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October 26, 2012, at 11:23 AMHow did filmmakers turn David Mitchell's "unadaptable" 2004 novel into the year's most ambitious, polarizing film?
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Is Cloud Atlas racist?
October 25, 2012, at 12:42 PMThe new film, which hits theaters tomorrow, has been attacked by numerous commentators for using white actors to play Asian characters
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October 25, 2012, at 10:17 AMThe upcoming remake is faithful to the original 1981 cult-classic horror film, but does the world really need lovingly recreated gruesomeness?
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Iron Man 3: Watch the surprisingly dark new trailer
October 23, 2012, at 9:30 AMThe surefire blockbuster, which hits theaters in April, seems to offer a counter-intuitively grim take on the iconic playboy/superhero
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October 23, 2012, at 7:41 AMAn upcoming family-friendly film version of George Orwell's classic dark satire Animal Farm has many bookworms worried
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October 22, 2012, at 2:30 PMWe all have to start somewhere, says Stacy Conradt at Mental Floss. But did you know Michelle Williams was on Home Improvement? Ben Stiller on Miami Vice?
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October 22, 2012, at 2:30 PMThe fourth entry in the horror franchise scared up more than six times its budget in box-office dollars — and two more sequels are already on the way
AMC and Dish settle their lawsuit: Who wins?
October 22, 2012, at 11:55 AMFor several months, 14 million Dish subscribers had to live without AMC's most popular shows, including Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead
Princess Sofia: Meet Disney's first Latina princess
October 19, 2012, at 1:32 PMThere's a new young royal joining the Disney ranks, and she's already at the center of a heated debate
Alex Cross: Can Tyler Perry make the leap to drama?
October 19, 2012, at 11:45 AMThe Diary of a Mad Black Woman star — known for cross-dressing as a gun-toting grandmother — plays a hard-edged cop in the macho new thriller
The long, troubled history of Ghostbusters 3: A timeline
October 18, 2012, at 4:45 PMAfter years and years in development hell, Ghostbusters 3 might finally be happening
Why American Horror Story: Asylum is TV's scariest show
October 18, 2012, at 11:54 AMFrom psychotic doctors to serial killers, the gruesome FX series offers more unnerving moments than anything else on the small screen
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