Tag: movies
member name: Garen Daly
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July 15, 2009 08:21 AM EDT --
H arry Potter is a wimp.
W e are now six movies into the Harry Potter series and the alleged wizard is a wimp. Every time he gets into trouble, someone bails him out. He fights a big snake, a bird . . .
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March 02, 2009 07:50 AM EST --
On Friday WATCHMEN will open on thousands of screens. The $100 million film is directed by Zack Snyder, the man who gave us 300 . The question is, will WATCHMEN meet Hollywood’s expectations . . .
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May 15, 2009 08:38 AM EDT --
The new Tom Hanks film, ANGELS & DEMONS opens this week.
Based on a Don Brown book of the same name, ANGEL & DEMONS is a mystery involving the election of a new Pope, a great tour of churches . . .
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January 14, 2008 08:56 AM EST --
Woody Allen said he was more attracted to the bad witch in Sleeping Beauty than the recumbent good girl? I am the same way. I like warped sickos. The smarter, the nastier, the better.
Chosing my . . .
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March 28, 2008 09:29 AM EDT --
Does this happen to you? You're plopped down in front of the TV and you are assiduously exercising your evolutionary advantage - your opposable thumb, You flip through channels working your attention . . .
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November 16, 2009 04:55 AM EST --
The epic film BEN-HUR is 50 years old on November 18. On that date, the cinemascope epic was s creened for paying audiences at Loew's State Theatre in New York City. It was a big gamble for the . . .
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January 29, 2008 08:16 AM EST --
Of all the alleged holidays Groundhog Day has to rank up there as one of the more inane. A large rodent pops its head out a box and some oddly dresses humans proclaim wether or not our winter weather . . .
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October 11, 2009 05:20 PM EDT --
Vampires are sexy.
If you want proof, that vampires are sexy, there's True Blood , the Twilight books, the Twilight movies, the Vampire Diaries and more coming. Teens and horror aficionados . . .
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February 11, 2008 06:18 AM EST --
It looks like the writer's strike is over. Let's hope so. Now we can pay attention to the Oscars. Who got nominated and who will win. Some folks will spend time figuring out who will wear what . . .
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April 21, 2008 10:38 AM EDT --
Bi-fur-cated. Hollywood is bifurcated. It's not some new psycho-sexual fad. What the heck is bifurcated or bifurcation? Bifurcation is a noun meaning the division of something into two parts or two . . .
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August 31, 2009 10:06 AM EDT --
TITANIC director James Cameron's next film is AVATAR and already Hollywood buzz meisters are calling the future of 3D even though the film doesn't open until December.
James Cameron's AVATAR, a sci-fi . . .
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March 06, 2008 03:51 PM EST --
The Oscars have come and gone. Did you have a favorite moment? Besides the obvious where the winning Americans thank everyone including the parking lot attendant while the Europeans gave classy acceptance . . .
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October 29, 2007 04:42 PM EDT --
For over a century, movie goers have plopped down coin, walked into the dark, sat down and waited, waited to be frightened. Think about that for a second. We are using our hard earned bucks to get . . .
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November 05, 2007 03:04 PM EST --
How many times have you seen a film and it resonates within you? I’m not talking about getting all breathless over star, or even getting jazzed by the plot or action or whatever. No, what I am talking . . .
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February 20, 2008 11:36 AM EST --
Okay, it's getting down to the time when the Oscars will take place. Hopefully you have not placed a bet or entered an offfce pool or even wagered with the S.O., because I've got some predictors. . . .
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August 29, 2008 07:48 AM EDT --
Before there was an iPhone, or even the DVD. Before there was the multiplex or the VHS tape, there were repertory art houses. More often than not, they showed double features of new and old stuff. A good . . .
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November 17, 2008 03:28 PM EST --
Hollywood has a tough time with its siblings.
Back in the early days of film, there wasn't a lot of competition for the entertainment dollar. At the turn of the last century, Vaudeville was happening . . .
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May 26, 2008 09:36 AM EDT --
It's Memorial Day. Many think it is simply the first day of summer and a time for BBQs, new Hollywood popcorn films or perhaps two too many beers. If this is you, get a life. Take a second and . . .
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April 28, 2008 09:32 AM EDT --
Film critics have a favorite past time - taking pot shots at Hollywood. Sometimes it's warranted, but occasionally Hollywood does something right. Something that improves our culture, makes us better. . . .
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June 09, 2008 02:14 PM EDT --
It's dark. The mosquitos are slyly, noisily seeking a bloody meal. A speaker dangles from a slightly pulled down window. The wind shield is fogged. The sound coming from the car is subdued, hormonally . . .
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