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Michael Sragow's 13 great haunted house movies
Baltimore Sun reporterFrom the blog Michael Sragow Gets Reel: It hasn't been a great era for haunted-house movies. The third version of "House of Wax," in 2005, was awful enough to kill off the form, at least as far as big American studios were concerned. The day my review...Tags: Cinema Industry, Deborah Kerr, Horror (genre), Guillermo Del Toro, Eyes Without a Face (movie)
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An Oscar mantra: Press to excess
Los AngelesTimesI was around a gaggle of movie people the other night who were all talking about the Oscars. That wouldn't be such an odd thing at this time of year, except for one thing: The awards themselves were something of an after-thought. Everybody was talking...Tags: Harvey Weinstein, Cinema Industry, Tommy Lee Jones, Courtney Love, Michael Caine
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It's elementary, Oscar
LA Times Film CriticSherlock Holmes never tried his hand at Oscar prognosticating, but indications are he would have had a flair for it. "When you have eliminated the impossible," the great detective said, "whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." As it...Tags: Cinema Industry, Jennifer Connelly, Brian Cox, Naomi Watts, Jamie Foxx
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Oscar nominees' list rings of reassurance
Times Staff WriterOn a morning when news of the 74th Oscar nominations had to vie for air time with reports of a new terrorism alert, the films that had the most success with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences could be summed up in a single word: reassuring....Tags: Cinema Industry, Jennifer Connelly, French Movies, Culture, Naomi Watts
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Code of ethics issued for Academy Awards
Times Staff WriterIn a move aimed at curtailing abuses that have marred recent Oscar races, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has mailed its members an eight-page code of ethics asking them to curb "manipulative and excessive" Oscar campaigns that encourage...Tags: Movies, Cinema Industry, Ethics, Culture, Awards and Prizes
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Johnny Mandel has composed quite a life in music
In 2004, the late jazz and recording session pianist Mike Melvoin spoke about his work. His storied career in the studios included playing organ on "That's Life" for Frank Sinatra and on "Good Vibrations" for the Beach Boys, jazz piano on "Nighthawks at...
Tags: Miles Davis, Science, Natalie Cole, Music Industry, Woody Herman
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Star treatment for Goldsmith's 'Trek' score: Restored version of landmark music gets deluxe package
VarietyThirty-three years after its initial release, composer Jerry Goldsmith's landmark score for "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" has been completely restored and is about to be released in a deluxe package designed to satisfy fans who have long clamored for...Tags: Music, Movies, Music Industry, Star Wars (movie), Romance (genre)
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Other venues
After Hours Film Society Tivoli Theatre 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove 630-534-4528 afterhoursfilmsociety.com Singalong "Sound of Music" ✭✭✭1/2 (U.S., Robert Wise; 1965) Robert Wise's hugely popular Oscar-winning 1965 film of...Tags: Quentin Tarantino, Arts, Marlon Brando, Espionage and Intelligence, David Carradine
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The kids assemble 'The Sound of Music Family Scrapbook'
The seven actors who played the Von Trapp children in Robert Wise's beloved 1965 Oscar-winning musical"The Sound of Music" are as close today as they were while they were in production in 1964 in Salzburg, Austria. Though they live all over the globe,...
Tags: Movies, Angela Cartwright, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Heather Menzies, Chase (tv program)
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'West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Edition'
Zap2ItThe Jets and the Sharks face off again in the classic musical revision of "Romeo and Juliet," directed for the screen by Robert Wise ("The Sound of Music") and choreographer Jerome Robbins. Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer are Maria and Tony, whose...Tags: Music, Leonard Bernstein, DVDs, Somewhere (movie), Academy Awards
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WEST SIDE STORY: 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Let’s start with the creative geniuses behind the 1957 Broadway musical, WEST SIDE STORY. Original story by William Shakespeare (see Romeo and Juliet). In this case, the feuding Montague and Capulet families were replaced by New York street...Tags: Movies, Leonard Bernstein, Broadway Theater, MGM Inc., Jerome Robbins
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The enterprise of 'Star Trek' is explored on Science's 'Trek Nation'
Show Tracker"Trek Nation" looks at the "Star Trek' legacy and beyond...
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