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'Dead Man Down' review: As well-constructed as its title
* (out of four) Following "Stoker" and last year's "Bernie," "Dead Man Down" marks the second time in two weeks and the third time in 10 months that a movie has featured a dead body in a freezer. Criminals need new storage ideas. Perhaps they'd enjoy a...
Tags: Noomi Rapace, Isabelle Huppert, Taken 2 (movie), Amour (movie), F. Murray Abraham
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'Silver Linings Playbook' snags Spirit awards
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The persistent irony of the Film Independent Spirit Awards is that as much as they're positioned as the DIY antidote to the Academy Awards, the indie film with the most Oscars recognition almost invariably reaps the greatest...
Tags: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (movie), Magic Mike (movie), Safety Not Guaranteed (movie), Andy Samberg, Culture
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Spielberg's 'Lincoln' leads Golden Globe nominations with seven
The nominees for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday by Jessica Alba, Megan Fox and Ed Helms. Steven Spielberg's epic on the 16th president, "Lincoln," stood out in the film categories with seven Golden Globe nominations, followed...
Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Helen Mirren, Kon-Tiki (movie), Louis C.K., Denzel Washington
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Movie awards, TV spoilers, local theater
Well, it'll be a while before we get to see the film that was voted best picture of 2012 by the New York Film Critics Circle on Monday: Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty," which deals with the hunt for O. bin Laden. It doesn't open in wide circulation...
Tags: Government, The Central Park Five (movie), Magic Mike (movie), Treme (tv program), Argo (movie)
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3 Oscar-worthy performances
I'm pretty sure we can account for three of the best-male-actor nominees when the Academy Awards lists come out on Jan. 10. I've just seen a trio of excellent performances: Denzel Washington in "Flight," Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln" and John Hawkes in...Tags: Rain Man (movie), Treme (tv program), Denzel Washington, Music, Lincoln (movie, 2012)
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'Bernie' review: The expression "Truth is stranger than fiction," dangling on the edge of Texas
*** (out of four) Other filmmakers would condescend to the small-town folks of Carthage, Texas, who provide running commentary throughout the true-life tale in “Bernie.” Not Richard Linklater, though. The “Dazed and Confused”...
Tags: Richard Linklater, Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Abusive Behavior, Entertainment
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'Bernie': Black comedy contains a chorus of witnesses ✭✭✭
At the opening of director and co-writer Richard Linklater's East Texas shuffle "Bernie," the small-town mortician played with unusual restraint by Jack Black conducts a master class in how to prepare a body for a first-class open-casket funeral, going...
Tags: Comedy (genre), Richard Linklater, Jack Black, Celebrities, Shirley MacLaine
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'Before Midnight' strikes new path in couple's journey
NEW YORK — "Before Midnight," Richard Linklater's third film about the relationship between an American man (Ethan Hawke) and French woman (Julie Delpy), closes with what might be the series' piece de resistance: a 30-minute hotel-room argument...Tags: Film Festivals, Entertainment, Independent (Movie Genre), Arts and Culture, Easy Rider (movie)
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'Man of Steel,' 'Monsters University' Added to L.A. Film Fest Lineup
ReutersMay 08 (TheWrap.com) - The Los Angeles Film Festival has added screenings of Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel" and Pixar's "Monsters University" to its 2013 lineup, supplementing the previously-announced lineup of indie films with a couple of likely...Tags: Man of Steel (movie), Maurice Sendak, Monsters University (movie), Photography Supplies and Services, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (movie)
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Millennium Entertainment is for sale, says CEO Bill Lee
After enjoying what it says were record revenue and earnings in 2012, Millennium Entertainment, the distribution arm of Avi Lerner’s Nu Image, is on the auction block. Millennium Chief Executive Bill Lee said in a news release Monday that Los...Tags: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (movie), Lee Daniels, Entertainment, The Paperboy (movie)
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'Silver Linings Playbook' wins best feature at Indie Spirit Awards
David O. Russell's dramatic comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" took home the best feature prize at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday afternoon at a raucous ceremony hosted by Andy Samberg on the beach in Santa Monica. It was a big afternoon for...
Tags: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (movie), Richard Linklater, John Cassavetes, Magic Mike (movie), Safety Not Guaranteed (movie)
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Heatmeter: 'Argo' and Jennifer Lawrence lead the Oscar pack
A flurry of ceremonies over the last 2 1/2 weeks -- the Golden Globes, the Producers Guild prizes and the Screen Actors Guild awards -- has separated pretender from contender in Hollywood's 2012-13 awards season. According to the L.A. Times HeatMeter,...
Tags: Les Miserables (movie), Screen Actors Guild, Django Unchained (movie), Magic Mike (movie), Helen Mirren
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