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3D Wars: Spielberg Blockbuster to Trail Cameron's and Lucas'?

7 April 2013 1:02 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Will the 3D rerelease of Spielberg's '90s blockbuster trail Cameron's and Lucas' at the domestic box office? Directed by Steven Spielberg the 3D rerelease of the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park should end up with $17-18 million at the Us / Canada box office this weekend (April 6-8), after having brought in an estimated $7 million at 2,771 theaters this past Friday, according to studio figures found on the web site Box Office Mojo. Please scroll down for comparisions to the 3D box-office performances of George Lucas' The Phantom Menace and James Cameron's Titanic. Originally released two decades ago, the sci-fier / thriller starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Richard Attenborough earned $357.06 million back then, or approx. $694 million in current dollars. Worldwide, the film pulled in $557.62 million, or approximately $896 million in 2013 dollars, for an adjusted worldwide total of close to $1.6 billion. See also: "Colin Trevorrow Jurassic Park 4 director." Pictured above: Laura Dern, »

- Zac Gille

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Interview: How Noomi Rapace Became a Global Movie Star, from 'Dragon Tattoo' to Ridley Scott, Brian De Palma and 'Dead Man Down'

7 March 2013 3:00 AM, PST | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »

Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, 33, never wanted to go Hollywood. As far as she's concerned, she hasn't changed her preference for complicated, compelling roles. Look at the range of what she's done since "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series catapulted her into a bankable global marquee name. She played a happily married woman facing her estranged, once-abusive mother in Pernilla August's Swedish family drama "Beyond." Rapace brought strength and spirituality to her role as a space-trekking archeologist in Ridley Scott's summer epic "Prometheus." And she was more than just another pretty sidekick in "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," which led to her co-starring opposite Rachel McAdams again in Brian De Palma's kinky Eurothriller  "Passion," which comes out in June. Rapace has chosen well, never compromised. Either she brings something extra to the parts as written, or she has a knack for finding diamonds in the rough. »

- Anne Thompson

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Film Comment Selects 2013: ‘Call Girl’ has a touch of schizophrenia

25 February 2013 6:03 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Call Girl

Directed by Mikael Marcimain

Written by Mikael Marcimain

Sweden / Norway, 2012

In 2012, a controversy swept through Sweden based upon a film titled Call Girl. The film was based upon a real-life scandal in the 1970s, when a madam named Doris Hope was convicted of running a prostitution ring that serviced clients in the highest levels of government. The film asserted that Hope committed much worse crimes as well, with the assistance of many of the officials who employed her. Call Girl has finally arrived in the United States as a part of the Film Comment Selects film festival, and it’s not hard to see where the controversy came from. The film is well-made, but does little to earn its “inspired by a true story” title card.

Iris Dahl (Sofia Karemyr) is a 14-year-old girl who lands in a group home after her mother can’t keep her under control. »

- Mark Young

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