Those films are more manic than the "Before" series, but they are as insightful.
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And many of the most riveting scenes in those films are nothing but dialogue.
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Those films have proved their continuing value, and repeated viewings only enhance their appeal.
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Furry Vengeance is one of those films that only earned back its production budget.
George Lucas was a bigger star on those films than Portman, Ewan McGregor or Hayden Christensen.
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But certain scary moments in those films, where the violence is suddenly pronounced, still work just fine.
If those films are Iron Man-sized hits, it will set up The Avengers for a boffo box office.
But few of those films turned out to be blockbusters on the scale that studios were looking for.
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Notably, those films did not have 3D or IMAX surcharges boosting their totals.
The interesting news is that two of those films, The Dark Knight Rises and Skyfall, were released strictly in 2D.
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Baldwin swears that those films were made only to pay the bills and that his real passion is for wholesome flicks.
Those films took giant leaps in the art of technology, but with "Polar Express, " Zemeckis gets an A only for effort.
Marvel was busy at work on The Avengers and Iron Man 3 and Paramount was on board to distribute those films.
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Those films should give MGM time to build itself back up again.
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And imagine if you could sell the rights to play those films.
Unless of course those films can be made on very small budgets.
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It will be a tall order for any of those films to match the results of "The Avengers, " from Walt Disney Co.
But life in China's big cities was already quite unlike that when those films were made, and there has been more change since.
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Once they acknowledged this factor in their statistical models, it became evident that those films, by themselves, did not do any better at all.
Both of those films turned on formidable performances by the same superb actor, Michael Shannon (who has a small but significant role in "Mud").
So when the nominations were announced this month, I was among the many shocked observers when neither of those films was among the honorees.
But right now there's no explanation for what's on those films.
So how can they see those films in their local cinema?
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But every January shows those films still have a place.
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Several Bollywood studios in India are setting up a trial this fall in which phone owners can aim at a movie poster and download ringtones based on songs from those films.
Sure enough, usually those films have higher attendance numbers.
However, professors Olav Sorenson from Yale and David Waguespack from the University of Maryland discovered that, because of their beliefs, film distributors assign a much bigger proportion of their marketing budget to those films.
Two of those films, the just-released Titanic 3D from Paramount Home Media Distribution and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and the October 15 Avatar 3D from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, are from the Oscar-winning director.
However, professors Olav Sorenson from Yale and David Waguespack from the University of Maryland discovered that, because of their beliefs, film distributors assign a much bigger proportion of their marketing budget and other resources to those films.
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