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Chicago catches a 'Big Fish'
NEW YORK — A man in a Manhattan rehearsal room asks a young boy a question: "No soccer game this week?" A look crosses the kid's face. You can read love, loneliness, contempt. "It's not soccer season anymore, Dad." Chastened, the man talks of...
Tags: Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Henrik Ibsen, Entertainment, Albert Finney
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'Skyfall': James Bond still going at 50 ★★★ 1/2
Early on in his stage career, director Sam Mendes worked with Dame Judi Dench on a production of "The Cherry Orchard." Now they have reteamed for a slightly less Chekhovian project: the 23rd official James Bond film (24th if you count the Sean Connery...
Tags: Skyfall (movie), Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Road to Perdition (movie)
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Wes Bentley joins ‘The Hunger Games’
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelThe film of the popular sci-fi novel “The Hunger Games” is attracting a real Who's Who of young Hollywood. Jennifer Lawrence (“Winter's Bone”) was the real casting coup. But Josh Hutcherson (“The Kids are All Right”)... -
Film critic Peter Rainer reflects on a 30-year career
Peter Rainer, noted Christian Science Monitor film critic, Bloomberg News columnist and reviewer for NPR's FilmWeek, reflects upon his three-decade career in "Rainer on Film: Thirty Years of Film Writing in a Turbulent and Transformative Era." Rainer,...
Tags: Authors, NPR, Full Metal Jacket (movie), The Night of the Hunter (movie), Entertainment
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Oscars 2013: Telecast length padded, but not historically so
With rehearsals for this year's Oscars show clocking in at nearly four hours, some wondered if the telecast could give 2002's record four-hour, 23-minute marathon a run for its money. Thanks to some judicious, last-minute trimming, the Seth MacFarlane-...
Tags: Ellen DeGeneres, Billy Crystal, The Departed (movie), Johnny Carson, Seth MacFarlane
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Hollywood's outsiders come inside
It's been nearly a generation since Quentin Tarantino burst on the scene with his raucous indie film "Pulp Fiction" in 1994, and Hollywood is a very different place. The once-vibrant independent film scene that Tarantino helped shape has shrunk to a...
Tags: Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Andy Wachowski, John Malkovich, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture
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Kevin Spacey brings star power to 'House of Cards'
It was a steamy weeknight in July on Centre Street, and the extras in black tie were flagging. The $100 million series "House of Cards" was prepping a crowd scene outside the Peabody Institute, across from the Midtown BBQ & Brew. For more than two hours,...
Tags: London Theatre, Sales, Kevin Spacey, Leonard Bernstein, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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'Skyfall'
Arguably the best-reviewed James Bond film since "Goldfinger," this smartly staged entry in the spy series - directed by "American Beauty" Oscar winner Sam Mendes, and initially released to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the movie franchise -...Tags: Skyfall (movie), Judi Dench, Daniel Craig, Entertainment, Blu-ray Discs
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'The Artist' deserves best picture, and here's why
Why is it, given all the prizes "The Artist" has won already — best picture from the Producers Guild; best actor for Jean Dujardin from the Screen Actors Guild and the Cannes film festival; seven awards, including best picture at the BAFTAs, the...Tags: Screen Actors Guild, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Harvey Weinstein, Film Festivals
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Movie review: 'Skyfall' shows James Bond still sharp and fit at 50
If "Skyfall" is the new 50, James Bond is handling it remarkably well. Five decades after the first cinematic incarnation of 007, novelist Ian Fleming's agent provocateur, the spy-craft in the new film is sharper, the intrigue deeper, the beauties...Tags: Human Interest, Skyfall (movie), Judi Dench, Ian Fleming, Daniel Craig
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Keeping 007 relevant in a changed world
NEW YORK — Early in "Skyfall," Judi Dench's M pulls aside our embattled hero, played once again with suave ennui by Daniel Craig, and wonders whether the world still needs either of their services. As Bond wraps his head around that idea, he looks...Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Skyfall (movie), Judi Dench, Hugo (movie), Ian Fleming
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Beatty and Bening sell Beverly Crest home
Actor-director Warren Beatty and his wife, actress Annette Bening, have sold their mansion in Beverly Crest for $6.7 million. The ivy-covered house, built in 1992, was being offered for lease at $19,995 a month or for sale at $6.995 million. The...
Tags: The Kids Are All Right (movie), Movies, Entertainment, Warren Beatty, Academy Awards
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