Tag: movies
member name: Alan Waldman
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May 07, 2006 08:57 AM EDT --
Voices of the 2000 WGA Awards
Winners, nominees, presenters and celebrities discuss the craft of writing
Interviews by Alan Waldman
Gregory Peck, Al Pacino, Sheryl Lee Ralph,Tobey Maguire, Jane Kaczmarek, . . .
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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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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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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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September 20, 2006 12:16 PM EDT --
I thought Black Dahlia was pretty good. All the physical things--sets, costumes, music--were terrific. Hartnett was dull but Johanssen, Eckhart, Swank and Kirschner were excellent.
The problem is, as . . .
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December 18, 2006 10:45 AM EST --
I enjoyed Blood Diamond and thought it was very well acted, had some dramatic visuals, dramatized the conflict diamonds problem well and pointed a finger at the guiltiest party--the powerful, heartless and . . .
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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 19, 2006 01:12 PM EDT --
Yesterday I watched INFERNAL AFFAIRS, the source of Martin Scorsese's exciting crime thriller THE DEPARTED and was struck by the fascinating similarities and differences between the two movies. I recommend . . .
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October 23, 2006 12:54 PM EDT --
My favorite actress, mega-talented Helen Mirren (who once kissed me on the cheek when I called her the "greatest actress on the planet "and declared "I love everything you have done") . . .
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November 09, 2006 10:36 AM EST --
Rottentomatoes.com rates movies 0-100 based on the percentage of about 150 critics who liked them. Today, the highest rated new, current and soon-to-arrive movies are: The Queen (98%), Borat (94%), . . .
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November 27, 2006 11:51 AM EST --
I really enjoyed Tony Scott's new techno-thriller, DEJA VU, starring Denzel Washington. I don't want to give anything away (and I believe the LESS you read about it the better, except, of course . . .
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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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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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May 29, 2006 12:10 PM EDT --
Omaha native Alexander Payne directed and co-wrote the 1996 Miramax indie Citizen Ruth with his writing partner Jim Taylor. It only garnered $244,000 at the box office but won Best Screenplay at the Thessaloniki . . .
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June 29, 2006 10:09 AM EDT --
As I walk out the door on my two-week vacation, I submit this excerpt from an important AP article about the most important movie of our lifetime: . . .
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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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