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Hollywood studios have chosen two of the “biggest” comedies of the summer season to go up against one another on the same weekend. Which film will end out on top of box office ticket sales by end of the weekend? First off, we have the Steve Carell vehicle, Get Smart, which is a remake...
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Who are some of the best actors to never have won an Oscar? I tried to think of some actors who I was unsure of whether they received an Oscar or not. First, here are some who came to mind and did win at least one: Robert Deniro has two for Raging Bull and...
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One of the Summer’s big-budget films is Wanted with Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, and Morgan Freeman, which opens on Friday, June 27. Wanted is the story of a twenty-something slacker, played by McAvoy, who is recruited into the “Fraternity,” a secret society of vigilante justice enforcers with lightning-quick reflexes and superhuman moves. If you...
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Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio. These were the names I expected to see top the list of highest paid film salary of all time. Imagine my surprise when I was sobered with the reality that we live in a world where Keanu Reeves is the highest paid actor of all time...
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A couple years ago a friend of mine recommended that I watch episodes of Arrested Development. I was immediately hooked and Arrested Development became one of my favorite sitcoms in the past five years. For those who may be unfamiliar, the show included some extremely funny actors like Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, David Cross,...
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Heath Ledger was brought to Hollywood with the expectation that the Aussie would be a heartthrob that could play the lead in light, formulaic, bubblegum, moneymaking vehicles. If the studios had their way, Ledger would play in a variation of 10 Things I Hate About You twice a year until he became too old...
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After watching Heath Ledger in Candy (2006), in which he plays a heroin addict, I wanted to post a story about other actors who played drug addicts and dealt with drug abuse in their lives off the screen. I figured that with so many method actors and the dangerous lure of the Hollywood lifestyle,...
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Throughout his career, Daniel Day-Lewis has delivered some of the most memorable, brilliant, and unique performances in recent cinematic history. At the age of 32 in My Left Foot (1989), Daniel Day-Lewis won his first Oscar for playing the true story of Christie Brown – a quadriplegic who becomes an accomplished artist and writer...
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In the second season of one of my favorite shows when I was in high school, Picket Fences , a new D.A. was elected to the small town of Rome, Wisconsin. Don Cheadle played in 35 episodes as D.A. John Littleton, and he immediately drew me in as a very likeable and warm character....
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One of my favorite movies of all time is The Lion King and it had been quite some time since I had experienced the circle of life. So, I finally made good on a promise to my little nephew to watch the movie with him, and aside from having a fantastic time, something amazing...
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It’s that time again – new movies! This Friday is kind of a let down, but every weekend can’t be a blockbuster weekend. Leatherheads Leatherheads “Leatherheads” looks like a “Down With Love”-type comedy, again starring Renee Zellweger, along with George Clooney and John Krasinski. But I was one of the few who enjoyed “Down...
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In 1987, Steven Spielberg began filming an adaptation to J.G. Ballard’s autobiographical account as the young English son of a diplomat and his fight for survival when Japan occupies China during World War II. It was the first American movie shot in China since the 1930s. Spielberg had to choose among 4000 kids to...
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Before winning an Oscar for best leading actor in Capote, Philip Seymour Hoffman proved he can play the leading role and deliver a memorable performance in Love Liza. In the movie, written by his brother Gordy, Hoffman plays Wilson Joel. Dealing with the recent suicide of his wife, Wilson carries around an unopened suicide...
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The Goonies falls squarely in that category of feel-good movies that you just have to watch every once and awhile to remind you of everything that is fun and good about movies and the world as we know it. Well, I was flipping through channels last night, and my movie-watching soul jumped for joy...
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Since the kiss felt around the world in The Notebook (2004), Ryan Gosling has extended himself as an actor playing roles far off the beaten path. In Half Nelson (2006), Gosling was nominated for a best actor Oscar playing an endearing eighth-grade drug-addicted teacher who develops a close relationship with one of his students...
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