WONDER BOYS – Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire

Wonder Boys (2000)
Director: Curtis Hanson
Screenplay: Steve Kloves, from Michael Chabon’s novel
Cast: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr., Katie Holmes, Rip Torn, Richard Thomas, Michael Cavadias, George Grizzard
 

 

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A brilliant young writer (Tobey Maguire) who happens to be both a pathological liar (probably not a coincidence) and obsessed with celebrity suicides. A flamboyant bisexual literary editor (Robert Downey Jr.) who can’t tell the difference between a ten-feet-tall transvestite and a woman. A pothead English professor (Michael Douglas) with so little sense of ethics that he has the gall to be upset when his wife leaves him, even though he has been having an affair with his boss’ wife.
Add to that mix a pompous successful writer, an [...]

by Andre Soares | October 17, 2004   
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HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN – Daniel Radcliffe

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Direction: Alfonso Cuarón
Screenplay: Steven Kloves, from J. K. Rowling’s novel
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Richard Griffiths, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Julie Christie, Pam Ferris

 

 
Alfonso Cuarón may seem like an odd choice for director of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third installment of the Harry Potter series — if one thinks only of Cuarón’s sleeper hit, the Truffaut-esque Y tu mamá también, while ignoring two of his earlier efforts, the critically acclaimed A Little Princess and the moderately respected Great Expectations.
This time around, working with a reported $130 million budget, state-of-the-art [...]

by Andre Soares | October 9, 2004   
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