‘Historical Figures’ movies – 31 Days of Oscar: TCM to present Disraeli, Marie Antoinette, and five other titles. Stars include George Arliss and Norma Shearer.
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Independence Day movies: Exuberant all-white all-Iowan marching band + lovely and talented Joan Leslie + racist British imperialism salute.
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4th of July Movies: From our dystopian present to John Paul Jones + Benedict Arnold and other complex American Revolutionary War figures.
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Detroit (2017) movie review: Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal’s skillfull and well-intentioned docudrama is unsatisfying as both cinema and history.
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Ben-Hur 1925: Fast & Furious epic to be screened at historic theater. Costliest production and biggest worldwide box-office hit til GWTW.
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Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln: Daniel Day-Lewis for Oscar 2013? Ever since it was announced that Steven Spielberg was going to direct an Abraham Lincoln biopic, film pundits, bloggers, …
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The Loves of Pharaoh (1922) movie review: Emil Jannings voraciously chews the Ancient Egypt scenery in this hugely disappointing Ernst Lubitsch epic.
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3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy box office: Erotic Hong Kong hit has beaten the first-day gross of James Cameron’s international blockbuster Avatar.
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The King’s Speech (2010) movie review: Colin Firth delivers a phenomenal performance in Tom Hooper’s classy feel-good historical drama.
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Turner Classic Movies: Dysfunctional-Family Oriented Christmas Films likely to inspire gathered families + Katharine Hepburn 2x and Elizabeth Taylor 3x.
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Valkyrie: Tom Cruise World War II film about man who wanted to kill Adolf Hitler receives Muted Praise in Germany + Gay Slamdance Entries and Dubai winners.
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Tom Hulce and F. Murray Abraham were both shortlisted for the 1984 Best Actor Academy Award for their work in Milos Forman’s Amadeus. Abraham was the eventual winner. Milos Forman’s …
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Screenwriter-director Philip Kaufman’s 1983 Best Picture Oscar nominee, The Right Stuff, will be the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series. …
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300 (2006) movie review: Gerard Butler stars in Zack Snyder’s historical epic that is visually stunning, proudly gory, and lacking both a brain and a heart.
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Berlin Film Festival: Nazi era and Cold War Flops + handjob expert Marianne Faithfull and inspirational (but debatable) Nelson Mandela tale.