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- What if Darth Vader had a high-pitched voice?A rough cut of the first Star Wars film shows Darth Vader's lines delivered by David Prowse, the Welsh bodybuilder who wore the black helmet and cape on screen.聽
'Big Hero 6' is a fine blend of sweetness and spectacle'Hero' centers on teenager Hiro (voiced by Ryan Potter), who encounters a robot named Baymax (Scott Adsit). The movie's first half is buoyant but the film slowly slides into familiar comic book-movie ruts.
'The Theory of Everything': See the Stephen Hawking biopic for actor Eddie Redmayne'Theory' itself is wildly uneven, but Felicity Jones, portraying Hawking's first wife Jane Wilde, is terrific and Redmayne's performance as Stephen Hawking is a triumph.
'Interstellar' is an unwieldy mix of the dystopian and utopianThe film stars Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway as astronauts who are recruited by NASA to travel through an intergalactic wormhole. The movie's mix of family drama and cosmic esoterica doesn't jell.
Box office: 'Nightcrawler,' 'Ouija' tie for first placeThe movie 'Nightcrawler,' which stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a creepy videographer, and the horror movie 'Ouija' both grossed $10.9 million over the Halloween weekend, according to last estimates. The World War II movie 'Fury,' which stars Brad Pitt, came in at third and 'Gone Girl' placed fourth.
'Nightcrawler' actor Jake Gyllenhaal is great, but the movie's conception is offDirector Dan Gilroy wants to have protagonist Louis (Gyllenhaal), who films accident sites for nightly TV news,聽epitomize the sick soul of media exploitation, but聽he also celebrates him as an entrepreneurial go-getter.
'The Overnighters' examines a town that became a magnet for the joblessDirector Jesse Moss's documentary, which is filmed in oil boom town Williston, N.D., is the story of the limits of religious faith in an oil boom town increasingly inhospitable to the hordes of hopefuls looking for their shot at the American dream.
Jake Gyllenhaal: 鈥楴ightcrawler鈥� shows the 鈥榗hoices young people are forced [into] to make their mark in the world鈥�Gyllenhaal stars in 'Nightcrawler' as videographer Lou Bloom, who films footage of murders, fires, and car crashes for the evening news.
Matthew McConaughey: 'Interstellar' has 'questions [to] talk about until the end of time'McConaughey stars with Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain in 'Interstellar,' the newest film from Christopher Nolan of 'The Dark Knight.' 'Interstellar' opens on Nov. 7.
Benedict Cumberbatch is in 'final talks' to play Doctor StrangeThe movie about the Marvel character will reportedly be directed by Scott Derrickson. Cumberbatch also stars in the upcoming film 'The Imitation Game,' which is already earning Oscar buzz.
'Ouija' tops the box office, 'John Wick' comes in second placeThe horror movie came in at first place with a gross of $20 million, while the action movie 'Wick,' which stars Keanu Reeves, grossed $14.2 million. The World War II film 'Fury' dropped to third place for the weekend.
'Laggies': The aim of the film starring Keira Knightley isn't always clearActress Keira Knightley isn't believable as a 'laggy' 鈥� someone who is slow and aimless 鈥� or as a woman reclaiming her teenhood, but聽Chlo毛聽Grace Moretz is well cast as the teen with whom she bonds and Sam Rockwell is good as Moretz's caustic but sensitive father.
'Force Majeure' is a superb exploration of the consequences of male weakness'Majeure' resembles an Ingmar Bergman movie on the slopes as it depicts the troubles between the father and mother of a Swedish family who are on vacation.
'Citizenfour': Director Laura Poitras shares the rage of her subject Edward SnowdenThe movie doesn't delve into the legalities of Snowden's actions or address the irony of Snowden being given political asylum in Moscow, but the film ably expresses that it is all too easy for democracies to cross lines when gathering information.
'John Wick' is a near-nonstop thrill rideThe movie is a confident debut from director Chad Stahelski and Keanu Reeves is in excellent form as a former assassin out for revenge against a criminal who wronged him.
Matthew McConaughey stars in 'Interstellar': Will it save the fall box office?'A movie like "Interstellar" wouldn't just have to be huge 鈥� it needs to be gigantic if it's going to do anything to save us,'聽Bruce Nash, founder of box office tracking site the Numbers, said of the year's box office so far. 'Interstellar' will be released on Nov. 5.
World War II drama 'Fury' beats 'Gone Girl' at the box officeThe World War II film 'Fury,' which stars Brad Pitt, came in first at the box office this past weekend, grossing $23.5 million, while 'Gone Girl' took in $17.8 million. 'Gone Girl' had topped the box office for two weeks previously.
'Watchers of the Sky' looks at high-profile figures working against genocide'Watchers' examines the life of聽Raphael Lemkin, a Polish Holocaust聽refugee who not only coined the term 'genocide' but also invented聽the concept of categorizing mass murder as an international crime, and his spiritual heirs.
'Fury' is a solid World War II movie throwback'Fury' actor Brad Pitt gives one of his best performances as a tank commander.
'Diplomacy': The World War II tale makes you feel the stakes'Diplomacy' stars Niels Arestrup as the German officer charged with blowing up Paris and Andr茅聽Dussollier as the Swedish consul who engages him in a battle of wits to聽save the city.聽
