Archive for June 19th, 2009
Family film fest starting in Apex - News & Observer
Family film fest starting in ApexNews & Observer, NCThe festival will focus on short films, and Demers hopes 50 to 60 movies will be screened. Emphasis will be placed not on kiddie films but on movies that three generations could watch together. Some entries will come from family film fests in other …
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'Harry Potter' countdown: A late-night call from David Yates … - Los Angeles Times
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'Harry Potter' countdown: A late-night call from David Yates …Los Angeles Times, CAThere's never been a film franchise that has delivered this many movies on this scale and in this sort of time. The Hollywood history books will look back on this as the Hogwarts Decade. The first "Potter" film was released in November 2001, …New […]
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Director Mendes Has Another Beauty of a Film - The Jacksonville Observer
Telegraph.co.uk
Director Mendes Has Another Beauty of a FilmThe Jacksonville Observer, FLMendes, who also helmed such big Hollywood films as “Jarhead” and “Road to Perdition,” focused in “Revolutionary Road” on another couple searching for a place in the world. Where Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio fell into marital disaster, Krasinski and …Edinburgh Film Festival: Away We Go review […]
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Henry Jaglom's Father's Day gift - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Henry Jaglom's Father's Day giftLos Angeles Times, CAI think the way you compensate is, look at the way I'm making movies — obviously money has nothing to do with it." The films lumped together as "Mumblecore" capture the emotional ups-and-downs and comings-and-goings of twentysomethings in low-paying …Irene in Time: A Father's Day Gift from […]
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'The Proposal' likely to jilt awards bridesmaid Sandra Bullock - Los Angeles Times
Seattle Post Intelligencer
'The Proposal' likely to jilt awards bridesmaid Sandra BullockLos Angeles Times, CAShe has made formula films of varying quality before, and her fans may well swallow this one, but it's a formula for disappointment laced with dismay." Sandra Bullock is a two-time Golden Globe nominee for best actress in a musical or comedy. …“The […]
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Madonna to be dismissed from film investor's suit - The Associated Press
Madonna to be dismissed from film investor's suitThe Associated PressDykes' suit claims Maverick Films failed to repay hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans or give him producer credits for movies he says he helped finance. Madonna and her manager, Guy Oseary, founded Maverick Films in 2001, but she later divested …
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Reader Review: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - /FILM
Sydney Morning Herald
Reader Review: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen/FILM, MASo this is pretty cool because I can say that I've already seen a movie that people are going to be camping out to see in less than a week in the states. Since your site is my favorite film blog site, I thought I'd send this […]
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At The Movies With Peter Travers: "Whatever Works," "The Proposal … - Rolling Stone
Seattle Post Intelligencer
At The Movies With Peter Travers: "Whatever Works," "The Proposal …Rolling StoneDespite the pedigree of all those involved, the studios wouldn't screen the film for critics, which is usually Step One for preventing the public from finding out the movie is a stinker before release date. Travers is pessimistic, but he will venture […]
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Zombie Films as Liberal Parables - New York Times
New York Times
Zombie Films as Liberal ParablesNew York Times, United StatesMr Waldman definitely has a point and the excellent zombie film “Dawn of the Dead” bears him out. In that movie, a multi-racial band of survivors has plenty of guns but the zombies are way to numerous for that solution except maybe for the individual …
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The fantasies behind fantasy films - Baltimore Sun
The fantasies behind fantasy filmsBaltimore Sun, United StatesSo I thought it serendipitous when I stumbled upon David Hughes' The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made on the film-book shelf of a chain bookstore. Leafing through its pages brought me back to the time when movie lovers played their own version of …
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