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October/13/09 12:03 AM
The
Proposal is not quite up there with Bo Goldman’s
1992 screenplay based on the novel by Giovanni
Arpino, it does show that if we don’t like an
unlikeable lead character the movie dies before
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May/10/09 11:46 PM
Directed
by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate
Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton,
Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond,
“Benjamin Button,” is a grand tale of a
not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he
discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the
joys of life and the sadness of death, and what
lasts beyond time.
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February/06/09 05:33 PM
Nights
in Rodanthe is based on the book by popular
romance novelist Nicholas Sparks and it follows a
fairly standard boy meets girl, boy and girl heal
past emotional issues, boy and girl fall in love,
boy leaves girl plot line. Read
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February/06/09 05:15 PM
Richard
Gere and Diane Lane are what Hollywood would
consider an age appropriate coupling. He's in his
late 50s, she's in her mid 40s. That's close
enough by modern movie standards, which often
teams aging actors with much chirpy
ingenues. Read
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January/11/09 04:08 PM
The
Tudors Second Season set continues to peer into
the rule of King Henry III – a time of
international conflict, political manipulations
and the pressure to produce an heir to the
throne. Showtime’s telling throws in a healthy
dose of sexually charged villainy and fictional
license to create an incredibly time worthy show.
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December/28/08 03:21 PM
Pablo
Picasso (1881-1973) said “It takes a long time to
be young” a theory beautifully tested in David
Fincher’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
1921 short story “The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button.” Fitzgerald’s Benjamin Button was born on
just any day in 1860, while screenwriter Eric
Roth time warps forward to the final day of World
War I, a historically auspicious day to be
born.
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October/26/08 06:10 PM
The
new period drama "Death Defying Acts: Houdini's
Secret" features an Oscar-winning stunner
(Catherine Zeta-Jones), a hunky lead (Guy Pearce)
and a director (Gillian Armstrong) with a proven
track record ("Charlotte Gray," "Mrs.
Soffel."). Read
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October/03/08 10:07 PM
"The
Women" comes on the heels of "Mamma Mia!" and
"Sex and the City," two films which brazenly
courted female viewers. The film, a remake of the
1939 classic, goes one big step further by
keeping the original's key conceit. It's all
women, all the time. No men show up as co-stars,
supporting players - even extras.
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August/25/08 10:10 PM
Writer/director
Edward Burns' fall from Hollywood's good graces
can be traced by the release arc of his films.
His breakthrough movie, "The Brothers McMullen,"
earned him instant indie credibility, and he
followed it up with the moderately successful
"She's the One." Bigger budget, bigger name cast
(Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston).
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July/18/08 12:08 AM
"Sex
and the City" was supposed to be the grrrl power
movie of the summer. But "Mamma Mia" clearly
swipes that distinction. The movie musical, based
on the Broadway show spawned from ABBA's hit
machine, might as well be sponsored by NOW. The
film's mostly female characters dance, sing,
flirt and assert their femininity nearly
nonstop. Read More...
April/22/08 11:30 PM
Jane
Nichols (Katherine Heigl) is always the
bridesmaid … and she has 27 tacky dresses in her
closet to prove it. Suffice to say there's no sex
in Jane's city, and matters get much when her
sister (Malin Akerman) starts dating her
boss (Edward Burns). Jane has been crushing on
him forever but hasn't had the courage to
tell him so. Read More...
February/23/08 07:55 PM
The
first 10 minutes of "I Could Never Be Your Woman"
hint at why the film never saw the light of a
movie theater despite its starry cast. This
straight-to-video release opens with an assault
on Baby Boomers, courtesy of a video montage
hosted by Mother Nature (Tracey Ullman).
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January/11/08 11:07 PM
Watch
enough bad rom-coms and it seems like Hollywood
can't get the boy-meets-girl formula right
anymore. It's one reason why it's good to catch
up with "When Harry Met Sally …" again.
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