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Liz Smith: Begging for a run of 'The Walker'
People who marry for money have the hardest job. You don't get the money. You just get to look at it!" This is a line from Paul Schrader's 2007 movie The Walker. It's uttered by, none other than, the living legend Lauren Bacall. This movie played a lot of...Tags: Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily Tomlin, Celebrity, Academy Awards, Truman Capote
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'Hollywood Under Siege' by Thomas R. Lindlof
Special to The TimesJuly 24, 2008 There are moments in cultural history, notes Thomas Lindlof in a phrase typical of his fluent but never fussy prose, "of gathered tension." Such a moment came with the 1988 release of Martin Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ," an...Tags: Minority Groups, Rob Johnson, Nikos Kazantzakis, Christianity, Aidan Quinn
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NEW TO DVD: Feast of genres debuts
Tribune newspapers'Mad Men: Season One': Just in time for the second season of "Mad Men," the first season arrives on DVD, replete with natty clothes, clouds of smoke and a hard look at what it took to be a successful American in 1960. Episodes such as "5G," "The Hobo...Tags: Angela Bassett, Yukio Mishima
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New DVD releases: 'Mad Men: Season One,' 'Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters'/'Patriotism,' 'Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns' and 'Vantage Point'
Mad Men: Season One
American Movie Classics/Lionsgate, $49.98; Blu-ray, $49.99
Just in time for the second season of “Mad Men,” the first season arrives on DVD, replete with natty clothes, clouds of smoke and a hard look at what it took to...Tags: Sony Corp., DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Angela Bassett, Yukio Mishima
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'Rambo,' 'Cassandra's Dream' arrive on DVD
Rambo
Lionsgate, $29.95/$34.98; Blu-Ray, $39.99
Who could've guessed that moviegoers would flock to see Sylvester Stallone strap on the headband again for the fourth entry in a dormant series? Those who did were treated to a "Rambo” that's brisk...Tags: Sony Corp., James Woods, Meryl Streep, Massacres, Paramount
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Director oversteps with D.C. potboiler 'The Walker'
(C) Paul Schrader's straight-faced Beltway potboiler The Walker begins as a simmering piece about D.C. gossip and petty scandals, then overflows into an indictment of all things Washington. Not content to be a cautionary melodrama about the real...Tags: Lily Tomlin, Kristin Scott Thomas, Minority Groups, Photography, Corrupt Practices
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Picking winners is 1 thing; seeing them another
Tribune entertainment reporterAs summer turns to fall and fall slides toward the holidays, the overload of big sequels gives way to an overload of big dramas. This is Hollywood's way of saying: Now that you've gorged yourself on ice-cream sundaes and milkshakes, how about more hefty...Tags: Carmike Cinemas Incorporated, Tom Cruise, Academy Awards, Joaquin Phoenix, Natalie Portman
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The ABCs of the new season
Tribune movie criticThe fall movie season has a way of supplanting the cash crop known as the summer picture, allowing more exotic and diverse vegetation to thrive in time for awards season and year-end best lists. The industry can afford a little quality. This summer's U....Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Harold Pinter, Spider-Man, Natalie Portman, Morgan Freeman
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Filmmaker Schrader peers into heart of the solitary man
Special to the TribuneOnly the best movie characters become iconic, but they may as well be frozen in chunks of amber -- never progressing beyond the end credits. That is, unless a filmmaker such as Paul Schrader is on the job. The "Taxi Driver" screenwriter and writer-...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Robert De Niro, Cinema Industry, Topanga, Woody Harrelson
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Holiday movies preview
The next few weeks mark the final stretch of the fall/winter movie season, and what a dense few weeks it will be.
The lineup is just as exciting for its directing talent (Tim Burton, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen, P.T. Anderson) as it is for its...Tags: Kristin Scott Thomas, Disasters, Guillermo Del Toro, Morgan Freeman, Lisa Kudrow
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Toronto touts prestige pics
The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled a lineup of prestigious films on Wednesday bound to attract awards and critical attention.
The festival's 32nd annual slate includes 349 films from 55 countries.
Among the highlights is the world premiere...Tags: Michael Moore, Neil Jordan, Brian de Palma, Ang Lee, Richard Attenborough
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