Million Dollar Baby movie with Hilary Swank and Clint Eastwood. ‘Million Dollar Baby’ movie: Clint Eastwood contrived, overlong drama made (barely) watchable by first-rate central performance Fresh off the enthusiastically…
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‘The Black Dahlia’ 2006 with Scarlett Johansson and Josh Hartnett. ‘The Black Dahlia’ 2006 movie review: Film noir homage is The Big Snooze (image: ) Stylized without being stylish, intricate…
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Anne Hathaway: Oscars’ host with James Franco. The Oscars’ host: Anne Hathaway & James Franco combo the worst ever? While on the Kodak stage on Feb. 27, this year’s Oscar…
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Screen Actors Guild nominations: The King’s Speech received four SAG Award nods, including Best Supporting Actress for Helena Bonham Carter and Best Actor for Colin Firth. Although not a fool-proof…
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John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman in Robert Schwentke’s Red. Nov. 4 Saw 3D topped the U.S. and Canada box office chart one more time on Wednesday, Nov. 3, scoring $1.26 million…
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British street gangs top San Sebastian Film Festival: Neds directed by Peter Mullan. Peter Mullan’s Glasgow-set drama Neds, about a distraught teenager who joins a street gang in the early…
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Pat Morita in ‘The Karate Kid’ 1984. Pat Morita: ‘The Karate Kid’ 1984 martial arts teacher dead at 73 Pat Morita a.k.a. Noriyuki ‘Pat’ Morita, best known for his Academy…
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Hilary Swank Oscar triumph: The star of Clint Eastwood’s sentimental boxing melodrama Million Dollar Baby has become the 21st century’s first two-time Best Actress Academy Award winner. Her previous victory,…
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Director Eastwood’s surrogate father-daughter boxing drama Million Dollar Baby won SAG Awards for Best Actress Hilary Swank, who beat top competitor Annette Bening, and, more surprisingly, for Best Supporting Actor…
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The Aviator: Martin Scorsese’s Best Film - Drama Golden Globe winner stars Leonardo DiCaprio (pictured) as unbalanced Texan billionaire Howard Hughes, who made movies, dated Hollywood stars, got Hughes Aircraft…
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Awards season news: In an ungodly turn of events, Jesus Christ and Jason Bourne lost out to Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man (“Spidey” among friends/crazy fans) at the Critics’ Choice Awards.…
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The NSFC Awards’ surprisingly mainstream winner, Clint Eastwood’s maudlin boxing melodrama Million Dollar Baby is unlike most of the group’s recent Best Film selections – e.g., American Splendor, Mulholland Dr.,…
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Wine Country road movie Sideways: Life lessons, picturesque views of California’s Santa Ynez Valley Wine Country, and the (sexist) portrayal of adult men as overgrown babies are all found in…