Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Anansi the Spider Plays Mornings at Circle in the Square Beginning Nov. 28 – Playbill.com
Anansi the Spider Plays Mornings at Circle in the Square Beginning Nov. 28 By Michael Gioia28 Nov 2011 The Circle in the Square Theatre School presents Anansi the Spider, a children's play performed by CITSTS alumni, beginning Nov. 28 at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre. Adapted by Tony Phelan and Kira Snyder from a [...]
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Labyrinth's "Celebrity Charades" Adds Jesse L. Martin, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Evan Rachel Wood – Playbill.com
Labyrinth's "Celebrity Charades" Adds Jesse L. Martin, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Evan Rachel Wood By Adam Hetrick11 Nov 2011 Jesse L. Martin, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Yul Vázquez and Evan Rachel Wood have joined the Labyrinth Theater Company's "Celebrity Charades 2011: Down and Derby" Nov. 14 benefit. The annual benefit, which supports the company's season programming, will take [...]
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Channing Tatum, Steve Carell costar and …Oscar contender?
EXCLUSIVE: The director Bennett Miller is known for generating Oscar heat for his performers: Philip Seymour Hoffman won a best actor statuette for “Capote,” and Brad Pitt is attracting that kind of talk for “Moneyball.” Can the director make the same magic happen for (the to-date Oscar-free) Channing Tatum? He might have his chance. The [...]
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Movies this week 11/10/2011
Starting This Week "IMMORTALS" (Premiere 10) A young man fights to prevent a tyrannical king from destroying the Greek gods. Action fantasy with Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke and John Hurt. R. 110 minutes. Not reviewed. "J. EDGAR" (Premiere 10) The life story of J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI. Dramatic biography with [...]
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PleasantonWeekly.com – Movie Review – Moneyball
The unlikely tandem of Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill helps drive what is arguably the most compelling and insightful baseball-themed film since Robert Redford launched a homerun into the stadium lights in "The Natural" (1984). "Moneyball" — based on the 2003 novel by Michael Lewis about Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane (Pitt) and his [...]
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TIFF 2011 announcement: 53 films, one new venue and a whack of stars who might come to Toronto
Sarah Polley’s Take this Waltz is one of this year’s Galas TIFF unveiled part of its 2011 lineup today, and 53 movies will have their North American or world premieres in Toronto this fall. Among the spectators at the press conference this morning in Toronto was a solitary celebrity—actress and director Sarah Polley—but expect lots [...]
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Casting Bits: Melanie Laurent in ‘Now You See Me’, Chace Crawford and Rob Huebel in ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’, Natasha Lyonne in ‘American Reunion’
Inglourious Basterds and Beginners actress Melanie Laurent is set to star opposite Jesse Eisenberg in Louis Leterrier's magician heist movie Now You See Me. The story revolves around FBI agents hunting down a group of world-famous bank-robbing magicians (sorry, illusionists) who shower their audiences with the stolen cash. Jake Gyllenhaal, who was previously offered a [...]
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6 Movies Worth Seeing Now
Now is a great time to go to the movies. In the last weeks of 2008, the Hollywood studios released their best pictures of the year so that these films would be uppermost in people's minds during the awards season, which is already under way. These high-quality movies will also likely stick around in theaters [...]
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Doubt Movie Review – Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman
BOTTOM LINE: despite some riveting performances from both Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman, this screen translation of the stage play of the same name barely registers as a film experience, with a slow pace, boring and static visuals, at-times melodramatic direction and a lack of strong narrative flow or tension. THE GOOD: "Doubt" starts [...]
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He's Still Here: Joaquin Phoenix Looking to Play a Scientologist Alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman
By Cindy Davis | Posted Under Trade News | Share | Tweet Come on Joaquin, what kind of fools do you take us for? nobody ever believed you were quitting acting (too much money) or taking up rap (you suck) or anything else you were faking for your pretend "documentary," I'm still Here. indeed, here [...]
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Perfect Strangers
Author: Richard Blakely Keywords: Friendship, expression, family, trust, forgiveness Film title: Mary and MaxDirector: Adam ElliotScreenplay: Adam ElliotStarring: Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana, Barry HumphriesDistributor: Soda Pictures (UK)Cinema Release Date: 22 October 2010 (UK)Certificate: 12A (UK) contains suicide references and infrequent drug use buy Mary and Max from Amazon.co.uk or from Amazon.com 'God [...]
