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Review: Margot at the Wedding (About.com) - The opening scenes of Noah Baumbach's Margot at the Wedding are so sharp and funny and good that it's upsetting to report that the film cannot maintain its momentum, but...

Theater Review: 'Wedding Singer' (Louisville Courier-Journal) - The score is torn straight from the 1980s: crunchy power chords, synthesizer riffs, a hint of new wave and more than a few power pop ballads. "The Wedding Singer," which opened its PNC Broadway Across America – Louisville run at Whitney Hall Tuesday night, is steeped in the '80s, and anyone with a weakness for one-liners, fast-paced production numbers and a bit of 80s nostalgia will find plenty ...

Margot at the Wedding (Rolling Stone) - Starring: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black, John Turturro Review: Director Noah Baumbach, Oscar-nominated for writing the 2005 gem The Squid and the Whale, is the rarest kind of filmmaker in formula Hollywood: He makes every word count without cheating on his characters for an easy laugh. Margot at the Wedding, following Kicking and Screaming, Mr. Jealousy ...

Counting down and planning the BIG DAY (The Virginia Gazette) - Introduce both families and announce your engagement. Begin a budget. Create a guest list. Select a tentative date. Choose your wedding party.

People week in review (Contra Costa Times) - In Celebville last week we had an arrest warrant, wounded paparazzi, celebs snogging, charitable acts, quickie weddings and quickie jail time. Whew! 'HERO' WARRANT: There's an arrest warrant out for "Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere in Japan, where she participated in a save-the-dolphins

VIDEO REVIEW: 'Killer of Sheep' holds up as a classic (The Charlotte Observer) - In 1977, UCLA film student Charles Burnett made a movie for his master's thesis, shot entirely in his neighborhood of Watts in South Central Los Angeles. Made for only $10,000 with a cast who had, for the most part, never acted before, the movie received little distribution outside of a few film festivals. Part of the problem was that Burnett never had the funds to secure the rights for the rich ...

VIDEO REVIEW: 'Killer of Sheep' holds up as a classic (Centre Daily Times) - In 1977, UCLA film student Charles Burnett made a movie for his master's thesis, shot entirely in his neighborhood of Watts in South Central Los Angeles. Made for only $10,000 with a cast who had, for the most part, never acted before, the movie received little distribution outside of a few film festivals.

Hungry Like the 'Beowulf' (Entertainment Weekly) - Beowulf , Robert Zemeckis' motion-capture retelling of the epic poem, was an easy winner, bringing in a decent $28.1 mil. That tally includes a hefty $3.6 mil earned in 84 IMAX venues, nearly all of which showed the film in 3-D, as did several hundred other regular-sized theaters ( Variety reports that approximately 40 percent of the film's gross came from 3-D screens).

Key characters rescue long 'Wedding' (Lake County News Sun) - Ambition, self-doubt, artistic pretension, personal tragedy, sexual confusion and the fear and loathing that accompanies failure are all there in the deftly acted "Wedding Play."

Margot at the Wedding (Reel.com) - (2007) Starring: Nicole Kidman , Jennifer Jason Leigh Director: Noah Baumbach Synopsis: Margot visits her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married, but in short order a battle between the sisters begins.