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Critic's Notebook: Movie violence must not be stopped
I abhor violence. As a rookie police reporter years ago I saw the damage guns, knives, broken bottles, metal pipes, hands — humans — can inflict. From the terrifyingly premeditated to the unfortunately accidental, those images still have the...
Tags: Slavery, Killers (movie), Jodie Foster, Steven Spielberg, The Silence of the Lambs (movie)
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Leon Leyson dies at 83; youngest survivor on Schindler's List
Among the 1,100 Jews saved from the Nazis by German industrialist Oskar Schindler was an emaciated 13-year-old boy named Leon Leyson, who had to stand on a box to reach the machinery in the Krakow factory where Schindler sheltered him and his family....
Tags: Human Interest, Language, Los Angeles Times, Steven Spielberg, Religion and Belief
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'The Cold Light of Day'
If your father is played by Bruce Willis, and he's supposedly a worker drone, chances are good he's keeping some big secrets. That's what the character played by the screen's soon-to-be Superman, Henry Cavill, finds out in this well-cast but too-...Tags: Blu-ray Discs, Caroline Goodall, Henry Cavill, Sigourney Weaver, Movies
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Tel Aviv: A modern city in an ancient land
I expected to be transformed by my first visit to Israel, and especially Jerusalem, the cradle of three faiths, a traveler's Holy Grail. But when I returned to Rome for Christmas, I was surprised to realize that what I remember most is not ancient,...Tags: Palestine, Society, Tel Aviv (Israel), U.S. Department of State, Ceremonies
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Spielberg, Affleck and Bigelow among DGA award nominees
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Four former winners and one newcomer were nominated for the 65th annual Directors Guild of America Award for directorial achievement in feature film for 2012. Steven Spielberg, 66, earned his 11th DGA nomination for "Lincoln," the acclaimed epic about...Tags: Life of Pi (movie), Argo (movie), Steven Spielberg, World War II (1939-1945), Entertainment
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Golden Globe nominations 2013: 'Lincoln,' 'Argo,' 'Zero Dark Thirty' top list
Two vastly different films about the scourge of slavery in America, a thriller about the rescue of American hostages in Iran and a study of the dogged quest to capture one of the world's most wanted men -- Osama bin Laden -- were among the top nominees...
Tags: Slavery, Quartet (movie), Life of Pi (movie), Steven Spielberg, Flight (movie)
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Golden Globes 2013: Join our discussion of the nominations
"Lincoln" nabbed seven Golden Globe nominations Thursday morning, while "Django Unchained" and "Argo" followed with five nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. What does that mean for awards season? Join Los Angeles Times film critic Betsy...
Tags: Thriller (genre), Argo (movie), Steven Spielberg, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (movie), Entertainment
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Letters: Long movies and Oscar's test
Re “Moviegoing as endurance test,” Dec. 22 I don't think longer movies have anything to do with digital. It's because longer movies traditionally win awards. About 40% of the movies that won the best picture Oscar over the last 40 years...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, The Godfather (movie)
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For the record
Leon Leyson: In the Jan. 14 LATExtra section, the obituary of Holocaust survivor Leon Leyson said that he was the youngest member of Schindler's List, the group of 1,100 Jews saved from the Nazis by German industrialist Oskar Schindler. Definitive records...Tags: Nazi Party, Obituaries, Jeff Gorell
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'Argo,' 'Beasts,' 'Lincoln' among Scripter Award nominees
The authors and screenwriters of "Argo," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln," "Perks of Being a Wallflower" and "Silver Linings Playbook" have been nominated for the 25th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award. Usually only five...Tags: Helen Mirren, Life of Pi (movie), Taylor Hackford, Argo (movie), The Great Escape (movie)
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Reel Critics: 'Lincoln' deserves Oscars vote
Steven Spielberg is the premier film director of his generation. When he turns his creative spotlight on major historical events, he has no equal. In "Saving Private Ryan" and "Schindler's List," he brought forth the reality of World War II like no...Tags: Anna Karenina (movie), Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, Steven Spielberg
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Oscar 8-Ball: Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln'
Mine eyes have seen the glory. And by this point, most academy members have too. Time to check in on "Lincoln" with the Oscar 8-Ball, that magical portal into the minds and hearts and, in the rare, applicable instance, the souls of academy members and how...Tags: James Spader, Tommy Lee Jones, Daniel Day-Lewis, New York Film Festival, Film Festivals
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