Truth movie: Cate Blanchett “flawless” as 60 Minutes’ Mary Mapes. ‘Truth’ movie: Gripping and well-acted drama can’t hide ’60 Minutes’ producer Mary Mapes’ role in the ‘devolution of TV journalism’ The devolution of TV journalism into partisan point-scoring and sophistic bloviating was in full stride…
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Young Robert Redford as Bob McKay in ‘The Candidate.’ Robert Redford and politics: ‘The Candidate,’ ‘All the President’s Men’ A young Robert Redford can be seen in The Candidate, All the President’s Men, Three Days of the Condor, and Downhill Racer as Turner Classic Movies’…
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Robert Redford in The Great Gatsby movie version directed by Jack Clayton and co-starring Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, and Karen Black. Robert Redford: ‘The Great Gatsby’ 1974 misfire & box office hit ‘The Way We Were’ Turner Classic Movies’ Star of the Month Robert Redford…
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Robert Redford in ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.’ Robert Redford movies: ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,’ ‘The Sting’ and honorable war hero or psycho serial killer? They don’t make movie stars like they used to, back in the days of Louis B. Mayer,…
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Ben Bradlee: ‘The Washington Post’ executive editor played by Jason Robards in All the President’s Men. Ben Bradlee: From ‘All the President’s Men’ to ‘Ghosts of Grey Gardens’ Former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee a.k.a. Benjamin C. Bradlee, best known for his key role…
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The Other Woman cast: Cameron Diaz, Kate Upton and Leslie Mann. ‘The Other Woman’ 2014 box office: Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann comedy to top North American box office chart despite mostly bad reviews April 28 update: Starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton, and…
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier with Chris Evans. ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’: Marvel films’ second best release With each new Marvel superhero film that bullies its way into multiplexes, the magnitude of the company’s achievement gets more impressive, if not historic. Focusing just on…
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Amy Adams’ Oscar nominations: Best Actress win for American Hustle? Adams is seen here with Christian Bale. Oscar predictions Below are our last-minute Oscar 2014 predictions. The 86th Academy Award nominations are going to be announced on Thursday, January 16, at 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time…
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Judgment at Nuremberg with Maximilian Schell. Stanley Kramer’s most effective “message movie,” the 1961 courtroom/political drama Judgment at Nuremberg is a fictionalized restaging of the post-World War II Judges’ Trial of Nazi Germany judges and prosecutors, which was held in the Bavarian city of Nuremberg…
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Jennifer Lawrence: Hot and unbalanced con artist’s wife Rosalyn Rosenfeld in American Hustle. Best known as the fearless Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games and its sequels, Jennifer Lawrence, unlike most other blockbuster-franchise stars, has also acquired the reputation of being a “prestige actress.” Earlier…
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Dame Judi Dench. Dame Judi Dench & Scarlett Johansson among British Independent Film Award nominees Since the likes of Judi Dench, Scarlett Johansson, James McAvoy, and Tom Hardy are in the running for the 2013 British Independent Film Awards, expect at least a little overlapping…
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All the President’s Men revisited: Robert Redford with Carl Bernstein, Ben Bradlee, Bob Woodward. ‘All the President’s Men’ revisited: Robert Redford & Ben Bradlee + Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward The Washington Post and American journalism in general may be only a shadow of what…