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Backstage at the Oscars: Affleck, Clooney talk 'Argo'
Highlights from backstage at the Oscars: The “Argo” trio of Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov took the stage, and Affleck was asked when he felt was tipping point for his movie’s victory. “Michelle Obama,”...
Tags: Amour (movie), Inglourious Basterds (movie), Academy Awards, Skyfall (movie), Steve Martin
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Does torture work?
Does torture work? It is a Bush-era debate that has found Obama-era relevance because of a new movie, "Zero Dark Thirty," in which torture seems to work quite well. The film, an Oscar nominee for Best Picture, is being sold as a fact-based...
Tags: Ed Asner, Crime, Law and Justice, Academy Awards, Human Rights, Central Intelligence Agency
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'Zero Dark Thirty' nails it
You know the beginning and you know the end, but it's the way director Kathryn Bigelow tells the middle in her riveting movie "Zero Dark Thirty" that amazed me. I hope you see it. I'm going to see it again. It should win all the awards, for directing,...Tags: Al-Qaeda, New York City, Central Intelligence Agency, The Hurt Locker (movie), Kathryn Bigelow
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'No' is riveting historical fiction ★★★★
"No" is a terrific film, and word got out very quickly at last year's Cannes Film Festival, where the Chilean docudrama deservedly made a lot of noise even though it played outside the main competition categories. No less than "Argo," "Lincoln" and...
Tags: Elections, Jane Fonda, Human Interest, Richard Dreyfuss, Entertainment
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'Zero Dark Thirty' a first draft of history ★★★★
To consider what director Kathryn Bigelow has accomplished in "Zero Dark Thirty," imagine the events depicted by the story if they'd been given the "Argo" treatment. Not to take anything away from that rousing true (-ish) story of hostages freed and...
Tags: Joel Edgerton, Central Intelligence Agency, The Hurt Locker (movie), Police Investigations, Entertainment
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'Olympus Has Fallen' review: Code name: Ridiculous
* (out of four) “It’s like ‘Die Hard’ but at the White House,” a studio executive probably said about “Olympus Has Fallen,” whose title refers to a breach of security in the White House. “What could go...
Tags: Politics, Bleep (euphemism), Morgan Freeman, The Man with the Iron Fists, Channing Tatum
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Boundaries of the permissible
"I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it." -- Col. Nathan Jessup to Lt. Daniel Kaffee "A...
Tags: John Brennan, Central Intelligence Agency, Police Investigations, Entertainment, Barack Obama
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'Mama' review: Worse than 'Mamma Mia'
*1/2 (out of four) First Jennifer Lawrence had “House at the End of the Street.” Now her fellow best actress Oscar nominee, Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty”), has her own PG-13-rated horror nonsense with “Mama,”...
Tags: Mamma Mia! (movie), Daniel Kash, Movies, Jennifer Lawrence, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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Happy face/sad face reaction: 2013 Oscar nominations
As always, this morning’s Oscar nominations created a roller coaster of emotion. Shock! Relief! Fury! I should not get so worked up about this. Really, though, the nods for the 2013 Academy Awards had a few more big surprises than usual—or...Tags: Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Matthew McConaughey, Skyfall (movie)
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'Zero Dark Thirty' review: The year's superior true-war story
***1/2 (out of four) And that’ll do it for “Argo.” Ben Affleck’s widely praised Oscar contender is plenty entertaining, but its sense of place and investigative detail don’t come within miles of the immersive power of...Tags: Joel Edgerton, Central Intelligence Agency, Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Duplass, Entertainment
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Movie awards: Unusual joins usual
More cinema awards. The Los Angeles Film Critics Circle has a reputation for sometimes picking unusual choices. This year, the critics honored "Amour" (picture and female actor Emmanuelle Riva), "The Master" (director P.T. Anderson, actors Joaquin...
Tags: Game of Thrones (tv program), Daniel Day-Lewis, Life of Pi (movie), Dave Brubeck, Django Unchained (movie)
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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: Brave (movie), Sigourney Weaver, Benedict Cumberbatch, Quartet (movie), Tom Tykwer
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