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Pixar's John Lasseter was inspired by 'Dumbo'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJOHN LASSETER, the award-winning animator and CEO at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, has directed two "Toy Story" films, "A Bug's Life" and "Cars." But what counts as his favorite movie of all time? "Dumbo," the 1941 Disney classic animated...Tags: Pixar, Animation, Walt Disney, Brad Bird, Film Festivals
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Review: 'Street Kings'
Chicago TribunePOLICE brutality goes down more easily when the cops look sharp and the past provides a measure of storytelling distance, as was the case in director Curtis Hanson's adaptation of the James Ellroy crime novel "L.A. Confidential." Take away the early 1950s...Tags: Hugh Laurie, Imperial and Royal Matters, Vin Diesel, Corruption, Clint Eastwood
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THE BIG PICTURE: Oscars' foreign policy problem
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterI have a piece of advice for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Take your 44-page rule book, toss it out the window and start all over. Anyone who thinks that the rest of the world is peeved with the United States simply because of the go-...Tags: Sony Corp., Academy Awards, Film Festivals, Mark Johnson, Ang Lee
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Made in Maryland
Absolute Power (1997)
Clint Eastwood stars as the sensitive thief who can save the entire American political system from complete corruption. Too bad he wasn't around during the Reagan administration. Eastwood discovers presidential corruption during...Tags: Baltimore Museum of Art, Internal Revenue Service, Monuments and Heritage Sites, General Electric Company, Kathleen Quinlan
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'Lucky You'
gene.seymour@newsday.com"Lucky You" opens with a killer sequence that, by itself, is one of the best short films you'll ever see. Professional poker-player Huck Cheever (Eric Bana) is anxious to scare up enough cash to buy his way into a big game. So he tries to hustle an...Tags: Robert Downey Jr., Eric Bana, Somerville, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall
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Splitting the pot
Zap2It.com"Lucky You" is a movie about poker, romance and families and, luckily for us, writer-director Curtis Hanson has a feeling for all three. It's an entertaining movie; Hanson, the director of "L.A. Confidential" and "Wonder Boys," and co-writer Eric Roth get...Tags: Eric Bana, Casino and Gambling Industry, Casino and Gambling, Tourism and Leisure, Robert Duvall
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Fast-Paised review: 'Lucky You'
Professional poker player Huck (Eric Bana) tries to scrape together the cash for a major tournament while trading barbs with his poker champion father (Robert Duvall) and romancing Billie (Drew Barrymore), a naïve newcomer to Vegas. Set in 2003, the flick...Tags: Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Gaming and Lotteries, Casino and Gambling Industry, Casino and Gambling
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A screening room to call home
Times Staff WriterBILLY WILDER HAD THREE GREAT LOVES — his wife, Audrey, cinema and collecting art. So it only seems natural that UCLA Film & Television Archive's new home, titled the Billy Wilder Theater and made possible by a $5-million donation from his widow,...Tags: Roberto Rossellini, Shirley MacLaine, Ernst Lubitsch, Film Festivals, Billy Wilder
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Messing Named 'Starter' for USA
Zap2It.comDebra Messing hasn't wasted much time finding her first TV project after the end of "Will & Grace." The Emmy-winning actress will keep it in the NBC Universal family, starring in USA Network's miniseries "The Starter Wife." She'll play the title...Tags: Brian Grazer, NBC, Television Industry
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Ellroy Discusses 'The Black Dahlia' for the Last Time
Zap2It.comJames Ellroy is talking to reporters about Brian DePalma's adaptation of "The Black Dahlia," but the very first reporter makes the mistake of addressing the author by his first name. "Have we met?" Ellroy asks quickly. The reporter looks confused,...Tags: Mass Media, Murder, Brian DePalma
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