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Oscar talk with Bru and Chuck
Contributing WritersEditor’s note: The 83rd Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards presentation will begin at 8 p.m. EDT Sunday. The hosts are Anne Hathaway and James Franco. Advocate Film Critic Bruce Caudill and Contributing Writer Charlie Cox are...Tags: Human Interest, Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Awards and Prizes
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Movie review: 'There Be Dragons'
!["There Be Dragons," most of which is set during the Spanish Civil War of the late 1930s, is supposed to be about the intersecting lives of a saint and a sinner. But it is a third man, a revolutionary, who nearly steals the show. Which might have been all right if writer-director Roland Joffé hadn't been so conflicted about whose story he wants to tell. But indecision can be deadly, and it proves to be here.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-05/61394643-05160540.jpg ""There Be Dragons,\" most of which is set during the Spanish Civil War of the late 1930s, is supposed to be about the intersecting lives of a saint and a sinner. But it is a third man, a revolutionary, who nearly steals the show. Which might have been all right if writer-director Roland Joffé hadn't been so conflicted about whose story he wants to tell. But indecision can be deadly, and it proves to be here.")
"There Be Dragons," most of which is set during the Spanish Civil War of the late 1930s, is supposed to be about the intersecting lives of a saint and a sinner. But it is a third man, a revolutionary, who nearly steals the show. Which might have been...Tags: Wes Bentley, Rodrigo Santoro, Religious Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Dougray Scott
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Area A&E Happenings for May 12
Events for this column must be submitted to the Advocate by noon Tuesday to be in the Thursday newspaper. Call (859) 236-2551, ext. 135, with complete information, including hours and admission price; or e-mail advocatearts@gmail.com.
VISUAL ART
Works...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Music, Arts, Business, Popular Music (genre)
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Friday's Lawn Chair Film Festival will kick off Lawn Chair Theater summer film series
jenb@amnews.comThe 2011 Lawn Chair Film Festival will be the final stop of “Day in Danville” events scheduled for Friday. Festival originator Charlie Cox, marketing and communications coordinator for the Danville/Boyle County Economic Development...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Comedy (genre), Auction Service, Mass Media
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Area A&E Happenings for May 19
Events for this column must be submitted to the Advocate by noon Tuesday to be in the Thursday newspaper. Call (859) 236-2551, ext. 135, with complete information, including hours and admission price- or e-mail advocatearts@gmail.com.
VISUAL ART
“...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Music, Arts, Business, Popular Music (genre)
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Danville film festival proves to be bigger, better in second year
The organizers of the Danville Lawn Chair Film Festival made good on their promise to bring a bigger and better festival.
The festival, held Friday at Constitution Square State Historic Site, drew a crowd of more than 250 people and the 17 top films...Tags: Human Interest, Eminem, Comedy (genre), Drama (genre), Festive Events
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Movie Review: There Be Dragons
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelThe last time we took any note of Roland Joffe, the director of “The Mission” and “The Killing Fields,” it was through his take on the ugly genre “torture porn” titled “Captivity” back in 2007. To be fair,... -
Film review: 'Scream 4' is razor-sharp in wit, scares
Contributing Writer“Is ‘Scream’ relevant today?” As a fan, this question loomed into my mind as the film entered production. It has been more than a decade since the release of “Scream 3,” and what a busy decade it’s been for...Tags: Media Industry, Courteney Cox, Scream 4 (movie), Entertainment, David Arquette
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DeNiro, Miller Make 'Stardust' Memories
Zap2It.comA shopgirl, factory girl, a godfather, a catwoman and Charlie Cox have joined the cast of Paramount's "Stardust." The adaptation of the Neil Gaiman adaptation will be directed by "Layer Cake" helmer Matthew Vaughn, who wrote the script along with Jane...Tags: Claire Danes, The Hollywood Reporter, Robert DeNiro, Drama (genre), Matthew Vaughn
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'The Merchant of Venice'
Times Staff WriterMichael Radford's splendid film of "The Merchant of Venice" is so somber — and rightly so — for so much of the time that it's hard to remember it is one of Shakespeare's comedies, indeed regarded as one of his greatest. Radford, best known for...Tags: Sony Corp., Comedy (genre), Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Judaism
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'Mail Order Wife,' 'Dot the I' and 'Off the Map'
![A wickedly funny satire about a lonely slob from Queens, the Burmese bride he orders from a catalog and the documentary filmmaker who chronicles the debacle before luring her away, "Mail Order Wife" sends up everyone in its circuitous path — self-deluded lonely slobs, self-deluded documentary filmmakers, pretentious chef-worshipping dinner guests, salty old Florida swingers, gold-digging Geisha-girls and that specialized subset of muddle-headed manhood that confuses sexual exploitation with humanitarian concern.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2005-03/16638887.jpg "A wickedly funny satire about a lonely slob from Queens, the Burmese bride he orders from a catalog and the documentary filmmaker who chronicles the debacle before luring her away, "Mail Order Wife\" sends up everyone in its circuitous path — self-deluded lonely slobs, self-deluded documentary filmmakers, pretentious chef-worshipping dinner guests, salty old Florida swingers, gold-digging Geisha-girls and that specialized subset of muddle-headed manhood that confuses sexual exploitation with humanitarian concern.")
Times Staff WriterA wickedly funny satire about a lonely slob from Queens, the Burmese bride he orders from a catalog and the documentary filmmaker who chronicles the debacle before luring her away, "Mail Order Wife" sends up everyone in its circuitous path — self-...Tags: England, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Los Angeles, Campbell Scott, Santa Monica
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Mar 7, 2006
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Dec 29, 2004
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![Michael Radford's splendid film of "The Merchant of Venice" is so somber — and rightly so — for so much of the time that it's hard to remember it is one of Shakespeare's comedies, indeed regarded as one of his greatest. Radford, best known for the hugely successful "Il Postino," takes a subtle approach that reveals how charged with ambiguity the play is, which makes this "Merchant" emerge as remarkably immediate and contemporary without ever seeming to strain for this effect.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2004-12/15633771 "Michael Radford's splendid film of "The Merchant of Venice\" is so somber — and rightly so — for so much of the time that it's hard to remember it is one of Shakespeare's comedies, indeed regarded as one of his greatest. Radford, best known for the hugely successful \"Il Postino,\" takes a subtle approach that reveals how charged with ambiguity the play is, which makes this \"Merchant\" emerge as remarkably immediate and contemporary without ever seeming to strain for this effect.")
Mar 11, 2005
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