‘Sideways’ movie: Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church enjoy days of wine and women. ‘Sideways’ movie review: California winery tour follows conventional road to male maturity With the 1999 Matthew Broderick-Reese Witherspoon vehicle Election, Alexander Payne displayed a flair for…
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Crash with Shaun Toub and Michael Peña. Directed by Paul Haggis from a screenplay by Haggis and Bobby Moresco, the Los Angeles-set race-focused drama Crash was the 2006 SAG Awards’ surprise Best Cast winner. The all-star ensemble includes Shaun Taub…
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Gay cowboy fans shower movie awards on same-sex love story Brokeback Mountain, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. Ang Lee’s (mostly) 1960s-set romantic Western Brokeback Mountain was the Los Angeles Film Critics’ Best Film of the year, while Heath Ledger,…
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Wine Country road movie Sideways with Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church. Life lessons, picturesque views of Southern California’s Santa Ynez Valley Wine Country, and the (sexist?) portrayal of adult men as overgrown babies are all found in Alexander Payne’s…