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2013 Stories by Amy Nicholson
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Linsanity Examines Jeremy Lin as an Asian-American NBA Star, and a Christian
published October 3, 2013
What's important to Jeremy Lin? He'll tell you. In fact, he'll even rank it. What are the 25-year-old NBA point guard's favorite cartoon... More >>
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Dane DeHaan Is One of Hollywood's Hottest Young Talents. Why Is He Starring in a Metallica 3-D Concert Movie?
published September 26, 2013
When Dane DeHaan asked his parents for a Metallica album, they tracked one down, gave it a listen, and said no. "They were just really... More >>
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 Maintains the Original's Comedy Cred
published September 26, 2013
Kids are assholes, or at least cartoons think so. Animation has inked a grand tradition of cruelty, from Wile E. Coyote's countless failed... More >>
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Prisoners Is Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal's Ploy for Oscars That's Bound to Fail
published September 19, 2013
If five Oscar nominees lose two young girls in the woods, will their wailing make a sound? That's the key question of Prisoners, Denis... More >>
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Isaiah Washington Explains How He Played the D.C. Sniper
published September 12, 2013
Isaiah Washington didn't want to play John Allen Muhammad, the Beltway sniper who triggered three weeks of terror in 2002. The man — make... More >>
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World 3D Expo Comes to the Egyptian Theatre
published September 5, 2013
To program a 3-D festival, you have to be one part cineaste, two parts Sherlock Holmes. In its 1950s heyday, Hollywood shot exactly 50 3-D... More >>
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Riddick Is Like a Grisly, R-Rated Kids' Book
published September 5, 2013
Richard B. Riddick—Dick to his friends, if he had any—is an intergalactic meathead who's glowered through three movies, two video... More >>
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Brian de Palma Explains How His Erotic Remake Passion Is Better Than the Original
published August 29, 2013
Brian De Palma had a good reason for remaking the erotic French thriller Love Crime: He could do it better. "I think it's very... More >>
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Barely Scratching a Boy Band's Surface in One Direction: This Is Us
published August 29, 2013
Morgan Spurlock loves money. His documentaries are fascinated by cheap cheeseburgers, product placement, and freakonomics, and his latest... More >>
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You're Next, a Slasher Flick for the Occupy Era
published August 22, 2013
On Sept. 17, 2011, 1,000 protesters set up tents in Manhattan's financial district and dubbed themselves Occupy Wall Street. Four days later,... More >>
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Prince Avalanche Director David Gordon Green Finds Inspiration in Texas' Worst Fire Ever
published August 15, 2013
When David Gordon Green introduced Paul Rudd to Emile Hirsch, the two actors didn't click. It was an awkward seafood dinner. "Emile just... More >>
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Cinefamily's Annual Grab Bag, the Everything Is Festival
published August 8, 2013
"Going down a wormhole is the only way to program something like this," says Everything Is Festival co-programmer Dimitri Simakis. He knows... More >>
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Why Aren't Women Hired for Movie Trailer Voice-Overs?
published August 8, 2013
Lake Bell can do incredible things with her tongue. She can touch her nose, twist it to both sides, and fold it backward as flat as an... More >>
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Lovelace, Starring Amanda Seyfried as the Famed Porn Star, Is a One-Person Rashomon
published August 8, 2013
Linda Lovelace spent more time typing than taking off her clothes. In her one year in the porn business, she shot a single feature and a... More >>
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Planes Raises Intriguing Questions About the Implications of Airplane Sentience
published August 8, 2013
You can guess the plot of Disney's Planes — it's just Cars 2 with wings, an international romp that pits a... More >>
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A Sundance Festival in L.A.
published August 1, 2013
Last November, director Chad Hartigan was in line to see Lincoln at the Vista Theatre in Los Feliz, wondering if it was time for him... More >>
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Sundance Next Weekend Fest: Three Best Films to See
published August 1, 2013
Our top picks for Sundance's Next Weekend... More >>
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L.A. Film Festival 2013: Documentaries About the City, From Rappers to the LACMA Rock
published June 13, 2013
See also: *L.A.... More >>
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COVER STORY
Joss Whedon's The Avengers Grossed $1.5 Billion. His Next Film? A Shakespeare Play He Shot in His Backyard
published May 30, 2013
After completing five months of principal photography on The Avengers, Joss Whedon flew back to Los Angeles and threw himself a... More >>
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Clark Gregg, the New King of the Whedonverse
published May 30, 2013
*See also: Joss Whedon's The Avengers Grossed... More >>
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Brit Marling Saves the World From the World-Savers, in The East
published May 30, 2013
You're either with Brit Marling or you're against her. The 29-year-old blond filmmaker (who describes herself on Twitter as a tree... More >>
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With Star Trek Into Darkness, J.J. Abrams Boldly Goes Back to Khan
published May 16, 2013
"Who are you?" pleads a doomed man as Benedict Cumberbatch looms into his first close-up in Star Trek Into Darkness. The answer is... More >>
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Cheech and Chong Tell Us About Their New Animated Movie, the Duo's First Feature in 29 Years
published April 18, 2013
In 1972, the year after their first self-titled comedy album, Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong played the Berkeley Community Theater with... More >>
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Funny or Die's iSteve Beat All the Other Steve Jobs Biopics to the Screen. Maybe Because It Was Shot in Five Days
published April 11, 2013
Steve Jobs will be directed by Aaron Sorkin. Jobs stars Ashton Kutcher. But this year's third Steve Jobs biopic, Funny... More >>
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Tattoo Nation Chronicles the History of the SoCal Ink Scene, From Danny Trejo to Ed Hardy
published March 28, 2013
Tattoo Nation documentarian Eric Schwartz isn't inked himself — "I'm nicknamed 'The Virgin,' " he admits — but when... More >>
