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'Appaloosa' has classic feel
Special to The Morning Call''Appaloosa'' is the sort of solid, simple Western that Hollywood used to crank out 20 times a year. Ed Harris, working from a Robert Parker novel, has crafted a meticulously detailed, newfangled old-fashioned morality tale of hard men who go soft when...Tags: Jeremy Irons, Ed Harris, Renee Zellweger, John Wayne, Alan Ladd
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This Week's Critics' Choice: Movies, DVDs, Books, CDs
>> "The B List" is just what you'd expect, a collection of "B" movies. While they aren't generally Oscar winners, they are cult favorites. The National Society of Film Critics describes these films as "the Hollywood stepchild, the underbelly of the double...Tags: Vince Gill, Raymond Burr, Movies, Paul Newman, Hamden
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Law sometimes leaves little room for compassion
POINTS WESTJimmy Wheeler, 84, is out on bail. The charge? Attempting to kill his wife. I stopped by his daughter's house in Carpinteria and he greeted me at the front door, ready to talk about what he intended as an act of mercy. Wheeler shook my hand and led me...Tags: Family, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), Crimes, Santa Barbara County, Murder
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Working in Hitchcock's shadow?
Los Angeles Daily NewsDirector D.J. Caruso seems to have a cool little cinematic thing going. Take a classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller like Rear Window and North by Northwest, reimagine it with up-to-the-minute technology, toss in hot young actor Shia LaBeouf and you get a hip...Tags: Paramount, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Movies, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Tell No One
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Court's in session
It's law night on Turner Classic Movies, as five of Hollywood's most celebrated legal eagles are showcased in an evening of programming that shouldn't raise objections from anyone. The proceedings commence at 5:15 p.m. with Otto Preminger's Anatomy of...Tags: Witnesses, Ben Gazzara, Tyrone Power Sr., Lawyers, Charles Laughton
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Ricky Gervais brings the funny in a proud-to-be-different way
Sentinel Movie CriticRicky Gervais is a comic with baggage. And he's fine with that. It's given him a TV career (the BBC version of The Office, Extras). And it's about to give him movie stardom. "If you want a rude or confused or delusional putz, then call Ricky Gervais!...Tags: New York, Movies, Roger Moore, The Office
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Ricky Gervais' comedy in the discomfort zone
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAfter the very first airing of the very first episode of the British version of " The Office," Ricky Gervais, the series' star and co-creator, was offered leads in a slew of movies. "It was ridiculous," Gervais says succinctly. "They were premature," he...Tags: New York, Los Angeles, Movies, Emmy Awards, Greg Kinnear
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Ricky Gervais Finds His Own Little Corner Of The Movie-Star World
ORLANDO SENTINELRicky Gervais is a comic with baggage. And he's fine with that. It's given him a TV career (the BBC version of " The Office," "Extras"). And it's about to give him movie stardom. "If you want a rude or confused or delusional putz, then call Ricky...Tags: New York, Movies, Roger Moore, The Office
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A date with Great Kate
Turner Classic Movies' "Summer Under the Stars" ends this weekend with two days dedicated to that most storied of Hollywood couples who never made it to the altar, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Tracy gets his turn tomorrow (don't miss Captains...Tags: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy
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Viewpoint: 'McCain the maverick' no longer exists
Sen. John McCain has an impressive personal story. Imprisoned by the North Vietnamese for 5 1/2 years, mostly in the infamous "Hanoi Hilton," he showed great courage, resilience and reservoirs of strength. It is the central narrative of his life, a...Tags: Political Candidates, George Bush, Family, Movies, Government Health Care
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Shia LaBeouf goes on the run in 'Eagle Eye'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEARLY IN the upcoming tech-thriller "Eagle Eye," a suspected terrorist is in the back seat of an SUV bouncing along a rugged road in Afghanistan as a U.S. spy drone follows it from the skies overhead. The drone detects a cellphone in the car, captures its...Tags: Michael Chiklis, Movies, Steven Spielberg, Theater, Game Playing
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Sarah Palin, if her life was a movie
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLIKE MANY around Hollywood, I've spent an embarrassing amount of time during the week trying to decide which actress would be best to play Sarah Palin in the story of her life. I know conventional wisdom says that Tina Fey is a lock for the part, but do...Tags: Political Candidates, Movies, Television, Christianity, Frank Capra Jr.
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