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Here's the latest from the folks who gave us Snakes on a Train and Transmorphers . Note the ad copy: "The classic story that inspired James Cameron's Avatar ." Oh, really? Do the folks at the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate know about that?
Movies
Avatar
James Cameron
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 .)
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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 ...
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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 ...
