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From No Country For Old Men To No Movie For Faith Audiences? I Don't Think So

Larry Ross | Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Road, Christianity, Cormac McCarthy the Road, Cormac McCarthy, Spirituality, Entertainment News
Larry Ross

On the surface, The Road has enough drama and thrills to quench the craving of any Friday night movie buff. But its greatest impact will not be on the screen, but afterwards, in discussions about the vital issues it raises.

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Movie review: The Road will rivet you

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: John Hillcoat, The Road Movie Review, Viggo Mortensen, Cormac McCarthy, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

I worry about the fate of The Road, John Hillcoat's film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic Pulitzer-winning novel. It's a moving and u...

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The Film of Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' Is About To Open, So I Read the Book. I'm Still Shaking.

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books

Read More: The Road, Apocalypse, Cormac McCarthy, The Road Movie, Reading, No Country for Old Men, Oprah, Books, Cormac McCarthy the Road, Pulitzer, Books News
Jesse Kornbluth

Opening soon: the movie made from the novel of The Road. I saw the preview and was impressed, so I picked up the book. And, to my surprise, it knocked me out.

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Viggo Mortensen Hits The Road

Jenna Busch | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Viggo Mortensen, The Road, The Hobbit, Cormac McCarthy, Entertainment News
Jenna Busch

For Viggo Mortensen, the star of the new movie, The Road, the worst part of the demanding role was his fingernails. No mater how much he bathed, he couldn't get them clean.

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Planet Hollywood

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: End of World, Pandora, Earth, Aliens, The Day After Tomorrow, Prophecy, Mayan, Film, Movies, Pulitzer Prize, Novel, 2012, The Road, Animated, Planet 51, Apocalypse, Humans, Independence Day, James Cameron, 3d, Cannibals, Book, Roland Emmerich, Nuclear Winter, Cormac McCarthy, Avatar, Entertainment News
Avital Binshtock

A common theme runs through several films slated to hit theaters soon: the earth and its fate. "Take heed," the filmmakers seem to be saying, "or these will be our struggles."

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Live from the Toronto Film Festival: Day 4

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Road, Ricky Gervais, Viggo Mortensen, The Invention of Lying, Toronto Film Festival, Cormac McCarthy, Marshall Fine Blog, Applause, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Sunday in Toronto saw three films back to back that offered powerful, sometimes disturbing ruminations on the idea of family.

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The (Looonnng and Winding) Road Out of Telluride

Michael Bialas | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Viggo Mortensen, Movie, Film Festival, Venice, Colorado, Charlize Theron, Cormac McCarthy, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Telluride Film Festival, Entertainment News
Michael Bialas

The unemployment rate and health care issues getting you down? Try living in a post-apocalyptic world, where bad taste (as in cannibalism) is prevalent and fuel and more wholesome foods are not.

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2009, Apocalypse Now

Giles Slade | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Vigo Mortenson, Made to Break, Guy Pearce, Giles Slade, Godzilla, Shane Acker, Post Apocalypse, Tim Burton, Vincent Price, Ed Woods, Movies, 2012, The Road, Apocalypse, Chris Bucci, Roger Ebert, 9, Independence Day, Climate Change, Edward Scissorhands, North American Ark, Wall-E, Roland Emmerich, Cormac McCarthy, Health Care, Corpse Bride, Entertainment News
Giles Slade

The Copenhagen conference is billed as humanity's last chance to reverse climate change, but many fear we have already reached a global tipping point. Our films reflect this.

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Cormac McCarthy Wins PEN Lifetime Achievement Award

AP | Posted 06.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Cormac McCarthy PEN, PEN/Saul Bellow Award, Cormac McCarthy, Books, Media News

NEW YORK — Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy has received another literary honor. The author of "The Road," "All the Pretty Horses" and sev...

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Preparing for the Swine Flu Apocalypse

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.31.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Arlen Specter, Avian Flu, Craigslist Killer, Swine Flu Outbreak, H1n1-Flu, Swine Flu Symptoms, Egypt, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Craigslist, H1n1-Swine-Flu-Map, Six Flags, Tamiflu, Al Gore, Obama-H1n1, Cormac McCarthy, Swine Flu Mexico, Sars, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

It is important to boycott bacon and pulled pork sandwiches. It shows that we are serious and committed to overreacting.

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The Next 100 Years

Giles Slade | Posted 05.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Floods, Migration, Megafires, Heatwaves, Freshwater Shortages, Arctic, Katrina, Polar Bears, Climate Change, Thomas L. Friedman, Cormac McCarthy, Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Green Living, Green News
Giles Slade

With a confirmed global average of +4°C warming, we now know there will be devastating consequences. Within the next 40 years, there will be climate migrations right here in America.

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The Champion Nation is Apocalyptic: Heavyweight Dub Champion Makes Good Use of KRS-One

Derek Beres | Posted 04.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Reggae, Heavyweight Dub Champion, Apocalypse, Dub Trio, Krs-One, Cormac McCarthy, Lady K, Dr. Israel, Energy, Old-School, Old School, Hip-Hop, Old-School Hip-Hop, Krs, Entertainment News
Derek Beres

All in all it's a simple formula: KRS-One connects.

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Why Can't a Woman (Writer) Be More Like a Man?

Jennifer Weiner | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Elizabeth Gilbert, Ann Patchett, Lady Writers, Philip Roth, Lit Crit, Junot Diaz, Cormac McCarthy, Media News
Jennifer Weiner

The dichotomy of men writing big, important books about war and women writing little, lapidary books about domestic life is shifting.

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New Year/New World

Trey Ellis | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Year's Commentary, Obama Election Day, Cormac McCarthy, 2008 New Year, Barack Obama, Politics News
Trey Ellis

Christmas and New Year are too close together. It's too much. You can pretty much sleepwalk through the rest of the year ("I can't believe it's alrea...

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