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Supporting Actors: The Overlooked and Underrated (part 2 of 5)

Oliver Reed as Athos in The Three Musketeers & The Four Musketeers (Richard Lester, 1973/1974, UK): These films were actually shot all at once but ultimately released as two separate films telling one long story. As the musketeer with a dark past, Oliver Reed provides a lot of the heart and soul in these very …

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Dir. Goddard: Or How ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ Has Become The Horror Film To End All Horror Films

In the ensemble tour de force that is John Luessenhop’s Takers, Idris Elba masterfully says, without a hint of irony, “We’re takers, gents. That’s what we do for a living. We take.” Apparently, along with being a competent actor by day, Elba also moonlights as Captain Obvious by night, but in addition to being heavy …

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8 Reasons To Love or Hate ‘Super 8’

Super 8 Directed by J.J.Abrams Written by J.J. Abrams 2011, USA J.J. Abrams’s secretive and highly anticipated third feature Super 8 arrived in cinemas earlier this week, and while it’s received fairly positive reviews, I was a bit shocked to learn how so many of my close friends absolutely hated the film. They say when …

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Oscar Season Chat #2: A Conversation with Reviewer Stephen Whitty

At a time of the year that’s all about picking the best of the best among movies, it seems singularly appropriate to talk to someone whose year-round profession is assaying the good and the bad up on the big screen. “I’m one of the few people on the paper who’s never had a journalism class, …

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Titans: George Lucas v. Steven Spielberg (part 1)

George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.  Three and a half decades after their breakout successes, they remain arguably two of the most potent brand names in American entertainment and understandably so.  Probably more than any other two individuals, they have been – for good or for ill — responsible for a massive reconfiguration of media entertainment, …

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2010 Box Office: Signs, Portents and Omens

The 2010 year-end box office tallies are in and it was good news/bad news/worse news/how-much-worse-can-it-get? news for Hollywood. The good news: The industry rang up $10.2 billion domestic last year; down a bit from $10.65 in 2009, but still enough to make 2010 the second-best year ever for ticket income. The bad news is box …

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A Look Back At Spielberg’s Masterpiece “Jaws”

Jaws Directed by Steven Spielberg Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw star in this terrifying thriller about an enormous man-eating Great White Shark that terrorizes the fictional coastal summer resort town of Amity, Long Island on the Fourth of July weekend. Based on the trashy best-selling novel by Peter Benchley (who also provides the …

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