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The trippy sci-fi festival favorite from an alternate 1983 lands a distribution partner. Panos Cosmatos'  Beyond the Black Rainbow , the only memorable film from this year's Tribeca Film Festival, has landed a distribution partner.  And it is the  right  partner. Our friends at Magnet Releasing, the sociopaths who brought us  Rubber  and  Hobo With a Shotgun  and  Black Death  and the upcoming  Trollhunter , announced the deal the other day at the Cannes Film Festival.  It was swallowed by the news of Lars von Trier being a douche but, much like the insidious nature of this otherworldly film, the message has still seeped out. Beyond the Black Rainbow  is an endurance test - an intensely slow movie, focused on eerie tone over plot.  It bathes in the aesthetic of late '70s and early '80 science fiction, like a visit to EPCOT on some really bad LSD. No timetable for VOD or theatrical release has been announced. Below is ...

The Bridesmaids scene-stealer is doubling-down with two new comedies. When I first reviewed Bridesmaids I was so swept up with Kristen Wiig's performance (the best film comedienne since Madeline Kahn) that there were few column inches left to talk about the other performances. As I exited the SXSW premiere, however, I recall saying to friends that "if it were a just world, Melissa McCarthy would be starring in films of her own." Well, there's nothing like a movie overshooting its estimates (it made $25 million at the box office this weekend) and receiving near-universal praise to make miracles happen. Deadline reports that McCarthy is teaming with Bridesmaids co-writer Annie Mumolo on a quest movie to steal the Stanley Cup for her dying husband. The husband will be played by McCarthy's actual husband, Ben Falcone, who plays the object of McCarthy's affection in the soon-to-be-if-not-already airplane scene in Bridesmaids. What disgusting things are in store fo...