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Next Interview: Question for Jonah Hill, anyone?
Check out those teeth! Jonah Hill had to literally put on his “game face” to co-star with Leo DiCaprio in Scorsese’s “Wolf of Wall Street.” He plays the odd, ambitious stock hustler with the prominent veneers and the never-say-die loyalty … Continue reading
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Peter O’Toole, 1932-2013
Oscar got this right. Honor the man while he’s still alive, and still capable of charming us as he accepts. A hellion’s life well-lived, on and off camera.
Matthew McConaughey and Christopher Nolan challenge us to fund NASA with “Interstellar”
That’s the message I took from this quietly inspiring trailer to next year’s Christopher Nolan “event” picture. “Boldly go.” And Matthew M., following an Oscar buzzed year the likes of which he’s never seen before with a space epic for … Continue reading
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Box Office: Punters punish Perry and Peter Jackson, “Hobbit” unimpressive, “Madea” is ma-DONE
The blowback from last year’s underwhelming, over-long and tedious “Hobbit” installment — and maybe the whole greedy, aesthetically unjustifiable decision to turn a slim adventure fantasy into three movies — is showing up at the box office. “An Unexpected Journey” … Continue reading
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Box Office: Are “Hobbit” fans leery, or weary? “Smaug” set to underperform
It is, by most accounts (especially mine) a superior movie to “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.” But “The Desolation of Smaug” is tracking lower, with expectations reduced for its blockbuster opening weekend. It won’t, Box Office Mojo declares, match the … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “American Hustle”
It was time of wide ties and velvet suits, jangly jewelry, open shirts, big hair and boat-sized cars. After Watergate, cynicism was everybody’s default mode. The economy was in the toilet, disco was on the radio and everybody was corrupt. … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “A Madea Christmas” is the worst Tyler Perry movie ever
Tyler Perry made his fortune by pandering to a predominantly African American audience. So a tip of the Santa hat for him trying to broaden his appeal by pandering to a white one with “A Madea Christmas,” his most integrated … Continue reading
Golden Globes boost “Slave,” “Mandela,” “Hustle” — not “The Butler”
“American Hustle” and “12 Years a Slave” led this year’s Golden Globes nominations, announced today. A few quick observations — the broader Globes “comedy” vs. “Drama” categories always allows greater inclusion. So you get both Bruce Dern AND Robert Redford … Continue reading
Steve Carell empties his head for “Anchorman 2”
Steve Carell is determined to lower expectations for “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.”“It’s SO stupid. I couldn’t believe how stupid it is.”And in a world of stupid and a cast ’70s era TV news buffoons, Steve’s character, the ditzy, naive … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Here Comes the Devil,” there go the frights
“Here Comes the Devil” is a case study in how to make your low-budget horror movie sellable.It barely has a fright in it on its own, this bloody, Mexican-made supernatural thriller set in the hill country near Tijuana.But open it … Continue reading
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