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The Endless Vitality of Steven Spielberg
On the eve of Steven Spielberg's 70th birthday, Josh Spiegel writes this essay on three of his modern classics released within 18 months of each other.
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Financial Meltdown: Portraying Wall Street Onscreen
Christina Newland on the recent trend of Wall Street-centric movies that valorize its characters.
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Method Men: DiCaprio & Hardy from “Inception” to “The Revenant”
A look at the recent trajectories of Leonardo DiCaprio's and Tom Hardy's careers.
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Opening Acts 1/14/2015
Every day, Opening Acts highlights the best pieces of writing on film, television, and literature published around the Internet. Please share if you like what you see.
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Selma is a Horror Movie by Alyssa Rosenberg. Ms. Rosenberg ex...
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Hardy in Talks to Join DiCaprio in “The Revenant”
Tom Hardy has been a busy man in 2014. After captivating audiences on the bigscreen in Locke, his forthcoming drama The Drop hits theatres in September and he is currently finishing three more films in post-production. Not quite feeling his plate is full enoug...
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Ann Hornaday, Movies and Mass Shootings
Taxi Driver is considered one of the classics of Martin Scorsese's filmography, but when that title is mentioned most don't think of the film, they recall John Hinckley Jr. and his attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. That association has undoub...
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Seven Deadly Sins of Cinema
Kevin Spacey's immortal turn as the sin-obsessed John Doe took Seven and launched it into the stratosphere of crime classic. The way he dispatched with sinners so heartlessly and with conviction lead me to ponder what others movie characters would have drawn h...
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Danny Boyle and Leonardo DiCaprio May Log On to Sony’s Steve Jobs Biopic
It seems a reunion for Danny Boyle and Leonardo DiCaprio may be in order as the pair who made The Beach are being eyed to direct and star in the upcoming untitled Steve Jobs biopic written by Aaron Sorkin. Previously David Fincher was attached to reunite with ...
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Leonardo DiCaprio Signs On For Alejandro González Iñárittu’s “The Revenant”
Now here is a collaboration I am looking forward to! Leonardo DiCaprio and Alejandro González Iñárittu have both set up their next project together titled The Revenant. Based on the novel by Michael Punke, The Revenant is a gritty historical western that revol...
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“12 Years A Slave” Big Winner at the 86th Academy Awards
Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity may have won 7 Oscars, but Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave was the big winner Sunday night, taking home awards for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 86th Academy Awards.
Some cynical pundits ...
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