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I'm still playing catch-up after a few exhilarating days at the still-in-progress Starz Denver Film Festival , so I won't have my Mile High City wrap-up posted until Wednesday or Thursday. But I did want to make sure my faithful readers -- both of you -- knew about my two recent Variety reviews: ...
Movies
Trick 'r Treat
Variety
John Lee Hancock
A clever compilation of movie titles... as they're mentioned in the movies themselves. (Hat-tip to John Guidry and Steven Phelps .)
Movies
Much like my Variety colleague Derek Elley , I enjoyed The Men Who Stare at Goats as a satisfyingly quirky mix of straight-faced, off-the-wall absurdism and darkly comical political satire, featuring splendid ensemble work by the exceptionally well cast George Clooney , Jeff Bridges , Ewan ...
Celebrities
PeaceMaker
George Clooney
Variety
Jeff Bridges
Vanity Fair
I have nothing but best wishes and hearty encouragement for the folks organizing the inaugural Cinema Arts Festival Houston , which got some nice coverage today in the Houston Chronicle . But talk about bad timing: The H-Town event takes place directly opposite the Starz Denver Film Festival -- ...
Movies
The raves are rolling in for Hal Holbrook and That Evening Sun . Among the impressed: Stephen Hunter of The New York Times , Ben Steelman of StarNewsOnline.com , Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter , Pete Hammond of Backstage , Lou Lumenick of the New York Po st , Marshall Fine of The ...
Movies
Dan Aykroyd doing the voice of Yogi Bear . Justin Timberlake doing the voice of Boo-Boo . I know: Sounds like a Saturday Night Live skit. But seriously, folks: The movie version of the cartoon is about to start shooting.
Celebrities
Dan Aykroyd
Saturday Night Live
Don’t misunderstand: Hal Holbrook is very happy and deeply grateful to receive the prestigious Excellence in Acting award next week at the Starz Denver Film Festival . But if you push the Emmy- and Tony-winning living legend on the subject, he’ll suggest that maybe, just maybe, the prize is a ...
Celebrities
Dixie Carter
My first impression: Oscarcast producers made a very savvy move in selecting Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin as co-hosts for the 2010 awards ceremony. Martin was a pretty terrific solo host for the show in 2001 and ‘03. Indeed, I still chuckle whenever I remember his joke during the ’01 ...
Celebrities
Steve Martin
Alec Baldwin
Academy Awards
Tom Hanks
Coming soon to a Berlinale not so near you... Well, not so near unless you live in, like Berlin...
Movies
Resistance is futile: You will see the trailer for Avatar , one way or the other. So you might as well just watch it here -- or down there -- and get it over with.
Movies
Avatar
Variety
James Cameron
Just in time for Halloween, the great film director and historian gives us -- appropriately enough, at The Daily Beast -- his list of the 11 scariest horror movies ever made . Oddly enough, Night of the Lepus did not make the final cut.
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Martin Scorsese
According to Variety , Michael Jackson's Th is is I t grossed $2.2 million last night. Shazam!
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Variety
And He wouldn't want Congress to stop funding ACORN, either. The folks at Brave New Films explain it all to you here .
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A light, bright romantic comedy... from Vietnam? Well, actually, from a filmmaker born in Los Angeles to Vietnamese emigres. But Passport to Love was filmed largely on location in Saigon -- which, it should be noted, no character in the film ever refers to as Ho Chi Minh City -- and Orange ...
Movies
Variety
I am not the least bit ashamed to admit that I am soooooooooo geeked for this. Back in the day, I was a rabid fan of Zorro -- even to the point of dressing up like the dude himself, and brandishing a chalk-tipped plastic sword, for my 6th birthday party. (My mom, God rest her soul, got me ...
Movies
Disney Studios
Look like all those rumors about a remake of True Grit ... aren't just rumors. According to Variety , filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen are scheduled to start production next March -- for a late 2010 release -- with Jeff Bridges (a veteran of the Coens' cult-fave The Big Lebowksi ) filling in ...
