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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Crusade for Clean Energy

Today Leonardo DiCaprio ranks indisputably as one of the most famous individuals on the planet. His acting career, launched when he was just 13, granted him early access to the exclusive world of Hollywood glamour and overindulgence. With the face of a mischievous angel, Leo has long played the part of the playboy rogue, but …

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‘Joy’ and ‘The Revenant’ are the Same Movie

A maverick gets attacked by bears. They’re beaten down by a cutthroat, capitalist system and threatened by partners who aren’t as trustworthy as they seem. After a series of blows and ostensible defeats, they persevere. Inspired by dreams of family, they ignore their detractors and challenge the machinations of evil commerce. In the end, they …

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese to reunite for adaptation of ‘Devil in the White City’

The most lucrative director/actor partnership of the last decade plus has been Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese: Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island, and most recently, The Wolf of Wall Street. For what will be their sixth film together, Scorsese, DiCaprio, and Paramount Pictures have closed the deal on the rights …

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New Projects: Leonardo DiCaprio, Barbie, and ‘Gran Turismo’

New Projects is a weekly round up of movies and TV shows recently announced and currently in development for the near future.  See, Netflix isn’t just in the business of producing multiple Adam Sandler movies. Their next big original film deal will likely help them compete even more with HBO, as they’re teaming up with …

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Leonardo DiCaprio has 24 personalities for his next role

If you win an Academy Award for playing a role with multiple personalities, do they award each one of them? If so, that would make up for the snubs so far in Leonardo DiCaprio’s career. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the star of The Wolf of Wall Street and Inception is set to take on …

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The Definitive Movies of 1995

30. Sense and Sensibility Directed by: Ang Lee Ang Lee has gone in about eight different directions in terms of genre. His resume includes “The Ice Storm,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” Hulk,” “Brokeback Mountain,” “Life of Pi,” and this delightful Jane Austen adaptation, starring Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, and young Kate Winslet. “Sense …

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A “Good” Marriage: The Conflict of ‘Revolutionary Road’

Revolutionary Road Written by Justin Haythe and based on a novel by Richard Yates Directed by Sam Mendes USA, 2008 Marriage is a two-way street. The union of a man and woman is basically a tug of war and it is a battle fought in many arenas. One arena is the suburbs and while a …

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Two Left Feet: How “El Tango de Roxanne” Represents Everything Wrong with Baz Luhrmann

Moulin Rouge! is a mixed bag. It’s an idea that looks good on paper, but looks horrendous in execution. It’s a film where it should have the ability to make all the right emotional pivots, but succumbs to an ostentation that exists in its final product, making this a hallmark for director Baz Lurhmann’s career. …

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BAFTAs 2014 – and the winner is… (Part 2)

Part 2 will cover: – Best Actor – Best Actress – Best Supporting Actor – Best Supporting Actress – Best Film Best Actor – Bruce Dern (Nebraska) – Tom Hanks (Captain Philips) – Christian Bale (American Hustle) – Leonardo DiCaprio (Wolf of Wall Street) – Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) All nominees have performed …

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‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ a grand, triumphant rebuke of financial excess, and the best Scorsese-DiCaprio collaboration to date

The Wolf of Wall Street Written by Terence Winter Directed by Martin Scorsese USA, 2013 Leonardo DiCaprio is a year away from 40, though he still retains the same boyish air and enthusiasm that marked him from Titanic onward. But over the intervening 16 years, he’s thinned down enough that he has a leaner, tighter, …

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Behind the Scenes Photos From Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’

There is always reason to get excited over a new Martin Scorsese film. The director has perhaps the best record of any American filmmaker over the past four decades. From Taxi Driver to Hugo, Scorsese has very rarely disappointed, and more than often, exceeded our expectations. A few behind the scenes images from his latest film, …

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It’s Hard to Make the Audience Hate Your Characters but Love Your Film

It was only after half of Lurhmann’s Gatsby that I finally understood just how hard it is to make a film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel. Fitzgerald had such a disdain for his time that there isn’t a single character in The Great Gatsby that you are supposed to like. However, as author John Green said …

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Over 40 Eye-Popping Images from ‘The Great Gatsby’

[callout] Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) is an aspiring stock broker in 1920s New York. Living on the outskirts of town, he re-establishes a friendship with his cousin, Daisy (Carey Mulligan), and her husband, Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton). Nick also befriends golfer Jordan Baker (Elizabeth Debicki), who is pressured by Daisy to begin a romance with …

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New portraits of The Great Gatsby cast emerge

Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming take on the classic American novel “The Great Gatsby” is quite possibly one of the most anticipated films of 2013. The film features an impressive soundtrack with a number of big names including Lana Del Rey and Beyonce but most importantly The Great Gatsby has a great cast. As we count down to …

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Django Chained: Tarantino and the American Slave

In just barely over a week since its Christmas release, Quentin Tarantino’s eighth feature film, Django Unchained, has exhaustively become a source of public controversy for its setting amongst southern, pre-Civil War plantations where the height of the black man’s plight in the United States was the accepted norm. Not the least of the film’s …

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Remember Me: Charles Durning (1923 – 2012)

Some acting careers are made by a single role. Think Brando’s Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Robert DeNiro’s Johnny Boy in Mean Streets (1973), Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack in the box office behemoth Titanic (1997). A similar connection can happen on a more personal basis. You watch a movie and an actor — …

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Tarantino’s new film ‘Django Unchained’ is a florid, entertaining Spaghetti Western

Django Unchained Directed by Quentin Tarantino Written by Quentin Tarantino USA, 2012 Quentin Tarantino wears his style on his sleeve. Homages, tributes, and callbacks to older films, forgotten performers, and oft-ignored genres are part and parcel of his filmography. But one element of his aesthetic has become more pronounced over the years: his fierce, almost …

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‘Django Unchained’; Quentin Tarantino sans Sally Menke

Django Unchained Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino USA, 2012 If you ask a girl about the nuances of makeup, she’ll probably tell you that great technique is one where you barely notice the result. Ask a filmmaker about the nuances of editing and he or she will probably tell you the same. Ask Quentin …

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‘Django Unchained’ a fitfully engaging ahistorical romp that fails to earn its runtime

Django Unchained Written by Quentin Tarantino Directed by Quentin Tarantino USA, 2012 Has Quentin Tarantino’s work to date actually been…restrained? It’s not a descriptor often thrown at the populist auteur, whose frequently digressionary writing style and dual penchants for graphic violence and meta-textual indulgences has made him one of the most easily distinguished popular filmmakers …

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