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'This Is 40:' How can Judd Apatow's woes be fixed?
The "sort-of sequel to ‘Knocked Up’” is how Universal marketed Judd Apatow’s comedy “This Is 40,” a perfect slogan for a movie about which many of us felt ambivalent. “This Is 40” is of course Apatow&...
Tags: Francis Ford Coppola, Comedy (genre), Entertainment, Movies, Megan Fox
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Film review: A win for the 'Dark Horse'
It may be too obvious an intro, but filmmaker Todd Solondz — whose new film “Dark Horse” opens next week — could himself be considered a dark horse. His films have a strong following at festivals and in art houses, but they are too...
Tags: New York City, Christopher Walken, Human Interest, The Happiest News!, Selma Blair
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High hopes, low notes for film world's NC-17 rating
In the late '80s a thunderbolt of inspiration struck Jack Valenti, longtime chief of the Motion Picture Assn. of America: What if his organization got rid of the X rating, besmirched by years of misappropriation by hard-core exploitation films, and...Tags: Sex Crimes, Oliver Stone, Emile Hirsch, Pulp Fiction (movie), Arts and Culture
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L.A. Times launches free Indie Focus film series at Laemmle NoHo
The L.A. Times is expanding its events for movie lovers with a new, free Indie Focus Screening Series at the Laemmle NoHo 7 theaters starting Aug. 22 with “Robot & Frank.” Starring Oscar nominee Frank Langella as an aging jewel thief who...
Tags: Harmony Korine, Lynne Ramsay, Film Festivals, Los Angeles Times, Arts and Culture
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'Dark Horse' review: When does the race start?
** (out of four) I'm no dating expert, but testicular cancer does not seem like a very promising first-date conversation topic. Not that awkward, overweight Abe (Jordan Gelber of “Boardwalk Empire”) and mopey Miranda (Selma Blair) have any...
Tags: The Hangover (movie), Christopher Walken, Mia Farrow, Selma Blair, Testicular Cancer
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'Dark Horse': Director finds humanity in unsympathetic lead ✭✭✭
Rhapsodically pathetic, the Hummer-driving schlub at the center of the new Todd Solondz film "Dark Horse" has hit his mid-30s without realizing just how many unfortunate personality traits fight every second for dominance of his everyday life. He's...
Tags: Steve Buscemi, Dark Horse (movie), Aasif Mandvi, Christopher Walken, Justin Bartha
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2012 Maryland Film Fest off to a short, sweet start
Five short narrative films, on themes ranging from a modern-day urban cowboy to a scamming extraterrestrial, kicked off the 14th annual Maryland Film Festival at MICA's Brown Center Thursday night.
Maryland's festival remains the only one of its kind...Tags: Entertainment Events, Charles Street, John Wayne, Film Festivals, Human Interest
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Maryland Film Festival kicks off with pleasure and pain
John Waters opened his audience's eyes to a kind of film experience they'd probably never had before. Another writer-director raised in Maryland scared a late-night crowd silly. A movie about a sexual assault left some viewers heading for the exits early....Tags: Assault, Sex Crimes, Entertainment Events, Sexual Assault, Christopher Walken
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Maryland Film Festival earns record ticket sales
The 14th Maryland Film Festival proved the most popular yet, with ticket sales up from 5 to 10 percent daily and advance sales up more than 25 percent, according to festival officials.
The four-day festival, which ran through Sunday at the Charles...Tags: John Waters, Dark Horse (movie), Services and Shopping, Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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Great Old Broad Series: Elizabeth Ashley
Hartford CourantToday's 2 p.m. screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentary "Broads,"that features salty, outspoken interviews with actresses of a certain age remind me of some of my own favorite interviews of like-minded dames. I'll post a series of these...Tags: Mike Nichols, Washington, DC, Maureen Stapleton, Jeanne Moreau, Robert Redford
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Actor Ben Gazzara Dies at 81
KTLA NewsNEW YORK -- Veteran actor Ben Gazzara died Friday of pancreatic cancer, according to the New York Times. The star of award winning films and plays such as "Anatomy of a Murder" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" was 81 years old. Among his other notable film...Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Ben Gazzara, Health, Ethan Coen, The New York Times
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Indie Spirit Awards nominations — 127 Hours, Winter’s Bone, and Greenberg? Last Exorcism?
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelA few fun surprises in this morning's Indie Spirit Award nominations. “Greenberg,” Ben Stiller's terrific March turn as an out of sorts fellow who has a sort-of–affair with a lost and lonely young woman, was remembered. Stiller and Greta...
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