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Movies: Lock 44 of Lehigh Canal site for Henry Fonda's 'Farmer Takes a Wife'
While a number of indie films have been shot in the Lehigh Valley through the years, few big Hollywood productions have rolled into town. If you don't count a Bethlehem-shot short called "His Prehistoric Past" (1914) starring Charlie Chaplin, the...Tags: The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Bradley Cooper, Freemansburg, David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook (movie)
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'Man of Steel,' 'Monsters University' Added to L.A. Film Fest Lineup
ReutersMay 08 (TheWrap.com) - The Los Angeles Film Festival has added screenings of Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel" and Pixar's "Monsters University" to its 2013 lineup, supplementing the previously-announced lineup of indie films with a couple of likely...Tags: David O. Russell, Maurice Sendak, Henry Cavill, Jim Rash, American Airlines, Inc.
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Stars pick the directors they want to watch
Let's say there's a row of beautiful movie theaters, and the marquee of each one reads, "New film by (name of filmmaker here)." And let's say there's no other information about the film itself. Which one would you choose? We offered this dilemma to some...
Tags: Rupert Murdoch, Mads Mikkelsen, David O. Russell, Admission (movie), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (movie)
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Review: Bay's 'Pain & Gain' is bargain-budget, still excessive
When Michael Bay goes small, "Pain & Gain" happens. Humans handle the bone-crunching. The gore becomes gorier. The dialogue increases substantially too. Metal things may not transform, but they still make a world of hurt delivered by "Pain & Gain's"...Tags: Rob Corddry, Ted (movie), Movies, Anthony Mackie, Ken Jeong
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David O. Russell named guest director of L.A. Film Festival
Oscar-nominated writer-director David O. Russell ("The Fighter," "Silver Linings Playbook") has been named guest director of the Los Angeles Film Festival, organizers announced Friday. The festival takes place June 13-23 in downtown Los Angeles. Russell...
Tags: Capital (movie), David O. Russell, Festive Events, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Maya Rudolph
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Mark Wahlberg: Boston attack 'horrible' and 'disgusting'
Los Angeles TimesMark Wahlberg, a Boston native, voiced his mournful reaction to the deadly Boston Marathon bombings as he premiered his latest film in New York on Monday. "Thoughts and prayers with my hometown Boston today," the actor tweeted Monday after two bombs...Tags: Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Peter Facinelli, Barack Obama, The Departed (movie)
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Hollywood's outsiders come inside
It's been nearly a generation since Quentin Tarantino burst on the scene with his raucous indie film "Pulp Fiction" in 1994, and Hollywood is a very different place. The once-vibrant independent film scene that Tarantino helped shape has shrunk to a...
Tags: Fight Club (movie), Paul Thomas Anderson, David O. Russell, Magic Mike (movie), Steven Soderbergh
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'Southpaw' gets up off the mat with the Weinstein Co.
EXCLUSIVE: “Southpaw,” the Antoine Fuqua movie about a boxer whose life takes some rough turns, has followed a path not unlike that of its hero. DreamWorks was going to make the gritty drama back in 2011, then dropped it. Soon after, MGM...Tags: Suge Knight, Antoine Fuqua, Argo (movie), Entertainment Events, Sony Corp.
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On the PR trail with 'Broken City' star Mark Wahlberg
Say hello to ya mutha for me, OK? Mark Wahlberg gets that a lot. Five years after Andy Samberg's "Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals" skit on "Saturday Night Live" (if you've never seen it, the title says it all), five years after Wahlberg went on Jimmy...
Tags: Times Square, Physiology, Celebrities, Russell Crowe, Google Inc.
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Review: 'Broken City' loses its way
Brian Tucker's "Broken City" screenplay is packed with plot twists, complex sentences and the kind of innuendo that make it seem as if the movie will be a smarter-than-most thriller from the first exchanges. All the talking is no doubt why "Broken City"...
Tags: Celebrities, Russell Crowe, Gene Hackman, Gladiator (movie), A Beautiful Mind (movie)
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Studios relying more on outside funding to make award contenders
For this awards season, Hollywood came through with a bumper crop of movies that were critical and fan favorites. But in many cases, the big studios themselves can't take much of the credit. Among the films basking in Oscar nominations — and...Tags: Lincoln (movie, 2012), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Awards and Prizes, The Master (movie), Entertainment Events
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Oscar 8-Ball: David O. Russell's 'Silver Linings Playbook'
Academy voters don't particularly like to reward comedies, but they are nuts about movies spotlighting characters battling their not-so-beautiful minds. How will that dichotomy affect David O. Russell's exuberant "Silver Linings Playbook," which deals...Tags: Lincoln (movie, 2012), Celebrities, David O. Russell, Jennifer Lawrence, Film Festivals
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