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Animation is traditionally considered a tyke-targeted genre, but films like Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, an uneven but unassailably ambitious adaptation of the Lebanese author’s classic prose poetry collection, challenge that perception. After all, it’s hard to imagine that the children who would be enraptured by the movie’s often gorgeous visuals would find themselves equally stimulated by its dense meditations on life, death, love and the ties that bind us to the natural world. Maybe that’s short-changing the more astute young’uns out there, but there’s no denying that The Prophet, with its steadfast devotion to Gibran’s verse, is layered in the extreme.

Further blurring the intended audience for this take on the book is how it constructs a treacly Disney story within which to communicate the poet’s eloquent musings. Salma Hayek, as performer and producer, seems to have coaxed The Prophet – oft...

Archie cartoonist Tom Moore died of lung cancer on Monday, July 20, at the age of 86. Tom Moore Dead, ‘Archie’ Cartoonist, At 86 Moore was an accomplished comic book artist, and is best known for his work on the famous Archie comics, for which he drew from 1953 to 1988. “Tom was very funny […]

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Tom Moore has died at the age of 86. The Archie Comics cartoonist passed away from lung cancer in El Paso, Texas, on Monday, July 20. "He's a legend, in El Paso and, really, around the United States," All Star Comics & Games owner Brad Wilson told the El Paso Times newspaper. "A lot of people don't realize how much he influenced comic book art. He was still buying comics and a really nice guy, a fun guy." Archie Comics' editor in chief, Victor Gorelick, added: "Tom was [...]...

Seven Oscar nominations represent the diversity and richness of French cinema today, a genuine melting pot with a global vision and an amazing capacity to combine cultural influences and innovative style.

Marion Cotillard in the Best Actress category for her role in "Two Days, One Night" by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne (Sundance Selects)

"Timbuktu" by Abderrahmane Sissako (Cohen Media Group) in the Best Foreign Film category representing Mauritania

"The Salt of the Earth" by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro SalgadoJuliano Ribeiro Salgado (Sony Pictures Classics) in the Best Documentary Category

Alexandre Desplat in the Best Score category for the films "The Imitation Game" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

"Song of the Sea" by Tom Moore (Gkids), a French minority co-production running for Best Animated Film

"The Butter Lamp" by Hu Wei and Julien Féret in the Best Short Film category

Congratulations to Unifrance and to its U.S. Representative, Adeline Monzier who coincidently also is in charge of U.S. In Progress, the twice yearly event held in Poland in November and Paris in June which awards U.S. Indies post-production services while introducing the filmmakers to European distributors, sales agents and festival programmers!

While Girls could have easily turned any college campus into the University of Iowa for their fourth season, the show was hoping for authenticity by getting the real deal on film. Sadly it was not to be, even though Girls writer Sarah Heyward is herself a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. "While we are pleased that the Iowa Writers’ Workshop is receiving national attention and that our graduate is doing well in her career, our general practice is to not allow filming, due to potential disruption to campus,” university spokesman Tom Moore confirmed. On the bright side, the request indicates that Hannah will likely attend the University of Iowa rather than talking herself out of enrollment in favor of, say, getting back together with Adam. Plus, it will make the second episode where he runs barefoot and shirtless to see her even more epic than the first.

Exclusive: The Secret of Kells director’s sophomore animation gets sales company.

WestEnd Films has signed on to sell Tom Moore’s anticipated animation Song of the Sea, the director’s follow up to Oscar-nominated animation The Secret of Kells.

Brendan Gleeson, Fionnula Flanagan, David Rawle, Lisa Hannigan, Pat Shortt and Jon Kenny are among the voice cast in the Cartoon Saloon-produced family-animation, due for release late this year.

Like Moore’s previous film, Song of the Sea takes inspiration from Irish folklore, centring on the legend of the Selkies, mythological creatures that are part seal, part human.

The storyline revolves around brother and sister Ben and Saoirse, who are forced to leave their coastal home to live with their grandmother following their mother’s mysterious disappearance.

Oscar-nominated composer Bruno Coulais again joined forces with Irish Band Kíla to create the score after their collaboration on 2009 feature Kells.

Previous deals done with producers include StudioCanal for the...

New Law And Order Svu season 15,episode 14 intense spoilers & clips hit the net. Last night,NBC released the new spoilers and sneak peek/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "Law And Order: Svu" episode 14 of season 15. The episode is entitled, "Wednesday's Child," and it looks quite interesting and dramatic the crew urgently tries to save a missing child, Olivia may be preggers, and more! In the new "Wednesday's Child" episode, Guest character, Tom Moore will arrive home from a business trip to find his young son, Nicky, missing from his bed. With a history of behavioral problems, the cops are going to suspect he wandered off alone. However, the search will end up, getting more urgent as the diabetic boy’s insulin pump runs out. The investigation will eventually lead to something more dangerous when a criminal couple, known for child endangerment and pornography, are seen with Nicky. With a...

New Law And Order Svu season 15,episode 14 official spoilers,plotline revealed by NBC. Recently,NBC dished out the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Law And Order: Svu" episode 14 of season 15. The episode is entitled, "Wednesday's Child," and it sounds pretty intriguing and dramatic as a young,diabetic boy comes up missing from his bed, and more. In the new,14th episode press release: A missing boy is going to lead to a shocking confession and a race to save his life. Press release number 2: Tom Moore (guest star John Benjamin Hickey) will arrive home from a business trip to find his young son, Nicky (guest star Duncan Nicholson), missing from his bed. With a history of behavioral problems, the cops are going to suspect he wandered off alone, and the search will become more urgent as the diabetic boy’s insulin pump runs out. However, the investigation...

Chris Colfer finally talked about "The Breakup," and while we have serious issues about his assertion that he was the ugly half of a power couple, we are curious with his speculation as the what the future holds for Kurt. "I'm just really excited to see what the future holds for him in general. Whether that means dating one person or a few over the course of the season, I just want to see him live and be his own person. He had a really bad year last season so it's been nice to see him spread his wings."

Some of these secret menus at fast food restaurants are truly terrifying, but if I'm completely honest, I might be willing to make the In-and-Out 100x100 the last thing I do before I die of a heart attack.

Taken 2 is dominating the box office this weekend, headed towards a $46 million opening,...

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Within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to worthwhile titles currently available on Netflix Instant Watch. This week we offer alternatives to Snow White and the Huntsman, Piranha 3Dd and Cat in Paris.

In this dark rendition of the tale of Snow White, the Huntsman charge to kill does not only take mercy on her, but also mentors her in her revolt against the evil queen. Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron co-star; Rupert Sanders directs.

For more fantasy and fairy tales:

Grimm’s Snow White (2012) Stewart’s is not the only Snow White who is armed. In this spirited TV adaptation of the classic tale, Eliza Bennett plays a blond version of the ruby-lipped princess, whose weapon of choice is a bow and arrow. But will her new-found might be enough to face down the evil queen’s dragons? Rachel Goldenberg directs.

The Fall...

On September 3, 1981, Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas brought Bernard Sabath's The Boys of Autumn for a trial run to Marines Memorial Theatre, San Francisco. A "what-if" tale about the reunion of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn 50 years after their infamous adventures on the Mississippi, Lancaster played Henry Finnegan (Huck, of course) and Douglas his old friend Thomas Gray (Sawyer). Having retired from vaudeville, Tom Sawyer--who has been using the stage name of Thomas Gray--returns to his home in the South searching for his boyhood friend Huckleberry Finn. The play was directed by Tom Moore and ran for four weeks (some sources say six) and reunited Lancaster and Douglas for their seventh collaboration after previously starring together in six films: I Walk Alone (1948), Gunfight at the Ok Corral (1957), The Devil's Disciple (1959), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), Seven Days in May (1964), and the made-for-tv Victory at Entebbe (1976). They would work together...

For anyone who’s been paying attention to the Oscar race, there were few surprises in this morning’s nominations. The only two real upsets, as far as I’m concerned, took place in the animated categories. First, the announcement of Tom Moore’s The Secret of Kells among the nominated features induced a nationwide wave of befuddlement and puzzled cries of “What the fuck is The Secret of Kells and how did it beat out the quite successful Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs?” Audiences will have a chance to find out for themselves in March, when the European-produced, 2-D gem, about the crafting of the legendary, 9th-century Irish masterpiece of Biblical illumination, is released in U.S. As our friends at Movieline point out, “They say it’s an honor just to be nominated. In Kells’ case, it’s also a multimillion publicity campaign that doesn’t cost a cent.