The story of Jerry Garcia's life before he became the heart of the Grateful Dead is heading to the silver screen for the first time. Director Amir Bar-Lev and his team of producers have announced plans to turn Robert Greenfield's Dark Star: An Oral Biography on Jerry Garcia into a …

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Starring:
Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Review:
Boy meets girl, boy loses girl. It?s been done to emo death.
That?s why the sublimely smart-sexy-joyful-sad (500) Days of
Summer hits you like a blast of pure romantic oxygen. It turns
the genre on its empty head and sees relationships for what they
are — a bruising business. Someone?s heart always gets […]

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Starring:
Michelle Pfeiffer
Review:
As a cougar chasing a teen twink: That’s a crass précis
for the elegant, witty pleasures that Pfeiffer, director Stephen
Frears and writer Christopher Hampton — who last collaborated
on 1988’s Dangerous Liaisons — carve out of this
tale by the French novelist Colette. Set in Paris in the early
1900s, the film begins as retired courtesan […]

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Starring:
Robb Reiner, Steve Kudlow
Review:
Want to find the heart of rock & roll? You can hear it
thundering in Anvil, the Canadian metal band that influenced the
likes of Metallica but never hit pay dirt. No wonder lead vocalist
Steve “Lips” Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner are banging heads and
egos. Sacha Gervasi’s powerhouse doc brings humor and […]

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