Charles Durning, 2-time Academy Award nominee, has died
The long-time actor and World War II veteran passed away in New York City at the age of 89.
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‘Barbara’ is simply a terrific film out of Germany
Germany’s submission for Best Foreign Film for 2012 did not make the Academy’s short list, but it should have.
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Jack Klugman, ‘The Odd Couple’ and ‘Quincy’ star, dead at 90
Best known for his roles on TV’s ‘Quincy, M.E.’ and ‘The Odd Couple’, Klugman was the last surviving member of jury from the 1957 classic, ’12 Angry Men.’
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‘This is 40’ is funny… but not that funny
This isn’t the first movie about the trauma of turning 40, and it doesn’t even really have anything new to say about it.
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Reach for the popcorn as you enjoy ‘Jack Reacher’
This is a Tom Cruise “vanity” piece and that’s okay when the actor gives the audience a great experience. He’s done so here.
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‘Zero Dark Thirty’ is Kathryn Bigelow’s masterpiece
This incredible film raises the bar for military thrillers and future films in that genre will have to work extraordinarily hard to even come close to this masterpiece.
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‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ is good… but should have stayed true to J.R.R. Tolkien’s book
This isn’t a bad movie, but Peter Jackson would have been wiser to keep to the book and not try and turn it into a bloated trilogy.
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Alan Cumming delivers brilliant performance in ‘Any Day Now’
A powerful, compelling film that is very loosely based on a true story from the late 1970s.
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Snubbing of ‘Middle of Nowhere’ highlights Hollywood’s failure to address diversity issues
Hollywood likes to pretend it is making great strides in diversity, but the truth is (and the Golden Globes proves) that’s not the case.
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‘Playing for Keeps’ was best kept unproduced
Why someone chose to put up $35 million to make a movie that’s so insipid and devoid of redeeming value is totally beyond me.
