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  • From Mark Twain to Ray Bradbury, Iconic Writers on Truth vs. Fiction
    What a the literary greats can teach us about the fine points of make-believe Famous writers have previously shared insights on symbolism, reading, and writing itself. Underlying many of these meditations is a broader curiosity about the intricate interplay…
  • Modern-Day Longitude Prize: And the Winners Are …
    We had a wonderful turnout for our first 1book140 contest, in which we asked readers to nominate, then vote, on what a 2012 equivalent to a “Longitude Prize” should be. We easily chose a shortlist of ten imaginative ideas. Interestingly, when it came…
  • Sundance: A Tense Return to Ireland’s Religious Conflicts in ‘Shadow Dancer’
    Clive Owen’s film with the Man on Wire director spins a new tale out of well-worn material. BBC Films The Irish Republican Army has long been a favorite subject for filmmakers. Not only did it shape modern Irish history, but the organization’s internal…
  • What’s Missing in ‘The Grey’
    Liam Neeson’s new film lacks a much-advertised battle. It also lacks much of a point. Open Road The person in charge of marketing Liam Neeson’s new survival thriller should to be fired. No one likes spoilers, but in this case, there’s something to be…
  • The NHL’s Superstar Problem
    Would people care more about hockey if there were better players to root for? AP Images Every week, our panel of sports fans discusses a topic of the moment. For today’s conversation, Hampton Stevens (writer, ESPN and The Atlantic), Patrick Hruby (writer,…
  • Science-Fiction Authors Agree: Newt’s Moon Idea Isn’t So Crazy
    Yesterday, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich turned heads when he announced his plan to establish a permanent moon base by the year 2020. Gingrich’s critics were swift to attack the practicality of his plan, as well as point out that he…

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  • Neeson Vs. Wolves To Be Main Attraction This Weekend
    After successfully beating up on countless European henchmen in Taken and Unknown, Liam Neeson is now set to face off against some hungry wolves in The Grey. The survival thriller opens at 3,185 locations this weekend, and should claim first place ahead…
  • Around-the-World Roundup: ‘Sherlock’ Outwits Competition for Third-Straight Weekend… >
    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows led the overseas box office for the third-straight weekend, this time dropping 38 percent to $18.3 million. The movie added $2.5 million in Brazil, and also continued to play well in China (though official numbers aren’t…
  • Best Picture Field Weak at Box Office
    After two years in a row in which the Best Picture race was populated with a handful of blockbusters, The Help is the only one of 2011’s nine nominees that has so far earned more than $100 million. On average the movies have made just $57.6 million prior…
  • ‘Underworld’ Fends Off Soarin’ ‘Red Tails’… >
    Underworld Awakening sunk its teeth in to the top spot at the box office this weekend, though that didn’t stop Red Tails from also putting up strong numbers in its debut. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and Haywire were less impressive, though,…
  • Friday Report: ‘Underworld’ Shoots Down ‘Red Tails’
    The late week indications that Red Tails might pull off an upset this weekend proved to be unfounded, as Underworld Awakening easily took first place at the box office on Friday. Red Tails did have an above-average turnout, though, and it should wind…

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  • 50 Greatest Movie Bloopers
    The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) [video-break]The Blooper: Judd Apatow shouts ever more offensive line cues to his off-screen wife Leslie Mann (1:26) Best Detail: Mann balks at the ecstasy line: “Honey, we have kids!”
  • 50 Greatest Childhood Movies
    Star Wars (1977) The Movie: Yes, the movie. And the toys, the novels, the soundtracks, costumes, the endless imaginary lightsaber duels. Feel the force. Moment That Stuck In The Memory: Frankly, we were hooked during the opening seconds, as…
  • 50 Richest Movie Characters
    Adrian Veidt Wealth: $74bn From: Entertainment, self-help, energy, technology, genetics, cosmetics As Seen In: Watchmen (2009) The Veidt tower, some 90-storeys tall, pierces the skyline of New York city. A golden V symbol sits atop the tower as an ever-prominent…
  • 50 Most Successful Indie Movies
    Night Of The Living Dead (1968) The Movie: George Romero rewrote the rulebook for low-budget filmmaking with offal, pessimism and an army of the undead that grows and grows  with every passing year. Too bad a cock-up on the copyright front meant…
  • Django Unchained: The Complete Guide
    Early ambitions During a 2010 interview with The Playlist, Tarantino made the first indication that he was interested in shooting a western. However, his take on the classic genre would take aim at the elements of history many Americans would rather forget….
  • 50 Greatest Bollywood Movies
    3 Idiots (2009) The Movie: A wickedly funny coming of age drama, in which a trio of engineering students make their way through college via a series of run-ins with their irascible dean. It might sound like a hackneyed set-up, but the pathos and humour…
  • 50 Weirdest Examples Of Harry Potter Fan Art
    Horses The Image: It looks like an experiment with polyjuice potion gone awry doesn’t it? Not sure whether Harry’s miserable exclamation is a result of the accident or Hermione’s godawful pun… Artistic Flair: Good, but for the…
  • Tom Hardy Profile
    A Big Year Right now, Tom Hardy is what you’d call ‘on it’. With a flurry of projects due in multiplexes over the next 12 months, the Hammersmith-born actor who used to twist himself into anxious, self-loathing, substance-abusing knots…

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  • February is Graphic Novel Month for 1book140
    I can’t decide what’s more amazing: That we’re already in the ninth month of 1book140, or that it’s taken us this long to read a graphic novel. It’s a genre about which I’m both entirely ignorant and avidly interested. (How do I square that circle? I’m…
  • Girlfight
    The Times chronicles boxer Claressa Shields from Flint, Michigan. It’s amazing at the end to see her coach say when he gets done with her she’s “going to be a real lady.” It’s amazing how much that word—lady—has changed. A century ago it definitely…
  • Cultural Advice: Go See ‘Chinglish’
    There’s not much time left in the Broadway run of David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish. I understand that a West Coast tour will happen later this year, followed perhaps by a movie. Whenever and wherever you might have a chance, my advice is: See it. My wife…
  • Fantastical Fake Machines, Rendered With a Historian’s Eye for Detail
    The new book Frank Reade: Adventures in the Age of Invention tells of steampunk adventures using meticulously crafted, faux-documentary imagery. Kate Reade’s airship Aegis, en route to the North Pole to rescue survivors of the ill-fated Italia expedition,…
  • Database Cinema: An Instant Movie Mashup Generator
    Julian Palacz’s Algorithmic Search for Love, an interactive digital media installation, works like a search engine; viewers can search a collection of films for a certain spoken phrase and the program plays back a montage of all those moments in sequence….
  • ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’ Author Wonders Why Anyone Has Kids
    An interview with Lionel Shriver, whose novel has been turned into a film that goes into wide release this week. Osilliscope We Need to Talk About Kevin expands to more theaters this week. The movie, based on a 2003 novel by Lionel Shriver, follows Eva…
  • An Annie Leibovitz Exhibit With Shots of Niagara Falls, Not Demi Moore
    For Pilgrimage, the photographer turned her camera away from celebrities and toward important places in our cultural history. AP Images Before doors opened to the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage, a crowd of reporters gathered…
  • Track of the Day: Hit the Ground (Superman)
    While January is a relatively slow time of year for music, The Big Pink have recently unleashed their newest album, entitled Future This. Sounds like a vague threat of some sort, doesn’t it? And that would be in keeping with the posture of the band’s…
  • Ralph Fiennes’s ‘Coriolanus’: The Modern Shakespeare Movie Done Right
    As the new film shows, updates of the bard’s tales require both excess and respect for the text. Weinstein Co. Ralph Fiennes’s Coriolanus, now in theaters, drips with masculine aggression from the film’s very first moments. A tattooed man runs his blade…