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Michael Shannon stars as prolific contract killer Richard Kuklinski in The Iceman. Wynona Rider plays his wife and Ray Liotta his boss.

'The Iceman': Michael Shannon owns the screen in portrayal of a contract killer

More than most actors, including most screen actors, Michael Shannon belongs in movies. And nowhere does he prove it more completely than in "The Iceman," as real-life contract killer Richard Kuklinski.

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'The Hangover, Part III': Franchise finale not likely to linger

Slow, sentimental and somewhat sedated, the third Hangover movie is spent of energy. It won't take much to sleep this one off.
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'Fast & Furious 6': bad but fun, just like its predecessors

Bad movies are rarely as much fun as these Fast and the Furious pictures. They stick to a rigid formula of hot cars, street races in front of beautiful women and impossible road heists. But the easy bonhomie of the cast, the jokey script and in-your-face slam-bang action make this junk food go down...

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'Epic': Patchwork story line can't keep up with superb 3-D animation

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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Alexander Payne feels at home with 'Nebraska'

Writer-director Alexander Payne has been nominated for three screenplay Oscars and has won two. So what did the man responsible for films including "Election," "Sideways" and "The Descendants" feel about working with someone else's script for the first time?
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WikiLeaks tale goes beyond site founder Assange

LOS ANGELES - When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of powerful governments and corporations...
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Adventures in Barrywood: The French need to leave Jerry Lewis alone

There are times when I wish the French hated Jerry Lewis.
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Jesse Eisenberg just might be the smartest actor in the room

ORLANDO, Fla. - Jesse Eisenberg earned an Oscar nomination playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. In "Zombieland," he's the narrator who has figured out all manner of "rules" for surviving the zombie apocalypse.
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Takei says Cho good choice for latest 'Star Trek'

Portraying USS Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu in the latest "Star Trek" movie comes with big shoes to fill, but the man who played the part in the TV series and six films has given his blessing to the actor currently playing the role.

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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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JC Chandor gains a Cannes hit with 'All Is Lost'

J.C. Chandor may just have saved someone's life during an interview in Cannes.