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Some were bombs. Some were hits. Some are icons of pop culture. But all of these movies should be done over.
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Read the full commentary in Waste Age. You probably remember the movie "Field of Dreams." It starred Kevin Costner as a farmer who believed that if he built a baseball stadium in the back forty, people would come to watch games.
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We know how it is: You'd like to go to the movies this weekend, except you're busy writing long, flowery letters to the love of your life, who's on the other side of the planet somewhere where there's no Internet access.
Dear John: Another Sparks Weepie
Dear John is the fifth of Nicholas Sparks' books to be turned into a movie, which means that even if you haven't read a word of his novels, if you are a regular moviegoer you know what to expect.
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I thought it was a no-brainer at first. "Write a review of your favorite sports movie." The answer came at me like a Nolan Ryan fastball... Bull Durham .
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"If you build it, they will come." That is the widely known, though slightly incorrect, version of the mystical mandate received by Kevin Costner in the 1989 movie Field of Dreams .
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Hundreds of Christian men gather in Portland to reconnect, reach out
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One of my favorite movies is The Postman with Kevin Costner in the title role. I'm not sure why this movie never caught on, maybe people were just tired of Costner, but the movie, like the book written by David Brin, does so many things right that it certainly should have been more popular.
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Kevin Costner learned in "Field of Dreams" that if he built it, they would come.
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Avatar is Only Important to Watch if You Ever Watch Movies
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'Avatar' a film you must experience
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'Louisiana is a different America'
Michael Cooper flew halfway around the world to end up back where he grew up. The 38-year-old, who lives in Japan, is visiting Houma this week to show his in-laws from Japan a different side of America, outside the stereotypical wheat fields of the Midwest, the bustling streets of New York City and the picturesque views at the Grand Canyon.
By DAVID LEEFrom left, Eli and Solara say a prayer in Alcon Entertainment's film 'The Book of Eli,' a Warner Bros.
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