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The “B” word is big in TV this season

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ABC president Paul Lee knows where his network’s strengths lie. And they’re not with the new — and apparently soon former — cross-dressing comedy, Work It. “It did better than you thought it would,” he scolded critics, “but not as well as we might have wanted.” There are higher hopes for the rest of the [...]

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Film Review – The Book of Eli (2010)

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BOTTOM LINE: Sometimes thought-provoking with its religious and political motifs, "The Book Of Eli" is very watchable, although it is long-winded, with a climax that does not gel too well with the western-style apocalyptic first two acts. THE GOOD: A very cool-looking, and seemingly invincible Denzel Washington as 'Eli' walks along a desolate, and muted [...]

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Kevin Costner is MR BROOKS – Movie Review

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BOTTOM LINE: Intriguingly dark film which gives you the chance to see Kevin Costner being very bad for a change, but the film gets distracted too much by Demi Moore's police/divorce B-story which takes too much screen time away from the main event of watching Costner do his thing. THE GOOD: The idea of watching [...]

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Dennis Hopper: Actor, Director, Artist, American Iconoclast

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Dennis Hopper: Actor, Director, Artist, American Iconoclast Just a few months after I started this site, I got the opportunity to meet Dennis Hopper in New York. I had just flown in to cover the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, and attended a rare screening of a restored version of Curtis Harrington's Night Tide (1961) that evening. Hopper [...]

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Jonah Hill on 'Get Him to the Greek', '21 Jumpstreet', and his directorial debut

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HollywoodNews.com: Looking back at the last few years, Jonah Hill has been busy: he’s played 12 different characters in just the three years since he starred in Superbad, written for an episode of Saturday Night Live (in which he appeared), and executive produced Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno. But on the eve of his second starring [...]

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Emmy Watch: The rise of TV's 'Anti-Mom'

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"There are a bunch of nut-job mothers out there," says Julia Louis-Dreyfus (CBS' "The New Adventures of Old Christine"). Although her own character may sometimes be "just shy of heinous, at the very heart of it, she does mean to do well. But there are so many other issues for her that get in the [...]

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Paul Newman – An Immortal Goes to His Reward

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One of the truly great ones has passed on. his like does not come around very often. There's a lot to admire about about Paul Newman, not the least of it being his craftsmanship. his love of family, integrity, courage, and integrity are admirable. I hope he is in heaven chalking up his cue to [...]

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Speed-the-Plow at the Barrymore Theater

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We left the Barrymore Theater last Friday evening with a renewed appreciation for David Mamet, but with growing doubts about straight theater on Broadway. Speed-the-Plow (written in 1988) is one of two Mamet plays currently on Broadway. the other is American Buffalo (written in 1976); each play deals with betrayal of a business partner and [...]

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Grand Theft Auto Series

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One of the most popular video game series of all-time is Grand Theft Auto. There are nine stand-alone games in the series, which began in 1997. the most recent release, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, was released in March of 2009. the series of games has created controversy with each game release because of the [...]

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Top 10 Will Smith Movies

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There was a time when you could bank on there being at least one Will Smith movie hitting the big screen every year, but it has been relevantly quiet on the Will Smith front since 2008. although not in the front of the camera Smith has been busy behind it, helping produce his son Jaden's [...]

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Johnny Depp Movies Vs Charles Bronson Movies – A Comparison of Two Iconic Hollywood Actors

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If you are trying to compare Johnny Depp movies vs Charles Bronson movies, you must look at the film roles they have participated in and the reasons why they chose this film roles to understand each actor as an individual. both actors have achieved a very large amount of fame through iconic roles. There is [...]