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Amazon MGM Studios touts multi-year plan for Toronto-based production

Amazon MGM Studios touts multi-year plan for Toronto-based production

Amazon MGM Studios says it’s setting up a production hub in Toronto as part of a multi-year plan to expand its Canadian footprint.
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Movie Review: Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’ is a powerful, artful, interpretation of ‘Caste’

Movie Review: Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’ is a powerful, artful, interpretation of ‘Caste’

Words like “important” and “vital” are thrown around possibly a little too much in film criticism. It’s not that we don’t mean it — it’s just that sometimes we (ok, I) can get a bit excited.
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At 40, the Sundance Film Festival celebrates its past and looks to the future

At 40, the Sundance Film Festival celebrates its past and looks to the future

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck remember the feeling of being the new kids at the Sundance Film Festival.
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‘Mean Girls’ takes 1st place at the box office. So fetch.

‘Mean Girls’ takes 1st place at the box office. So fetch.

Winter storms and cinema closures in North America didn’t dampen the opening weekend for “ Mean Girls.
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Movie Review: Still trying to make ‘fetch’ happen, now in song: ‘Mean Girls’ gets a musical update

Movie Review: Still trying to make ‘fetch’ happen, now in song: ‘Mean Girls’ gets a musical update

The first “Mean Girls,” that compulsively watchable high-school based social satire by Tina Fey , came out in 2004. The Broadway musical opened in 2018. Now it’s 2024, and we have a screen adaptation of the theater adaptation.
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‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Barbie,’ ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ advance with Producers Guild nominations

‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Barbie,’ ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ advance with Producers Guild nominations

“Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” will face off at yet another awards ceremony this season, this time at the Producers Guild Awards where they are among the 10 films nominated for the top prize.
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Daniel Day-Lewis breaks from retirement to fete Martin Scorsese at National Board of Review Awards

Daniel Day-Lewis breaks from retirement to fete Martin Scorsese at National Board of Review Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Day-Lewis took a break from retirement to present Martin Scorsese the award for best director at the National Board of Review Awards in midtown Manhattan on Thursday night.
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Keanu Reeves to build on his BRZRKR comic book universe with debut novel

Keanu Reeves to build on his BRZRKR comic book universe with debut novel

Keanu Reeves has set down his guns and picked up a pen as co-author of his debut novel. The "John Wick" action star announced he will expand the universe of his BRZRKR comic book series with "The Book of Elsewhere," written with U.K.
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From Finland, with love, Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen bring ‘Fallen Leaves’ to Hollywood

From Finland, with love, Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen bring ‘Fallen Leaves’ to Hollywood

LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are two types of cinephiles in the world: Aki Kaurismäki fans and future Aki Kaurismäki fans.
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Review: In the bonkers 'The Beekeeper,' Jason Statham has more than a bee in his bonnet

Review: In the bonkers 'The Beekeeper,' Jason Statham has more than a bee in his bonnet

Secret agents and murderous assassins seem to lurk in increasingly mundane places.
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