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Video Reviews, March 1, 2012 Library Journal Log in to the Reviews Center (Beta) now. The following titles are reviewed in the March 1 print issue. Visit our Reviews Center (Beta) for the full reviews. Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Brain That Wouldn't Die; The Manster. DVD ISBN 9781417235124. See all stories on this topic » Library Journal

Capsule reviews of new movie releases San Francisco Chronicle Rather than providing an intriguing contrast, these disparate performances undermine the cohesion and flow of director Paul Weitz's film. R for language throughout, some sexuality, drug use and brief nudity. 102 minutes. Two stars out of four. See all stories on this topic »

Book Review: 'Tales From Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made?' HollywoodChicago.com Hughes' skill as a researcher is more notable than his skill as a writer, but the book is still a must-read for serious movie buffs who like to wonder "what if". Casual film fans may be surprised to know that it's incredibly common for a script to fall ... See all stories on this topic »

Movie Reviews: Wanderlust, This Means War, One For The Money, Black Gold The Birmingham Post In other words, just the kind of typical spring movies that would never be in with a sniff of a nomination, even if entries for 2013 closed tomorrow. 21.4 million peak during a year in which attendances topped 170 million for only the fourth time in ... See all stories on this topic »

Movie review: To love the blonde in 'My Week With Marilyn' GMA News This movie is based on the similarly titled book by Colin Clark, which itself was a follow-up release of his diary account "The Prince, the Showgirl and Me," published 40 years ago. I plan to add that to my reading list. We open in Britain, ... See all stories on this topic »

Book Review: To Kill The Duke by Sam Moffie Blogger News Network (blog) by Simon Barrett in All News, Book Reviews This is Sam Moffie's fifth time at the printing press, and each book gets better and better. To Kill The Duke takes the reader back to the 1950's the golden age of Hollywood and also the depths of the Cold War ... See all stories on this topic »

Hugo - Blu-ray Review Monsters and Critics.com Many reviews mention that right off but I've saved it for my appreciation of the film, so spoilers may be in this paragraph. You've been warned. The revelation is that the world-weary, downtrodden railway toy shop owner is Georges Melies, ... See all stories on this topic » Monsters and Critics.com

Review: Tyler Perry's Good Deeds done without Madea Montreal Gazette Tyler Perry's films are consistently bad and just as consistently profitable - no matter how scathing the reviews, his movies will often pull in around $50 million at the box office during their release. It's tempting to simply give up, to not bother ... See all stories on this topic »

Movie review: 'The Lorax' a treat for both sides of the aisle Appleton Post Crescent Trailer: 'Dr. Seuss' The Lorax': Based on the Dr. Seuss book, a 12-year-old boy attempts to win the affection of the girl of his dreams with the help of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world. See all stories on this topic »

Book Review: After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress

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TAB: Jennifer Aniston's Boyfriend Justin Theroux Has "Gone Hollywood!" GossipCop "Justin's gone Hollywood!" blares a headline from In Touch, which claims that Justin Theroux "has gone from brooding hipster to total ham" since he started dating Jennifer Aniston. The mag says Theroux is relishing his newfound fame, noting that he ... See all stories on this topic »

Ethan Peck, Sean Patrick Thomas Are Part Of 'The Selection' MTV.com If you're craving a little something to satisfy your dystopian drama-cravings while waiting for That Movie Which Shall Not Be Named to hit theaters, here's a double hit of delicious gossip for ya: The Hollywood Reporter just hooked us up with the news ... See all stories on this topic » MTV.com

Gossip: Have wedding bells rung for Natalie Portman and fiancé? Montreal Gazette Cruel but fair: Actress Kate Walsh watched the Oscars, then Tweeted some mockery of her colleagues and competitors who were onstage: "Dear Hollywood actresses, stop (bad word) ing up your faces, it's looking like the bar scene in Star Wars. See all stories on this topic »

Does Jennifer Aniston's BF Justin Theroux have 'Ulterior Motives' for Dating Her? Gather Celebs News Channel Justin has "gone Hollywood" since getting together with Jennifer, going from "brooding hipster to total ham." But Jennifer "should know that Justin may have ulterior motives" for dating her -- and In Touch (via Gossip Cop) questions his feelings for ... See all stories on this topic »

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Snooki Really is Pregnant, Source Insists - The Hollywood Gossip By steve@thehollywoodgossip.com (Free Britney) Though she has publicly denied she's expecting, sources say trashy Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is indeed pregnant - and plans to make some serious bank off it. The Hollywood Gossip

George Clooney on Gay Rumors: Bring 'Em! - The Hollywood Gossip By matt@iscribelimited.com (Hilton Hater) You wanna believe George Clooney is gay? Go right ahead. He won't stop you. The Hollywood Gossip

Piranha 3DD Trailer: Wet, Wild, Absurd - The Hollywood Gossip By steve@thehollywoodgossip.com (Free Britney) The first trailer for Piranha 3DD has been released and let's just say it lives up to expectations. Which were extremely low, but still! The Hollywood Gossip

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Recommended: Sean Young wants Academy to apologize for Oscar-party arrest msnbc.com By Erin Carlson, The Hollywood Reporter "I just want everyone to know that I was sober, extremely well behaved when a very stupid security guard went postal on me and then The Academy's very stupid lawyer recommended a 'private person's arrest,'" Young ... See all stories on this topic »

Hollywood's biggest grossers don't make it to the Oscars! Rediff If the latest study in Hollywood is any indication, there are two types of successful films. There are films that break box office records and others that reign supreme at the Oscars. According to a study conducted by boxofficemojo.com, ... See all stories on this topic » Rediff

Shhh! Secret celebrity weddings New York Daily News In the paparazzi-crazed world of Hollywood, some stars still manage to slip away and have their special day in private. Check out the celebs who've snuck off for a secret wedding ... There's a reason why Natalie Portman couldn't stop smiling at the ... See all stories on this topic »

For blacks, mix of 'Help' emotions on Oscar night Houston Chronicle 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Photo: Mark J. Terrill / AP Viola Davis, right, and Julius Tennon at the Governors Ball following the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. See all stories on this topic »

Echoes of Old Hollywood at the 84th Academy Awards Forbes Plummer, while himself not strictly a product of Old Hollywood—his breakout film was The Sound of Music—learned its lessons of self-effacing maturity well. "I have a confession to make," he continued. "When I emerged from my mother's womb I was ... See all stories on this topic »

Spectacular NASCAR crash had Hollywood feel Ottawa Citizen By Dave Stubbs, Postmedia News February 29, 2012 10:21 AM Juan Pablo Montoya of Colombia speaks after being released from the Care Center after he passed a jet dryer and flames erupted during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 54th Daytona 500 race at the ... See all stories on this topic »

I'm very tough on myself: Oscar winner Jean Dujardin Times of India 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Your performance has won this year's Oscar for best actor. Does the Oscar matter to you as an actor of such immeasurable talent? I've never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. See all stories on this topic »

What you didn't see on TV during the Oscars Fox News LOS ANGELES – Even the hundreds of photographers, TV cameras and webcams around the Hollywood & Highland Center can't capture every starry moment of Sunday's 84th annual Academy Awards. Celebrities reunite on the red carpet, mingle during commercial ... See all stories on this topic »

Hollywood recognizes Iran's "glorious culture" Daily News Egypt By Persheng Vaziri NEW YORK, New York: If you could climb over the mountain of threats and political posturing that are part of the language used by the United States, Europe and Iran and look out, you might see the light of a movie screen. See all stories on this topic »

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Reviews - New Movies Opening March 2nd 2012 Movies.ie This weeks new movies reviewed by Paul Byrne, including Project X, Hunky Dory, This Means War and more... Directed by Nima Nourizadeh. Starring Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Dax Flame, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Brady Hender, ... See all stories on this topic » Movies.ie

Book Review: "Tales From Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made?" By ... MovieViral (blog) I know what you're thinking: A book review on MY MovieViral? Well, this is a special book. Tales From Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made? tells the story of several Hollywood films that never got made and the complicated history of ones ... See all stories on this topic » MovieViral (blog)

VIEWING THE VIDEOS: Post-Oscar Film Reviews Gazette Newspapers There's a long movie tradition of bumbling characters in various situations. This time, the bumbling character is a spy. And in spite of plenty of bad reviews, this movie grossed more than $150 million in its theatrical release last year. Go figure. See all stories on this topic »

Movie Review: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance The Stylus By Andrew Sparling Staff Writer It is very clear Nicholas Cage is a comic book fan. The proof is in the energy the man generates into Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. In the film, Cage reprises his role from the first movie as Johnny Blaze, ... See all stories on this topic »

Movie Review: The Raid Full Mount Mixed Martial Arts Network Note: We don't normally write film reviews here at Full Mount MMA but after catching a preview screening of The Raid at the recent Glasgow Film Festival, we just had to tell you about it. Despite not being about the sport of MMA, The Raid may just be ... See all stories on this topic »

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Wanderlust' so much less than sum of parts Central Michigan Life By Jordan LaPorte on February 28, 2012 2:08 pm in Reviews / 1 comment It features lead actors who are funny and charismatic, a great cast supporting them and a premise that seems ripe with potential for hilarious events to transpire. See all stories on this topic »

The Haystack: Book Review: Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins my.hsj.org The Hunger Games is young adult fiction book similar to 1984, Brave New World and Lord of The Flies. The book is written on a simple level which pre-teens will find enjoyable. As a teenager I found this book to be a combination of nerve-racking tension ... See all stories on this topic »

DVD Reviews | Boy's adventure eventually soars Columbus Dispatch When Martin Scorsese announced that he would make his first 3-D movie — and a PG-rated family film, no less — some of his fans declared themselves flummoxed. But they didn't know that the movie would be Hugo — an ultimately exuberant, if ... See all stories on this topic » Columbus Dispatch

Book Review: 'One for the Money' by Janet Evanovich Patch.com By Colleen Waltman Editor's note: Every week, staff at the New Lenox Public Library will suggest one book, DVD or other item to check out from the library. Originally written in 1994 and the first in a long string of successful novels written by Janet ...

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Oscar time! Stay near the stars in Hollywood msnbc.com (blog) Stay near the stars in Hollywood Want to bask in Oscar buzz? Consider a stay at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel, site of the first Academy Awards and just steps from Kodak Theatre. By Chris Rodell, msnbc.com contributor On a weekend when Hollywood comes ... See all stories on this topic »

Hollywood holds breath for Oscars glory AsiaOne HOLLYWOOD: The race for Oscars glory comes to a climax on Sunday as Hollywood gathers for the 84th Academy Awards, with hit silent movie "The Artist" and Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" leading down to the wire. After seemingly months of campaigning and ... See all stories on this topic » AsiaOne

Rolling out the red carpet: Hollywood prepares for the 84th Academy Awards as ... Daily Mail Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck delivered up another sneak preview when he unveiled the menu he has designed for the annual Governor's Ball following the Academy Awards. He and his staff of 350 will serve some 1500 guests including Hollywood A-listers ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Outrageous celebrity antics of the week OCRegister Jennifer Aniston got her very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday. Her boyfriend and "Wanderlust" co-star, Justin Theroux, was there, according to E! News, as was Adam Sandler, with whom she starred in "Just Go with It." "She (Aniston) ... See all stories on this topic »

Armed carjacking suspect fatally shot by police in Hollywood's Koreatown Fox News LOS ANGELES – A pursuit of an armed carjacking suspect that wound through the crowded streets of Hollywood ended violently with police shooting and killing the man at a gas station in Koreatown, just feet from a bystander who was pumping gas. See all stories on this topic »

Christopher Plummer finally has Oscar within reach Reuters By Jill Serjeant | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It's been a long hike from the Austrian Alps to the Hollywood Hills for Christopher Plummer, but the actor best known for playing the steely captain with seven children in "The Sound of Music" looks set to ... See all stories on this topic »

Kodak in Hollywood: A Changing Picture (Part II) WROC-TV "The Kodak Theatre, home of the Academy Awards, that's a big deal," said Alex Ben Block, sr. editor at The Hollywood Reporter. It was such a big deal in 2000, Kodak offered to pay $75 million over 20 years for a spot in the spotlight. See all stories on this topic »

Military enlists Hollywood's help TheNewsTribune.com "We've never had a film where the principals were active-duty SEALs," said Bob Anderson, director of the Navy's Office of Operations West, in Los Angeles, the liaison between the Navy and Hollywood. Or, for that matter, he added, there's never been a ... See all stories on this topic » TheNewsTribune.com

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Movie Reviews: In Darkness, Chico & Rita, Rampart San Diego Reader Holland, 63, is one of those strong, honest, humane directors (The Secret Garden, Europa Europa, Washington Square) whose films get terrific reviews but seldom leave the art-film "ghetto." In Darkness is a consummate work, not so soberly elegant as ... See all stories on this topic »

Family fare: Movie reviews for parents Chicago Sun-Times BY NELL MINOW February 22, 2012 6:40PM Translation: Active duty Navy SEALs re-enact dangerous missions, using live ammunition. Constant peril and violence, hand-to-hand combat and explosions, with many characters injured and killed. See all stories on this topic »

Movies Interest Based Social Network GINQ Reinvent Movies Seattle Post Intelligencer Nowadays, movies are based on the interest of the public and this interest is enhanced when they see a high quality movie. The only means of this quality can be judged through movie reviews and movie ratings which we think that is the most appropriate ... See all stories on this topic »

Reviews - New movies Opening Feb 24th 2012 Movies.ie This weeks movie review by Paul Byrne - Including Safe House, Rampart & The best exotic marigold hotel. Directed by John Madden. Starring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup. See all stories on this topic » Movies.ie

Book Review: Zona New Zealand Herald By John Gardner The sales pitch to the literary agent or publisher for this book must have been entertaining. "I want to write a book that is a sort of summary of a wilfully ambiguous science fiction movie made by a Russian director more than 30 years ... See all stories on this topic »

Early reviews are in and 'Cali' is indeed in trouble Scranton Times-Tribune BY CHRIS KELLY (STAFF WRITER), CHRIS KELLY (STAFF WRITER) TIMES-TRIBUNE STAFF PHOTO Paul Sorvino smiles Tuesday during an interview about his film, "The Trouble with Cali," which debuted at the Sedona International Film Festival in Arizona. See all stories on this topic » Scranton Times-Tribune

Review: 'Hunger Pains' is a definite pain San Jose Mercury News I cracked up reading the back of the book before I started to read the actual book. The humor was clever with what seemed to be a funny twist on the real story of "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. After reading the positive reviews on that back ... See all stories on this topic »

'John Carter': Fan-Made Trailer, Mondo Poster, & Early Reviews Screen Rant Have a look at an excellent mash-up trailer for Disney's 'John Carter' and the film's Mondo poster, then read on for early movie blogger reactions to the sci-fi flick. Disney is pushing hard for its John Carter adaptation to become a ticket-selling ... See all stories on this topic » Screen Rant

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - movie review The Vine by arielamazing on Feb 23 2012, 02:00PM Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a film that deals with a young boy's anxieties and sadness after losing his father in the Twin Towers collapse on September 11, 2001. Suffice to say, the story has polarised ... See all stories on this topic »

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How do gossip writers glean intel on Hollywood? Red-carpet Kremlinology. Washington Post Today's shrewdest Kremlinology is practiced by show-biz reporters and gossip writers. When unconfirmed reports emerged last fall that Ashton Kutcher had cheated on Demi Moore, neither would comment. So the red-carpet analysts trained their firepower on ... See all stories on this topic »

Teen Mom 2 Reunion Recap: Who Relapsed? Who Got an STD? - The Hollywood Gossip San Francisco Luxury News Jenelle Evans, Leah Messer, Kailyn Lowry and Chelsea Houska reunited last night in part one of the MTV reality show's time-honored "checkup" with Dr. Drew Pinsky. The reunion show rehashes where they are at "this moment" in their lives … this moment ... See all stories on this topic »

The 25 Greatest Moments Of Female Nudity In Hollywood Movies Complex.com (blog) By Matt Barone | Feb 22, 2012 | 11:49 am | Permalink Pervy dudes and gentlemen, say hello to Hollywood's biggest party-pooper of the moment, Mr. Justin Theroux. Unless you haven't ready a gossip blog in the last couple of months, it should be no ... See all stories on this topic »

In Documentaries, New York City Trumps Hollywood, Report Finds Village Voice (blog) This is not the first New-York-City-is-actually-better-than-Hollywood news we've heard this year. Last month, our jokester fashion-loving, Gaga-kissing mayor Mike Bloomberg chilled with the cast of Gossip Girl at a press conference declaring New York ... See all stories on this topic »

Gossip: Beyoncé working off the baby fat Montreal Gazette "We will not disappoint," Charlie told The Hollywood Reporter. "It's going to be an absolute (bad word) rocket ship to the moon." Yes, Tom Brady stunk up the Super Bowl. But now he's on vacation with Gisele Bündchen at some swanky place in Costa Rica. See all stories on this topic »

Report: Beverly Hilton Employees Fired for Talking to the Press mediabistro.com By Richard Horgan on February 22, 2012 3:30 PM It's no secret that tabloids and Hollywood gossip websites go to great lengths to track down lurid details about a celebrity's death. Which makes it especially odd to read about a sad, recent fallout of ... See all stories on this topic » mediabistro.com

THR's 5 Books of the Week: California Rock, Steve Martin's Tweets, Sex in Old ... Hollywood Reporter THR's picks include a history of the Wrecking Crew, Scotty Bowers' Hollywood sex tales, funny tweets from Steve Martin, an updating of Henry VIII set in Hollywood and a liberal critique of Fox News. Topping the week is an informative history of LA's ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywood Reporter

Rainn Wilson apologizes for date rape joke on Twitter TheCelebrityCafe.com The Hollywood Gossip reported that Wilson later deleted the tweet. On Tuesday, Wilson tweeted an apology, writing, "Apparently my poorly conceived date-rape tweet upset a lot of folks. Not a good topic to joke about. Sorry & won't do that again. See all stories on this topic »

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Cory Monteith and Lea Michele - The Hollywood Gossip By matt@iscribelimited.com (Hilton Hater) The rumors are starting to run rampant. Are Glee stars Cory Monteith and Lea Michele dating in real life? The Hollywood Gossip

Teen Mom 2 Reunion Recap: Who Relapsed? - The Hollywood ... By steve@thehollywoodgossip.com (Free Britney) Jenelle, Leah, Kailyn and Chelsea returned for an emotional Teen Mom 2 reunion show. Find out how it went here! The Hollywood Gossip