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6 hrs ago | CBC News

Avatar bears similarities to a pair of sci-fi novels by Andre Norton

Andre Norton's 1963 novel Judgement on Janus has strong similarities to James Cameron's recent blockbuster sci-fi film, Avatar.

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Related Topix: Avatar, Tom Cruise, Movies, Entertainment

10 hrs ago | YesButNoButYes

10 recent movies Hollywood should remake. Again.

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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Related Topix: Hollywood, Short, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Robin Hood, Animation Movies, Family, Action Movies, Adventure, Thriller, Crime Movies, Ransom!, Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn

Sun Feb 07, 2010

Journal Gazette

6:50 to 7 p.m.

I liked both Doritos commercials in which idiots get harmed . Such violence. Now that IS Extreme Doritos.

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Related Topix: Robin Hood, Family, Drama Movies, Animation Movies, Action Movies, Comedy Movies, Adventure, Musical Movies, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, History Movies

Environmental News Bits

Commentary: Field of Screams

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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Related Topix: Sport Movies, Field of Dreams, Drama Movies

Sat Feb 06, 2010

Film.com

DVD Alternatives to This Weekend's Theatrical Offerings

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.

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Related Topix: Dear John, Message in a Bottle, Drama Movies, Robin Wright Penn, France, World News, Matt Damon

Fri Feb 05, 2010

Time

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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Related Topix: Dear John, Message in a Bottle, Drama Movies, South Carolina

Wed Feb 03, 2010

Independent Weekly

Can Nicholas Sparks make you cry again with Dear John?

Dear John opens Friday throughout the Triangle For all their schmaltzy underpinning, two things have always buoyed the movie adaptations of novels by New Bern-based author Nicholas Sparks.

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Related Topix: Dear John, New Bern, NC, Message in a Bottle, Drama Movies, Robin Wright Penn, The Notebook

Tue Feb 02, 2010

Associated Content

For Love of the Game

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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Related Topix: Sport Movies, For Love of the Game, Drama Movies, Bull Durham, Comedy Movies, The Longest Yard, Action Movies, Mystery, Alaska, Burt Reynolds

Desert Exposure

De La Vega's Pecan Grill & Brewery

"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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Related Topix: Sport Movies, Field of Dreams, Drama Movies, Marketing, Las Cruces Metro, Beer, Hatch, NM

Mon Feb 01, 2010

The Independent

Big in Japan: The stars who shine in unlikely places

It is the hollow boast of the rock star manque: no deal, no gigs and no money but they are Big in Japan! Yet what was once a term of scorn is increasingly a seriously profitable means for celebrities to prolong their pay days.

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Related Topix: The Untouchables, Thriller, History Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Ska, David Hasselhoff

Sun Jan 31, 2010

Oregonlive.com

Hundreds of Christian men gather in Portland to reconnect, reach out

Men pray together at the Northwest Men's Conference over the weekend at Portland's New Hope Community Church.

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Related Topix: Portland Metro, Drama Movies, Testament, The Guardian, Horror Movies, Thriller

Tue Jan 26, 2010

The Mac Observer

Free on iTunes: USPS Mobile, Stick It and More

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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Related Topix: iPod, Drama Movies, Action Movies, The Postman, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, The Postal Service, Indie, iPhone

Mon Jan 25, 2010

The State News

Dorm retention program must entice to attract

Kevin Costner learned in "Field of Dreams" that if he built it, they would come.

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, Field of Dreams, Drama Movies

Sat Jan 23, 2010

Examiner.com

American History in film: the Gilded Age

The Civil War and Reconstruction period represented an era of reform. Republicans attempted to force emancipation and civil rights on the South.

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Related Topix: Western, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Young Guns, Action Movies, Wyatt Earp

Fri Jan 22, 2010

Variety

Fade-out on final-cut privileges?

Sam Raimi never had it. Kevin Costner had it and lost it. It's is the last sought-after perk for a studio director: final cut.

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, For Love of the Game, Spider-Man, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, (500) Days of Summer, Australia

The Sandspur

Avatar is Only Important to Watch if You Ever Watch Movies

BLUE IN THE FACE: "Avatar" will change the face of how we watch movies, utilyzing old technology in new ways.

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Related Topix: Avatar

Thu Jan 21, 2010

The Review Times

'Avatar' a film you must experience

With the movie award season now upon us, Sensenig at the Cinema is taking a look at the front runners for best picture to determine whether they're worth the hype.

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Related Topix: Avatar, Science / Technology, Virtual Reality, Thriller, Waterworld, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Video Games, History Movies, Titanic, Opinion

Houma Courier

'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.

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Related Topix: Houma, LA, Houma Metro, Sport Movies, Field of Dreams, Drama Movies, Natchitoches, LA, US Travel, Travel

Tue Jan 19, 2010

Tampa Bay Newspapers

Reel Time

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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Related Topix: The Book of Eli, Mel Gibson, Drama Movies, Testament, Opinion

Mon Jan 18, 2010

Fox Charlotte

Oliver Stone to Act in Son's First Film

It's a case of like father, like son for "JFK" filmmaker Oliver Stone and his budding director son, Sean.

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Related Topix: Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, Wall Street, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Oliver Stone, Michael Douglas

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