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Readers share ratings, quibbles
The awards season has run its course. It's always a relief to see it in the rearview mirror. Even the winners feel that way. Many of the award-winners qualifying for very goodness and even greatness fed an ongoing debate about historical fiction on...
Tags: Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner, Argo (movie), Les Miserables (musical), Robert Aldrich
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'Olympus Has Fallen' review: Code name: Ridiculous
* (out of four) “It’s like ‘Die Hard’ but at the White House,” a studio executive probably said about “Olympus Has Fallen,” whose title refers to a breach of security in the White House. “What could go...
Tags: Morgan Freeman, Gerard Butler, Rick Yune, Channing Tatum, Aaron Eckhart
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'Zero Dark Thirty' a first draft of history ★★★★
To consider what director Kathryn Bigelow has accomplished in "Zero Dark Thirty," imagine the events depicted by the story if they'd been given the "Argo" treatment. Not to take anything away from that rousing true (-ish) story of hostages freed and...
Tags: Abbottabad (Pakistan), Central Intelligence Agency, Osama bin Laden, Argo (movie), Pakistan
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The Oscars telecast's rocky road
Last night's Oscars were like an emotional roller-coaster at a terrible amusement park--beginning wth Seth MacFarlane's as-bad-as-feared monologue, the show rarely rose above painful and hit few peaks. Allow us to relive some of the night's best and worst...
Tags: Cedar Rapids (movie), Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Meryl Streep, Academy Awards
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Backstage at the Oscars: Affleck, Clooney talk 'Argo'
Highlights from backstage at the Oscars: The “Argo” trio of Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov took the stage, and Affleck was asked when he felt was tipping point for his movie’s victory. “Michelle Obama,”...
Tags: Quentin Tarantino, Academy Awards, Hugh Jackman, Argo (movie), Music
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Star-gazing at the Oscars: Movie fans enjoy parade
HOLLYWOOD — The red carpet is in some ways a microcosm of the Oscar food chain. The first nominees arrive two and a half hours before the show is to begin. These are the people who worked on live-action shorts and documentary features and foreign-...
Tags: Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, Academy Awards, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Robin Roberts
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Overlooked screenplays this Oscar season
In 1945 Raymond Chandler wrote a screed against Hollywood, and Hollywood screenwriting, for the Atlantic Monthly. "An industry with such vast resources and such magic techniques should not become dull so soon," said the man who later characterized his...
Tags: The Deep Blue Sea (movie), Steven Spielberg, Scientology, Django Unchained (movie), Quentin Tarantino
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'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' review: Flawed but more compelling than it sounds
**1/2 (out of four) Say this for “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”: When its reporter entertains a long story from his subject, he actually takes notes and uses a tape recorder. Like he actually plans to remember what was said! That was too much...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Riz Ahmed, Central Intelligence Agency, Pakistan, Movies
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Anticipating the Oscars: These might contend
My Academy Awards predictions — and honestly, why not start now, a month before the nominations are announced? — carry an odor akin to Paul Rudd's cologne in "Anchorman": 60 percent of the time, they're right every time. This week the awards...
Tags: Flight (movie), Academy Awards, Central Intelligence Agency, Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Argo (movie)
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'The Gatekeepers' review: Important and incomplete
**1/2 (out of four) Before the Oscar-nominated documentary “The Gatekeepers,” members of Israel’s secret service known as the Shin Bet had never given interviews. So why were they willing to participate in this film? Why is it now OK to...
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What to expect from Seth MacFarlane's debut outing as Oscar host
A year after Billy Crystal helmed the Oscars for approximately the 40 millionth time, hosting duties fall to “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane, who’s directed a grand total of one movie and had a minor role alongside Dwayne Johnson...
Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Microsoft Corporation, Quentin Tarantino, Civil Rights, Jack Black
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Solitary confinement's toll
WASHINGTON -- "Zero Dark Thirty," a nominee for Sunday's Oscar as Best Picture, reignited debate about whether the waterboarding of terrorism suspects was torture. This practice, which ended in 2003, was used on only three suspects. Meanwhile, tens of...
Tags: Prisons, Charles Dickens, U.S. Supreme Court, The New York Times, Suicide
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