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Review: "Rampart"
originally published in my column at Towleroad Woody Harrelson hits movie screens with such galvanizing force in Rampart, you might be surprised that Hollywood didn't cower and hand him an Oscar...
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15 Days... (Remember When?)
Just a fortnight + 1 until Hollywood's High Holy Night Remember what Jude and Nicole were looking at?Remember when? Jude Law Nicole Kidman Renée Zellweger What profiles those two have, eh? Continue for...
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RIP Whitney Houston (1963-2012)
Jordin Sparks and Whitney in the forthcoming "Sparkle"Breaking news as CNN is currently investigating the discrepancies within the details but Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48, the day before...
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Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer on Black Artists and Image.
I know I've gone on and on about Viola Davis this year. It's no secret that I'm rooting for her in Best Actress. She's such an enormous talent and such an interesting woman and she keeps on reminding...
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BAFTA 2012 Winners. It's Our Final Pre Oscar Pit Stop
For reasons unbeknownst to our puny mind American television doesn't believe in watching the BAFTAs live and instead makes us wait until we already know the winners and have possibly lost interest...
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Seeing Double: Best Actress
So, Meryl Streep won the BAFTA for Best Actress playing British political icon Margaret Thatcher and looked great doing so. At first all I could think was Dynasty power bitch combo pack (Collins power...
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The Girls With the Lisbeth Tattoo.
Jose here to talk about a movie and performance that The Film Experience hasn't spent much time with. A little over eighteen months ago, I - like many of you I'm sure - found myself completely revolted...
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Monologue: Megan & the Dolphin
Have you missed Monologue Mondays? I know I have. So let's start again and try to do this weekly. Though Bridesmaids' Melissa McCarthy probably won her Oscar nomination for a variety of reasons, you...
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Curio: Oscar Unsheets, Part III
Alexa here. With less than two weeks till the Oscars I'm spotting more and more fabulous unsheets (or fan poster art) inspired by the nominated films. (See last week's post for some criminally...
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Burning Questions: Undelivered Speeches?
Michael C. here. I would never back the idea of awarding an Oscar based on anything other than quality of the work. No award for being a beloved old-timer overdue for a win, or because your film sends...
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12 Days Till Oscar. What Happened to the Juvenile Oscars?
Remember when... Okay, scratch the "remember when?" question this time. Unless there are some really really ancient AMPAS members reading. The Oscars weren't televised yet so nobody could remember this...
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Tues Top Ten: Best Best Supporting Actress Winners
"I Simply Cannot Do Alone" might well be the theme song all lead actors should sing to their stellar supporting castI felt a list coming on so I didn't fight it. Neither did I fight the order as I...
View ArticleJake Gyllenhaal Introduces The Meryl Streep Tribute At Berlinale
Awww, this is sweet. Jake Gyllenhaal met Meryl through her son Hank (aka Henry Wolfe) when he was all of 13 and Jake has been intimiated by her ever since. Jake Gyllenhaal is on the jury this year that...
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Bullhead.
Jose on one of this year's Foreign Film nominees... The steaks in Bullhead are so red that you can practically taste the blood coming out of them. The intensity of their color is such that you can’t...
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Kill Your Darlings (Casting The Beats)
JA from MNPP here. It seems like it's the dream of every young actor to play one of the Beats - sensitive yet masculine fellows in sharp clothes with pre-praised snappy dialogue: what could go wrong?...
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20:11 Take The Warriors To Shelter
Year in Review Fun! It's the final installment of our peculiar time stamp fetish. The 20th minute and 11th second of the movies of 2011 in chronological order of US release date. It's like flipping...
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After Link
Letters of Note a telegram from Marlon Brando to Marilyn MonroeOld Hollywood Rita Moreno West Side Story rehearsal photo. Love it.In Contention "The top ten shots of 2011" Tapley's annual...
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Interview: The Man Behind "Puss in Boots" Is A Dog Person!
Monty and PussMonty meows and leaps up on the chair beside me. Cats always know when something is up. In this case, what's up is a phone call to Chris Miller the director of Puss in Boots, who is still...
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Very Veronika
. . JA from MNPP here. This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's second-to-last film, the glorious Veronika Voss. The film is the final piece in his "BRD Trilogy" (BRD...
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Oscar's Best Animated Short Nominees. Predictions!
Amir here. Thanks to Shorts International and TIFF, I’ve had the privilege of watching the nominees for Oscar’s short categories before the ceremony for the first time. As enjoyable as it is to finally...
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