Tag: entertainment
member name: Alan Waldman
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September 12, 2006 11:58 AM EDT --
According to the nearly 200 critics sampled at rottentomatoes.com, the following are the best movies now in theatres (rated by the percentage of critics who recommend them): Little Miss Sunshine (93% approval; . . .
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August 28, 2006 11:58 AM EDT --
My wife and I just enjoyed the historic thriller THE ILLUSIONIST, starring a mysterious Edward Furlong, an evil Rufus Sewell (longtime Brit heart-throb) and a dangerous Paul Giamatti. The plot is compelling, . . .
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October 10, 2006 01:11 PM EDT --
So far this new season, ABC has one hit and five flops. Ugly Betty is doing very well, but Help Me Help You, The Nine, Six Degrees, Men in Trees and Brothers & Sisters are all doing poorly and . . .
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November 27, 2006 10:03 AM EST --
Each year, TV performers in 24 categories are evaluated by an extensive poll of viewrs, resulting in a score called TVQ--with the highest rating going to the most popular person, and vice versa.
This . . .
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November 27, 2006 10:11 AM EST --
There are two more episodes to come in HBO's brilliant 13-part drama series, THE WIRE, which I consider the smartest TV program in a decade. I was blown away by last night's Episode 11, and I hate . . .
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February 06, 2008 11:22 AM EST --
by Sharon and Alan Waldman
England's Deborah Kerr--particularly in her heyday during the 1950s and 1960s--was an immensely talented actress who went from being cast primarily in prim Englishwoman . . .
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November 18, 2006 06:20 PM EST --
Unlike 70% of U.S. critics, I liked the film THE DA VINCI CODE very much, and I enjoyed it again today on DVD. I loved the book and thought Akiva Goldsman did an excellent job of selecting a representative . . .
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August 01, 2006 11:23 AM EDT --
Although critics love to dump on Woody Allen these days, his last pair of movies have been a lot of fun: Match Point and Scoop. Both are lighthearted murder mysteries set in London and starring Scarlett . . .
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October 09, 2006 01:30 PM EDT --
Although it is too violent and a bit dramatically over-the-top in spots, The Departed, with a great cast of Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Vera Farmiga, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin, Mark . . .
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October 24, 2007 10:24 AM EDT --
Swedish screenwriter-director Ingmar Bergman, who died recently at age 89, was one of the most respected filmmakers of the 20 th Century. Leading helmers including Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, David . . .
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December 27, 2007 11:47 AM EST --
Although way too bloody (to attract 17-year-old boys who would usually avoid musicals), the new film Sweeney Todd is terrific. I have long considered it the greatest American musical--Sondheim's . . .
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September 08, 2006 01:29 PM EDT --
The Wire begins its fourth season this Sunday evening on HBO (with repeat episodes every weeknight on one HBO channel or another). I have told you this is the best-written TV series of the past decade. . . .
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April 30, 2007 09:59 AM EDT --
I detested Hot Fuzz as I did its predecessor, Shaun of the Dead. In both films there are a few funny things scattered through the first 2/3 of the film--then it turns into 30 minutes of violence and gore. . . .
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August 08, 2006 12:48 PM EDT --
I covered the 1998 Writers Guild awards for the Guild--and hobnobbed with the celbrated and talented.
Quotes from WGA Awards Party and Dinner
On Saturday, February 21, 1998, showbiz luminaries from . . .
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July 25, 2006 08:43 PM EDT --
In the past four years, dozens of smart, well-made documentaries have been flooding art theatres (sometimes even spreading into mall multiplexes), amassing awards and critical kudos and generating strong . . .
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October 04, 2006 12:47 PM EDT --
Excerpted from Nielsen Media Research:
New Program Results
WINNERS:
-Ugly Betty (ABC, Thurs. 8 p.m.) - premiere
Viewers: 16.32 million (#9 overall), A18-49: 5.0/14 (#15t)
-Shark (CBS, Thurs. 10 p.m.) . . .
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November 22, 2006 10:08 AM EST --
Rottentomatoes.com, which turns the reviews of 100-plus major and minor critics into a score (from 0 when everyone hated a pic to 100, when everyone loved it). I had been looking forward to several films . . .
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January 30, 2008 11:26 AM EST --
My wife and I just suffered through 2.5 hours of nearly unbearable crap: the film THERE WILL BE BLOOD. It is nominated for many Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Oscar (Day-Lewis was ludicrously over . . .
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October 12, 2006 02:03 PM EDT --
According to Mediaweek's newsletter The Programming Insider, which I receive each morning, NBC's new comedies 30 Rock and 20 Good Years did poorly in their debuts last night (10/11)--with the former . . .
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August 22, 2009 01:15 PM EDT --
Although it is too violent and gory for many sensitive souls, I found THE INGLORIOUS BASTERDS to be an oustanding film. Very suspenseful and dramatic, with a strong European cast and a fine screenplay. . . .
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