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Reviews of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: "If You Go for No Other...
These reviews originally appeared on Quora. Review by Danielle Maurer, Anthropology Major & SciFi Fan ★★★★★This is another instance where I'd like to give 4.5 or 4.75 stars. It was far too good to...
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Oldboy and the South Korean New Wave Cinema: An Interview With Author Urban...
Spike Lee's recently released Oldboy is a remake of a 2003 Korean film of the same name. Court Haslett, writer of the crime novel Tenderloin, spoke with New York Times bestselling author, and South...
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Wrapping Up: 10th Dubai International Film Festival
I left Dubai on Saturday morning; it had been 85 degrees Fahrenheit the day before, during my final day at the Dubai International Film Festival. I landed in New York to falling snow, which would...
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About twelve years ago I was exiting a restaurant in West Hollywood when I recognized the French actor Saïd Taghmaoui walking towards me. "Je vous ai beaucoup aimé dans Three Kings. Je croyais que...
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Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The appeal of the Grand Adventure is clear and incontestable: the epic scale; the sense of mystery and adventure; the thrill of discovering what challenge, adversary, or ally awaits around the next...
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Hugh Jackman is the ultimate host. Having hosted three Tony Awards and one Academy Award show over the years, the Emmy winner (for the 58th Annual Tony Awards) and Tony Award winner (for "The Boy From...
View ArticlePeter O'Toole Before Lawrence of Arabia
It was the summer of 1960, and I was on my way to visit my English boyfriend and his family in London. My flight was a day late in arriving, and after a hasty welcome, John Libson and I hustled off to...
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Morgan Frazier Shares a Secret
It seems like Morgan Frazier must have a secret, not just because she does so many different things so well, but because she makes it all look so easy, as if it's just a matter of being who she is....
View ArticleYou, Too, Can Buy an Oscar Nomination
Did you ever wonder why certain mid-major to major studios seem to receive so many more Oscar nominations than others? The answer in some -- but God knows not all -- cases is that they pay for them....
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Some of the most amazing and effective ads ever developed, some of which have become iconic, faced incredible odds before being approved for production, when in production and postproduction, and even...
View ArticleThe Invisible Woman Syndrome Is Just a State of Mind
I'm really excited to be sharing two special films of mine with you -"The Invisible Woman" and "I Love You Not". I also star in these films, so you'll be able to put a face to my words. I hope these...
View ArticleNot Matching up Well to the Wolf of Wall Street
In the fall of 2007, I started receiving letters from friends and outsiders about a new book, The Wolf of Wall Street. People were comparing Jordan Belfort's autobiography to my memoir, Bust, that had...
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Witches Are Sexier Than Zombies (and Maybe Even Cooler)
Witches are sexy and cool. Zombies aren't. I know that this is not exactly groundbreaking social commentary. It's not like I woke up this morning and decided, via some kind of memetic revelatory...
View ArticleAntarctica Documentary: A 'CathArctic' Experience
This is not a review of photographer/director Anthony Powell's award-winning new documentary Antarctica: A Year on Ice, which premiered at last summer's New Zealand Film Festival and which will show at...
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Movie Review: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
The only way I can imagine having fun watching Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is if I were drunk enough to be really funny myself, watching it with a group of friends on TV in the comfort of my...
View ArticleThank You, Library of Congress: 'Roger & Me' to Be Added to National Film...
This morning it was announced by the Library of Congress and the National Film Preservation Board that my first film, 'Roger & Me', has been placed on the National Film Registry -- the official...
View ArticleWhoop Dreams: The Gathering of the Juggalos Documentary You've Always Wanted
I'm from Detroit, so knowing about Juggalos and Faygo soda pop is integrated into my DNA. I can't drive a mile in Metro-Detroit without seeing a car with a Hatchet Man decal on a back window. Just...
View ArticleQ&A: Award-Winning Actress Brie Larson Talks Short Term 12 and Basmati Blues
To actresses, Hollywood is often their church. Under the city's mutated skyline, neon lights glow along the horizon. One would be remiss to not see the sign, a cultural icon resonant atop steep...
View ArticleHomeland Hangs Itself -- The Great Big Book on a Great Big Legend -- Miss...
"ALL terrorism is theater!" said the departing -- to my sorrow -- New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. I wrote down this quote in the back of my daily calendar book so long ago that I had...
View ArticleWhy The Hunger Games Are a Terrible Method for Political Control
So I saw the latest Hunger Games film, Catching Fire, this past weekend. As someone who dislikes children and loves war, this is pretty much the ideal franchise for me. I also love a good dystopia. In...
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