Robert Mitchum Movies: The Yakuza surprising casting and effectively cast against type in David Lean’s troubled Ryan’s Daughter with Sarah Miles.
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Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert: Pulitzer winner, TV star-critic, humanistic Twitter voice has died Roger Ebert, probably the best known movie critic in the United States, died earlier today in Chicago, …
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Model and actress Cynthia Myers, a 1968 Playboy Playmate, died Nov. 4. She was 61. Hugh Hefner announced her death on Twitter: “I’m saddened by the news of the passing …
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Atlas Shrugged Part I: Ayn Rand Film Ruined by … Critics?
4 minutes readAtlas Shrugged: Part I – the low-budget film based on the widely derided Ayn Rand bestseller – has turned out to be a total commercial disaster. Who’s to blame? Try …
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Oscar Nominations Best Documentary: Biggest Snubs Include Errol Morris & Michael Moore
9 minutes readThe 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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Welcome to the Rileys with Kristen Stewart. Directed by Jake Scott, Welcome to the Rileys, which opened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, has been greeted by mixed-to-lukewarm reviews. For …
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Penthouse founder Bob Guccione died on Oct. 20 at a hospital in Plano, Texas. He was 79. Best known for the explicit sexual content found in his magazine, a Playboy …
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Mormons vs. Gays + Sundance: To Boycott or Not to Boycott
14 minutes readCalifornians will be voting on Proposition 8 this coming Tuesday. Considering how religious beliefs are the engine behind the anti-gay marriage proposition, and that according to numerous reports the Mormon …
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‘War and Peace’ Movie: Mammoth Oscar Winner
2 minutes readWar and Peace movie directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. “You are never, ever, going to see anything to equal it … as spectacular as a movie can possibly be.” That’s Roger …
Maria Schneider: Last Tango in Paris Controversial Actress
Maria Schneider and Marlon Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris. The scandalous film was reviled by Lucille Ball, admired by Robert Altman, and reinterpreted by Ingmar Bergman Maria …
The Runaways Reviews: Kristen Stewart Surprises
The Runaways with Dakota Fanning. The Runaways reviews: Dakota Fanning & Kristen Stewart mostly well received Twilight Saga star Kristen Stewart’s role in The Runaways is actually subordinate to that …