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'Les Miz' in NYC: Plenty of weeping, no gnashing of teeth
Tom Hooper's feverishly anticipated adaptation of "Les Misérables" screened for the media, academy and guild members this afternoon at the Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in a finished version that Hooper says he turned in at 2 a.m. Thanksgiving Day....
Tags: Denzel Washington, Movies, Entertainment, Eddie Redmayne, Joaquin Phoenix
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'The Master' offers a cinematic world unlike any other
Already open in New York and Los Angeles and going into general release Friday, writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson's strange, audacious drama "The Master" evokes a feverish state of mind more than a conventional movie, though its story can be...
Tags: Amy Adams, Movies, Entertainment, Joaquin Phoenix, Arts and Culture
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'Silver Linings Playbook': Humanity in high-maintenance characters ★★★ 1/2
Hollywood movies, and even off-Hollywood independent films, have long encouraged us to empathize with unstable or psychologically troubled characters only if they're "kooky" for a little while, as a prelude to more palatable, normalized levels of...
Tags: Mental Health, Movies, Bradley Cooper, Entertainment, Paul Thomas Anderson
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Toronto Film Festival Day 2 recap: The Master's domain!
Here's a Day 2 recap from the Toronto International Film Festival. Everybody sees a different slate of movies each day here. Friday went this way: After the gamer-oriented slaughter of “Dredd 3D,” the fanciful and tricksy theatrics of director...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Joaquin Phoenix, Arts and Culture, Paul Thomas Anderson
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Toronto's Hollywood juggernaut can't swamp indie pleasures
In "Argo," one of the leanest satisfactions of this year's massive Toronto International Film Festival, director and star Ben Affleck anchors a movie based on the true story about how Central Intelligence Agency operative Tony Mendez faked his way into...
Tags: Movies, Tom Tykwer, Toronto (Canada), Cloud Atlas (movie), Sony Corp.
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Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman's 'The Master' set for record-breaking opening weekend
Pop2itPaul Thomas Anderson's Scientology-inspired awards contender grossed $242,127 from five theaters for a remarkable $48,425 per-screen average; "Resident Evil: Retribution" was No.1 with $8.4 million.... -
Older moviegoers drive 'Skyfall,' 'Lincoln' to success
Fifty years after James Bond first made his big screen debut, the suave secret service agent has still got it. After charming international moviegoers, 007 made his way to domestic theaters this weekend and scored the biggest opening ever for the...
Tags: Academy Awards, Movies, Entertainment, Sony Corp., Arts and Culture
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Hollywood Film Awards: What are the odds of an 'I like you' back?
Every movie star handles award season differently. Some are openly disdainful of the dog-and-pony shows — Joaquin Phoenix, anyone? — while others are able to at least feign excitement at the prospect of traipsing down yet another red carpet....
Tags: Academy Awards, Movies, Dustin Hoffman, Amy Adams, Entertainment
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'Taken 2' hijacks No. 1 with excellent $50-million debut
Moviegoers were held captive by "Taken 2" at the box office this weekend, as the Liam Neeson sequel had a superb No. 1 debut. The kidnapping action-thriller opened to a strong $50 million, according to an estimate from distributor Twentieth Century Fox....
Tags: Johnny Depp, Central Intelligence Agency, The Grey (movie), End of Watch (movie), Frankenweenie (movie)
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Joaquin Phoenix Disses Oscars, Calls It 'Utter Bull Sh*t'
@AndrewJRamosYou can bet that Joaquin Phoenix won't be attending this year's Oscars, or next years, or the Oscars after that. Apparently the actor doesn't think much of Hollywood's "biggest night." In a very candid chat with Interview Magazine, Phoenix rips the...Tags: Academy Awards, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Joaquin Phoenix
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Nothing 'masterful' about UCLA's victory over Utah
I had such expectations, the cast sounding terrific, the early Oscar buzz. Then I went and paid to see the worst movie ever made — dumbfounding how anyone ever agreed to make it — an idiotic, stupefying, colossal waste of time. I sat there...
Tags: T.J. Simers, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Football, College Football, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Senator follows 'The Master': German distrib takes 'Late Quartet,' 'No Place on Earth'
VarietyMOSCOW -- German distributor Senator has added Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" to its distribution slate. The Weinstein Company production stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams in the 1950s-set story of a troubled WWII veteran...Tags: Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix, Martin Scorsese, George Harrison, Paul Thomas Anderson
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