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Review | Star Trek Into Darkness

While Star Trek Into Darkness doesn’t hurt for visual spectacle, it falls short of the 2009 reboot in terms of character and plot development as J.J. Abrams & Co. focus their attentions on ratcheting up the action.

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Review | <i>Before Midnight</i>  

Review | Before Midnight

Nine years after Before Sunset, director Richard Linklater and stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy reunite for Before Midnight, the best of the romance series to date.

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Robert Redford on Journalism, Film Funding & <i>The Company You Keep</i>  

Robert Redford on Journalism, Film Funding & The Company You Keep

Legendary actor/director Robert Redford discusses his new political thriller The Company You Keep, the changes in film funding, his interest in journalism, and how became involved with All the President’s Men.

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Review | <i>Jurassic Park 3D</i>  

Review | Jurassic Park 3D

Set aside reservations about 3D post-conversion, because Jurassic Park 3D looks phenomenal, casting Steven Spielberg’s 1993 adventure in a new light and allowing audiences to experience the spectacle all over again.

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Redford Confirms He’ll Play ‘Head of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ in Captain America 2

Veteran actor Robert Redford confirms to SPINOFF ONLINE that he’ll play not merely a senior S.H.I.E.L.D. official but the head of the espionage agency in Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

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Review | <i>The Place Beyond the Pines</i>  

Review | The Place Beyond the Pines

In The Place Beyond the Pines, Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance creates a tragic and touching tale of crime and repercussions, with strong performances by Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper at its center.

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Emmerich Unveils First <br /><i>White House Down</i> Footage  

Emmerich Unveils First
White House Down Footage

Columbia Pictures debuted 8 minutes of footage from White House Down, director Roland Emmerich’s new big budget action flick starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx, to the press, as well as making the first official trailer available online.

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Review | <i>Spring Breakers</i>  

Review | Spring Breakers

Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers is a frenetic, drug-fueled, and sex-filled, look at the downward spiral of four friends that serves as a coming-out party for Disney starlets Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens. However, it’s James Franco who steals the movie.

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<i>Stoker</i> Star Matthew Goode on <br />Evil, Parenting and, Yes, Belts  

Stoker Star Matthew Goode on
Evil, Parenting and, Yes, Belts

Stoker star Matthew Goode talks with Spinoff Online about working with director Park Chan-Wook, playing a piano duet with Mia Wasikowska, and the most disturbing day on the set of the psychological thriller.

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Review | <i>Jack the Giant Slayer</i>  

Review | Jack the Giant Slayer

While director Bryan Singer demonstrates his deftness with 3D in Jack the Giant Slayer, he fails to deliver anything beyond a one-dimensional adventure story, in part by forcing an impressive cast into cookie-cutter roles.

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Oldboy Director Park Chan-Wook Talks Stoker, Violence and Food

Acclaimed director Park Chan-Wook talks with Spinoff Online about his new psychological thriller Stoker, his approach to depicting violence, and his desire to explore new territory in his next film.

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Review | <i>Side Effects</i>  

Review | Side Effects

Billed as director Steven Soderbergh’s final feature, Side Effects is a tense and twisting psychological thriller that elicits stellar performances from stars Rooney Mara and Jude Law.

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