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The wagon couldn’t hold me: 17 fictional drunks who got sober, then gave up
By Zack Handlen, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Rowan Kaiser, Oliver Sava, Emily St. James, Sonia Saraiya, Brandon Nowalk, Mike Vago, Tasha Robinson March 17, 2014 | 5:00am
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Larry Cohen’s God is a deranged God
By A.A. Dowd March 14, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Sleuthing is the perfect antidote to twentysomething boredom
By Jesse Hassenger March 13, 2014 | 4:00pm
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Despite worthier competition, a Hollywood film won the Palme in 1957
By A.A. Dowd March 13, 2014 | 5:00am
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Diddy, Pete Holmes, and Coldplay kick off The A.V. Club’s SXSW coverage
By Marc Hawthorne, Marah Eakin, Kyle Ryan March 12, 2014 | 5:14pm
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Think of this as training wheels for Veronica Mars
By Jesse Hassenger March 11, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Atom Egoyan dramatizes the West Memphis Three case with Devil’s Knot trailer
By A.A. Dowd March 10, 2014 | 10:45pm
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Still in his prime, Robert De Niro presided over a devilishly cool noir
By Nick Schager March 10, 2014 | 4:00pm
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Once upon a time, Hollywood believed that men and women could be powerful
By Mike D'Angelo March 10, 2014 | 5:00am
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What fictional country would you most like to visit?
By Jason Heller, Zack Handlen, Sonia Saraiya, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Emily St. James, Marah Eakin, Brandon Nowalk, Mike Vago, Tasha Robinson March 7, 2014 | 6:00am
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Kurtwood Smith talks Robocop and nude scenes, then gives his Bill Murray story
By Will Harris March 7, 2014 | 6:00am
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Sin City: A Dame To Kill For trailer full of dames, killing
By Sonia Saraiya March 6, 2014 | 9:25pm
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Chicago, see Jason Bateman’s Bad Words early and for free
By Alison Bridges March 6, 2014 | 7:36pm
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Can’t knock the orphan hustle of the trailer for Jay Z’s Annie remake
By Sean O'Neal March 6, 2014 | 5:49pm
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An early Best Picture winner plays like the Magnolia of the 1930s
By Mike D'Angelo March 6, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Here's a first look at that Annie remake
By Caroline Siede March 5, 2014 | 9:59pm
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Please take care of the new Paddington trailer
By Marah Eakin March 5, 2014 | 7:28pm
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Joe Strummer, Steve Buscemi, and others check into Jarmusch’s rundown hotel
By Nick Schager March 5, 2014 | 7:00pm
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This week we’re barely putting up with Need For Speed
By Amelie Gillette March 5, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Transformers: Age Of Extinction trailer argues for deregulation of alien robots
By Sean O'Neal March 5, 2014 | 4:21pm
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11 idiosyncratic accoutrements in Wes Anderson films
By Kevin McFarland, Becca James, Rowan Kaiser, Emily St. James, Marah Eakin, Paula Mejia, John Teti March 5, 2014 | 6:00am
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Chicago, Veronica Mars is back and you can see her early and for free
By Alison Bridges March 4, 2014 | 8:41pm
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One of the cinema’s most lovable klutzes makes his auspicious debut
By Nick Schager March 4, 2014 | 5:00pm
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True/False 2014: A nonfiction fest closes with a fictional film, Boyhood
By Ben Kenigsberg March 4, 2014 | 4:09am
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Why performance clips should be a permanent fixture on Oscar night
By Jesse Hassenger March 3, 2014 | 5:21pm
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Post-Pulp, Quentin Tarantino lent his talents to a much-maligned anthology
By Jesse Hassenger March 3, 2014 | 5:00pm
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We're live-chatting the Academy Awards
By AV Club Staff March 2, 2014 | 11:00pm
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True/False 2014: Documentaries about education dominated Saturday’s lineup
By Ben Kenigsberg March 2, 2014 | 9:35pm
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Chicago, see The Grand Budapest Hotel early, and for free
By Josh Modell March 1, 2014 | 10:28pm
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True/False 2014: A Sundance selection is the highlight of Friday
By Ben Kenigsberg March 1, 2014 | 6:53pm
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This Sunday, livechat the Oscars with The A.V. Club
By A.A. Dowd February 28, 2014 | 9:14pm
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Lepers, pig feet, nudity—all in a day’s work for the Lord’s messengers
By A.A. Dowd February 28, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Who makes Oscar odds in Vegas, and what’s the best way to win a pool?
By Marah Eakin February 28, 2014 | 6:00am
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What’s your least favorite Best Picture winner?
By Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Becca James, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Emily St. James, Sonia Saraiya, Brandon Nowalk, Jesse Hassenger, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago February 28, 2014 | 6:00am
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Chicago, win tickets to an early screening of 300: Rise Of An Empire
By Alison Bridges February 27, 2014 | 7:36pm
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Our mission, which we accepted, was to watch the Mission: Impossible films
By A.A. Dowd February 27, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Albert Brooks goes to purgatory and finds it resembles Palm Springs
By Sean O'Neal February 27, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Spoiler Space: Non-Stop
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 27, 2014 | 8:45am
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Who will win, and who should win, at the Oscars this Sunday
By A.A. Dowd February 27, 2014 | 6:00am
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How “Man Or Muppet” made an Oscar winner out of a Conchord
By Erik Adams February 26, 2014 | 7:00pm
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One of the best movies ever made about Jesus was directed by an atheist
By Emily St. James February 26, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Mindy Sterling on the Groundlings, Austin Powers, and kids’ shows
By Will Harris February 26, 2014 | 5:00pm
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There’s more Godzilla, more Bryan Cranston in the new Godzilla trailer
By A.A. Dowd February 25, 2014 | 10:54pm
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Steve Martin praises the Lord—but not for real or anything
By Jesse Hassenger February 25, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Enter to win a copy of Muscle Shoals on DVD
By Marah Eakin February 24, 2014 | 10:38pm
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Putting the fear of God into nonbelievers, one performance at a time
By Nick Schager February 24, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Gradually and authentically, Ghost World depicts an unraveling friendship
By Mike D'Angelo February 24, 2014 | 6:00am
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Spoiler Space: Pompeii
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 21, 2014 | 6:09pm
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Seven samurai? Try thirteen instead
By A.A. Dowd February 21, 2014 | 4:00pm
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Have you ever been scandalized by an uncensored version of an old favorite?
By Kyle Ryan, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Erik Adams, Andrea Battleground, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago February 21, 2014 | 6:00am
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With apologies to the Coen brothers, Ealing got it right the first time
By Nick Schager February 20, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Spike Jonze uses close-ups to teach us about him in Her
By Scott Kaufman February 20, 2014 | 6:00am
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Mr. Tibbs and the Sundance Kid, together at last
By Jesse Hassenger February 19, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Meet your new favorite space a-holes in the Guardians Of The Galaxy trailer
By Sean O'Neal February 19, 2014 | 5:07pm
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Chicago, see Liam Neeson in Non-Stop early and for free
By Alison Bridges February 19, 2014 | 2:12am
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Tom Hardy goes it alone in the trailer for Locke
By A.A. Dowd February 18, 2014 | 9:12pm
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Donald Glover gets in touch with his inner Hardy Boy
By Jesse Hassenger February 18, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Chicago, see Pompeii for free this Wednesday
By AV Club Staff February 18, 2014 | 4:15pm
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Hey Chicago, see Kevin Costner in 3 Days To Kill this Wednesday, for free
By Josh Modell February 17, 2014 | 7:18pm
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The Professionals assembles an all-star posse of badasses
By Nick Schager February 17, 2014 | 5:00pm
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At the end of a relationship, “together” and “apart” sometimes blur
By A.A. Dowd February 14, 2014 | 4:00pm
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What celebrity death will make you cry?
By Kyle Ryan, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Tasha Robinson, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Andrea Battleground, Emily St. James, Sonia Saraiya, Mike Vago, Marah Eakin, Laura M. Browning February 14, 2014 | 6:00am
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Albert Brooks broke new ground in comedy by drawing out scenes (and laughs)
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 13, 2014 | 5:00pm
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1993 is the first and last time the Palme went to a woman
By A.A. Dowd February 13, 2014 | 6:00am
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Time uses a surreal premise to speak harsh truths about romance
By Mike D'Angelo February 12, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Robert Redford and Barbara Streisand fall in love, then out of it
By Jesse Hassenger February 11, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Why The Lego Movie is the perfect piece of product placement
By Oliver Sava February 11, 2014 | 6:00am
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For those feeling down on love, Head-On should hit the sweet spot
By Nick Schager February 10, 2014 | 7:00pm
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For two unexpected minutes, Life Of Brian becomes a chintzy sci-fi epic
By Mike D'Angelo February 10, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Everyone’s an architect: 11 jobs common only in romantic comedies
By Caroline Siede, Marah Eakin, Annie Zaleski, Sonia Saraiya February 10, 2014 | 6:00am
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Andy Daly sleeps with a celebrity in the new trailer for Review
By Marah Eakin February 7, 2014 | 9:08pm
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Yes, Philip Seymour Hoffman could do comedy and romance too
By Mike D'Angelo February 7, 2014 | 6:00pm
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John Goodman on getting wooed by Clooney and bunking with Bruce Willis
By Jason Lynch February 7, 2014 | 6:00am
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James Franco plays a mentally ill actor named James in the Maladies trailer
By Caroline Siede February 6, 2014 | 7:45pm
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Philip Seymour Hoffman gives a very nuanced performance in A Late Quartet
By Andrea Battleground February 6, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Algebra + Allegra + Aliens: A mathematical guide to the spring movie season
By Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Josh Modell, Erik Adams, Jesse Hassenger February 6, 2014 | 6:00am
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Where to start with Cary Grant, who defined “Hollywood leading man”
By Gwen Ihnat February 6, 2014 | 6:00am
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Philip Seymour Hoffman anchors Synecdoche, New York to distressing reality
By A.A. Dowd February 5, 2014 | 7:00pm
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13 depictions of cities and towns gripped by miserable winters
By Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Zack Handlen, Becca James, Matt Wild, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Les Chappell, Tasha Robinson, John Teti February 5, 2014 | 6:00am
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Chicago, win passes to A Fantastic Fear Of Everything at the Logan Theater
By A.V. Club Staff and Kevin McFarland February 4, 2014 | 5:02pm
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In Flawless, Philip Seymour Hoffman gave warmth to a transgender stereotype
By Emily St. James February 4, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Philip Seymour Hoffman makes unrequited affection funny (and heartbreaking)
By Josh Modell February 3, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Red Light, greenlit: 22 childhood games ripe for Hollywood adaptation
By Josh Modell, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Becca James, Emily St. James, Sonia Saraiya, Marah Eakin, John Teti February 3, 2014 | 6:00am
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The most famous football game in Ivy League history ended in a draw
By A.A. Dowd January 31, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Big Fan is a football movie that isn’t really about sports
By Kyle Ryan January 30, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Who writes movies like Mega Shark Vs. Mecha Shark?
By Marah Eakin January 30, 2014 | 6:00am
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The football movie the NFL doesn’t want you to see
By Nick Schager January 29, 2014 | 7:00pm
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The first trailer for The Fault In Our Stars looks sick
By Marah Eakin January 29, 2014 | 6:53pm
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Notre Dame’s coach with the most gets the biopic treatment
By Jesse Hassenger January 28, 2014 | 5:00pm
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There’s no “I” in “team”—or in “Burt Reynolds, football star”
By Nick Schager January 27, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Cable companies have always sucked, a classic comedy reminds
By Mike D'Angelo January 27, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Far-fetched football: 17 scenes of fictional gridiron lunacy
By Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Drew Toal, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Marah Eakin, Les Chappell, Sonia Saraiya January 27, 2014 | 6:00am
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Even without the nuts and bolts, Splice is clearly a Frankenstein story
By A.A. Dowd January 24, 2014 | 6:00pm
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What movie party do you wish you’d attended?
By Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Josh Modell, Becca James, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Oliver Sava, Emily St. James, Sonia Saraiya, Marah Eakin, Tasha Robinson, John Teti January 24, 2014 | 6:00am
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Roger Corman puts a smart, strange spin on the Frankenstein mythos
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 23, 2014 | 5:00pm
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The two distinct styles of Elysium’s camera work create two realities
By Scott Kaufman January 23, 2014 | 6:00am
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Sundance 2014, Day Six: Surprise, it’s Nymphomaniac!
By A.A. Dowd January 22, 2014 | 9:26pm
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Young Frankenstein hails from an age when Hollywood took spoofs seriously
By Mike D'Angelo January 22, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Sundance 2014, Day Five: Jason Schwartzman makes toxic narcissism hilarious
By A.A. Dowd January 21, 2014 | 6:34pm
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Frankenstein’s monster makes an unlikely cameo in The Spirit Of The Beehive
By Gregg LaGambina January 21, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Sundance 2014, Day Four: Boyhood is a one-of-a-kind experience
By A.A. Dowd January 20, 2014 | 11:47pm
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Andy Warhol sends a few jolts of sexual energy into The Modern Prometheus
By Nick Schager January 20, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Chicago, see Draft Day early and for free
By A.V. Club Staff and Kevin McFarland January 20, 2014 | 5:39pm
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Sundance 2014, Day Three: Zach Braff still feels stuff
By A.A. Dowd January 20, 2014 | 3:57am
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Sundance 2014, Day Two: Lynn Shelton continues her slide into mass appeal
By A.A. Dowd January 18, 2014 | 10:16pm
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Sundance 2014, Day One: Whiplash opens the fest with a bang (of the drum)
By A.A. Dowd January 17, 2014 | 10:53pm
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Ice Cube and Kevin Hart pair up for a ride
By Sonia Saraiya January 17, 2014 | 6:00am
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Has a spoiler ever ruined your viewing experience?
By Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Sonia Saraiya, Marah Eakin January 17, 2014 | 6:00am
