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Review: Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' A Towering Achievement
Hollywood's most successful director turns on a dime and delivers his most restrained, interior film. A celebrated playwright shines an illuminating light on no more than a sliver of a great man's life. A brilliant actor surpasses even himself and makes...
Tags: Tim Blake Nelson, Sally Field, John Williams, Drama (genre), Movies
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'Lincoln'
Daniel Day-Lewis won virtually every award for best actor -- including his third Oscar -- for his remarkable portrayal of the title president in director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner's superb 2012 drama. The focus is on the end of...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, James Spader, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sally Field, Daniel Day-Lewis
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'Hemingway & Gellhorn'
Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen bring acting heft to this made-for-HBO drama about the passionate relationship of war reporter Martha Gellhorn and iconic author Ernest Hemingway. While their work reflected major world events and deep personal emotions,...Tags: DVDs, Clive Owen, Molly Parker, Parker Posey, Nicole Kidman
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VOD Spotlight: Jeremy Renner is on the run in “The Bourne Legacy”
Channel Guide MagazineHow many good Part 4’s can you remember? Between that, and knowing that the lead star isn’t taking part, you could be excused for thinking that The Bourne Legacy seems like a clunker from the outset. Words like “cash grab” and ... -
Gov. Jerry Brown could learn a lesson from 'Lincoln'
SACRAMENTO — The movie "Lincoln" should be required viewing for all elected chief executives from president to mayor, and especially for California's governor. Especially our governor because California has so many perplexing, polarizing...Tags: Government, Elections, Slavery, Democratic Party, Justice System
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'Lincoln' a great movie
American News ColumnistThe weight of historical attention bears down ponderously on the slavery question in the 1850s, secession and the military campaigns of the Civil War and on Reconstruction. By contrast, the ratification of the Civil War amendments (13-15) receives...Tags: Sally Field, Slavery, Democratic Party, Movies, Social Issues
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'Bourne Legacy': Franchise weakens as it branches off ★★
"The Bourne Identity." "The Bourne Supremacy.""The Bourne Ultimatum."And now, "The Pointless, Confused and Then, For the Last Half-Hour, Exciting Bourne Sequel, After a Fashion," more commonly known as"The Bourne Legacy." It's not really a prequel....
Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Michael Clayton (movie), Rachel Weisz, Central Intelligence Agency, Stacy Keach
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50 Ways Marilyn Monroe Has Been Kept Alive For 50 Years
ReutersAug 03 (TheWrap.com) - There's a moment at the end of the promo reel for "Love, Marilyn," an upcoming Marilyn Monroe documentary that will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, when Uma Thurman, speaking in words that were written by Monroe, almost...Tags: Rudy Giuliani, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Michelle Williams, Documentary (genre), NBC (tv network)
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Emmys 2012 recap: “Homeland,” “Modern Family” win big
Channel Guide MagazineJon Hamm is a loser. It's not often you can write a story with that line in it, but when you're talking about the Emmys, it's a fact. Despite being the driving force behind one of the most acclaimed series in TV history, Don Draper has yet to take him... -
'The Bourne Legacy'
Another covert operative plots against the agency that apparently wants to eliminate him in this expansion of the screen franchise based on Robert Ludlum's novels. Succeeding Matt Damon in the series, Jeremy Renner builds upon the action-movie cred he...
Tags: DVDs, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (movie), Rachel Weisz, Joan Allen, Movies
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Film review: This Abe is hard to top
The trailers and TV ads for "Lincoln" — with their wall-to-wall music, stately proclamations and reverent tone — suggest an unrestrained Steven Spielberg, fully indulging his worst tendencies. They won't win any truth-in-advertising awards...
Tags: James Spader, Tim Blake Nelson, Sally Field, Slavery, Jackie Earle Haley
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'Lincoln': A political animal of a different kind ★★★★
"Lincoln" is a grave and surprisingly subtle magic trick, conjuring the past and an almost ridiculously impressive figure in ways that transcend art direction and the right stovepipe hat. Director Steven Spielberg's latest combines the most commonly...
Tags: Tim Blake Nelson, Gloria Reuben, Sally Field, John Ford, Elections
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