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Actor Stephen Lang performing in an "amp suit," with director James Cameron by his side

Digital doubles become star players in Hollywood

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If an actor’s movements and face are captured by a computer and digitally recreated by teams of computer animators, who gets the Oscar? Improvements in digital technology are raising that question by putting more and more digital doubles on screen.

Podcast: Corporate Spelling Experiments

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Movies: Sequel-Mania and the End of the World

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‘Tron: Legacy’ and ‘Tron’ Reviews, Then and Now

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Left to clean up the mess: two reviews of Wall-E

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Pixar’s latest movie, WALL-E, is an environmental fable about a lonely robot who is left to clean up the rusty debris of a vacant Earth. Two real-life Wallys review the film for The Takeaway. Guests: Wally Norbury and Wally Woo

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Your Movie Reviews: Don’t Mess with the Kung Fu Zohan

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Over the weekend, the animated flick Kung Fu Panda got the top spot at the box office ? and Hillary Clinton gave her support to Barack Obama as the top Democrat in the presidential primary. If you caught a movie over the weekend, which one do you think the also-rans should catch up on? Our […]