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Players to be named later
One of my favorite one-line kiss-offs came from Andrew Sarris, of all people. During the industry's late-'90s push to make Skeet Ulrich a big movie star, Sarris wrote that he just didn't see what the...
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Oscar 2007 Winner Predictions: Actor
For whatever reason, it's not Peter O'Toole's perfect 0-for-7 record leading up to this year's Best Actor contest that's standing in award-magnet Forest Whitaker's way to a win. If it were only about...
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Understanding Screenwriting #43
Coming up in this column: Shutter Island, The Ghost Writer, The Messenger, United States of Tara: First Season, but first: Fan mail: Yay! We finally got some fan mail. OK, it was for #41, and it came...
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A Movie a Day, Day 64: Inception
By the time I got around to buying tickets for Inception last night, the first showing that still had seats available started at 10:30. That means it was over at 1:15 a.m., but the packed theater was...
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Links for the Day: Obamacare Opposition Eases, BAFTA Noms, Gervais Responds...
Opposition to Barack Obama's overhaul of our country's health care system is easing. 127 Hours is a British film? Did Ricky Gervais go too far at the Golden Globes? The comedian responds to the...
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AFI Fest 2011: Introduction and J. Edgar
Isn't it positively joyous to get excited about something on the horizon? The feeling of honest and pure anticipation is truly infectious, and for me there's nothing like an upcoming film festival to...
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Oscar Prospects: J. Edgar
[Editor's Note: Oscar Prospects is your weekly analysis of an awards contender and how it's likely to fare come Oscar nomination morning. The column is comprehensive, so beware of spoilers.] It's...
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Links for the Day: Golden Globe Nominations, Madonna Inks New Record Deal,...
The Golden Globes have announced their nominations and Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life leads the pack with 8 nods. Kidding. Related: Nine observations about the nominations. Madonna inks new label...
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Oscar 2012 Nomination Predictions: Actor
What Kurt said yesterday about the Best Actress race applies to the Best Actor race in spades, only with a little more direct focus. Instead of covering the gamut of popular Oscar strategies, the two...
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Links for the Day: Facebook Buys Instagram, The Dark Knight Rises Gets...
Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion. The Dark Knight gets a PG-13 rating, for intense sequences of violence and action...and some sensuality. Mark Lenzi, Olympic diving gold medalist, is dead at...
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Poster Lab: Django Unchained
[Editor's Note: Poster Lab is your weekly dose of movie poster dissection, wherein the House examines the pluses, minuses, and in-betweens of the poster design(s) for a buzzworthy film.] To be...
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Links for the Day: A Most Intimate Bond, Record Store Day 2012, Billboard...
A most intimate bond. The top 45 releases of Record Store Day 2012. Adele, LMFAO, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and Lil Wayne lead the finalists for the 2012 Billboard Music Awards. Martin Scorsese and Leonardo...
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Links for the Day: Holograms Killed the Touring Star, The Smiths Maybe Not...
The makers of the 2Pac hologram are threatening to bring other dead celebrities to the touring circuit. Everyone freak out. The fickle job market is still fickle. David Carr has a chat with Todd...
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15 Famous Movie Impostors
This week sees the release of the so-wild-it-must-be true documentary The Imposter, which tells the tale of Frédéric Bourdin, an international master of disguise who, in the 1990s, impersonated a...
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Oscar Prospects: Beasts of the Southern Wild
[Editor's Note: Oscar Prospects is your weekly analysis of an awards contender and how it's likely to fare come Oscar nomination morning. The column is comprehensive, so beware of spoilers.] Will the...
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On the Rise: Dane DeHann
[Editor's Note: In On the Rise, the House profiles an exciting new talent whose career, be it behind the camera or in front of it, is worth watching.] The bookish geek and the boyish heartthrob merge...
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Oscar 2013 Nomination Predictions: Supporting Actor
With all due respect to the gentlemen in contention, this year's likely Supporting Actor crop has shaped up to be a snooze, filled with veterans who, however gifted, feel like obvious choices, and...
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A Cut Above: An Interview with Django Unchained Editor Fred Raskin
By all accounts, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained is a massive film in both scope and scale, boasting a large ensemble cast, a story that spans years, and a mix of locations and climates. The job...
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Oscar 2013 Winner Predictions: Supporting Actor
All right, all right, all right. We should've known. As it turned out, Matthew McConaughey's still supple ass cheeks in Magic Mike were no match for AMPAS's preference for saggy old balls in this...
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