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FILM REVIEW: 'ANY DAY NOW'Alan Cumming's Powerhouse Performance Brings Modern Relevance To 1970s LGBT Activism... funny and entertaining throughout. Rudy's defense against the world is sarcastic humor, and he uses it to alternately defuse and inflame taught situations. |
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TV REVIEW: 'WHITE COLLAR'Now Streaming: Intriguing Stories & Laugh Out Loud Dialogue In Absorbing Crime DramaIf suspenseful tales involving high-society subterfuge and esoteric art objects are your cup of tea, then White Collar holds many delights in store. |
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FILM REVIEW: 'HYDE PARK ON HUDSON'Bill Murray Crafts Outstanding Performance In Unusual Roosevelt Biopic[Bill Murray] gives Roosevelt a persona entirely distinct from his own, with unique mannerisms, posture, and inflections of speech. |
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TV REVIEW: 'ONCE UPON A TIME' SEASON 1Now Streaming: Sharp Writing & A Great Ensemble Take Fantastical ABC Drama To New HeightsFor a show with such a frankly ridiculous premise, ABC's 'Once Upon a Time' is remarkably intense and engaging. |
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FILM REVIEW: 'HITCHCOCK'Anthony Hopkins & Helen Mirren Delight In The Macabre In Lively Master Of Suspense BiopicFor someone so visible in the public eye and pop culture, Alfred Hitchcock is a nearly impossible man to portray, and Hopkins does so with an easy grace. |
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FILM REVIEW: 'SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK'Lawrence & Cooper’s Performances Bring Oscar Buzz To Infectious Dark ComedyDavid O. Russell’s story about mental illness combines a moving drama, deviously dark comedy, and stirring romance - without dropping the ball. |
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FILM REVIEW: 'GINGER & ROSA'Vibrant Color, Subtle Strengths & The Remarkable Elle Fanning In '60s Coming Of Age DramaGinger (Elle Fanning) is at an age when everything feels brighter, sharper, and filled with profound import. |
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FILM REVIEW: 'ANNA KARENINA'An Electric Take On Tolstoy's Story From Visionary Director Joe WrightThis bold, feverish tale of forbidden passion and scandal is immortalized in the spectacle of its setting, and a truly unique take on a Russian classic. |
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FILM REVIEW: HOLY MOTORSLeos Carax Drives Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue & Denis Levant Through Projected IdentitiesThere are no definite answers to any of the questions raised by Carax. It is up to us, the audience, to decide what to take away from Holy Motors. |
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TV INTERVIEW: CARRIE PRESTONJoy In Directing & Reprising A Fan-Favorite Role On 'The Good Wife'I thought, “All right, that was it. I had a great time. I played a fun part." Then when they came back and asked me to do those episodes last season, I was just thrilled. |
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FILM REVIEW: 'A LATE QUARTET'Tense Issues, Improvised Dialogue & Philip Seymour Hoffman Give Musical Drama Its Melody... the film does an admirable job of slowly humanizing its characters until we see their emotional struggles rather than their socioeconomic standing. |
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FILM INTERVIEW: CAST OF 'THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 2'Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Vampires, Werewolves & The End Of The 'Twilight' SagaKristen Stewart: Usually, Bella is in a lot of danger, taking a lot of hits, falling down and running away... this was all about running towards what you were fighting. |
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FILM INTERVIEW: CAST OF 'FLIGHT'Denzel Washington, Melissa Leo & More Face Fear, Addiction, & Redemption In Mid-Air DramaDenzel Washington: Any actor's attracted to a good, juicy, meaty part — a complex individual who's not so black and white; not just the hero or just the bad guy. |
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FILM REVIEW: 'A ROYAL AFFAIR'Embracing High Drama & Intricate Themes In Mesmerizing Danish Period Piece... a mesmerizing biopic that tackles the true story of Denmark’s late 18th Century ideological shift and the adulterous scandal connected to it. |
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TV REVIEW: 'FREAKS & GEEKS'Now Streaming: Rediscover An Apatow Classic With Seth Rogan, Jason Segel & James Franco... it's funny, insightful, original, heartfelt, true-to-life, and features a sterling cast of young actors, many of whom went on to do big things. |
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FILM INTERVIEW: CAST OF 'CLOUD ATLAS'Halle Berry, Tom Hanks & More Talk Tom Tykwer & The Wachowski’s Transcendent EpicJim Sturgess: "It was such an honor to be asked to play such special characters in such a special, once-in-a-lifetime film." |
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TV REVIEW: 'HELL ON WHEELS' SEASON 1Now Streaming: Knock Down Shoot Outs & Gritty Retribution In AMC's Stylized Western'Hell on Wheels' looks much more like the Tarantino version... staged and stylish, filled with larger-than-life heroes and villains doing a sketch of wild-West themes. |
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TV INTERVIEW: LAUREN GRAHAM & RAY ROMANOSitcom Stars, Complex Love Triangles & The Talented Ensemble Cast Of 'Parenthood'Lauren Graham: We have great friendship and I see a lot of myself in Mae Whitman, in who she is. That’s been a very rewarding thing. |
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FILM INTERVIEW: CAST OF 'THE SESSIONS'Physical Challenges & Emotional Depths With William H. Macy, Helen Hunt & John HawkesJohn Hawkes: When I first read the script, I was struck by the singularity of the way the story is told by the character of Mark O'Brien, and really, by how funny it is.. |
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FILM REVIEW: 'SISTER'Heartbreaking Character Study & Complex Relationships In Award-Winning Indie DramaThe director’s sophomore feature knows when to wait and embrace a pause, but usually stays in motion, like childhood leaving us behind. |