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Francis Ford Coppola Goes Back to the Future and Saves “The Godfather Part III” with a Nip and Tuck on Its 30th Anniversary
I think about Francis Ford Coppola a lot. He's our Orson Welles, isn't he? He made these two masterpieces, the first and second "Godfather"...
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No Gotham Awards Tonight! The Annual Event Won’t Happen Until January 11th Because of This “Fake” Pandemic
The Monday after Thanksgiving usually brings the Gotham Awards. Much more important that the Spirit Awards, the Gothams kicked off the awards season. They...
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NY Times 25 Best Actors of 21st Century Revised: Here’s Our List, Starting with Meryl Streep, to Be Picked Apart Just Like Theirs
Want to cause upset and wreck havoc? Just make a list of the best anything: singers, actors, baseball players. There will be howls of...
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Former Appalachia Postmaster Praises Ron Howard’s “Hillbilly Elegy” For Telling the Truth and For Fine Performances
EXCLUSIVE I wanted to review Ron Howard's "Hillbilly Elegy," which I enjoyed for its performances and intelligence. But then I started reading Film Twitter,...
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Awards Could Bring Meryl Streep in Two Possible Best Actress Performances, One for the Oscars, One for the Globes
Meryl Streep, considered our greatest movie actress, is coming back to the awards circuit with two big performances next month. One could be for...
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UPDATE Mel Gibson’s “Fat Man” Movie Bombs in 2nd Week Even After “Good Morning America” Shills For It
SUNDAY NOV 22 UPDATE "Fat Man" took in just $51,266 in its second weekend, for a total of $192,501 on 177 screens. It's a...
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Review: Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis Lead a Soaring Cast in Oscar Buzzed “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
There are two main sad ironies in George C. Wolfe's soaring film adaption of August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom."
The first is obvious: the...
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Dolly Parton — Newly Minted Vaccine Hero– Will Have Her Hit Songs Featured in Bobby Cannavale-Rose Byrne Musical Film
It's Dolly Parton Week, which is never a bad thing!
You may have heard that Dolly contributed a million bucks to Vanderbilt University for vaccine...