cinema banquet at Cannes

Paolo Sorrentino has a thing about food - appropriately enough, for the director of a sumptuous feast of a film, "The Great Beauty."

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A black-and-white film about a heart of gold

Noah Baumbach's playful, effervescent comedy "Frances Ha" is the story of a young woman's quest to find an apartment in New York. That's an arduous task for most ordinary, gainfully employed people. But Frances (Greta Gerwig) is neither ordinary nor employed. She's a relentless optimist who always...
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Even stone-cold criminals have moms

Kang-do (Lee Jung-jin), the blank-faced protagonist of "Pieta," is a collector for a loan shark who charges outrageous interest: Borrow $3,000, say, and you'll have to pay back $30,000 in three months. Since most of the clients, who live in an industrial slum in Cheonggyecheon, South Korea, can ...
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West Bank and romance prominent in 'Omar'

One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the plot.

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Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival

Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

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Debbie Reynolds: We all knew Liberace was gay

In the new film "Behind the Candelabra," veteran entertainer Debbie Reynolds has just three major scenes to flesh out one of the most complicated figures in piano-playing showman Liberace's life: his loving but sometimes manipulative mother Frances.
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'Furious 6': Dumb fun in the summer time

Bad movies are rarely as much fun as these "Fast and the Furious" pictures. And make no mistake about it - they're bad.
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There's no cure for this miserable 'Hangover'

There is a certain amount of raunchiness, absurdity and juvenile humor expected from the "Hangover" films. The title itself makes it clear this isn't a Mensa tea party.
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'Epic' doesn't quite live up to its title

Derivative as all get out and plainly concocted by a committee, "Epic" is a children's animated film that is more entertaining and emotional than it has any right to be.
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'Hangover III': It's time to sober up

Guys get blotto ... wake up and can't remember what happened the night before ... madness ensues.