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'Flash of Genius'
rafer.guzman@newsday.comLike so many biography films, "Flash of Genius" obeys certain rules: The little guy fights the system, ignores the naysayers and sticks to his principles. But the movie makes one departure from convention: Its hero is also kind of a jerk. He is Robert...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Alan Alda, Greg Kinnear, Movies, Ford Motor Co.
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Dermot Mulroney's Fatherhood Revealed at Baptism
Zap2It.comDermot Mulroney is a dad again and has kept it under wraps for about half a year. The "My Best Friend's Wedding" star and his girlfriend Tharita Cesaroni are the new parents of a baby girl who was born in April, reports Star Magazine. The information...Tags: Burn After Reading (movie), Flash of Genius (movie), Movies, Family, Catherine Keener
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'Flash of Genius' Throws Off No Sparks
Orlando Sentinel"Flash of Genius" is a film biography that lacks the flash of inspiration, the sting of wit, the pangs of pathos. The story of the guy who invented the intermittent windshield wiper isn't a bad film. But producer-turned-director Marc Abraham and the...Tags: Invention and Innovation, Roger Moore, Greg Kinnear, Alan Alda, Universal Orlando
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Review: 'Flash of Genius'
Special to The Times"Flash of Genius" is largely about how one person's nothing is another person's everything. Take the intermittent windshield wiper, for example. I, for one, had never much thought about who designed it, where it came from or whether there was a story...Tags: Invention and Innovation, Greg Kinnear, Alan Alda, Vehicles, Movies
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Director Marc Abraham tells story of common man with 'Genius'
Sun Movie CriticJohn Seabrook, the author of the original New Yorker story about Bob Kearns, the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper, loves the movie adaptation with the same name, Flash of Genius. It retains every pungent line Seabrook put on paper, no...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Roddy Doyle, Greg Kinnear, Alan Alda, Charles Dickens
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Movie review: Flash of Genius -- 3 out of 5 stars
Orlando Sentinel Movie CriticFlash of Genius is a film biography that lacks the flash of inspiration, the sting of wit, the pangs of pathos. The story of the guy who invented the intermittent windshield wiper isn't a bad film. But producer-turned-director Marc Abraham, and the...Tags: Invention and Innovation, Roger Moore, Greg Kinnear, Alan Alda, Movies
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The women of 'Mad Men'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIN ITS first season, "Mad Men," AMC's glossy series about a group of guys on Madison Avenue, received critical raves for its finely drawn portraits of the employees of Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency. Set in 1960, it focused on Don Draper, a...Tags: Lucille Ball, Celebrity, Marilyn Monroe, Norman Mailer, Los Angeles
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Stars outshine 'Made of Honor'
(C) The greatest tribute Hollywood can pay to a film is to happily remake it while pretending to be doing nothing of the kind. Which is why what Made of Honor does best is remind you why My Best Friend's Wedding was so memorable. Actually, that's not...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Julia Roberts, Family, Patrick Dempsey, Harry Elfont
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'Georgia Rule'
Los Angeles TimesWhen Georgia Randall (Jane Fonda), the titular matriarch of "Georgia Rule," learns that her smooth-talking son-in-law has blatantly misrepresented himself, she beats him with a bat. Don't be misled by its upbeat trailer or the supposedly reassuring...Tags: Julia Roberts, Christianity, Lindsay Lohan, Movies, Idaho
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'Gracie'
Special to NewsdayWith no ogres, pirates or superheroes, "Gracie" seems a highly illogical choice for a summer opener. Who could possibly be interested in a movie about decent, recognizably human creatures dealing with believable problems and discovering within...Tags: High Schools, Soccer, Movies, Schools, Road Accidents
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American Cinematheque honors Julia Roberts
Special to The TimesTom Hanks started off the night at the American Cinematheque's award dinner by welcoming everyone to "Julia Roberts' bat mitzvah." He then gave a comical description of what it's like to be one of the many who have worked with her, having just done so...Tags: Celebrity, Shirley MacLaine, Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts, Richard Gere
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Fast-Paised review: 'Gracie'
After one of her brothers is killed in a car accident, 15-year-old Gracie (Carly Schroeder) works to replace him on the soccer team despite the objections of her father (Dermot Mulroney) and the coach's reluctance to play a girl. Set in late '70s New...Tags: Movies, Freddie Prinze Jr., Elisabeth Shue, Andrew Shue
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