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    Jul 22, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Swing Votes democratic leader

    In 2005, Joshua Michael Stern's first feature, "Neverwas," opened the Toronto International Film Festival; but despite a cast full of Oscar winners, it ended up going straight to video shelves. On Aug. 1, his second, "Swing Vote," written with Jason Richman and starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper and Kelsey Grammer, will premiere in theaters. Already moving on, he's got Sir Anthony Hopkins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Keira Knightley and Naomi Watts in talks to appear in his own version of "King Lear."
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    In 2005, Joshua Michael Stern's first feature, "Neverwas," opened the Toronto International Film Festival; but despite a cast full of Oscar winners, it ended up going straight to video shelves. On Aug. 1, his second, "Swing Vote," written with Jason...

    Tags: Marlon Brando, Lynn Smith, Film Festivals, Gwyneth Paltrow, Movies

    2. May 23, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Audrey Tautou goes for broke in delightful 'Priceless'

    Sun movie critic
    (B) At least as translated from the French, "Priceless" takes its title from the MasterCard commercials that list the cost of goods and services, then announce that qualities like joy or satisfaction are "priceless." This wispy romantic comedy offers...

    Tags: Audrey Hepburn, F Scott Fitzgerald, Movies, Gad Elmaleh, Samuel Goldwyn

    3. May 2, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. NEW TO DVD: 'The Golden Compass' guides the crowd

    Tribune newspapers
    'The Golden Compass': Blockbuster filmmaking is all about broad strokes, but fantasy stories demand detail, so it's no wonder that Chris Weitz's neither-fish-nor-fowl 2007 adaptation of Philip Pullman's "The Golden Compass" had a rough time finding an...

    Tags: Anthony Mann, House and Home, Marcus Aurelius, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig

    4. Feb 24, 2008 |Story| Newsday

  4. Will Ethan and Joel Coen get a best picture Oscar?

    Special to Newsday
    On a Sunday night this past January, as the filmmaking brothers Ethan and Joel Coen were picking up one of several New York Film Critics Circle Awards for "No Country for Old Men," they tossed to the crowd what must have seemed, to them, like a bouquet:...

    Tags: Steve Buscemi, Drug Trafficking, Film Festivals, Assault, Unions

    5. Mar 28, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. 'Counterfeiters' actually is the genuine article

    <b>(A)</b> The Counterfeiters is in its own smart, trim fashion The Bridge on the River Kwai of concentration-camp sagas. Also based (like Kwai) on a real-life story, this movie starts small but becomes a miniature epic of overreach and moral drift.
    Sun Movie Critic
    (A) The Counterfeiters is in its own smart, trim fashion The Bridge on the River Kwai of concentration-camp sagas. Also based (like Kwai) on a real-life story, this movie starts small but becomes a miniature epic of overreach and moral drift. When we...

    Tags: Classical Music, Ethics, Adolf Hitler, Dancing, Movies

    6. Feb 19, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Oscar takes note of gender benders

    Gender-bender acting has been going on since the earliest days of theater, when women were forbidden to appear on stage and female roles were played by men. And many a famous performer has attempted to play someone of the opposite sex. Katharine Hepburn played a woman who disguises herself as a boy in &quot;Sylvia Scarlett"; Jack Benny played the title role in the film version of "Charley's Aunt" -- and Ray Bolger in the musical version "Where's Charley?"; Alec Guinness played Lady Agatha in "Kind Hearts and Coronets"; and even Cary Grant donned hosiery and a wig for "I Was a Male War Bride."
    Gender-bender acting has been going on since the earliest days of theater, when women were forbidden to appear on stage and female roles were played by men. And many a famous performer has attempted to play someone of the opposite sex. Katharine Hepburn...

    Tags: Film Festivals, Folk Music, Movies, Jack Benny, Academy Awards

    7. Oct 14, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. The knight who would be king

    THERE'S not a word in &quot;King Lear" about any "Queen Lear," but Ian McKellen takes the stage nonetheless wearing two wedding rings, ones few in the audience will notice. Sir Ian simply had an epiphany as he prepared to take on the great Shakespearean role for the first time -- that the aged king likely had had two wives, the first bearing him his eldest daughters, now so plotting and duplicitous, and the second giving him sweet Cordelia, the youngest. McKellen imagined a more detailed back story for that second marriage too, one that has the beloved second Queen Lear having died in childbirth, and now their girl is about the same age she was then, putting all these complex feelings in the recesses of the king's mind -- and Sir Ian's -- as they make their grand entrance and for 3 1/2 hours become one and the same tragic figure.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    THERE'S not a word in "King Lear" about any "Queen Lear," but Ian McKellen takes the stage nonetheless wearing two wedding rings, ones few in the audience will notice. Sir Ian simply had an epiphany as he prepared to take on the great Shakespearean role...

    Tags: John Gielgud, William Shakespeare, Consumer Electronics Industry, Weather Reports, Police Arrests

    8. Oct 11, 2007 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  8. Movie capsules

    A summary of the movies playing Oct. 11 to Nov. 15, 2007 at the 22nd Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
    South Florida Sun-Sentinel
    A summary of the movies playing Oct. 11 to Nov. 15, 2007 at the 22nd Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Most tickets are $10 general admission; $5 for members and free for holders of FLIFF Fast Pass. Parties and special events are priced...

    Tags: Alexander Payne, Tourism and Leisure, Henry Czerny, Road Accidents, Peter Bogdanovich

    9. Sep 18, 2006 |Story| Zap2It

  9. Review: 'Star Wars: Special Edition'

    Zap2It.com
    If you bought the "Star Wars Trilogy" DVD box two years ago -- and if you're any kind of "Star Wars" fan, then of course you did -- you should know that George Lucas thinks you're a sucker. Because that is the only explanation for the new "Star Wars"...

    Tags: Movies, George Lucas, Hayden Christensen

    10. Dec 14, 2006 |Story| Metromix

  10. Movie review: 'Eragon'

    <b>2&#189; stars (out of four)</b>
    Tribune movie critic
    2½ stars (out of four) Based on the first book in Christopher Paolini's fantasy trilogy about a boy and his dragon, "Eragon" is a bit cheesy, but I rather liked it. It's sincere cheese. The dragon, Saphira, comes with goo-goo eyes that go beyond imposing...

    Tags: Patrick Doyle, John Davis, Robert Carlyle, Sean Connery, Movies

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