This Is Not a Film with Jafar Panahi and the iguana Igi. Under house arrest[1] following accusations of spreading “propaganda against the Islamic Republic” of Iran, filmmaker Jafar Panahi (Cannes…
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Barack Obama movie ‘2016’ about to end its run Oct. 6 update: 2016 Obama’s America is on its last legs at the domestic box office. Despite recent claims of an…
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Obama movie ‘2016’ vs. Fahrenheit 9/11: Absurd comparisons Aug. 28 update: Dinesh D’Souza and John Sullivan’s right-wing documentary 2016 Obama’s America had a solid first-wide-weekend run in North America on…
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2016: Obama’s America movie: Anti-Obama right-wing documentary. ‘2016’ movie weekend box office: Solid but at lower end of expectations Aug. 26 update: The Republican national convention kicks off on Monday,…
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The Thin Blue Line: Errol Morris’ landmark documentary. (See previous post: “Biggest Oscar Snubs: Non-Nominated Actors from Charles Farrell & Paul Newman to Tom Cruise & Leonardo DiCaprio.”) For better…
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Wikileaks cables focusing on Michael Moore documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 have raised eyebrows, much like Britney Spears’ appearance in that 2004 nonfiction blockbuster. In Moore’s own words, these latest Wikileaks cables…
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Angela Lansbury, Laurence Harvey in John Frankenheimer’s The Manchurian Candidate Nov. 8: For an undisclosed amount, in early November 2010 Warner Bros. has announced plans to buy Leavesden Studios, the…
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‘Lebanon’: Israeli war movie was Golden Lion winner at Venice Film Festival. Golden Lion winner Samuel Maoz: Lebanon dedicated to war veterans – but not for flag-waving reasons “I dedicate…
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Michael Jackson kids and friends at singer’s Holmby Hills mansion. Michael Jackson kids & friends Provided by real estate developer Mohamed Hadid (via image.net), the above photo shows Hadid (left)…
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Among the 8 controversies linked to Michael Moore’s documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 are a Disney battle and mysterious late-night Saudi flights.
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A crowd-pleasing Wine Country movie and an polemical political documentary are American critics’ top selections this awards season.
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Jesus Christ and George W. Bush missing link? See past examples of the mystical connection between US presidential elections and Best Picture Oscar nods.
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7 Quotes: Joan Collins on Nicole Kidman’s ‘screen legend’ status + Michael Moore on George W. Bush + Kinsey collaborator Paul Gebhard on Bill Condon’s 2004 movie.
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The 9 quotes include Pedro Almodóvar vs the Catholic Church’s anti-gay stance and Gael García Bernal revealing his ‘inner transvestite.’
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Michael Moore’s blockbuster documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 incinerates the warmongering George W. Bush White House and the eagerly complicit American media.
Persepolis controversy: Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud animated feature offends – some of – Tunisia’s Fundamentalist Muslims. Persepolis Broadcast: Tunisian Television Station President Apologizes to Offended Muslims Three days ago…
Michael Moore shooting Bowling for Columbine. Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine, Kevin Macdonald’s One Day in September, and Errol Morris’ The Fog of War are among the 12 Oscar-winning short…
El Chupacabra terrifies Big Pharma: How polemical filmmaker Michael Moore has become an urban legend within the American pharmaceutical industry.
Potential Oscar contenders include weeping camel, Howard Zinn and slain Civil Rights activist. But polemical Iraq War features have been thoroughly bypassed.