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Mike Leigh: He's back and 'Happy-Go-Lucky'
Special to The TimesMIKE LEIGH'S reputation for a unique creative process and for fiercely resisting compromise comes at some cost to the director. In making a film, Leigh begins with an idea, naturally enough, but then he hires the actors and improvises with them for...Tags: Cinema Industry, Alfred Molina, Academy Awards, The Dark Knight, Woody Allen
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Newman's life
Jan. 26, 1925: Born in Shaker Heights, Ohio. 1949: Marries Jackie Witte, with whom he has three children. They divorce in 1957. 1954: Stars in "The Silver Chalice," his first movie—a bomb. 1958: Marries actress Joanne Woodward, his "The Long,...Tags: Cinema Industry, Butch Cassidy, Pixar, Celebrity, Sting
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When adapting a book, screenwriters have some horror stories
Special to The Times"BLINDNESS," Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago's 1997 allegorical novel about an epidemic of sightlessness that threatens to destroy society, is told in a stream-of-consciousness style that reads like a fever dream. Not exactly " Harry Potter," straight-...Tags: Peter O'Toole, Julianne Moore, Harry Potter, Fernando Meirelles, Philip Roth
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The best of the rest
Capsules by Michael Sragow. Full reviews are at baltimoresun.com/movies. American Teen **** This documentary about a handful of high school seniors in Warsaw, Ind., shows how even teens who superficially fit the labels of jock and geek have inner lives...Tags: Tell No One, Bangkok Dangerous, Ceremonies, Nicolas Cage, Society
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Movie Review: Transsiberian - 4 stars out of 5
Sentinel Movie CriticA worldly "bad girl" wife, a naive husband, two too-chatty strangers, drugs, Russian cops and a very long train ride -- that's a combo Alfred Hitchcock would be happy to call his own. Transsiberian is a paranoid, chilling train trek that borrows freely...Tags: Roger Moore, Alfred Hitchcock, Woody Harrelson, Thomas Kretschmann, Game Playing
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Movie capsules
Here are selected capsule reviews of movies in current release. Babylon A.D. * PG-13. 1:25. Vin Diesel isn't the whole problem with this gritty sci-fi road picture in the "Children of Men" mold, with Diesel playing a mercenary hired to escort a waif...Tags: The House Bunny, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Brad Pitt, Ethan Coen
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Movies: Recent openings
Here are selected capsule reviews of movies in current release. Bottle Shock ** PG-13. 1:50. Alan Rickman plays a British wine merchant who travels to Napa, Calif., in 1976 to see what he might bring back with him to a wine-tasting event. The tasting...Tags: The House Bunny, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, The Longshots, Luke Wilson
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Paul Newman's greatest roles - with VIDEO
757-928-6479Trying to choose Paul Newman's greatest performance is a fool's errand, because he had so many iconic roles and because he was able to adapt his brilliance from youth to old age, hitting every stop along the way. His final screen performance was just as...Tags: Arbitration, Butch Cassidy, Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Sting
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Along for the ride: Hopper seemingly has done it all on film
The Detroit NewsIt is safe to say no other actor has worked with James Dean, John Wayne, Marlon Brando and Keanu Reeves. At age 72, Dennis Hopper may have the most varied resume of any actor alive. He has worked on art house films, Oscar winners and exploitation flicks....Tags: Swing Vote, John Wayne, Paul Newman, Celebrity, Motorcycling
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The educational theme continues
Ten things I learned from the movies this summer: Ben Kingsley should change his name to Sir Acts-a-Lot. This summer our reigning master of the eccentrically timed pause appeared in "Elegy," "The Love Guru," "The Wackness," "Transsiberian" and "War,...Tags: The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger, The Love Guru, Man on Wire, Transsiberian
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Movies
Capsule reviews are by Kenneth Turan (K.Tu.), Carina Chocano (C.C.), Kevin Thomas (K.Th.), Kevin Crust (K.C.), and other reviewers. Compiled by Margaret Wappler. Openings FRIDAY Amusement Three former classmates are linked to a disturbing event from...Tags: Brideshead Revisited, Ice Cube, Boy A, Claire Forlani, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
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Coming soon
Next Friday ALEXANDRA (Cinema Guild) Opera star Galina Vishnevskaya plays an elderly woman visiting her grandson, an army officer, at his base in Chechnya. THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS (IFC First Take) A handsome general and a married coquette play dangerous...Tags: Famke Janssen, Werner Herzog, David Duchovny, Mary-Kate Olsen, Will Ferrell
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