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Johnny Depp stars as a 200-year-old vampire in 'Dark Shadows,' Tim Burton's film adaptation of the '60s gothic soap opera.

Featured movies.

	'Dark Shadows' a dud Team Burton/Depp strikes out with "Dark Shadows." (view showtimes)
	Movie spotlights: 'Darling Companion' and 'Surviving Progress'
	Movie spotlight: 'God Bless America'
	Superpowerful 'Avengers "The Avengers" is a smart, irresistible, action-packed machine. (view showtimes)
	Cold war, hot moves Russian musical "Hipsters" is all-out fun.
	Movie spotlight: 'The Hunter' Willem Dafoe plays Martin, a professional tracking a rare predator while slowly realizing his biotech employers have ensnared him in dirty business.
	MSPIFF 2012: Rest of the fest It's the final week of the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival. (view the full schedule, including reviews and movie trailers)
	Ahoy, misfit mateys Scalawags meet high-seas gags in Aardman Animation's latest. (view showtimes)
	Nevermore, please Everyone involved with the dreary, weak and weary "The Raven" should eat crow. (view showtimes)
	'I do,' delayed "Engagement" goes long, and succeeds anyway. (view showtimes)
	Live and learn An immigrant teacher helps a Montreal classroom cope in "Monsieur Lazhar."
	Movie spotlight: 'The Island President' The Maldives is a nation of tiny inhabited islands in the Indian Ocean, some just 5 feet above sea level. For former President Mohamed Nasheed, climate change and the height of the ocean's surface isn't a theoretical concern, it's a matter of survival.
	Good girls in 'Damsels' "Damsels in Distress" gently skewers young women intent on world betterment. (view showtimes)
	Movie spotlights: 'We Have a Pope,' 'Marley' and 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi'

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Ellen takes up the "Bully" cause
posted by alexism in movies

On her show today, Ellen talked about the upcoming documentary "Bully" and why it's so important that the MPAA replaces the R rating it's been given with a PG-13 rating. Middle and high school kids are the ones in particular that need to see this film, and it should be shown in schools. [...]

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Eastwood
posted by jzeise in movies

Watched J. Edgar last night. Good stuff. Dicaprio is stellar as always, and blah blah blah. This isn't a review, but an admission that the old cowboy can still make me think. Definitions and labels of the types of relationships, and the types of love, are proven completely useless in this flick. [...]

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Polanski
posted by jzeise in movies

Its hard for me to separate the artist from his history. I won't be seeing Carnage, although the source material has gotten plenty of kudos and the cast is accomplished, I know I couldn't enjoy it. Always in the back of my head there is the niggling realization that this guy plead guilty to Unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. [...]

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Didn't like that movie? Just sue.
posted by alexism in movies

A woman has filed a lawsuit against the distributors of the film "Drive" as well as the theater where she saw it, claiming she was misled by the trailer. Good lord. This lawsuit has no legs whatsoever, but the audacity of it is just so mind-blowing. [...]

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"Attack of the Moon Zombies" Official Movie Trailer
posted by SidKorpi in movies

Check out this most awesome B&W 1950s-drive-in-style B-movie creature feature by writer/director Christopher R. Mihm: "Attack of the Moon Zombies." You can catch an exclusive screening at the New Hope Cinema Grill Thursday, July 14, 7 p.m., which features an all-you-can-eat buffet of salad, pizza and soda, AND personal appearances by the director, actors and a Moon Zombie! [...]