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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Hollywood | Celebrity


Access Hollywood | Inside the Directors Guild Awards
New York Times (blog)
David Fincher wasn't there because "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" was opening in Tokyo. Woody Allen appeared by video because he said he's less impressive in person. Martin Scorsese was riveting and inspirational as he talked about how his ...
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Hollywood dog wars: It's Blackie v Uggie
Telegraph.co.uk
Photo: Reuters By Martin Chilton, Digital Culture Editor Hollywood has always been known as a dog-eat-dog town but Martin Scorsese had a bone to pick with all the fuss around Uggie, the hero of silent movie The Artist. As the Oscars rivalry builds up ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Hollywood Women Would Be A Lot Happier If They Ate, Says Octavia Spencer!!
PerezHilton.com
According to one very fabulous woman, the women in Hollywood would be a whole lot happier if they just let themselves eat!! Octavia Spencer, the actress U know from The Help (and from winning at the SAG Awards), has an opinion or two on weight.
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PerezHilton.com
Divers search Hollywood lake after human skull found
WTSP 10 News
(Source: CBS4 News Viewer) This human skull was found in a Hollywood lake on Sat. Jan. 28, 2012. Hollywood, FL (CBSMiami) - Police divers in Hollywood are searching a lake for the possibility of more human remains after a human skull was discovered ...
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WTSP 10 News
Hollywood Video collection agency complaints return
Northwest Cable News
by Ed Teachout PORTLAND – Like a rerun of a bad movie, Hollywood Video is again trying to collect money for what the company calls late movie rental fees or for movies never returned. Last January, KGW viewers started claiming that Hollywood Video ...
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The 2012 Hollywood Cover, Revealed: 11 Thoroughly Modern Actresses
Vanity Fair
By Vanity Fair In the first-ever Hollywood Issue cover shoot from Vanity Fair contributing photographer Mario Testino, a bevy of Hollywood's most precocious beauties lounge across a three-panel foldout—including two new Oscar nominees.
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Vanity Fair
At 88, a Hollywood insider's lust round-up
Sydney Morning Herald
Scotty Bowers, now 88, is unveiling what he claims were the antics of the Hollywood elite, including Cary Grant, Rock Hudson, Vivien Leigh, Katharine Hepburn and even the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. He claims that he set up Hepburn with ''more than ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Obama wants Hollywood, Silicon Valley to 'come together' on SOPA
CNET
"I think that it's going to be possible for us" to find a workable approach, Obama said during the event broadcast on YouTube, predicting that it's possible to protect Hollywood's interests without "affecting the fundamental integrity of the Internet ...

List of Top Movies For The Week


"The Grey" Proves Weekend Box Office's Top Thriller
NBC 6 Miami
It's an unlikely turn for the 59-year-old Neeson, previously better known for his dramatic performances, like those in "Schindler's List" and "Kinsey." "Liam is a true movie star, period," said Tom Ortenberg, CEO of Open Road Films.
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the 50 best movies of all time
Christian Science Monitor
Everyone's picks are different, but for their new book 'The Greatest Movies Ever,' film critics Gail Kinn and Jim Piazza selected their choices for the best 101 movies of all time. First published in 2008, this edition of the book is revised with new ...
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Christian Science Monitor
OSCAR Q&A: Harvey Weinstein On 'The Artist,' Dueling Best Actress Contenders ...
Deadline.com
This was a movie made in Los Angeles, a love letter to American filmmaking. The president says, this is our best export, and this is a love letter to what we do. And it was filmed in the places where the Pickfords, the Fairbanks and the Chaplins lived.
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The good, the bad and the chances of the top 9 Oscar films
USA TODAY
11-themed films haven't done well with many audiences or critics. In its corner: Popularity. No movie on the best-picture ballot was a bigger financial juggernaut ($170 million). The academy prefers adaptations of Victorian novels, ...
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USA TODAY
Oscar nominations 2012: Is 'Moneyball' the best sports movie ever?
Los Angeles Times
This will be run similar to our greatest sports figures in LA history and out greatest sports moment in LA history polls. Decide on your choice as the 10 best sports movies of all time. Rank them in order, from 1 to 10, and let us know.
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Top 10 Liam Neeson Movies: Darkman to Schlinder's List
Movie Fanatic
Since he first burst onto the acting world at large in the early 1980s, Neeson has compiled an impressive list of movies. But, what are his top 10? Darkman essentially introduced Neeson to larger American audiences in the tale of a flawed hero who does ...
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The 10 Must-See Movies This Weekend
Entertainment Weekly
Rumors indicate that the lovely Ms. Lawrence was joined on the podium by a sad trombone player during the reading of the Best Picture nominations. Now, any list that includes Terrence Malick's cosmic masterpiece The Tree of Life deserves props, ...
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More Oscar favorites are inspired by books
USA TODAY
By Carol Memmott, USA TODAY It's movie awards season, and the trending question isn't "Have you seen the movie?" — it's "Have you read the book?" 'The Help', 'The Descendants', 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' and 'War Horse' are all best picture ...
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USA TODAY
Oscar loves a good sports flick
Toronto Star
THE CHAMPS While Moneyball's six nominations look impressive, they pale in comparison to the most-decorated sports movies. Chariots of Fire (1981) and Million Dollar Baby (2004) both had seven nominations and won four Oscars, including best picture.
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Web1 new result for List of Top Movies For The Week
 
The 248 Best Movies of 2011 | HTMLGIANT
Not the best movie of 2012—although, as we'll see, it is one of the 248 ... (I also did this a couple of weeks ago, but the movies section of that site hasn't been ...
htmlgiant.com/film/the-best-movies-of-2011/
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List of Bestsellers For The Week


Bestsellers for this week
Toronto Star
(32 * Weeks on the Bestseller list. Email Print Add to Favourites Report an error Rss Top Stories: DiManno: Three possible outcomes in Shafia case Police ...
Bestsellers for this week
Toronto Star
(10) 10. The 17 Day Diet, Dr. Mike Moreno, Free Press. (32 * Weeks on the Bestseller list. Email Print Add to Favourites Report an error Rss.
Health Food Nation (ÁA)
IcelandReview
As an example of the nation's added interest in healthy living, it stays at the top of the bestsellers' list week after week. Þorbjörg Hafsteinsdóttir has ...
'Harajuku Sunday' Japan Novel Best-Seller of Christmas Week
PR Web
Fierce competition in Amazon ebook rankings shows a top-50 bestseller, ... many eyes were turned to the Amazon.com "Top-50" bestsellers list in Literary ...
Talking Points: Hollywood abuzz over Oscar snubs
Toronto Star
They were all actors who were passed over for Oscar nominations — or, as many commentators put it after the list was announced this week, robbed.
Rebuffed Afghan combat interpreter wrongly accused of taking story ...
Toronto Star
I asked this week for current figures, but Kasra Nejatian, a senior Kenney aide, .... I tried to contact both with an emailed list of questions, ...
BooksOnBoard Unveils This Week's Bestselling UK Authors and eBooks
WebWire
... in the UK this week following the release of A Lady Never Surrenders, ... is joined on BooksOnBoard's bestsellers list by both the third ebook in the ...
12 books to read for 2012
Cebu Daily News
In preparing our list, we scoured what is being recommended by book ... is the number one overall best-selling book of 2011 even though it was released only ...

Monday, January 30, 2012

Movie Reviews | Book Reviews


Top 5 Scathing Movie Reviews of 2011
Houston Press (blog)
30 2012 at 8:00 AM ​As the February 26 Academy Awards ceremony approaches, all 2011's best and worst movie lists have already been circulated and debated ad infinitum. But some of the year's movie reviews have proved even more interesting than the ...
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Houston Press (blog)
Book Review: 'The Crossing: A Zombie Novella' by Joe McKinney
FEARnet.com
I finished Joe McKinney's The Crossing: A Zombie Novella a day or so before going to see the new Liam Neeson movie The Grey. (Not exactly a feel-good combo, I know.) I was completely absorbed in the movie at the time, but as I sat down to review my ...
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FEARnet.com
Movie Review: 'One For the Money' Starring Katherine Heigl
Icon Vs. Icon
The movie adaptation of Janet Evanovich's book, "One For the Money," was torn apart by the press. A reviewer for New York Magazine headlined his piece, "Don't Spend Money on One for the Money." Critics describe the film as "unnatural," "not worth it," ...
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Review: 'John Dies at the End'
Crave Online
By Fred Topel John Dies at the End is the perfectly fun midnight movie. It's got crazy monsters, a wacky but logical plot and sharp humor. Every scene feels like it could be a whole movie, and it's not that we get the highlight reel, we actually get ...
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Trojan Tribune: Book Review: The Hunger Games
my.hsj.org
It is the first book of The Hunger Games trilogy that is followed by Catching Fire and Mocking Jay. Being a New York Times best seller, it can match up to the Harry Potter Series, the Twilight Saga, and the rest of the popular teen books.
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DVD Review: NAKED CAME THE STRANGER
Twitch
Naked Came the Stranger has a very interesting history, even before it became a film. The back story involving the book and its author(s) is detailed in this package, but I'll give you the Reader's Digest version. In 1969, a columnist at Newsday ...
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Twitch
Sundance 2012 Review: FILLY BROWN
Twitch
by Alex Koehne, January 30, 2012 9:08 PM I can't say enough good about Filly Brown, the first film from directing team Michael Olmos and Youssef Delara. They have both directed their own features independently, but clearly this was a team that was ...
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Book review: The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, by Andrew Feinstein
Taipei Times
By Bradley Winterton / Contributing Reporter This book, though lively, makes extremely depressing reading. Its subject is the arms trade, as pursued by both private arms traders and governments, with corruption — bribes paid to secure deals for your ...
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Movie Review: Modest, Chilling TEXAS KILLING FIELDS Tweaks Conventional Cop ...
CultureMob (blog)
by Josh Katz | 01/30/12 | Reading the reviews for director Ami Canaan Mann's Texas Killing Fields, one senses a profound air of disappointment. Nick Pinkerton at The Village Voice called the film "a chaos of underdeveloped relationships and frayed ...
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Hollywood Gossip


Rumors surface that Tim Tebow rejected Kim Kardashian
TheCelebrityCafe.com
According to The Hollywood Gossip, Kim's PR team has recently said that they are aware that "Kim needs to rehab her image." Perhaps dating someone such as Tim Tebow would be just what the reality star needs to repair her image.
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Get smart on the hottest Hollywood races this season
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Catch up on latest gossip. Hollywood's hottest couples often use awards shows as a fun date night out on the town, while new couples take advantage of the red carpet to step out together for the first time. Unplanned run-ins and new or unexpected ...
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Synagogue solicits Mel Gibson
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The president of Congregation Beth Shalom in Corona sent the filmmaker and actor a letter asking for help to prevent the synagogue from losing its building, the Hollywood gossip site TMZ reported last Friday. "Our proposal to you, Mr. Gibson, ...
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'Octomom' Nadya Suleman Refers to Kids as 'Eight Pieces of Poop'
Gather Celebs News Channel
According to a report from the Hollywood Gossip, Suleman's octuplets just turned three years old. And while she refuses to show the children on UStream, she doesn't have any reservations about talking about them—in a fairly negative way.
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Gather Celebs News Channel
Brad Pitt: My kids can't Google me or Angelina Jolie - we've blocked them
Now Magazine Online
The pair are one of Hollywood's hottest couples, but they'd rather their brood of 6 didn't read the gossip written about them. 'On all the kids' computers we had our names blocked,' says Brad, 48. 'They can't Google their mum and dad.
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Not your typical dirt-dishing tale
The Province
If you pick up Then Again expecting catty gossip about Diane Keaton's co-stars and lovers, among them Woody Allen, Warren Beatty and Al Pacino, prepare to be disappointed. Keaton is from the "if you don't have something nice to say about somebody, ...
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Blogs4 new results for Hollywood Gossip
 
Danny Gokey Marries Leyicet Peralta! - The Hollywood Gossip
By matt@iscribelimited.com (Hilton Hater)
They have said "I Do." Our best wishes go out to singer Danny Gokey and his brand new wife, Leyicet Peralta.
The Hollywood Gossip
Gossip Girl - Hollywood Reporter
By Leslie Bruce , Lacey Rose
Leighton Meester, Chace Crawford, Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage and Dawn Ostroff talk to THR about the show's casting coups, controversial campaigns and impact on a fledgling network.
Hollywood Reporter
Old Hollywood Scandal of the Day - TDW Gossip - We're just saying ...
By Cheezburger Network
Old Hollywood Scandal of the Day: A former Marine who stumbled into the high-end Hollywood sex trade has written a ...
TDW Gossip - We're just saying...
Octavia Spencer 's Weighs In On Her Weight | www ...
By Asmara
Young Hollywood gossip, updated daily with celebrity photos, celebrity news and celebrity rumors. ... However, Spencer also said that Hollywood 'should be more accepting of actresses of different sizes, including those who are extra thin.' ...
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Hollywood | Celebrity


Access Hollywood - Celebrity News, Photos & Videos
Access Hollywood
Backstage at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Viola Davis tells Access' Shaun Robinson she comes to these awards show with no expectations of winning so she is "shocked" over her wins for "The Help." So, is she ready for the Oscars?
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Hollywood elegance shines on SAG red carpet
TheChronicleHerald.ca
(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Hollywood's biggest, brightest stars lit up the red carpet at the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, held Sunday at the Shrine Exposition Center. They shone in stunning gowns of soft neutrals and vibrant colors, ...
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TheChronicleHerald.ca
Denise Welch Crowned Winner of Celebrity Big Brother
Insideireland.ie
By Olivia Kerr Celebrity Big Brother came to an end on Friday evening, with nearly four-million viewers tune in to see Denise Welch, 53, being crowned this years winner. The Loose Women presenter beat X Factor reject and Celebrity Big Brother favourite ...
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CELEBRITY PSYCHIC PREDICTIONS, Heidi Klum Divorce, Demi Moore, and Vanessa ...
AstroChicks
We checked in with our resident Celebrity Psychic, Barb Powell, to get the inside cosmic scoop on our favorite stars. This week, Heidi Klum and Seal shocked fans when they announced their divorce. Also, we were saddened to hear that Demi Moore was ...
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AstroChicks
Hollywood actor Idris Elba backs Barclays' 'My Space for Sport' campaign
Goal.com
By Ryan Benson Hollywood actor Idris Elba has given his support to Barclays' 'My Space for Sport' campaign as they look to supply improved sporting facilities to the under-privileged across the world. So far, the scheme has helped people in a number of ...
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Goal.com
Classic Hollywood: Pioneering black actors helped pave the way
Los Angeles Times
January 25, 2005) By Susan King, Los Angeles Times It's been a long, difficult road for African Americans in achieving equality in all aspects of American life, and Hollywood is no exception. Long relegated to stereotyped roles, black actors struggled ...
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Los Angeles Times
Morning Read: Hollywood, Silicon Valley, etc.
Politico (blog)
The legislation stalled earlier this month, but Deadline Hollywood executive editor David Lieberman now reports that the measures might see renewed effort. "Incredibly, there's still some chatter in the infotainment lobbying community about launching ...
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People-watching, celebrity-spotting acceptable pastime in airports
Vancouver Sun
Celebrity sightings ranked high on the list of favourite people-watching experiences. Once, Mike Nicholes, a consultant in Portland, Ore., saw actress Ann-Margret in Los Angeles and ended up sitting next to her on the plane to New York.

List of Top Songs For The Week


Oscar's Best Song Category: Why Only Two Nominees?
MTV.com
But perhaps no category was more head-scratching than Best Original Song. Despite the fact that a short list of 39 tracks were eligible for nomination, only two were named — "Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" and "Real in Rio" from "Rio" — leaving ...
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Jay-Z, Beyonce, U2, Lady Gaga Rank on Billboard Power 100 List
Billboard
Azoff topped the first-ever Billboard Power 100 list, a ranking of where power and influence resides in the music business and the industries that intersect with it. While most of the executives on the list are behind-the-scenes power players like ...
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Billboard
411 Music Ten Deep 01.27.12 : The Top 10 Songs About Girls
411mania.com
Now, let's cut the talking and get to the list! Just like last week, even after narrowing the topic down to having a name in the title, there were just too many songs to consider. Here were some of the selections that almost made the cut.
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411mania.com
The Oscar nomination for best song: It's 'Man or Muppet's' to lose
Washington Post (blog)
Not enough options? Not at all. There were 39 tunes eligible for best original song, any of which also could have been nominated. What about all of the songs that were nominated for Golden Globes in this category? Were they on that list of 39?
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The 8 Ball 01.30.12: The Top 8 Weird Al Original Songs
411mania.com
From "Dare To Be Stupid" to "One More Minute," "Craigslist" and more, 411's Wyatt E. takes a look at the top 8 Weird Al original songs of all time! Little something kinder to Weird Al Yankovic this week. Don't want you fine, upstanding folk to think ...
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411mania.com
Adele reigns Billboard chart in slow week
Reuters
By Piya Sinha-Roy | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British singer Adele continued her reign atop the Billboard 200 album chart and the Hot 100 songs chart on Wednesday, in a week of low album sales and a lack of new releases, music industry analysts said.
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Sergio Mendes and Siedah Garrett Get Oscar Nomination For Best Song; Elton ...
VVN Music
It's hard to say whether the sniping that Elton John and Madonna did after the Golden Globes had any effect, but their songs were not nominated in an Academy Awards list for Best Song that only has two entries. To be fair, Madonna's Masterpiece, ...
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VVN Music
Hugo, The Artist Top the 2012 Oscar Nominees List
About - News & Issues
Only 9 films were nominated out of a possible 10 in the Best Picture category and unfortunately for Harry Potter fans, the Academy didn't send that franchise off with an Oscar nod for Best Picture. Also missing from the Best Picture list: Bridesmaids.
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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Movie Reviews | Book Reviews


family movie reviews
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
The kid attractor factor: A young cast, including both actors and rap stars, and a lot of video-game style air-to-air combat. Good lessons/bad lessons: It's not glory that makes a hero, but sacrifice. Violence: People are shot up and burned in this ...
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Underworld: Awakening - movie review
The Vine
There's a lot more backstory behind this fourth Underworld movie than that, but don't worry – the film itself opens with a solid five minute recap of the various shenanigans, then tells you that you don't need to worry about any of that because all ...
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This Rotten Week: Predicting Big Miracle, Chronicle And Woman In Black Reviews
Cinema Blend
There's another week of movies to comment on. This time around we've got whales, Harry Potters and superpowers. Just remember, I'm not reviewing these movies, but rather predicting where they'll end up on the Tomatometer. Let's take a look at what This ...
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Cinema Blend
Roeper loves his (prolific) movie work
Sacramento Bee
By Carla Meyer Sometimes, Richard Roeper is at the movies. Much of the time, he's writing – books, his Chicago Sun-Times column, movie reviews for his website – or co-hosting a daily radio show in Chicago. On Wednesday, he will be at the Sacramento ...
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'One For the Money' Review: Heigl's Grating Jersey Girl No Feminist Role Model
Big Hollywood
All of the characters are hilarious and I was looking forward to the movie. Now, not so much. Drats! It would be refreshing to read a review of a movie based on a book, by someone who had actually read the book. I prefer not to watch rom-coms on the ...
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The Grey – Film Review
Primary Ignition
By Seth By Seth Miller I have decided to introduce a new term into my reviews that I'm sure has been used on other websites: "Cinematic blue balls." This is when a movie builds to a moment and just when you think it's about to happen, the movie ends.
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Comic Book Review: 'The Flash' #5
Science Fiction
This book has it all! Superheroes, awesome villains, a touching story, romance, science fiction, and best of all… it's just darn fun to read! And the art from Manpul takes 'The Flash' title over the top yet again. While not as mind-bending as some of ...
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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Entertainment.ie
As you've probably picked up from the above yes I've read the books, and I've seen the original Swedish film (twice) so this cannot be a fair review. As much as I'd like not to, the books and original film are new enough releases so David Finchers ...
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Entertainment.ie
Indie Game: The Movie: Sundance Film Review
Hollywood Reporter
Winner of the fest's world cinema documentary editing award, the film follows two video game creators who define themselves by their "art." PARK CITY -- These guys are auteurs: Two video game creators who define themselves through their "art.
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Hollywood Reporter