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Highs, lows — and a graceful exit
It's my final column of the year and, for that matter, the new millennium — not to mention of all time. Unless it isn't. I'm so confused. Anyhow, let's look at the highs and lows of 2012 — not that you have much choice if you're going to...
Tags: Episodes (tv program), Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Revolution (movie), Six Feet Under (tv program), Music
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On Location: Immersed in the world of 'The Master'
Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" is set in a richly colored, Todd-AO widescreen-feeling America circa 1950, boldly ascending from the horrors of World War II without yet comprehending the trauma incurred. It's a sometimes squeaky-clean surface under...
Tags: Entertainment, Joaquin Phoenix, Terrence Malick, World War II (1939-1945), Arts
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'Argo,' 'Beasts,' 'Lincoln' among Scripter Award nominees
The authors and screenwriters of "Argo," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln," "Perks of Being a Wallflower" and "Silver Linings Playbook" have been nominated for the 25th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award. Usually only five...Tags: Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Dennis Rodman, The Social Network (movie) , Tony Kushner, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie)
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National Society of Film Critics names 'Amour' best of 2012
The National Society of Film Critics named "Amour," Michael Haneke's heartbreaking drama about an elderly couple, the best film of 2012 on Saturday. Haneke was named best director and Emmanuelle Riva was named best actress. "The Master" came in...Tags: Joaquin Phoenix, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Bernie (movie), Tony Kushner, Tommy Lee Jones
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PGA noms give hope to 'Skyfall,' 'Moonrise,' 'Beasts,' 'Django'
Oscar nominations will be announced in eight days, and, at this point, we've put only five movies in our circle of trust for the best picture race -- "Lincoln," "Argo," "Silver Linings Playbook," "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Les Miserables." Outside that...
Tags: Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Ang Lee, Golf, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie)
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My favorite moments of 2012
Years ago when I was a student at Northwestern University, a handful of executives at America Online came to my class and explained that you, I and everyone we know would soon find ourselves pleasantly stranded on "information islands." We nodded,...
Tags: Joaquin Phoenix, Lollapalooza, Millard Fillmore, Michigan Avenue, Music
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Palm Springs International Film Festival announces 180-film lineup
The 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival on Thursday announced its lineup of 180 films from 68 countries, including 61 premieres -- three world, 21 North American and 37 U.S. Of the total number of movies, 63 are features by first-time...
Tags: Emperor (movie), Entertainment, Terence Stamp, Amour (movie), Ralph Fiennes
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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: Joaquin Phoenix, Entertainment, Maya Rudolph, Toronto International Film Festival, World War II (1939-1945)
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Anticipating the Oscars: These might contend
My Academy Awards predictions — and honestly, why not start now, a month before the nominations are announced? — carry an odor akin to Paul Rudd's cologne in "Anchorman": 60 percent of the time, they're right every time. This week the awards...
Tags: Entertainment, Les Miserables (movie), Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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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: Entertainment, Movies, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Paul Thomas Anderson, Bradley Cooper
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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: Entertainment, Joaquin Phoenix, Toronto International Film Festival, Anna Karenina (movie), Joe Wright
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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: Zac Efron, Dog Day Afternoon (movie), Halle Berry, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Joe Wright
Dec 27, 2012
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Dec 20, 2012
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Dec 20, 2012
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Sep 14, 2012
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Nov 15, 2012
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Sep 8, 2012
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Sep 10, 2012
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