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The Star-Studded HBO Series You Won't See

Posted 05.01.2012

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"The Corrections" will not become an HBO series. According to Deadline.com, HBO is not moving forward with the pilot based on Jonathan Franzen's "The ...

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Movie Review: The Muppets

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Jack Black, Muppets From Space, Bret McKenzie, Emily Blunt, The Flight of the Conchords, Alan Arkin, Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Chris Cooper, Movies, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, James Bobin, Nicholas Stoller, Bad Teacher, The Muppets Movie Review, Amy Adams, Jim Henson, The Muppets, Frank Oz, Jason Segel, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

It's been 20 years since the death of Jim Henson. And Frank Oz has retired as the voice of Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear. But the Muppets live on in The Muppets movie, as funny, outlandish and sweet as ever.

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Review: The Muppets Is a Touching and Hilarious Tribute to the Iconic Characters

Scott Mendelson | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Muppets, Oscar 2011, Kermit the Frog, Amy Adams, Disney, Jim Henson, Chris Cooper, Jason Segel, Reviews, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Come what may, The Muppets, if need be, exists as a triumphant last hurrah and/or fitting finale to a entertainment property that never really got its 'one last show'.

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She Who Dares: The Astonishing Work Of Tilda Swinton

John Farr | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Sydney Pollack, Billy Zane, Ray Winstone, Academy Awards, Goran Visnjic, Pulp Fiction, Tom Wilkinson, Charlie Kaufman, Best Movies on DVD, George Clooney, Best Movies by Farr, Best Movies, Tim Roth, Tilda Swinton, Nicolas Cage, Chris Cooper, Reservoir Dogs, Erick Zonca, Quentin Crisp, Meryl Streep, Sally Potter, Ingmar Bergman, Max Ophuls, Tony Gilroy, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Entertainment News
John Farr

Believe it or not, in a pop culture filled with mindless reality shows and slick formula franchises, there are still a few players out there whose work offers a glimmer of hope that originality and intelligence can prevail. Tilda Swinton is one such player.

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HBO's Adaptation Of 'The Corrections' In Talks With Chris Cooper, Dianne Wiest

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 12.19.2011

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Midwestern misery found a potent voice in Jonathan Franzen's sprawling 2001 National Book Award winning epic "The Corrections." Now, HBO's adaptation ...

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Best Films and More About Work, for Labor Day

Wyatt Closs | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Way Down in the Hole, Stanley Nelson, Wasteland, Made in Dagenham, Locked Out, A Better Life, Gael Garcia Bernal, Paul Giamatti, Ben Affleck, Miranda Richardson, Brazil, Even the Rain, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Hbo, Too Big to Fail, Ilwu, Wyatt Closs, Summit Entertainment, Kevin Costner, Freedom Riders, Colorado Coalfied War, Sally Hawkins, The Company Men, Chris Weitz, William Hurt, Miners, Curtis Hanson, Eric Eason, Freedom Rides, Demian Bichir, Popwork, Entertainment News
Wyatt Closs

This Labor Day week, we take a look at a listing of nominees for best films, tv shows, and other artistic expressions in what are called the "2011 Workers' Voice Awards" from PopWork USA.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: John Sayles on Amigo

Dan Persons | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Garret Dillahunt, D. J. Qualls, Joel Torre, Yul Vazquez, Ronnie Lazaro, Chris Cooper, John Sayles, The Philippines, Culture News
Dan Persons

Director John Sayles is delving into history again, and this time it's a little bit of American adventurism in the early twentieth century that's frequently glossed over in the history books: the Philippine-American War.

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HuffPost Review: Amigo

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.19.2011

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Marshall Fine

Amigo is a companion piece to John Sayles' new novel, A Moment in the Sun - or perhaps it's the other way around. While it's easy to admire Sayles' a...

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Jesse, A Mother's Story: Rage and Ferocious Love

Randy Susan Meyers | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Knowing Jesse, Memoir, Disabled Children, Cerebral Palsy, Books, Chris Cooper, Jesse, A Mother's StoryMarianne Leone, Books News
Randy Susan Meyers

The stark beauty of this memoir hit me the moment I began. Marianne Leone's narrative, written with an unrelenting immediacy, yanked me into her world.

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When There's No Clock to Punch: Writer-Director John Wells on The Company Men

Dan Lybarger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roger Deakins, Shameless, John Wells, Er, Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, TNT Southland, Tommy Lee Jones, Unemployment, The West Wing, 2008, Kevin Costner, Great Recession, The Company Men, Sundance, Television, John Wells the Company Men, Sundance Film Festival 2011, John Wells Director, Entertainment News
Dan Lybarger

For a film that deals with misfortune and a cast that includes four Oscar-winners -- Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper and Kevin Costner -- John Wells has a surprising amount of luck.

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HuffPost Review: The Tempest

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reeve Carney, Djimon Hounsou, The Tempest, Ben Whishaw, Chris Cooper, Movies, Helen Mirren, Movie Reviews, Russell Brand, David Strathairn, Marshall Fine, Ariel, Prospero, Alan Cumming, Felicity Jones, Alfred Molina, Julie Taymor, Tom Conti, The Tempest Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Reviews, Prospera, William Shakespeare, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Julie Taymor is a visual artist who uses film and theater as her medium. But no matter how you parse his work, William Shakespeare is about the words....

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HuffPost Review: The Company Men

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Craig T. Nelson, John Wells, Trickle-Down Economics, Ben Affleck, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Rosemarie DeWitt, Chris Cooper, Movies, Tommy Lee Jones, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Maria Bello, The Company Men Movie Review, The West Wing, E.R., Kevin Costner, The Company Men, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

John Wells' The Company Men is a solid if predictable story of the lives of the suddenly unemployed. If you've invested your time and identity into your job, who are you when that job is taken away from you?

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New York Film Festival and Hamptons International Film Festival: Autumn in NY

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vincent Cassell, Natalie Portman, Meek's Cutoff, David Seidler, The Tempest, Barney's Version, David Nugent, Michelle Williams, Black Swan, Coen Brothers, Ben Whishaw, Helen Mirren, Chris Cooper, New York Film Festival, Darren Aronofsky, The King's Speech, Stuart Suna, Hamptons International Film Festival, Ben Barenholtz, Marcia Gay Harden, Alfred Molina, Helena Bonham Carter, Julie Taymor, Kelly Reichardt, Tom Hooper, Colin Firth, Karen Arikian, Geoffrey Rush, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

The great pleasures of the fall film season, the venerable NYFF in its 48th year and HIFF, 18 and growing, leave me reeling (no pun), reflecting upon ...

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BLOG WATCH> The Awl Anticicpates Burlesque, The Whitney, And Chris Cooper

The Awl | Awl Staff | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Anticipation List... (by The Awl Staff) • Ritter, Dene, Voss: it just opened! • And Everything Is Going Fine: Steven Soderbergh's documentar...

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Live from the Toronto Film Festival: Sunday, Sept. 12

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dustin Lance Black, Ed Harris, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Amigo, Bunraku, Rowan Joffe, John Sayles, Jennifer Connelly, Last Night, Garret Dillahunt, Graham Greene, What?S Wrong With Virginia, Marshall Fine Commentary, Brighton Rock, Marshall Fine Blog, Chris Cooper, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

I had decided before today even started to use the idea of "audience films vs. festival films" as a theme for my discussion of the day's screenings. ...

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'The Town' Premieres In Toronto: Blake Lively, Jennifer Garner, Jon Hamm, Ben Affleck & More (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Days after it debuted in Venice, 'The Town' premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday. Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm and Rebecca Ha...

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HuffPost Review: Remember Me

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

Remember Me is limp and witless, a romantic drama with occasional attempts at humor that has all the body of chicken noodle soup.

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Thoughts on Haiti, And the Spirit of Activism in Film

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Travolta, Burt Lancaster, Barbara Kopple, John Sayles, Best Movies on DVD, Cher, Kurt Russell, John Lithgow, Best Movies by Farr, Sally Field, Thirteen/WNET, Chris Cooper, Social Activism, Robert Duvall, Haiti Earthquake, Mike Nichols, Jim Lehrer, Activism, James Earl Jones, David Brooks, Meryl Streep, Haiti, The News Hour With Jim Lehrer, Wnet, Adrien Brody, Sidney Poitier, Entertainment News
John Farr

Great activist movies portray the ongoing struggle between the welfare of working people and larger societal forces, seemingly beyond their control, that threaten their integrity, livelihood, and often, their very survival.

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Wild Things Is Where the Entertainment Isn't

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Single Mother, Wild Things, Children's Book, Fantasy, Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, Movie Review, Where the Wild Things Are, Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Dave Eggers, Catherine O'hara, Chris Cooper, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

Where the Wild Things Are sounds like a fun film for the kids and an emotional one for adults, but it isn't. The film is much too scary for younger children and much too boring for older ones.

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The Rock Crushes "The Kingdom" At Box Office

AP | David Germain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Kingdom, Jennifer Garner, The Game Plan, Jason Bateman, Jamie Foxx, The Rock, Dwayne Johnson, Chris Cooper, Entertainment News

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson had the winning game plan at the box office. Disney's "The Game Plan," starring Johnson as a football quarterback whose bac...

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