This week's DVD report asks the burning question, "Why do you have to go to Japan, figuratively speaking, to get a Blu-ray of Minnelli's great An American in Paris?" At…
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There are two kinds of people in the world. People who believe Barry Lyndon, and people who believe Forrest Gump. I always figured director David Fincher as one of the…
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From the Oklahoma Gazette: Standing in line to vote, I met an elderly black woman who had her eyes on the prize. She said, “Rosa Parks sat down so that…
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The opening shot of The Grapes of Wrath, John Ford, 1940In his recent video appreciation of this film, The New York Times' A.O. Scott admits to being a little gobsmacked: "I'd…
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So last night I had the privilege of moderating a Q&A with several cast members of Revolutionary Road at a special SAG screening. (Jeffrey Wells took some pictures of the…
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According to the venerable IMDb.com, before Show of Hands the only feature films to be shot in New Plymouth were The Last Samurai (sort of) and something called Mad Mission…
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