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1 hr ago | ThisIsNorthDevon

Movie Review: Conor Nolan gives his verdict on gangster saga, Public Enemies

NO other film-maker has explored the psyches of people caught in extreme circumstances with the dominating consistency and cinematic power of acclaimed American director, Michael Mann writes Conor Nolan .

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Related Topix: Public Enemies, Horror Movies, The Last of the Mohicans, Thriller, Crime Movies, War Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Manhunter, Dillinger, Biography Movies

9 hrs ago | Miami.com

A maverick female director explores men who dare death

PHILADELPHIA - Slim as lightning, Kathryn Bigelow makes movies charged with adrenaline and electricity, action thrillers like 'Blue Steel' and 'Point Break.' The 6-footer with the radiant presence of a Redgrave and the steel nerves of a high-wire artist is drawn to stories about daredevils addicted to the rush.

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Point Break, Blue Steel, Thriller, Adventure, Movies, Entertainment

18 hrs ago | Variety.com

Mel Gibson to star in 'Beaver'

Mel Gibson will star in "The Beaver" for director Jodie Foster. The script, written by Kyle Killen, topped the Blacklist in December.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Maverick, Adventure, Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster

Thu Jul 09, 2009

The Oregonian

'The Hurt Locker' digs into a fearless soldier's psyche

Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker" Staff Sergeant William James is one of those guys one hears about: so fearless in the face of death that he practically invites the Grim Reaper to share his table at mealtimes.

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Related Topix: The Hurt Locker, Near Dark, Horror Movies

Externals

David & Victoria Beckham Named Son After Tom Cruisse

David and Victoria Beckham named their third and youngest son after pal Tom Cruise.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Victoria Beckham, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Top Gun, Tom Cruise

Leader Post

Music is Billy Ray's life

Success as an actor has led many Billy Ray Cyrus fans to forget about his substantial country music career.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Doc, Comedy Movies, Hannah Montana, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Billy Ray Cyrus, Country, Miley Cyrus

Wed Jul 08, 2009

Creative Loafing

The Hurt Locker detonates explosive thrills

Stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie. Opens Fri., July 10. At area theaters. In his landmark poem "The Waste Land," T.S. Eliot wrote, "I will show you fear in a handful of dust." In her thrilling film The Hurt Locker, director Kathryn Bigelow shows you fear in a pile of rubble or a beat-up old car.

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Related Topix: The Hurt Locker, Sport Movies, Horror Movies, Strange Days, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Near Dark, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Point Break, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Iraq, World News, Explosion

Get Wokingham

Film Review: Public Enemies

Michael Mann is one of those directors whose solid fan base will happily flock to see everything he puts out.

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Related Topix: Public Enemies, Arts, Cinema, The Last of the Mohicans, War Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Dillinger, Crime Movies, Biography Movies

Tue Jul 07, 2009

Philly.com

A director explores men who dare death

Slim as lightning, Kathryn Bigelow makes movies charged with adrenaline and electricity, action thrillers like Blue Steel and Point Break .

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Related Topix: The Hurt Locker, Sport Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Point Break, Adventure, Horror Movies, History Movies, Near Dark, K-19: The Widowmaker, Blue Steel, Locke, NY, Opinion

PR-inside.com

John Woo plans Flying Tigers movie

A Mission: Impossible IIA director John Woo's next movie will tell the story of the Flying Tigers _ volunteer American pilots who defended China from Japanese attacks during World War II _ his producer said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Broken Arrow, Thriller, Adventure, Drama Movies, Action Movies

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Judge delays ruling in lawsuit over Coleman murders

UPDATED at 12:10 p.m. with judge delaying decision A judge delayed a decision on whether Joyce Meyer Ministries can respond in secret to a civil suit sought by Sheri Coleman's family.

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Related Topix: Gospel, Joyce Meyer Ministries, Oklahoma!, Musical Movies, Oklahoma, Violent Crime

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Shanghai Daily

John Woo to shoot China's most expensive film

BASED Hong Kong director John Woo will shoot China's most expensive movie about the alliance between China and the United States in World War II.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Broken Arrow, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Hard Target, Adventure,

Clover Herald

A Kirk Douglas classic finally is available on DVD for all to see

After Kirk Douglas helped break the Hollywood blacklist by hiring the well-known radical Dalton Trumbo to write the screenplay for 1960's "Spartacus," Douglas teamed up again with Trumbo on "Lonely Are the Brave." But that excellent film from 1962, which Trumbo adapted from Edward Abbey's novel and stars Douglas as a cowboy who doesn't fit in with ...

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Related Topix: Lonely Are the Brave, Drama Movies, Kirk Douglas, Beau Geste, War Movies, Action Movies, Adventure

Sun Jul 05, 2009

Kerrville Daily Times

Sci-fi western has appearance by John Wayne

Any fan of old westerns would probably say that the 1976 movie, 'The Shootist,' was John Wayne's last film.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Shootist, John Wayne, Barksdale, TX, Kerrville, TX

WABC 7

Prehistoric creatures and robots were in a photo finish for the Fourth of July box-office crown.

Prehistoric creatures and robots were in a photo finish for the Fourth of July box-office crown Sunday, with "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" tied with $42.5 million each.

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Related Topix: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Horror Movies, Revenge, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Paleontology, Dinosaur, Science, Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Family, Ice Age, Adventure, Public Enemies

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Holtville Tribune

Governor Schwarzenegger Statement Regarding Death of Karl Malden

Sacramento, California - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the following statement regarding the death of Karl Malden: "As a 14-year-old boy in Austria, I saw Karl Malden in the movie, 'One-Eyed Jacks.' His incredible and powerful performance in that film had a huge impact on me and further fueled my love for American films and my desire ...

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Related Topix: One-Eyed Jacks, Karl Malden, Sacramento Metro, Sacramento, CA

Winds of Change.NET

Manly Movie Deaths

Instapundit leads me to a post on "The Top 10 Manly Movie Deaths of All Time," a great idea which pretty much sucks in execution because the person who wrote the post must be about 22 10 - Leon in The Professional 9 - Optimus Prime in Transformers: The Movie 8 - Tony Montana in Scarface 7 - The Terminator in Terminator 2: Judgment Day 6 - Bill in ...

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Related Topix: Best of 2007, Top Gun, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Heat, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Val Kilmer, Film Noir, The Killers

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Regina Leader Post

Worst of the summer movie blockbusters

Expectations are that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will be the worst-reviewed film to pass $400 million domestically.

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Related Topix: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Armageddon, Science Fiction Movies, Michael Bay, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Adventure, Wild Wild West, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Deseret News

Mann explores dark sides of home

Michael Mann, the son of Jack and Esther Mann and the director and co-writer of "Public Enemies," grew up all around Chicago.

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Related Topix: Public Enemies, War Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, The Last of the Mohicans, Adventure, Entertainment, Drama, Television

The Cincinnati Enquirer

TV best bets

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader or The Chopping Block , both 8 p.m. These two reality competitions are exact opposites.

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Related Topix: Game Show, Entertainment, Television, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Comedy, Drama Movies, Love Comes Softly, Drama, Grey's Anatomy

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