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Move is a real scream for Berwyn collectibles shop Horrorbles
You're alone in the far back corner of a basement on Roosevelt Road, the air choked with the dank smell of age. Above you, a Berwyn storefront. Around you, the cluttered office of its owner. What kind of maniac intentionally keeps his desk in the far back...
Tags: Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Igor (movie), Dunkin' Donuts, The Simpsons (tv program)
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Donald Richie dies at 88; interpreted Japan for the West
Donald Richie, an American expatriate in Japan who became that country's preeminent Western interpreter, explaining its culture — from cinema to Zen to tattoos — in books and essays that illuminated the author's psyche as much as that of his...
Tags: Igor Stravinsky, The New York Times, Columbia University, Toshiro Mifune, Newspaper and Magazine
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New releases: 'On the Road' seeks a style both poetic, realistic
On the Road Available on VOD beginning Monday Director Walter Salles, screenwriter José Rivera and producer Francis Ford Coppola have given themselves the almost-impossible task of adapting Jack Kerouac's beloved Beat Generation novel "On the Road," a...
Tags: Room 237 (movie), Garrett Hedlund, Steven Spielberg, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Stephen King
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Kerouac opus 'On the Road' hits just enough beats ★★★
An eternal fountain of adolescence, Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" went through many permutations between its point of origin, 1948, and its point of notorious, divisive publication, 1957. The best description of it came from Kerouac himself, in a journal...
Tags: Dizzy Gillespie, The Master (movie), Celebrities, New Year's Day, Kirsten Dunst
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Ang Lee to direct FX pilot “Tyrant” — and other big-time directors who have gone to TV
Channel Guide MagazineNot many people expected Ang Lee to take home the Best Director trophy at the Academy Awards last month for Life of Pi. He's defying expectations yet again with his follow-up project, a pilot for FX called Tyrant, scheduled to shoot this summer. Tyrant... -
Steve Schapiro's photos in 'Then and Now' offer a mix of emotions
When photographer Steve Schapiro first arrived on the Lower East Side set of "The Godfather" in 1971, there were rumors floating around that Marlon Brando was not well. Moving closer to the action, he noticed an old man in an overcoat and hat talking to...Tags: Jodie Foster, Entertainment Events, Sports Illustrated, Sumo Wrestling, Martin Scorsese
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Critic's Notebook: Movie violence must not be stopped
I abhor violence. As a rookie police reporter years ago I saw the damage guns, knives, broken bottles, metal pipes, hands — humans — can inflict. From the terrifyingly premeditated to the unfortunately accidental, those images still have the...
Tags: Brian de Palma, Jamie Foxx, Jodie Foster, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Juliette Lewis
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Rare Tucker 48 formerly owned by George Lucas headed to auction
Martyn Donaldson leans hard against the hulking 1948 Tucker 48 and rolls it out of his small restoration shop in Pacoima. Although the color on its build sheet is listed as maroon, the midafternoon sun reveals a metallic luster in the showroom quality...
Tags: Automotive Equipment, Jeff Bridges, George Lucas, Car Engine Repair, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Revolution on the screen, on the ground in 'I Am Cuba'
From 1964, a time when the world seemed ready to accommodate 33 revolutions per minute, the film "I Am Cuba" boasts some single-take shots so boggling, the following phrases showed up in my notebook: "How did they do that? A three-story-high tracking shot...
Tags: Orson Welles, Cuba, Terrence Malick, Movies, Sergei Eisenstein
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A24 takes domestic rights to Sofia Coppola's 'Bling Ring': Emma Watson, Tessa Farmiga, Paris Hilton star in real-life drama
VarietyA24 has acquired domestic rights to Sofia Coppola's real-life theft drama "The Bling Ring," starring Emma Watson, and plans to release the heist drama in June. Movie centers of group of teens from an affluent neighborhood that robbed the homes of...Tags: Rachel Bilson, Fred Roos, Movies, Audrina Patridge, Orlando Bloom
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DGA taps Milos Forman for lifetime achievement award: Helmer to receive kudo at guild awards Feb. 2
VarietyThe Directors Guild of America has selected Milos Forman as the recipient of its lifetime achievement award for distinguished achievement in motion picture direction. The kudo will be presented at the 65th annual DGA Awards on Feb. 2 at Hollywood &...Tags: Human Interest, Stanley Kubrick, John Huston, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock
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Oscars nominations 2013: Academy Award trivia to boost your savvy
The 85th Academy Award nominations certainly managed a few surprises Thursday morning --no nominations for directors Ben Affleck ("Argo") or Kathryn Bigelow ("Zero Dark Thirty"), lots of Oscar warmth for "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and Michael...Tags: Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Gloria Stuart, Argo (movie), Lincoln (movie, 2012), Amour (movie)
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