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'Man on a Ledge': Myriad improbabilities ground this heist film -- 2 stars
![A man edges along the 21st-story ledge of a midtown New York City hotel. He's an ex-cop and a convicted thief on the lam, straight out of Sing Sing, and he's threatening suicide. Sam Worthington, of"Avatar" and"Clash of the Titans," plays this character, Nick Cassidy, and it is odd to see Worthington on a precipice without winged beasts or blue friendlies buzzing about his head. The only thing buzzing in "Man on a Ledge" are little gnats of narrative improbability.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2012-01/67620764-25095244.jpg "A man edges along the 21st-story ledge of a midtown New York City hotel. He's an ex-cop and a convicted thief on the lam, straight out of Sing Sing, and he's threatening suicide. Sam Worthington, of"Avatar\" and\"Clash of the Titans,\" plays this character, Nick Cassidy, and it is odd to see Worthington on a precipice without winged beasts or blue friendlies buzzing about his head. The only thing buzzing in \"Man on a Ledge\" are little gnats of narrative improbability.")
A man edges along the 21st-story ledge of a midtown New York City hotel. He's an ex-cop and a convicted thief on the lam, straight out of Sing Sing, and he's threatening suicide. Sam Worthington, of"Avatar" and"Clash of the Titans," plays this character,...Tags: Avatar (movie), Manhattan (New York City), Anthony Mackie, Tower Heist (movie), Celebrities
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Toronto's Hollywood juggernaut can't swamp indie pleasures
In "Argo," one of the leanest satisfactions of this year's massive Toronto International Film Festival, director and star Ben Affleck anchors a movie based on the true story about how Central Intelligence Agency operative Tony Mendez faked his way into...
Tags: Toronto (Canada), Sidney Lumet, A Prophet (movie), Rust and Bone (movie), Argo (movie)
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Review: A 'Family Weekend' wrapped into a hostage comedy
In "Family Weekend," onetime "High School Musical" cast member Olesya Rulin plays a competitive high-school jump-roper who takes her parents hostage after they miss one meet too many. Aided by her younger brother and sister, the teen's plan is to hold...
Tags: A Clockwork Orange (movie), Matthew Modine, Joey King, Entertainment, Taxi Driver (movie)
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A remembrance of Charles Durning: Just beneath the surface
In 1985 I began working with producer Joseph Papp on "Free for All," an oral history of the celebrated New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater. I ended up interviewing more than 160 individuals, including actors known for their powerful...
Tags: Arts and Culture, James Earl Jones, Manhattan (New York City), World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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"Dog Day Afternoon"--How One Bank Robbery Changed NYPD
pix11.com | @murphypixForty years ago on August 22, 1972, a bank robbery at a Chase bank in Gravesend, Brooklyn changed the way the NYPD did business in hostage situations...and spawned an Oscar-winning movie starring Al Pacino. The real-life robber, John Wojtowicz,...Tags: Gravesend, Brooklyn (New York City), Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, New York City Police Department, Prisons
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Frank Pierson dies at 87; Oscar-winning screenwriter
A writer for as long as he could remember, Frank Pierson penned his most famous line, "What we've got here is failure to communicate," decades ago for the 1967 script "Cool Hand Luke." At the time, he thought there was no way such a refined line would...
Tags: Phil Alden Robinson, Lee Marvin, World War II (1939-1945), Sundance Film Festival, Writers Guild of America
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John Calley dies at 81; honored studio chief and movie producer
![John Calley, a former top executive at Warner Bros., United Artists and Sony Pictures Entertainment and a producer whose credits include "The Remains of the Day" and "The Da Vinci Code," has died. He was 81.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/64718498-13090511.jpg "John Calley, a former top executive at Warner Bros., United Artists and Sony Pictures Entertainment and a producer whose credits include "The Remains of the Day\" and \"The Da Vinci Code,\" has died. He was 81.")
John Calley, a former top executive at Warner Bros., United Artists and Sony Pictures Entertainment and a producer whose credits include "The Remains of the Day" and "The Da Vinci Code," has died. He was 81.
Calley died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles...Tags: Human Interest, Meg Tilly, McCabe and Mrs. Miller (movie), Jane Austen, NBC (tv network)
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Netflix to split into two companies
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsSo this Monday morning, I'm awoken to my dog, Pele, wanting to be walked. This is something that any dog owner can sympathize with. The sound of a dog panting and you can just tell that he's got enough energy to make Lance Armstrong say "ok ok I get it, I...Tags: The Gold Rush (movie), Blockbuster, Companies and Corporations, Lance Armstrong, Edward G. Robinson
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