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Stone of Destiny charmingly portrays infamous historical theft
On Christmas Eve, 1950, four Scottish university students fired up by homeland nationalism took an ancient relic called the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey in England.
Palm Beach International Film Festival names award winners for 14th season
The Palm Beach International Film Festival wrapped up its 14th edition Monday with an announcement of its award winners.
Charles Martin Smith (alias Terry the Toad) behind the camera now
It doesn't matter how many films Charles Martin Smith directs or appears in, he'll be forever known as Terry "The Toad" Fields in American Graffiti, George Lucas' classic coming-of-age movie.
7 Things to See at the Palm Beach International Film Festival
The 14th annual festival begins Thursday and runs through Monday. Here are seven highlights: 1. Terry the Toad will be there! OK, actor-director Charles Martin Smith has done a lot since his iconic role in George Lucas' American Graffiti .
The 14th annual Palm Beach International Film Festival begins April 23
The 14th Palm Beach International Film Festival will screen 110 films during its April 23-27 run, announced PBIFF Executive Director Randi Emerman.
Canadian film featured at 15th annual festival
Canadian film has come a long way from the days of all those award-winning National Film Board documentaries and animated features.
In most heist films, the object of the heist is almost invariably something the audience readily discerns as valuable - the jewelled dagger in Topkapi, the gold bullion in Goldfinger, the cash in Ocean's Eleven ...
Movie Review: Stone of Destiny
So ita s funny how history has a strange way of pulling you in. Actual events often make the best sort of movies.
Whimsy fuels Charles Martin Smith's Stone of Destiny caper
Although movie fans still recognize him as Terry "the Toad" in George Lucas's American Graffiti , Charles Martin Smith has spent the subsequent 35 years turning into an accomplished writer-director, especially ...
Genuine Scottish nationalists might bristle at the 'gloss' Smith has given the film , feeling it a bit superficial           Here's a story you don't see all that often: a true account of a ...
Palm Springs International Film Festival picks for Tuesday, Jan. 13
Darryl Macdonald Executive Director "Captain Abu Raed": This moving story, the Jordanian nominee for Best Foreign Film , revolves around a simple man called upon to take heroic action when his neighbors are ...
Farley Mowat is a name synonymous with Canadian literature. His true life accounts of the Canadian wilderness are required reading in school, and even today, they shed new light on the creatures who are ...