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Movieline’s Interactive Drive Map: Explore Los Angeles With Director Nicolas Winding Refn

Few films in recent memory traverse the urban terrain of Los Angeles as memorably as Nicolas Winding Refn ‘s Drive , the stylish, sublime (and yes, ultra-violent) September 16 “fairytale” starring Ryan Gosling as a soft-spoken stunt man who gets mixed up with vicious gangsters in the city of angels. Using practical locations from downtown to the Valley, Refn paints a portrait of L.A. seldom seen in even the best L.A. stories — and with nary a glimpse of glitzy Hollywood in sight. Dive into Movieline’s interactive Drive map and explore the landscape of Refn’s Los Angeles, in the director’s own words.

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Movieline’s Interactive Drive Map: Explore Los Angeles With Director Nicolas Winding Refn

VIDEO: Half-Naked Jennifer Lawrence Gets Painted Blue for X-Men: First Class

New Real Steel Poster: Hugh? Hugh Jackman?

Real Steel , the robot battledome caper that already gave us the funniest trailer of the past two months , is back with a serious new one-sheet. Is Hugh Jackman thrilled to compete in the Remote Control Robot Derby? The answer is an eerie yes.

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Watch Ryan Gosling Make a Fool of Himself in New Ides of March Clip

Whether he is heroically stopping (and then resolving ) New York City street fights, making spooky dioramas for journalists or dispensing cryptic sex advice to paparazzi , Ryan Gosling can do no wrong. This point has never been more clear than in the latest clip for Ides of March , George Clooney’s fall political thriller, in which the actor flirts with a campaign intern (Evan Rachel Wood) whose name he clearly doesn’t remember.

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REVIEW: Deep Cast Can’t Make The Debt Pay Off

No one comes out looking good in The Debt , a grim thriller from director John Madden: Not the Nazi purveyor of concentration camp atrocities, which is a given, but not the trio of young, dedicated Mossad agents sent to bring him to justice after the war either. The film’s a remake of a 2007 Israeli effort that never made it to US theaters, but that presumably carried with it a sense of self-critique, of taking on national mythologizing. Forgoing that focus, The Debt comes across as critical of human nature in general, as a tale of self-interest winning out over the greater good. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, particularly when the character who first offers up this assessment is the aforementioned Nazi monster.

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REVIEW: Deep Cast Can’t Make The Debt Pay Off

Brad Pitt Thought Angelina Jolie’s First Screenplay Was ‘Not That Bad’

One of the more mysterious curios of the fall movie season is Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey . In an interview with Vanity Fair (on newsstands in New York and Los Angeles this week), Jolie says that she wrote the script for the Bosnian War-set romance while she was ill and quarantined from her children. “I don’t watch TV and I wasn’t reading anything. So I started writing. I went from the beginning to the end. I didn’t know any other way.” Afterward, she passed the draft to Brad Pitt; what did her super-famous husband think? “He called and said, ‘You know, honey, it’s not that bad.'” Oh. Maybe leave that one off the poster. [ VF. com ]

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Brad Pitt Thought Angelina Jolie’s First Screenplay Was ‘Not That Bad’

5 Oscar-Worthy Female Roles This Fall and Their Place in Academy History

Though the Oscars aired just six months ago, we’re already gearing up for next year’s decadent — perhaps Gervais-aided — ceremony. In scanning the release list for this fall, Movieline picked out five female roles that are shoo-ins for Academy attention. How can we be so sure, you ask? Because every role is a combination of past nominees and winners. Let’s divvy up the gold!

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5 Oscar-Worthy Female Roles This Fall and Their Place in Academy History

Lady Bus Driver Files Charges Against Matthew Fox Following Altercation

An update in the curious saga of that one time Matthew Fox allegedly got too drunk while in Cleveland (where he’s filming I, Alex Cross with Tyler Perry ) and punched a party bus driver in the… well, he allegedly punched her in multiple parts of the body. Let’s leave it at that. The 29-year-old woman has now officially filed assault charges against the actor, who was not arrested by police following the Sunday night incident. (Incidentally, Fox plays a mob killer opposite Perry’s titular hero in Alex Cross .) Developing… [ CNN ]

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Watch a Brutal Clip from Warrior: Tom Hardy Delivers a Scary Knockout

Warrior is serious . The Oscar-craving movie about mixed martial arts starring Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton and a whole bunch of other fearsome types — like real-life fighter Erik Apple and wrestling vet Kurt Angle — is a full-throttle ride around the ropes. In this new clip, Hardy unseats a champ in just a few quick moves. Harsh as hell, and so good.

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Good Reads: Get to Know Your Fall Book Adaptations

The fall movie season: when the remakes and sequels of summertime step aside for highfalutin literary adaptations. With some thirteen page-to-screen turns between now and the end of the year, 2011 will pack theaters will bookworms and wannabe literary aficionados the world over. Ahead, a comprehensive list of the forthcoming adaptations, from I Don’t Know How She Does It to War Horse .

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