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25 April 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »

I originally saw Hope Floats in the theatre the weekend after I had my wisdom teeth removed. I loved the film, and even bought myself the soundtrack on cassette tape. As the pain medication I was taking wore off, I wondered if the movie was quite as lovable a film to watch when completely lucid. So, over ten years later, I re-watched the movie (to write up for this site).

Sandra Bullock stars as housewife Birdee, whose heart is broken on national television when her best pal confesses the long-term affair she's been having with Birdee's hubby. So Birdee and her forlorn child Bernice (Mae Whitman) pack up their Ford Taurus station wagon and head to her Texas hometown, where Birdee's mom Ramona (Gena Rowlands) still lives. The three females learn about each other, and Ramona practically forces her newly-separated daughter into a new relationship.

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- Elizabeth Stoddard

28 February 2012 4:01 PM, PST | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »

It's hard to belive that despite all the illustrious leading men Diane Keaton has starred with in the course of her career -- Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen, Robert De Niro, Warren Beatty -- she somehow never crossed paths with Robert Redford. And while it's kind of exciting they are finally pairing up, it's too bad that it will be in service of such an uninspired project.

But alas, the two will be jumping into the multiple narrative, ensemble, holiday-themed movie genre with the creatively titled "The Most Wonderful Time." Penned by Steven Rogers ("Hope Floats," "P.S. I Love You," "Kate & Leopold") and set to be directed by Jessie Nelson ("I Am Sam," "Corrina Corrina") -- all those previous credits should give you pause -- the plot details are being kept under wraps but it's said to be in the vein of "Amelie" (big ambitions), focusing "on the chaos of a family around Christmastime. »

- Kevin Jagernauth

17 January 2012 2:10 PM, PST | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »

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What film stars Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Nina Dobrev, Mae Whitman, Paul Rudd and Dylan McDermott? Why, it is the big screen adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and today we are proud to deliver a film still fresh from the set.

Emma Watson is Hermione Granger to most of us, but she recently appeared in My Week with Marilyn, a film drumming up major Golden Globe and Oscar attention. She’s a fashion icon and a role model. When next we see her, it just might be in The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

The story focuses primarily on Charlie, acted by Lerman. You may recognize the young actor from the adaptation called Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Charlie is a high school freshman trying to stay sane while coming of age.

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- Sasha Nova

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