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Double dose of Korean weirdness!

"Soo" is a gruesome revenge thriller -- and the absurdist "Righteous Ties" is the Korean answer to "Down by Law
Bob Calhoun
Mother

A Hitchcock thriller, made in Korea

A tormented mom turns cop, lawyer and shrink in a twisty, creepy mystery from the director of "The Host"
Andrew O'Hehir

"Our Family Wedding": Say, "I do!"

It may look cliched, but this culture-clash comedy is an example of what's missing from mainstream American film
Stephanie Zacharek
Media Criticism

Banned from the screening room!

In the latest scuffle between critics and studios, a New York Press writer is barred from a Noah Baumbach preview
Andrew O'Hehir
Corey Haim

The Corey Haim highlight reel

Slide show: From his breakout film roles to his addled interviews
Sarah Hepola
Gabourey Sidibe

Is Gabourey Sidibe's film career over?

Howard Stern's comments about the "Precious" star were distasteful, but he was also right
Kevin Broccoli
Tweet sheet

Twitter mourns Corey Haim

Colson Whitehead, Jeremy Piven, Lisa Marie Presley and others tap out their grief in 140 characters or less
Jed Lipinski

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Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 20:20 EST

"Green Zone": Matt Damon's Iraq war thriller

The "Bourne" star reteams with director Paul Greengrass to play a soldier on a futile mission to find WMD
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Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 19:49 EST

Mexico hopes to lure filmmakers with subsidies

President Felipe Calderon strives to make Mexico "Latin America's movie capital"
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Monday, Mar 8, 2010 20:20 EST

Blogging "City Island": Andy Garcia, the man, the legend, the casting lure

With a genuine movie star in my cast, things happen fast: Marcia Gay Harden! Chloë Sevigny! But no money!
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Monday, Mar 8, 2010 16:09 EST

Oscars: Hollywood's war against itself (continued)

Oscar voters picked the lowest-grossing winner in history -- artistic integrity or commercial suicide?
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Monday, Mar 8, 2010 13:01 EST

Tracy Flick beats out the King of the World!

Our expert panel debates the Oscar winners, beats up on the ceremony and grieves for the future of indie film
Monday, Mar 8, 2010 10:07 EST

Polanski's wife says husband's jailing changed her

"I am no longer the same carefree person," says Emmanuelle Seigner
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Monday, Mar 8, 2010 09:40 EST

Japan defends dolphin hunt in Oscar-winning 'Cove'

In the wake of best documentary win, Japanese cite tradition in slaughtering of dolphins
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Monday, Mar 8, 2010 08:49 EST

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Monday, Mar 8, 2010 08:36 EST

List of winners at the 82nd annual Oscars

"The Hurt Locker," Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock and Kathryn Bigelow take top Oscars
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Monday, Mar 8, 2010 08:08 EST

The 10 funniest tweets during the Oscars

Rainn Wilson, Mindy Kaling and Roger Ebert crack wise in 140 characters or less during awards show
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Monday, Mar 8, 2010 00:49 EST

Bigelow and "Hurt Locker" win big at Oscars

The Iraq war drama nabs five Academy Awards, including a historic best director win
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Monday, Mar 8, 2010 00:08 EST

The story behind Oscar's "Kanye moment"

We talk to the two filmmakers whose personal fight became one of the ceremony's weirdest moments Video
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Sunday, Mar 7, 2010 16:01 EST

"In Memoriam": Oscar mourns the dead

The Academy's annual four-minute lesson in film history -- and mortality -- is the reason I keep watching
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Saturday, Mar 6, 2010 16:01 EST

Oscar predictions and might-have-beens

Our Film Salon expert panel places bets on Oscar's big bash -- and also talks about what we wish would happen
Saturday, Mar 6, 2010 16:01 EST

Oscar's biggest stars: Look closer

Slide show: We zoom in on the nominated performances to find out what makes them great -- or not so great
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Friday, Mar 5, 2010 20:20 EST

"The Oscar": Greatest terrible movie of all time

It destroyed careers -- and won no Oscars. This 1966 spectacle of wretched excess must be seen to be believed
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Friday, Mar 5, 2010 16:01 EST

Jeff Bridges' redemption song

How the actor turned the stock tale of a has-been crooner into an Oscar-nominated marvel
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Friday, Mar 5, 2010 13:06 EST

"Brooklyn's Finest": Dark knights of the NYPD

Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke and Don Cheadle are doomed cops on a collision course in this pulpy melodrama
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Thursday, Mar 4, 2010 20:20 EST

Tim Burton's Alice in Underland

The director plays his best cards: Visual splendor, darkness, Johnny Depp. But has he fallen down a rabbit hole?
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Thursday, Mar 4, 2010 18:05 EST

Oscar face-off: Best actors vs. best actresses

If we really stopped segregating the Academy Awards by sex, who would win? We asked film experts to vote
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Thursday, Mar 4, 2010 15:05 EST

"The Secret of Kells": Oscar's dazzling Irish surprise

Animator Tomm Moore talks about turning Celtic art and fantasy into Oscar season's unexpected delight
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Thursday, Mar 4, 2010 06:04 EST

Movie News Now: "Hurt Locker" plagued by last-second controversy

Bigelow's producer banned from Oscars; real-life soldier may sue. Also: "Predators" set, Abe vs. vampires?
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Wednesday, Mar 3, 2010 14:59 EST

Oscar showdown: Dolphins vs. free-range cattle

Save the dolphins! Save the corporate-slave cows! In the most political of Oscar categories, voters must choose
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Wednesday, Mar 3, 2010 10:33 EST

Bomb disposal expert to sue "Hurt Locker"

Iraq War veteran wants compensation from Oscar-nominated film based on his combat experience
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Tuesday, Mar 2, 2010 20:20 EST

My love-hate relationship with Meryl Streep

She's predictably mannered and fussy. She can also be pretty great
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