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Me, I'm Steve Head. I co-created the movie news website IGN Filmforce, which is now IGN movies, and that's where much of my writing goes. There, we essentially live and breathe news and interviews. From 1997 to 2000 I was co-editor of TheForce.net - your daily Star Wars news. I've also written for The Boston Phoenix. I do marketing promotions for The Brattle Theater (http://brattlefilm.org) here in Cambridge, MA. And I'm Editor in Chief of the Boston publication Beanywood.com.

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Rocketman flies over Alps with jet-pack strapped to his back

News – Yves Rossy likes to jump out of a small plane with a pair of jet-powered wings on his back and loop the loop above the Swiss Alps. The self-built contraption took the former fighter pilot five years to build and perfect - and yesterday he gave it its maiden flight.

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Jason Reitman flies 'Up in the Air'

Movies – Jason Reitman will write and is attached to direct Walter Kirn's novel "Up in the Air" for Montecito. The long-gestating project teams the "Juno" helmer with his father, Ivan Reitman, who heads up Montecito along with Tom Pollock.

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Weak dollar drives sales for U.S. pics

Movies – Dollar-carrying Americans in Cannes scandalized by the price of a cafe au lait ($8), a bottle of water ($5) or a short taxi ride ($17) can take solace in this: Currency devaluation can sometimes be a beautiful thing.

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From arthouse to Indiana Jones

Movies – Opening offering Blindness wins critical acclaim ahead of Spielberg premiere...

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Helen Hunt: Then She Found Me

Celebrities – Plenty of people don't care for Helen Hunt, and I can see why. As a performer, she's the opposite of relaxed or sensual:

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For Movies, a Summer That's Shy on Sequels

Movies – Hollywood's summer movies promise to be a little fresher, more original and funnier than usual. And that could be a problem for an industry that has done well lately by peddling the familiar.

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Directors team for 'My Son'

Movies – Werner Herzog and David Lynch are teaming for "My Son, My Son," a horror-tinged murder drama based on a true story.

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Film Criticism: A spectator sport

Movies – I guess I should head off the e-mails seeking my annual report from Cannes: It can be found this year at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Sadly, the crap economy has pretty much wiped out my freelance income since January, to the point where for the first time since 1997 I may have to go out and get myself an actual job.

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indie movies vs. Indy's movie at Cannes

Movies – The Cannes Film Festival usually starts with a movie that's light and goes down easy. So Wednesday's dark, apocalyptic opening film seemed a puzzling choice ââ;¬" even to the movie's director.

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5 Must-See Movies at Cannes

Movies – 1. Changeling - Director Clint Eastwood, last represented at the festival with Mystic River in 2003, offers a period drama set in Los Angeles in 1928. Angelina Jolie stars as a mother whose young son disappears while she's at work, only to reappear mysteriously a few months later. But is this boy really is her child?

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Massive indie studio set for Ventura

Movies – The Ventura county town off Highway 118 has been chosen as the site of the largest indie movie studio in the U.S., dubbed Commonwealth Studios. Ground will break on the $125 million project in April 2009 and construction is expected to last 18 months.

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Daniel Day-Lewis eyes 'Nine' role

Movies – Daniel Day-Lewis is in talks to star in "Nine," the musical Rob Marshall is directing for the Weinstein Co.

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Plaza Hotel's famous fictitious resident returns home

News – Eloise, the Plaza hotel's fictitious resident, has officially returned to the storied landmark following a $400 million renovation _ with a portrait of the mischievous 6 year old prominently displayed near its famous Palm Court dining room.

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Uwe Boll on directing 'Grand Theft Auto'

Movies – Derided by some (okay, many), German-born director Uwe Boll has made ten movies in the last eight years, challenged critics to boxing matches, and inspired an online petition to ban him from cinema for eternity.

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Director Richard Kelly on 'Donnie Darko Too'

Movies – Over the last couple of days, a few people have asked me what's up with "this Donnie Darko sequel." So to set the record straight, here's a few facts I'd like to share with you all...

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