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'Homicide' fittingly goes out the way it came in
Sun Television CriticThe final moments of "Homicide: Life on the Street" find Detectives Meldrick Lewis (Clark Johnson) and Rene Sheppard (Michael Michele) in an alley in the dark searching for clues to the murder of a man whose body lays nearby. Lewis probes a clump of...Tags: Michael Michele, Super Bowl, Philosophy, Richard Edson, Homicide: Life on the Street (tv program)
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Other venues: 'Forrest Gump,' 'The Terminator' and 'The Man Who Wasn't There'
BACinema Beverly Arts Center 2407 W. 111th St. 773-445-3838 beverlyartcenter.org *"The Waiting Room" (U.S.; Peter Nicks, 2012) Shot over five months in an Oakland public hospital, "The Waiting Room" explores the state of medical care for the nation's...Tags: Argo (movie), Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Patrick McGoohan
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt catch 'God of Carnage' opening
Ministry of GossipAngelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend opening night of "God of Carnage" at the Ahmanson Theatre.... -
Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 — Movie Review
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelThe “s” word is never used in “Atlas Shrugged: Part 1,” the first film of a planned trilogy of Ayn Rand's magnum opus. But it's there in spirit, whispered off camera by the heroes of Rand's exceptional-people-intent-on-doing-... -
Movie Preview: Atlas Shrugged
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelWhat's the old joke, “Atlas Shrugged,” and he wasn't the only one? This “Atlas Shrugged” adaptation, the one Angelina wanted to make with Brad at one point, has “names” — if Michael Lerner and Jon Polito count. &#... -
Dakota Fanning Can Finally Vote ... For the Oscars
Zap2It.comWe'd say that Dakota Fanning is too young to be a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, but as long as she swears she wouldn't have voted for "Crash," it's all good. Fanning, the 12-year-old star of "War of the Worlds" and...Tags: Elections, Dakota Fanning, Dan Futterman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Barry Pepper
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Double your viewing pleasure
Times Staff WriterIf you're new to Los Angeles or too young to remember revival houses, the New Beverly Cinema may not be on your radar. Located on Beverly Boulevard, a block west of La Brea, it's an old-school, single-screen movie theater dedicated to thematic and auteur-...Tags: Elia Kazan, Jack Nicholson, Defense, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Mike Starr
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'Man Who Wasn't There' Has Presence
TIMES FILM CRITICYou could call it an existential film noir comedy. You could describe it as chilly as well as amusing, playful in a dark and ominous way. You could say a lot about the very satisfying "The Man Who Wasn't There," but what's for sure is that no one but...Tags: Henry Ford, Blackmail and Extortion, Roswell (Chavez, New Mexico), World War II (1939-1945), Ethan Coen
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'The Singing Detective'
Times Staff WriterTwo years before his death in 1994, writer Dennis Potter completed a screenplay inspired by his celebrated 1984 six-part BBC series, "The Singing Detective," which he said he had "totally rethought." Would that director Keith Gordon and his associates...Tags: Jeremy Northam, Psoriasis, Mel Gibson, Hospitals and Clinics, BBC
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Movie review, 'The Man Who Wasn't There'
The Man Who Wasn't There" is a film noir for devotees. This latest picture by moviemaking aces Joel and Ethan Coen should appeal mightily to anyone who likes the old classic American crime story style: the crisp, smart, brutal storytelling in the novels...Tags: Depression, Ethan Coen, Alfred Hitchcock, Frances McDormand, James Robert Thompson
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Movie review: 'The Singing Detective'
Chicago Tribune Movie Critic2-1/2 stars (out of 4) "The Singing Detective," an Americanized version of writer Dennis Potter's 1986 BBC TV series, takes great material and blows it. That's a pity, because the original was one of the pop-culture wonders of our time, a wild mix of...Tags: Jeremy Northam, Steve Martin, Alfre Woodard, Mel Gibson, Hospitals and Clinics
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