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Best of the Week: Comic-Con Wrap, Weinstein’s Oscar Frontrunners, Friedkin on ‘Sorcerer’ & More

Aug 2, 2014 11:00 am

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‘Guardians of the Galaxy”s Groot Deserves Best Animated Character of the Year Award

Screen Talk: from Comic-Con’s Sublime ‘Interstellar’ and ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ to James Franco

Weinstein Co. Awards Plans Come Into Focus: What Are Their Oscar Frontrunners?

‘A Most Wanted Man’ Makes Top Ten, Woody’s ‘Magic’ Outwits Reviews, ‘Boyhood’ Still Strong

Top Ten Box Office Takeaways, as Action Star Scarlett Johannson in ‘Lucy’ Lays Out The Rock in ‘Hercules’

Dowdle Brothers Talk Supernatural Paris Catacombs of ‘As Above, So Below’ at Comic-Con (TRAILER)

Guillermo Del Toro Talks the Horror and Romance of ‘Crimson Peak’ at Comic-Con

Why You Must Watch ‘Calvary,’ ‘Guardians of the Galaxy,’ ‘The One I Love’ & ‘Moebius’ This Weekend (TRAILERS)

How Alex Gibney Found Nigerian Superstar Fela Kuti

Toronto Film Fest Doc Preview, from Oscar Hopefuls to Likely Buys (Midnight Madness, Vanguard Lineups)

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Director James Gunn Looks Forward — and Back

‘Happy Christmas’ Stars Melanie Lynskey and Mark Webber Dive Off the Deep End with Joe Swanberg

How Roadside Attractions Made Hit of ‘Most Wanted Man,’ Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, the Web is Changing the Movie Business

ILM Gets Trippy with Scarlett Johansson’s VFX in Luc Besson’s ‘Lucy’

William Friedkin Makes a Midler Musical, Defends Digital, Restores ‘Sorcerer,’ Reveres Old Studios

Comic-Con 2014: Why ‘The Giver’ Is Like ‘Tron: Legacy’ and ‘John Carter’

Comic-Con 2014: Marvel Hammers Home ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ and ‘Ant-Man’

Titans Peter Jackson and George Miller Take Over the Con with ‘Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies’ and ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ (POSTERS & TRAILERS)

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Review and Round-Up: Another Marvel Monster

Career Watch: TV Provides Stepping Stone to Film for Edgy Emmy Nominees Dreyfuss, Driver, Louis C.K.

Emmy Watch: Learning to Love ‘Game of Thrones’

‘Calvary’ Director McDonagh and Brendan Gleeson Talk the Betrayal of Trust (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

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