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  • Leonardo DiCaprio & Matthew McConaughey in Paramount Pictures' 'The Wolf of Wall Street'

    No one can make breaking the law look like a total blast quite like Martin Scorsese.

    After (rather brilliantly) dabbling in family-friendly entertainment with "Hugo" (2011), the Oscar-winning director is back in the genre he knows and does best: the cautionary crime drama.

    But before the caution comes the drug-fueled partying, supermodel-romancing, dwarf-tossing (yes, it's true), and even smoking in the conference room as Leonardo DiCaprio throws another Gatsby-sized party – albeit one a lot more decadent and, uh, illegal – in "The Wolf of Wall Street," the year's first sure thing as far as multiple Oscar nominations go. We get our first glimpse of the action in the teaser trailer shown below.

    [Related: Leonardo DiCaprio Kisses Older Woman in ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Scene]

    And the guest of honor? That might be "Magic Mike" scene-stealer Matthew McConaughey, making his Scorsese debut as Mark Hanna, the boss and mentor of Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio) during the notorious stockbroker's formative

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  • Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lopez (Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Jennifer Lopez landed one of her career-first leading roles as a real-life character who got entangled in tragic circumstances. Now Lopez will be following suit in her next film.

    The 43-year-old actress and pop star, who played late tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in the 1997 biopic, "Selena," has just been cast in the retelling of the Chilean Miners story that captivated the world in 2010. "The 33" is based on the the men who were trapped in a copper and gold mine in Chile when it collapsed, forcing them to spend 69 days stranded over a half mile underground before they were rescued.

    Lopez is the latest to be cast in "The 33," which stars Antonio Banderas as Mario Sepulveda, aka "Super Mario" — the man who became the spokesmen for the miners in video messages that surfaced as their plight dominated global media coverage. An international

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  • Superman, handcuffed in 'Man of Steel' Superman, handcuffed in 'Man of Steel' (Photo: Warner Bros.)

    SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t seen the new Superman flick "Man of Steel," but plan to, you may want to leave this Burning Q page right now. It’s spoiler-tastic!

    Still here? OK, consider yourself warned.

    Superman violently kills General Zod in Man of Steel?!?!?! WTF??? I thought that Superman was a non-killer. Is the older, gentler Superman dead forever??? — Y.K.

    Superman fans certainly are fearing as much. For what it's worth, Kal-El does feel pretty bad about having to snap that bad guy's neck, and the filmmakers do make an effort to sell us on the idea that superhero feels, at least, at one point, like he has no choice.

    But still, you're right. The Superman brand isn't generally

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  • Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias & Nick Robinson in CBS Films' 'The Kings of Summer'.

    What better way to celebrate Father's Day than by watching a movie about kids who ditch their parents for the summer? By giving away an Apple TV in honor of that movie!

    Thanks to "The Kings of Summer" – the heartwarming comedy about three high school boys who runaway from their overbearing parents and go live off the land for the summer – we're giving away an Apple TV! And to really sweeten the deal, we're also throwing in the official film poster, as well as 5 artist posters!

    Here's how to enter:

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  • Critic’s Pick: ‘The Bling Ring’

    By Thelma Adams | The Reel Breakdown – Fri, Jun 14, 2013 7:07 PM EDT

    Must-See Movies Beyond the Blockbusters
    Emma Watson in 'The Bling Ring'Emma Watson in 'The Bling Ring' (Photo: A24)

    Love her or hate her, Sofia Coppola has cornered the market on the world of privilege and its discontents. And so it goes with the writer-director's latest movie, "The Bling Ring," based on a Vanity Fair true-crime-in-the-Hollywood-Hills article. The film, in limited release this weekend focuses on a celebrity-obsessed Bonnie and Bonnie and Bonnie and Bonnie and Clyde gang that robs from the rich – Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom – and lines their own Prada pockets.

    Led by relative newcomers Katie Chung and lush-lipped Israel Broussard, the high school heist comedy benefits from low expectations. Think a dark teen comedy in the tradition of "Mean Girls" and "Heathers." Both Broussard and Chung are delightfully decent as ringleaders Marc and Rebecca, but the film’s focus frequently shifts to supporting player Emma Watson. In micro-minis, her head bobbling on her slender neck, Watson plays La-La lost girl Nicki, a child of divorce incompletely healed by the New Age platitudes of her mother (Leslie Mann).

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  • Ryan Gosling in Radius' 'Only God Forgives'

    Fans of "Drive" should rejoice, as the second collaboration between director Nicolas Winding Refn and star Ryan Gosling, "Only God Forgives," looks to be quite the companion piece to the 2011 cult favorite.

    Indeed, as our exclusive trailer below shows, all of the pretty colors, cool emotional detachment and retro electronica grooves seem to have been transported from southern California to Thailand for another violent tale of bitter revenge with minimal dialogue.

    [Related: Yahoo! Movies's All-Things-Ryan-Gosling Pinterest Board]

    "I know it's hard for you ... emotionally," says Kristin Scott Thomas's Lady Macbeth-ish underworld matriarch in the new trailer for the film, almost making fun of Gosling's trademark dreamy-yet-vaguely-blank-looks. Gosling then stomps around the seediest areas of Bangkok in search of his brother's killer, a mysterious figure named Chang (Vithaya Pansringarm, sporting his own vaguely-blank-looks as he unsheathes swords and creeps around meticulously art-directed

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  • Henry Cavill and Amy Adams in 'Man of Steel' Henry Cavill and Amy Adams in 'Man of Steel' (Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures)

    A new Superman naturally means a new Lois Lane to pair him with. And when the "Man of Steel" producer Christopher Nolan and director Zack Snyder cast four-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams in the role, it was clear that their take on the intrepid reporter would be doing a lot more than hang around waiting to be rescued.

    What is a surprise, though, is how the new movie changes the Superman/Lois relationship in a major way — essentially rewriting a fundamental piece of the mythology that's endured for 75 years in comic books, movies, and on TV.

    And that's actually a good thing.

    SPOILER WARNING: We are about to reveal significant plot elements of "Man of Steel," so if you haven't seen it and want to go in fresh, read no further.

    How does "Man of Steel" change things? In the movie, Lois knows Clark Kent is Superman.

    Yes, Lois knows Superman's real identity. And it's not just a gimmick. It's a change that both comes organically from the story and strengthens the characters.  Plus, it answers the age-old question, "If Lois Lane is such a brilliant reporter, why can't she recognize a guy just because he's wearing glasses?"

    In "Man of Steel," Pulitzer

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