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Dennis Hopper, an iconic movie figure thanks to the biker movie Easy Rider and David Lynch's nightmarish Blue Velvet, died today at his home in Venice, in the Los Angeles area. Hopper, who was 74, had been suffering from prostate cancer. The revelation that Hopper (b. May 17, 1936, in Dodge City, Kansas) had been terminally ill was made public about two months ago, when [...]

Carey Mulligan in An Education (Kerry Brown / Sony Pictures Classics) London critics (and several other international voting groups as well) split achievement categories between "Film of the Year" or "Actor of the Year" and "British Film of the Year" or "British Actor of the Year." That always makes it look as if the British productions are inferior to the international fare. For instance, Carey [...]