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11/24/09
"Frozen River," "The Wrestler," "Rachel Getting Married" and "Ballast" were among the major nominees for the Spirit Awards, which announce their nominations in December but then wait to fete the winners until the day before the Academy Awards (though this year it's now the Friday night before the Oscars).
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indieWIRE
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11/23/09
A sex scene between Ben Foster and Brit Samantha Morton was scrapped from new movie The Messenger - because U.S. Army officials didn't approve of the idea of soldiers sleeping with fallen comrades' wives.
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JAM! Showbiz
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11/12/09
Oren Moverman's directorial debut, The Messenger (written by Moverman with Alessandro Camon), begins with decorated Army officer Ben Foster assigned to spend his last three months of service working in Casualty Notification, which is a thankless task, because as his new partner Woody Harrelson explains, "There's no such thing as a satisfied customer."
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The A.V. Club
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11/10/09
This week's recommendations may not have the distinction of being championed by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, so if you find any of them worth seeing based on my recommendation, it may be more necessary for you to make the effort to get them to play near you.
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MTV Movies Blog
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11/09/09
I'm actually glad that films whose focal point is the current war in the Middle East are still being made.
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Ain't It Cool News
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11/03/09
Tim Burton invades New York, New Italian Cinema hits Los Angeles, Harold and Kumar spread holiday cheer in Austin and everywhere you look, they're celebrating All Tomorrow's Parties -- just some of the holiday film fun you can have this winter at your local repertory theater.
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Independent Film Channel (IFC)
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10/30/09
The Austin Film Festival just wrapped up last Wednesday, October 28th, and while I pity the organizers for having to follow up the cinematic bacchanal that is Fantastic Fest, it sounds like they rounded up some decent titles this year.
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Ain't It Cool News
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10/19/09
Kathryn Bigelow 's hard-hitting war drama The Hurt Locker has emerged as an early Oscars favourite after picking up a string of nominations for the upcoming Gotham Independent Film Awards, one of the season's first big prizegivings.
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The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
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10/08/09
Today marks the first full day of screenings for the Chicago International Film Festival.
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Ain't It Cool News
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09/25/09
Dennis Quaid was a movie star when you were still in diapers.
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JAM! Showbiz