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Alive and Amplified: The Best of Scarlett Johansson
Call her Lucy, Janet Leigh, Mary Boleyn, Barbara Sugarman, Silken Floss, or Nola Rice; just don’t call her ScarJo. Scarlett Johansson has been acting since 1994, when she made her debut in Rob Reiner’s North at ten years old, but in the 2010s she has made hers...
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The Great Movies Life: Roger Ebert’s Best Essays
Last night, CNN aired Steve James’ lovingly intimate documentary on the life and work of the iconic Roger Ebert, Life Itself. An incredibly sensitive portrait examining his strength, influence, and humanity, the doc contains excerpts from his criticism from th...
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10 Films Mishandled by the MPAA
Firstly, you’ll notice that I am not Scott Nye. He has moved on to bigger and better things, so I hope I can bring half as much insight and fun to these lists as he did.
The ratings board for the Motion Picture Association of America is a fickle organization...
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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (5/23/13–6/05/13)
Welcome to The Penny-Pinching Cinephile, a weekly spotlight of the best free flicks on the web. ‘Cuz sometimes you gotta eat.
1) Meek's Cutoff
In Jim Jarmusch's 1995 acid Western Dead Man, a Native American named Nobody (Gary Farmer) tends to the...
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