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2010-03-13 09:00:04
Toronto International Film Fest announcements are coming fast. Here are the latest galas and special presentations, including Joel and Ethan Coen's A Serious Man, Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story, and Drew Barrymore's directing debut, Whip It. Full release on the jump: July 28...continued
From Thompson on Hollywood
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2010-03-13 09:00:04
Mel Gibson temporarily quit acting to focus on directing his passion projects. At 54 though, he decided it was time to come back, and come back he has done with a vengeance with "Edge of Darkness". Based on the British miniseries directed by Martin Campbell, who also made this big screen version...continued
From Dark Horizons
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2010-03-06 09:00:05
We are all accustomed to the excesses of Hollywood. Nowhere more apparent than in the boastful press releases touting tight movie budgets and expansive box office returns (though as if by magic, the costs always expand and the theater receipts always contract when it comes to paying the profit...continued
From HuffingtonPost
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2010-03-04 09:00:05
At a time when originality looks like it's getting choked out of the entertainment business in lieu of monstrous cash profits, it's downright refreshing to come across--or revisit--a performer like Justin Bond. He's the singer-songwriter/Tony-nominated performance artist ("Kiki and Herb") who so...continued
From HuffingtonPost
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2010-02-13 09:00:04
The ways in which Hollywood amalgamates - albeit uncritically and not always consciously - entertainment and pedagogy is necessary for any discussion around race on the big screen. When it comes to animation, this becomes an even larger issue. Walt Disney has long lent itself to a tradition of...continued
From HuffingtonPost