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DVD REVIEW: 'State of Play'
Zap2It.comThe British thriller "State of Play" debuted in the United States in 2004, and it's been a long four years waiting for the miniseries, which aired on BBC America, to appear on DVD in this country. That wait is finally over. "State of Play" centers on...Tags: BBC, Television, Harry Potter (fictional character), Paul Abbott, Ben Affleck
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Hollywood's hottest hairdos (and don'ts)
The EnvelopeFrom the Beckham Bob to the Efron Fringe to the Cruise Crop and Katie Holmes' brand-new Blunt Bangs, Hollywood hairdos are going viral. You may have noticed some suspiciously similar hairstyles being worn by Victoria Beckham, Renee Zellweger, Paris...Tags: Christina Ricci, Javier Bardem, Tom Cruise, Paris Hilton, Meg Ryan
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'Cholera' Adaptation Lacks Spark of Love
![Some books put up one hell of a fight on the way to the multiplex, and they're not always the ones you'd expect. Ever since "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, much has been written about the difficulty of adapting it from page to screen. French editor Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote his memoir under unusual duress—a stroke left him paralyzed everywhere except one eye. Screenwriter Ronald Harwood and the director, Julian Schnabel, chose an obvious but apt solution. Their film reveals much of Bauby's medical predicament in voiceover, so that we hear the former high-living hedonist's interior thoughts as Schnabel shoots from his point of view. Later come the flashbacks and the shifts in perspective.](http://www.zap2it.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2007-11/33797360-15085345.jpg "Some books put up one hell of a fight on the way to the multiplex, and they're not always the ones you'd expect. Ever since "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly\" premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, much has been written about the difficulty of adapting it from page to screen. French editor Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote his memoir under unusual duress—a stroke left him paralyzed everywhere except one eye. Screenwriter Ronald Harwood and the director, Julian Schnabel, chose an obvious but apt solution. Their film reveals much of Bauby's medical predicament in voiceover, so that we hear the former high-living hedonist's interior thoughts as Schnabel shoots from his point of view. Later come the flashbacks and the shifts in perspective.")
Zap2It.comSome books put up one hell of a fight on the way to the multiplex, and they're not always the ones you'd expect. Ever since "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, much has been written about the difficulty of adapting...Tags: Javier Bardem, John Leguizamo, Liev Schreiber, Ronald Harwood, Harry Potter (fictional character)
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Directors step up to take their shot at Oscar
![THE six nominees for this year's best director Academy Award have made a total of 23 feature films. To put that meager number into perspective, consider this: "The Departed," which finally won Martin Scorsese his directing Oscar last year (on his sixth nomination), was his 21st theatrically released feature. As with the acting categories, the best director Oscar often goes to overdue candidates -- which is to say, it's awarded for bodies of work as much as for the film under consideration -- but this year, instead of the usual lineup of establishment old-timers, voters are picking from a pool of career mavericks and comparative neophytes.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-02/35603767-14175816.jpg "THE six nominees for this year's best director Academy Award have made a total of 23 feature films. To put that meager number into perspective, consider this: "The Departed,\" which finally won Martin Scorsese his directing Oscar last year (on his sixth nomination), was his 21st theatrically released feature. As with the acting categories, the best director Oscar often goes to overdue candidates -- which is to say, it's awarded for bodies of work as much as for the film under consideration -- but this year, instead of the usual lineup of establishment old-timers, voters are picking from a pool of career mavericks and comparative neophytes.")
THE six nominees for this year's best director Academy Award have made a total of 23 feature films. To put that meager number into perspective, consider this: "The Departed," which finally won Martin Scorsese his directing Oscar last year (on his sixth...Tags: Javier Bardem, Ron Howard, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Soderbergh, Tony Gilroy
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Using architecture as a stage-setter for what progress leaves behind
With the possible exception of certain underwater adventures and outer-space stories, pretty much every movie relies on architectural symbolism, finding in the house where the hero lives, the saloon he drinks in or the city streets he caroms through in...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Judges, Javier Bardem, Atonement (movie), Petroleum Industry
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Best picture Oscar contenders set in one place, shot in another
![This year's Oscar-nominated movies, especially larger-than-life epics such as "Atonement" and "There Will Be Blood," take you there -- but exactly where? Like actors' doubles, films often are shot in breathtaking locations that are stand-ins for the real thing. Here's how this year's best picture nominees stack up.](http://www.latimes.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2008-01/34866576-22103101.jpg "This year's Oscar-nominated movies, especially larger-than-life epics such as "Atonement\" and \"There Will Be Blood,\" take you there -- but exactly where? Like actors' doubles, films often are shot in breathtaking locations that are stand-ins for the real thing. Here's how this year's best picture nominees stack up.")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThis year's Oscar-nominated movies, especially larger-than-life epics such as "Atonement" and "There Will Be Blood," take you there -- but exactly where? Like actors' doubles, films often are shot in breathtaking locations that are stand-ins for the...Tags: California, Thriller (genre), Atonement (movie), Cormac McCarthy, Keira Knightley
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The Coen brothers in the garden of good and evil
![A famous dead white male, Horace Walpole, once observed, "Life is a comedy for those who think . . . and a tragedy for those who feel."](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-02/36156267-28171917.jpg "A famous dead white male, Horace Walpole, once observed, "Life is a comedy for those who think . . . and a tragedy for those who feel.\"")
A famous dead white male, Horace Walpole, once observed, "Life is a comedy for those who think . . . and a tragedy for those who feel."
Since they first hit the big screen big-time two decades ago with the neo-noir thriller "Blood Simple," Ethan and Joel...Tags: Javier Bardem, Senior Citizens, Cormac McCarthy, Death, Poetry
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Board of Review picks 'No Country'
!["No Country for Old Men," Joel and Ethan Coen's visceral crime thriller based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy, was named best film of 2007 Wednesday by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-12/34114931-05134213.jpg ""No Country for Old Men,\" Joel and Ethan Coen's visceral crime thriller based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy, was named best film of 2007 Wednesday by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.")
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"No Country for Old Men," Joel and Ethan Coen's visceral crime thriller based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy, was named best film of 2007 Wednesday by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. George Clooney was named best actor for his role as a...Tags: Cormac McCarthy, Los Angeles, Crime (genre), Tim Burton, Golden Globe Awards
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No joke: Batman's latest plods toward predictability
![<b>(C)</b> <span class="dropcap_large">T</span><span class="i">he Dark Knight </span>is a handsome, accomplished piece of work, but it drove me from absorption to excruciation within 20 minutes, and then it went on for two hours more. It's the standard-bearer for the school of comic-book movies that confuses pompousness with seriousness and popular mechanics for drama. It's scaled to be an urban epic about the deterioration of hope and possibility in Batman's hometown, Gotham City (standing in for all Western cities), but there isn't a single stirring or inspired moment in it.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-07/41061077-17074327.jpg "<b>(C)</b> <span class="dropcap_large\">T</span><span class=\"i\">he Dark Knight </span>is a handsome, accomplished piece of work, but it drove me from absorption to excruciation within 20 minutes, and then it went on for two hours more. It's the standard-bearer for the school of comic-book movies that confuses pompousness with seriousness and popular mechanics for drama. It's scaled to be an urban epic about the deterioration of hope and possibility in Batman's hometown, Gotham City (standing in for all Western cities), but there isn't a single stirring or inspired moment in it.")
Sun movie critic(C) The Dark Knight is a handsome, accomplished piece of work, but it drove me from absorption to excruciation within 20 minutes, and then it went on for two hours more. It's the standard-bearer for the school of comic-book movies that confuses...Tags: Assault, Lawyers, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Death, Michael Caine
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SAG Awards Go 'Wild'
![Although the Golden Globes largely ignored "Into the Wild," Hollywood's actors definitely took notice.](http://www.zap2it.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-12/34361901-20070452.jpg "Although the Golden Globes largely ignored "Into the Wild,\" Hollywood's actors definitely took notice.")
Zap2It.comAlthough the Golden Globes largely ignored "Into the Wild," Hollywood's actors definitely took notice. The Sean Penn-directed drama is the leading nominee for the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, capturing nods for star Emile Hirsch, supporting...Tags: Javier Bardem, Alec Baldwin, Anna Paquin, Tilda Swinton, Sally Field
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Oscar snubs and surprises
THE shocker Tuesday wasn't that Oscar winners Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett were once again in the running for Academy Awards. In a year marked by more than a few out-of-left field honorees and a handful of notable omissions, however, the films...Tags: Werner Herzog, Literature, Drugs and Medicines, Ridley Scott, Tim Burton
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Oscar ballot vs. box office
The films the Academy loves aren't always the same as those embraced by the moviegoing public. Following is a look at the domestic box-office tallies of the five best picture nominees as compared with the five highest-grossing releases of last year....Tags: There Will Be Blood (movie), Atonement (movie), Movies, Michael Clayton (movie), Harry Potter (fictional character)
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