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'Thin Ice' review: Sometimes it's more solid than you expect
*** (out of four)
Call me a sucker, but “Thin Ice” played me like a violin.
In fact, a violin holds together a situation that seems like a retread through minor indie territory covered recently by “Cedar Rapids” and “Win...Tags: Thin Ice (movie), Greg Kinnear, Entertainment, Billy Crudup, Lea Thompson
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City Lights: The Oscar pool is on
Everyone has at least one skill that doesn't have a practical use. Mine is the ability to name every movie ever to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. I absorbed that knowledge from years of reading critical studies of the Oscars, to the point...Tags: Movies, Viola Davis, Terrence Malick, Entertainment Events, The Departed (movie)
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In 'Argo,' Ben Affleck will play local retired CIA spy
andrews@herald-mail.comA movie about a bold 1980 rescue of six Americans trapped in Iran is scheduled to be released Sept. 14, 2012, with Ben Affleck portraying retired CIA spy Tony Mendez, who lives in Washington County. The Herald-Mail reported in 2007 that Smoke House,...Tags: Iran, Dean Cain, Politics, Movies, Police Investigations
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DVD Review: Get 'Hearts' on a shoestring
One of the greatest home video developments in recent years has been a few studios' embracing of “manufactured on demand” DVDs — a way for film buffs to get their hands on favorites that have been deemed (rightly or wrongly) not likely...Tags: Jeff Bridges, DVDs, Andy Griffith, Blythe Danner
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Patt Morrison Asks: Inside guy, Buck Henry
Buck Henry arguably made his showbiz debut at the age of 2, when his mother, the silent film star Ruth Taylor, took him to the Paramount lot to show him off. She denied then that she wanted him to go into movies. Sorry, Mom. Henry has become a polymath of...Tags: Stanley Kubrick, Brother (music group), Damages (tv program), Colleges and Universities, Target Brands, Inc.
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The meaning of an Emmy nomination: A round-table discussion
For a television critic, the Emmys are always a mixed bag. It's always great when shows and performances we have supported from the beginning are recognized, but sometimes — if you can believe it — the shows and people we believe deserve to...Tags: Damages (tv program), Justified (tv program), The Wire (tv program), Ty Burrell, Academy Awards
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The Help
Fox 5 San Diego StaffIt has its heart in the right place. It has a great cast. It will get nominated for lots of awards. It’s an entertaining film, but very flawed. It’s the story of black maids in Mississippi in the ‘60s, working for rich white families...Tags: Richard Jenkins, Clint Eastwood, Viola Davis, Sissy Spacek, Services and Shopping
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The Change-Up
Fox 5 San Diego StaffIf hack screenwriters are going to give us aliens coming to Earth and being amazed by all our wacky ways…or they’re going to give us yet another body switching comedy…they better be funny. The alien movie Paul earlier this year was...Tags: Nicolas Cage, John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Olivia Wilde, Leslie Mann
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'The Change-Up'
Zap2ItTwo pals get to switch lives in the most literal sense in this sometimes more-crass-than-amusing comedy from director David Dobkin - who put his first big imprint on the genre with "Wedding Crashers" - and "The Hangover" writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore....Tags: Documentary (genre), The Change-Up (movie), David Dobkin, DVDs, Ryan Reynolds
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The Muppets
Fox 5 San Diego StaffRemember when John Belushi wanted to get the band back together in the Blues Brothers and how fun that adventure was? This is the kiddie version of that, with lots of jokes geared towards us older folks that remember The Muppets from the ‘70s...Tags: Jimmy Kimmel, Ricky Gervais, Movies, Zach Galifianakis, John Belushi
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How to make a book trailer for $50,000
Jacket CopyHow do you make a $50,000 book trailer? And should you want to?...
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