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Three Documentaries to See Now
Oct 05, 2012 04:45 PM
Sure, it might be a great weekend for Frankenweenie, Tim Burton's latest multimillion dollar 3D flick from Disney, but rest assured: It'll be around for many more to come. Less accessible are three critically acclaimed documentaries…
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Misspellings Give Old Movies New Life on Tumblr
Oct 03, 2012 10:00 PM
From "Removies" All it takes is the removal of one letter to make a movie title take on a whole new meaning. Examples? Delete the "k" from Kill Bill and you've got a story about food poisoning. Drop the "p" from Jurassic Park and…
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50 Years of James Bond—In Music!
Sep 28, 2012 04:30 PM
Dr. No, the first Bond film, was released in 1962, so its 50th anniversary is upon us. There are celebratory screenings, new Bond DVD sets, and web postings of everything from girls to gadgets to great lines. (My all-time favorite…
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Earliest Spielberg Films Revealed at Last
Sep 26, 2012 10:13 AM
Steven Spielberg's first theatrical movie was 1974's The Sugarland Express, although plenty of people credit the 1971 made-for-TV Duel as his true feature debut. But what about the movies he directed when he was 14? The wonderful…
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Behind The Scenes of America’s Scariest Film
Sep 24, 2012 01:30 PM
Take Your Daughter to Work Day is especially cool when your dad is Stanley Kubrick. Vivian, Kubrick's then-17-year-old daughter, wandered around the set of The Shining where she got chummy with Jack Nicholson and meandered through the…
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A Movie That Sings, From a Member of the Dave Matthews Band
Sep 19, 2012 11:02 AM
When I trace back the events that have led to my greatest happiness, inevitably I arrive at this little musical group from Charlottesville, Virginia: The Dave Matthews Band. So when I found out that Boyd Tinsley, violinist for the…
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What Might Have Been: 5 Alternate Movie Castings
Sep 12, 2012 10:32 AM
A 3D, Blu-ray version of Titanic hit stores this week, containing more than two and a half hours of never-before-seen footage. But perhaps the most interesting addition is Kate Winslet’s first screen test, not with Leonardo…
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Lowbrow Goes Highbrow in ‘Fake Criterions’
Aug 28, 2012 05:59 PM
Most movie dorks are doubtless quite familiar with The Criterion Collection, "a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films" released in tremendously handsome, display-ready packaging. Now, design dorks are paying…
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