Christopher Plummer

Shakespeare And Popcorn

AP | Posted 05.14.2012

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NEW YORK -- It will be hard to miss Christopher Plummer this year. The Academy Award winner's stage performance in "The Tempest" will be shown in hun...

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Oscars and the War Against the Aging

Warren Adler | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: The Artist, Aarp, Alessandra Stanley, Christopher Plummer, Oscars, Television, Academy Awards, Movie News, Meryl Streep, Media News
Warren Adler

For us decrepit folks over 55, the age of AARP eligibility, we have endured the long reign of movies pointed primarily to kiddies, teenagers, and dating couples and a starvation diet of films addressed to mature audiences.

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'The Artist' Had A Very Big Night

AP | Posted 02.27.2012

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By DAVID GERMAIN, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- "The Artist" won five Academy Awards on Sunday including best picture, becoming the first sil...

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Complete List Of Oscar Winners

Posted 02.27.2012

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At this year's Oscars, Jean Dujardin and Meryl Streep certainly weren't the only winners. Check out the list below for the winners in the order they w...

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Christopher Plummer Wins Best Supporting Actor

Posted 04.27.2012

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After over five decades in film, actor Christopher Plummer can finally call himself an Oscar winner. The 82-year-old star won Best Supporting Actor at...

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Sasha Bronner

HOLY HARVEY: Indie Spirit Awards Dominated By Weinstein's Presence

HuffingtonPost.com | Sasha Bronner | Posted 02.28.2012

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The Film Independent Spirit Awards take place each year right off the ocean in sunny Santa Monica, Calif., the day before the Academy Awards. The atti...

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Oscar Buzz at Grand Central

Regina Weinreich | Posted 04.26.2012

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Regina Weinreich

Vanderbilt Hall, a cavernous space at the entrance of historic Grand Central Station, was fitted with Oscar statuettes, for an exhibition to bring the...

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The SAGs and DGA Prove Harvey Weinstein's Behind-the-Scenes Genius

John Lopez | Posted 03.31.2012

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John Lopez

Oscar prognosticating is a hard habit to break. Sure enough, I stumbled across the SAG and DGA awards results this morning, and much like finding that emergency cigarette stashed in your winter coat's breast pocket, I couldn't help lighting up.

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Why I Don't Care to Watch the Oscars This Year

Sasha Bronner | Posted 03.26.2012

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Sasha Bronner

I have high standards. I always have a bone or two to pick with the Academy when nominations come out. Why are we nominating good movies? Why aren't we nominating the greatest of the great movies?

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A Night For The Golden Oldies And Foreign Newbies

Posted 01.16.2012

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Hollywood's golden night kept things tame Sunday night, with only a few zings from host Ricky Gervais, who seemed ready to get in and get out, even en...

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The 2012 Golden Globes: The Taming of Ricky Gervais

Michael Russnow | Posted 03.17.2012

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Michael Russnow

It's oddly intriguing that a lackluster show and a diluted dose of Ricky Gervais appeals to me greater than his shockmeister two prior appearances.

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Christopher Plummer Wins Best Supporting Actor At The Golden Globes!

Posted 01.15.2012

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Christopher Plummer has charmed his way to the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. The legendary actor starred in "Be...

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Awards Foreplay at the National Board of Review Gala

Regina Weinreich | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Carey Mulligan, National Board of Review, Alexander Payne, Keira Knightley, Rosie O'Donnell, Martin Scorsese, Shailene Woodley, George Clooney, Christopher Plummer, Tilda Swinton, Amy Ryan, Frances McDormand, Culture News
Regina Weinreich

At the elegant National Board of Review's Awards Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street this week, fine films were respectfully feted. But, those speeches! On this occasion coming up on the Golden Globes weekend, a subtext emerged.

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Movie Review: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo -- Unnecessary

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.18.2012

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Marshall Fine

Is Fincher's film better than Oplev's? Not really. It's different; it's probably as good as the Swedish version. But better? Nope, sorry.

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Boomers Dominate 2012 Golden Globe Nominations

Laura Rowley | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Glenn Close, Older Actors, Baby Boomers, Albert Brooks, Viggo Mortensen, Jodie Foster, Golden Globes 2012, Steve Buscemi, Meryl Streep, Golden Globes, George Clooney, The-Thatcher-Years, Christopher Plummer, Viola Davis, Tilda Swinton, Fifty News

While Hollywood tends to celebrate youth, the Golden Globe nominations announced today may signal a new era for older actors in film and television. T...

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Oscars 2012: Reading This Week's Critical Tea Leaves

John Lopez | Posted 02.01.2012

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John Lopez

Though the Spirit Awards are more like the Oscar's spunky little sister -- the one who wears black nail polish and will blow her rent on boots -- they can be an important heat-builder.

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PHOTOS: Stars Shine, Party At Prestigious NYC Awards

AP | JOHN CARUCCI | Posted 01.29.2012

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New YORK — Award season kicked off with a tie for Best Feature at the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards as Terrence Malick's highly imaginat...

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Wagner, Walton and an English Country Lad

Howard Kissel | Posted 11.18.2011

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Howard Kissel

Saturday night the New York Philharmonic performed the work of three great musicians -- fabulously.

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The best films of 2011 - so far

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Ewan McGregor, Sucker Punch, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Lars Von Trier, Bridesmaids, Woody Allen, J.J. Abrams, Certified Copy, A Better Life, An Inconvenient Truth, Paul Giamatti, Even the Rain, Zach Galifianakis, Paris in the 20s, Melanie Laurent, Midnight in Paris, Weeds, Cedar Rapids, Jeffrey Tambor, Incendies, Win Win, Super 8, Marshall Fine Commentary, The First Grader, Amy Ryan, Owen Wilson, The Last Mountain, Beginners, Hanna, Uncle Boonmee, In a Better World, Christopher Plummer, Bobby Cannavale, Tom Mccarthy, The Hangover, Applause, When We Leave, I Saw the Devil, Marshall Fine, The Lincoln Lawyer, Ed Helms, Big Coal, Demian Bichir, Tree of Life, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

So - if the movie year had ended June 30 and we had to choose the best films of 2011 from the releases that hit American screens since Jan. 1, which o...

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Celebrating Gay Fathers, Gay Sons

George Heymont | Posted 08.18.2011

Read More: Ewan McGregor, Father?S Day, Film, Mélanie Laurent, Franswa Shari, Witi Ihimaera, Christopher Plummer, Hannah Hilliard, Goran Vi?Njic, Beginners, Kawa, Video, Arts News
George Heymont

As we celebrate Father's Day, it's interesting to compare three new films in which the father-son relationship is challenged by the revelation that ei...

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HuffPost Review: Beginners

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.02.2011

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Marshall Fine

Christopher Plummer's performance is exactly the kind that wins Oscars for actors who have reached Plummer's age, with a strong body of work and a dearth of Academy Awards on their shelves.

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Christopher Plummer Talks Panic That Hits At Age 80

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 08.01.2011

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NEW YORK — Ewan McGregor was having a hard time keeping up with Christopher Plummer. At the suggestion of director Mike Mills, McGregor had bro...

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The Other French Connection

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ofra Tevet, Max Von Sydow, Drancy, Holocaust, Luc Montpelier, Hitler, Christopher Plummer, Christian Faure, Emotional Arithmetic, A Love to Hide, Paolo Barzman, Gabriel Byrne, Roy Depuis, Menachem and Fred, Susan Sarandon, Are the Trees in Bloom Over There?, Dietmar Hopp, Paul Hopp, Kristallnacht, Gurs, Arts News
George Heymont

Often, when people think of Holocaust films, their attention is focused on events in Germany, Poland, and Austria. France (which fell to Hitler's forc...

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Cinefantastique Podcast V1:E5 - Ink, Ghost Writer, Dr. Parnassus

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence, Action-Adventure, Ewan McGregor, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Denver-Colorado, Horror, Emotion, Terry Gilliam, Ink, Drama, Suspense, Controversy, Death, Christopher Plummer, Denver, Indie, The Ghost Writer, Heath Ledger the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Colorado, Success, Social Drama, Jude Law, Acting Legend, Fantasy, Off Beat, Science Fiction, Colin Farrell, Gritty, Johnny Depp, Pierce Brosnan, Heath Ledger, Roman Polanski, Love, Cinefantastique Podcast, Cinefantastique, Cfq, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

It's a genre light week with no new horror, fantasy, or science fiction titles released in cinemas, so we're shining a little much-deserved light on some overlooked and/or under-rated genre titles.

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Snarclight: A Portrait of a Hollywood Usher

Ali MacLean | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Entertainment, Avatar, Rada, Going Green, Lincoln Center, Hotel Rwanda, Broadway, Snarclight, Movie Theaters, Christopher Plummer, Hollywood, Movie Theater, John Cusack, Hot Tub Time Machine, Trailers, Chaperone, Snark, Cadbury, Cal Fusion, Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Whorehouse, Arclight, Choclatini, Toblerone, Comedy News
Ali MacLean

We appreciate you choosing Arclight. And may I add that I personally appreciate you choosing to see this fine piece of cinematic history. I trained at RADA and now I wear a polyester vest. Keep it up, folks.

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