Birdman doesn't have any right being as fantastic as it is. Structured around a gimmick—the whole movie is meant…

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In early 2011, when David Fincher was getting ready to shoot The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo while in the midst…

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The Toronto Film Festival, which starts Thursday, is always excellent one-stop shopping for many of the major…

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No film series in recent memory relies more on the sheer mass of its cast than the Expendables movies. I've seen…

One of the dumbest things the public does is think it "knows" celebrities. Those people we see on our TV or on a…

1. The best thing about the Marvel movies, to my eyes, is how self-aware they are without ever getting too winking…

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Today, Richard Linklater's acclaimed Boyhood (which we love) opens in select cities. (It'll be expanding next week…