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Southwest Michigan remembers Roger Ebert
Legions of fans across the country are mourning the death of famed movie critic Roger Ebert. He died yesterday from cancer. But his loss is not only being felt in elite Hollywood and Chicago circles. It's also being felt in southwest Michigan. Ebert...
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The Tree of Life
If a good movie does not play at your local Cineplex but instead shows up at either the Vickers Theatre in Three Oaks or the Browning Cinema at Notre Dame, you can make a couple of assumptions. First, the movie is not going to make much money, and it will...Tags: There Will Be Blood (movie), Terrence Malick, Movies, Brad Pitt, Sean Penn
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Ebert says show in danger of being canceled
CHICAGO (AP) — Roger Ebert says he can't afford to keep "Ebert Presents: At the Movies" on the air and it will be canceled unless he can find funding. On his blog, the Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic says that since Kanbar Charitible Trust gave...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Concerts, Music, Entertainment
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Roger Ebert to debut facial prosthesis on new show
NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Ebert is debuting a facial prosthesis along with his new public television show on film criticism. The veteran critic was left disfigured after surgeries for a cancerous growth in his salivary gland. He wrote on his blog...Tags: Personal Service, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Gene Siskel, Entertainment, The Associated Press
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Ebert's new show names Vishnevetsky as co-host
NEW YORK (AP) — Chicago-based film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky is joining Roger Ebert's upcoming movie review show. Vishnevetsky is replacing the previously announced Elvis Mitchell, the show announced Tuesday. No explanation was given for...Tags: Television Industry, Movies, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Chicago Reader, Entertainment
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A brighter picture: Moviegoers love digital images at Becky's and Shankweiler's drive-ins
Only a few weeks have passed since digital projection systems debuted at the Lehigh Valley's drive-ins, Becky's in Berlinsville and Shankweiler's in Orefield. But audiences have already given their verdict: In the words of late film critic Roger Ebert,...
Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Oblivion (movie), Whitehall, Berlinsville, Orefield
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Good Morning, Cannes: Much Ado About Absolutely Everything
ReutersMay 18 (TheWrap.com) - Several thousand miles away from the South of France, the Seattle International Film Festival opened this week with Joss Whedon's version of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." But on the Croisette, the motto might as well be...Tags: Ethan Coen, Greenwich Village, Satellite and Cable Service, Psychotherapy, Much Ado About Nothing (movie)
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Film Independent at LACMA celebrates 'Valley Girl'
Film Independent at LACMA is holding a 1980s costume contest after the 30th anniversary screening of Martha Coolidge's endearing comedy "Valley Girl" on Thursday evening at the Leo S. Bing Theater. The romantic comedy was inspired by Frank Zappa and his...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Richard Brooks, Ed Wood (movie), Animation (Movie Genre), Vertigo (movie)
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American Cinematheque to celebrate the late Roger Ebert
Thumbs up to the American Cinematheque. The independent, nonprofit cultural organization is paying homage to the Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert with a new film series, "The Great Movies: A Tribute to Roger Ebert." The influential...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Chicago Sun-Times, The Tree of Life (movie), Vertigo (movie), Journalism
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TV pitches: So I've got this idea for a show ...
Two weeks from now, TV networks will announce their new slate of shows for next season. The majority of these series will be variations on a formula. Procedurals. High-concept sci-fi and fantasy dramas. Nighttime soaps. Comedies starring familiar faces....
Tags: Authors, Conde Nast Publications, Redbox, AOL LLC, NBC (tv network)
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Top 3 Lehigh Valley events: Free Comic Book Day, Philly Non-Sports Card Show, Not So Silent Cinema featuring Buster Keaton shorts
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 1 Celebrate this weekend's fully-charged release of "Iron Man 3" by picking up a complimentary comic book 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at Beachead Comics, 1601 W. Chew St., Allentown. The store is one of thousands of comic book shops...
Tags: Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Coca-Cola Co., Allentown, Iron Man 3 (movie), Star Wars (movie)
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Let's review: Rachel Shteir and poor Chicago
Tribune criticAnd they said the gentle art of literary criticism was dead, confined to irrelevance. Not this week, gentle reader. Not in Chicago. Not in the heat of L'affaire de Shteir. What book review in the history of Chicago literature — heck, what recent...Tags: WTTW, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Loop, Politics, Government
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