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VIDEO: Watch Madonna Hate on a Fan’s Flowers in Venice

Madonna’s latest effort as a filmmaker, W.E. , has not been the beneficiary of what you’d call especially glowing reviews out of the Venice Film Festival. Our own Stephanie Zacharek is among the more magnanimous critics to receive it there, calling it “at times comically bad. But it’s also criminally watchable.” At the other end of the spectrum are reviews citing its “galactic-level awfulness” and characterizing it as “inept, gauche and mendacious.” So what does the pop icon do when confronted with a fan ? Let’s go to the videotape!

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I Love Bar Refaeli 2011

Model Bar Refaeli poses for photographers on the “Carnage” red carpet at the 68th Venice Film Festival in Venice September 1, 2011. She has been demonstrating exactly why she is a Sports Illustrated cover girl soaking up the sunshine in Italy. And today Bar Refaeli stole the spotlight as she attended the premiere of Carnage at the Venice Film Festival this evening. The model looks simply stunning in a low cut black jumpsuit by Emilio Pucci which boasted lace detailing and a series of buttons

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REVIEW: Hong Kong’s Tsui Hark Makes a Grand, Loopy Spectacle with Detective Dee

When I saw Hong Kong producer-director Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame at the Venice Film Festival last year, I lamented that although American viewers would probably be able to track the movie down on DVD or online, the picture wasn’t likely to get a U.S. theatrical release. Happily, I was wrong, and if you’re lucky enough to live in one of the cities where Detective Dee is playing, you too will now have a chance to witness Tsui’s glorious and somewhat unhinged vision as he tackles an episode in the real-life history of China — the ascent of the first female emperor to the throne — adding fanciful touches like spontaneous human combustion and mysterious creepy-crawlies with dangerous powers. It’s the kind of ambitious, loopy spectacle that begs to be seen on the big screen if at all possible.

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REVIEW: Hong Kong’s Tsui Hark Makes a Grand, Loopy Spectacle with Detective Dee

REVIEW: Hong Kong’s Tsui Hark Makes a Grand, Loopy Spectacle with Detective Dee

When I saw Hong Kong producer-director Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame at the Venice Film Festival last year, I lamented that although American viewers would probably be able to track the movie down on DVD or online, the picture wasn’t likely to get a U.S. theatrical release. Happily, I was wrong, and if you’re lucky enough to live in one of the cities where Detective Dee is playing, you too will now have a chance to witness Tsui’s glorious and somewhat unhinged vision as he tackles an episode in the real-life history of China — the ascent of the first female emperor to the throne — adding fanciful touches like spontaneous human combustion and mysterious creepy-crawlies with dangerous powers. It’s the kind of ambitious, loopy spectacle that begs to be seen on the big screen if at all possible.

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Postcard from Venice: George Clooney, Plus Lightning. Which Is More Spectacular?

Greetings from Venice, and from the 68th Venice Film Festival! I arrived here too late to catch the press screening of the festival’s opening film, George Clooney’s The Ides of March , which I’ve been looking forward to for months. That will have to wait until Toronto, next week. But I did happen to catch two spectacular visions my first night here: First a red-carpet sighting of George Clooney, cheered on by a noisy gang of delighted Italian fans, and a lightning storm over the lagoon, sans rain, unlike any I’ve ever seen.

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Johnnie To’s Latest, ‘Life Without Principle,’ Added to Venice Fest Lineup; See the Trailer and Poster

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The last competition slot in the Venice Film Festival has now been taken: Life Without Principle, the latest film from prolific Hong Kong director Johnnie To, will now be programmed alongside much-anticipated films like Carnage, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Shame, and Alps. If the punning title didn’t already give you the heads-up, Life Without Principle appears to be a multi-strand thriller with roots… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : /Film Discovery Date : 10/08/2011 01:45 Number of articles : 2

Johnnie To’s Latest, ‘Life Without Principle,’ Added to Venice Fest Lineup; See the Trailer and Poster

Nicholas Tse Filmography

Filmography * Young and Dangerous: The Prequel (少年古惑仔之激鬥編) (1998) (Tse wins #39;Best New Performer#39; in the Hong Kong Film Awards) * Gen-X Cops (特警新人類) (1999) * A Man Called Hero (中華英雄) (1999) * Metade Fumaca (半支煙) (1999) * Street Angels (少女党) (1999) * The Mirror (怪談之魔鏡) (1999) * Twelve Nights (十二夜) (2000) * Winner Takes All (大贏家) (2000) * Time and Tide (順流逆流) (2000) (Nominated and won: Venice Film Festival, Nominated: Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA) * Comic King (漫畫風雲) (2001) * Master Q 2

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George Clooney’s Close Encounter of the Gay-Stripper Kind

George Clooney came prepared to the Venice Film Festival.

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George Clooney Debuts Italian Girlfriend in Venice

Forget that bandage he’s sporting. Let’s talk about the arm candy George Clooney showed off at the Venice Film Festival: Elisabetta Canalis.  Although the two have been…

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