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Disney Museum Kickoff
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- December 11, 2009 4:09 AM
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Skin
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- December 11, 2009 2:54 AM
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Some films arrive with pomp and pedigree, others with hype and hoopla. Skin is opening in just a few theaters with only a handful of film festival honors to recommend it...but it’s one of the most powerful and affecting films I’ve seen all year. Its three stars—Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, and...
The Informant!
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- December 11, 2009 2:51 AM
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Matt Damon has matured into one of our most versatile—and daring—screen actors, and he’s on top of his game in The Informant!, the wacky new film from ever-unpredictable Steven Soderbergh. It is, at once, an incredible true story of one man’s attempt to expose corporate wrongdoing, and a straight-faced parody of whistle-blower stories like The Insider. So how exactly do you tell a (mostly) real-life story and...
Irving Thalberg:Boy Wonder to Producer Prince by Mark a. Vieira
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- December 11, 2009 2:44 AM
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This is not, I’m happy to say, a “revisionist” biography of the fabled movie executive, nor is it a goldmine of new information. Yet Mark Vieira has accomplished something quite extraordinary: he amplifies, clarifies, underscores, and illuminates what we already know about Irving Thalberg, to create the most thorough...
The Proposal
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- December 11, 2009 2:39 AM
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I don’t think I’m overly demanding when I ask that a romantic comedy actually contain elements of romance and humor. I don’t know why so many attempts to tackle this genre can’t pull it off, but I can tell you that The Proposal made...
The Dark Page II
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- December 11, 2009 1:37 AM
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BOOKS THAT INSPIRED AMERICAN FILM NOIR (1950-1965)
by Kevin Johnson; foreword by Guy Maddin
As in his first volume, antiquarian book dealer and film buff Kevin Johnson has gathered and chronicled pristine first editions of the novels and plays that served as the basis for memorable film noirs, focusing this time on the period 1950-65. If you’re a book lover, just having the opportunity to gaze at perfect color reproductions of these vintage volumes, with their evocative dust jackets—or in some cases, paperback covers—is worth the price of admission. If you love the films, too, there is much to be learned from this survey—names of forgotten authors and obscure novels that...
Julie & Julia
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- December 11, 2009 12:06 AM
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Meryl Streep is a marvel. It’s a joy—and a privilege—to watch her inhabit the character of Julia Child, who was in fact a joyous person. (She’s matched by the wonderful Stanley Tucci, who brings the same level of brio to his performance as Child’s loving husband. Let’s not forget him at Oscar time, folks.) Amy Adams is also a remarkable actress who has the ability to convey...
Disney Museum In A Word: Dazzling
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- December 10, 2009 9:54 AM
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Current Movie Musings
- By Leonard Maltin
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- December 10, 2009 9:07 AM
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I wish I could write a thoughtful, penetrating review of the Coen Brothers’ latest offering, A Serious Man, but to be perfectly honest, the film threw me off. I appreciate it, and relate to it (especially as a Jewish man who remembers his bar mitzvah—and the 1960s—all too well)—but I don’t know quite what to make of it. The Coens have said this is “a schlemiel story,” which is...
Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition
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- December 10, 2009 5:52 AM
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