Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
'The Social Network' shoots scenes at Johns Hopkins University David Fincher has made the kind of growth leaps from "The Panic Room" to "Zodiac" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" that Curtis Hanson made from "The River Wild" to "L.A. Confidential" and "Wonder Boys." When directors come of age, they don't just take on genres or literary...
Ramblin' with Roger (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
I have been fascinated by the Academy Awards, a/k/a the Oscars , for a very long time. As a kid, I'd watch the stars that I'd heard about for years, even though I had not seen much of, or ANY of their work. It was a great thrill. But the person in those days I was most fascinated with in the 1960s was Edith Head , the costume designer, who won eight awards. I liked her name and I especially loved the...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
The writer-director's vivid, hard-hitting style is fully captured in a new seven-disc set featuring commentaries by Martin Scorsese, Curtis Hanson and Tim Robbins. Samuel Fuller was a director with a signature style: blunt verging on brutal, partial to shock cuts and mega close-ups. As a screenwriter, this former crime reporter was no less distinctive, favoring hot-button issues and hard-boiled repartee....
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
The fashionista got her daughter's approval before walking the red carpet at Elle's Women In Hollywood Awards.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
Film News: Barrymore, Spielberg among premeire guests -- Drew Barrymore and her debut as a feature director were the draws for an unusually strong crowd of experienced helmers.
ReverseBlog (Free subscription) | 16/09/2009
Here’s a sad fact about the Toronto International Film Festival. Unless it has Atom Egoyan or David Cronenberg’s name on it, works on display by Canadian filmmakers tend to generate about as much buzz as a squashed bumblebee. Not that my Canadian friends and critics even necessarily insist upon there being a wide array of ignored masterworks from our northern neighbors, but the momentous...
Dialogic (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
Yuppie devil: villainy in Kathryn Bigelow’s Blue Steel by Kevin L. Ferguson Jump Cut “When Mephistopheles shows up wearing a gold Rolex he’s truly a creature for our age.” — Janet Maslin Film critic Janet Maslin must call forth the devil himself to explain the curious appeal of the yuppie to late-80s filmgoers. The yuppie devil at the end of the 80s, though, is more a...
Get the Big Picture (Free subscription) | 13/09/2009
This year's list of honorary Oscar recipients has been announced , and it's a varied list, but I don't think you can argue against any of the picks. Lauren Bacall , one of the most legendary film noir actresses who has remained active into her 80s, will be honored by the Board of Governors at next year's Academy Awards. Joining Bacall, who co-starred with her future husband Humphrey Bogart in several...
MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
"Having worked with him so many times, the thing people don't realize is that he's a fantastic actor. He actually stays in character on set. So when he's Tony Romo, he's Tony Romo the whole time. If he's Bret Michaels, he talks like Bret Michaels. He learned it from ['8 Mile' director] Curtis Hanson. He's [...]
VH1 (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Eminem turns method actor in the VMA-nominated "We Made You" clip. Director Joseph Kahn said Em would stay in character on set, in Behind the Lens.
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
There was heavy anticipation in the drizzly air as hundreds lined up for the "sneak preview."
Ferdy on Films, etc. (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009
Purple Rain (1984) Director: Albert Magnoli By Roderick Heath Dearly beloved, we gathered here to get through this thing called Purple Rain. Writing a few weeks ago about 80s music videos prompted me to finally check out the whole...
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 04/08/2009
The Nevada Highway Patrol is asking for help in finding a hit and run driver who struck a Minden man last month.
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 03/08/2009
The Nevada Highway Patrol is seeking the public's help in locating the person responsible for a hit-and-run accident in Minden last month.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 30/07/2009
Moviemaker EDWARD ZWICK has won a seat on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Directors Branch after winning an election run-off with longtime Oscars boss...
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