Daily Archives: March 4, 2013

Harrison Ford? In “Anchor Man 2”? Seriously?

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Apparently. Still trying to get my mind around him showing up in a new “Star Wars” trilogy, and then this comes up. He’ll sort of do a version of the grizzled vet of the airwaves he played in “Morning Glory.

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Movie Review: “Emperor”

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Hirohito sat on the Chrysanthemum Throne and ruled Japan through wars with China and World War II. But at the end of the war, there were two emperors in Tokyo. Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, ruled Japan … Continue reading →

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Today’s screening: “Oz, the Great and Powerful,” the year’s first blockbuster?

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A James Franco/Mila Kunis/Michelle Williams “Wizard of Oz” prequel with Sam Raimi at the helm is “tracking,” according to Deadline.com, for an epic $80 million or more opening weekend. A lackluster 2013 (down 24% in February alone) could be rescued … Continue reading →

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Kubrick’s planned “Napoleon” as a mini series? By Spielberg?

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Stanley Kubrick spent the latter part of the 1960s — post “2001,” pre-“Clockwork Orange” — pulling together a movie about Napoleon. How else do you follow the groundbreaking “2001: A Space Odyssey” — a titanic undertaking that reinvented the genre … Continue reading →

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Spielberg — a career animated

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Krisha Shenoi made this, which is making the viral rounds. Well done.

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