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Movie Review | The Men Who Stare at Goats: Haphazard plotting dulls satire
Directed by Grant Heslov. Written by Peter Straughan. Photographed by Robert Elswit.
Top 5: Norton Buffalo's memorable collaborations
The local music community is still mourning the loss of harmonica hero Norton Buffalo, who died Oct.
David Thomson on Isabelle Huppert
David Thomson: I doubt that in the history of the movies we've ever before had women in their 50s standing above all others.
'Goats' is goofy but lightweight humor
A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney's The Men Who Stare at Goats, and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: ''More of this is true than what you might imagine.'' This wry comment serves as a nod and a wink from the filmmakers, a license to do what they will to Jon Ronson's amusing nonfiction ...
France's Isabelle Huppert Finds American Niche
Huppert in Robert Wilson's video-portrait homage to Edward Steichen's 1928 photograph of Greta Garbo.
Say, whatever happened to . . . Some great Hollywood disappearing acts
Nia Vardalos, who hit pay dirt by adapting her one-woman play, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, to the screen in 2002, is in the middle of a big fat career slump.
More movie news: Spielberg's reassurances
It seems the recent little spate of publicity over Robert Redford's new film about Mary Surratt has motivated Steven Spielberg to break the silence surrounding his long-awaited Lincoln biopic.
Weekend Opinionator: Obama Goes Back to School
To the list that includes Michael Cimino's "Heaven's Gate," Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative and Steve Jobs's NeXT computer - that is, ventures that were pretty much universally derided as a colossal failures before most anybody actually had a chance to see them - are we going to have to add Barack Obama's 2009 education speech? ...
a oeHeavena s Gatea Was the Worst Movie Ever Filmed in a National Park
Heaven's Gate set in Glacier National Park. Jim Burnett photo. The 1980 movie Heavena s Gate , a mega-flop filmed in Glacier National Park , was so wretched that it destroyed the directora s reputation, helped extinct United Artists, and sent Hollywood westerns to the doghouse.
AVATAR Clips in IMAX 3D: Could the best animation ever become Cameron's HEAVEN's GATE?
The best facial animation on the big screen that I've ever seen was shown to audiences last night throughout the country.
AVATAR Clips in IMAX 3D: Could the best animation ever become Cameron's HEAVEN's GATE?
The best facial animation on the big screen that I've ever seen was shown to audiences last night throughout the country.
rolling in mud with jason schwartzman is only one of her many talents.
Isabelle Huppert: France's most treasured cinematic belle After two decades as the queen of arthouse cinema, the actress talks about success, monsters and surviving the biggest flop in film history.
Isabelle Huppert: France's cinematic belle
After two decades as the queen of arthouse cinema, the actress talks about success, monsters and surviving the biggest flop in film history You might think it gauche to conflate actors with their roles, but in the case of Isabelle Huppert it's difficult not to.
Intense character actor Terry O'Quinn made a 30-year career from playing men of determination - " his lengthy c.v. of film and television roles was dotted with law officers, military men, captains of business like Howard.... Intense character actor Terry O'Quinn made a 30-year career from playing men of determination - " his lengthy c.v. of film ...
CineVegas Vanguard Award: Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe, one of Hollywood's most reliable and versatile actors, has always embraced a challenge, as evidenced by his acclaimed work in such films as "The Last Temptation of Christ," "American Psycho" and "The English Patient." As he's about to receive CineVegas' Vanguard Actor Award, Dafoe says he likes "the idea of being in the vanguard.
Willem Dafoe has never avoided controversy, but his latest role in Lars von Trier's graphic horror has given the critics their biggest shock yet.
"You know the funny thing about the blues?" Bonnie Raitt prefaced "Thing Called Love" at the Bass Concert Hall on Sunday night.
Texas musician Stephen Bruton dies
Stephen Bruton, the Texas-based guitarist and vocalist renowned for his work with musicians including Kris Kristofferson and Bonnie Raitt, died in Los Angeles on Saturday due to complications from throat cancer.
The word has spread like grief fire through Austin that Stephen Bruton, a triple threat as guitarist, producer and songwriter, lost his battle with cancer.
Renowned Texas Musician, Turner Stephen Bruton Dies on Saturday in Los Angeles
The film stars Jeff Bridges , Maggie Gyllenhaal , Colin Farrell and Robert Duvall .
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