Though it fails to fulfill its thematic promise, Christopher Nolan’s ambitious sci-fier Interstellar is an undeniably grandiose achievement.
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Tom Laughlin in Billy Jack. Tom Laughlin: ‘Billy Jack’ actor-filmmaker who died last week helped to revolutionize film distribution patterns in North America Tom Laughlin, best known for the Billy…
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Norma Bengell and John Herbert in As Cariocas. Norma Bengell: Iconic (and controversial) Brazilian film, stage & TV star made history as first actress seen naked (full frontal) in a…
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Emmy Nominations’ Oscar Favorites: Al Pacino and Helen Mirren in Phil Spector. Emmy Nominations’ Oscar Favorites The 2013 Emmy nominations were announced earlier today by the Academy of Television Arts…
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Unless things change dramatically (apart from environmental chaos and apocalyptic wars), 30 or 40 years from now Martin Scorsese is going to be the best-remembered name of the current top-five…
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Shame with Carey Mulligan and Michael Fassbender. Oscar chances? There have been precious few Oscar-winning “sex movies.” Now that Steve McQueen’s psychological drama Shame has received an NC-17 rating from…
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Ben Johnson isn’t exactly what one would call a movie icon; Johnson isn’t even a Western icon, despite his presence in numerous Old (and not-so-Old) West movies during his 50+-year…
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Oscar comebacks: Adrien Brody in Roman Polanski’s The Pianist. Generally speaking, most actors, actresses, and directors either get that once-in-a-lifetime Academy Award nomination, or, if they’re lucky, a couple or…
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Sex-starved housewives everywhere are represented by Agnes Kittelsen, who also happens to be the “perfect” housewife, in Anne Sewitsky’s Happy, Happy / Sykt Lykkelig – one of the 2011 Sundance…
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Movie from 1957 Tennessee Williams screenplay The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond is mostly satisfying. Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans star.
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Passchendaele. Genie Awards: World War I drama ‘Passchendaele’ wins Best Picture In a bizarre twist, the Canadian Academy of Film & Television (website) chose Passchendaele, Paul Gross’ flag-waving World War…
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Counterfeit ‘Going My Way’ 1944 Oscar Says Academy Press Release: Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has examined the Oscar® statuette that was…
Avatar 2 news: Sequels to be filmed concurrently says Sigourney Weaver Avatar 2, 3, 4 to be filmed concurrently. [Photo: Sigourney Weaver in Avatar.] Audiences are clamoring for original fare,…
The Exorcist: Linda Blair’s face, Mercedes McCambridge’s voice. Much like Natalie Portman’s out-of-wedlock pregnancy issue had a predecessor – in the Ingrid Bergman-Roberto Rossellini affair back in 1950 – something…
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond with Bryce Dallas Howard as Fisher Willow, a troubled heiress who becomes involved with the handsome but impoverished – and equally unstable – Jimmy…