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Human Rights fest docs convey hard truths
Sometimes a number is shocking enough to stop you cold. In filmmaker Dawn Porter's documentary "Gideon's Army," which takes an in-depth look at the professional grind experienced by public defenders (playing at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Siskel Film...
Tags: Movies, Justice and Rights, Murder, Religion and Belief, Human Rights Watch
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Amazon pilots (Part 3): The comedies
Los Angeles Times Television CriticIn two previous posts, I discussed the Amazon pilots, a slate of proposed series by the cyberspace bookseller turned virtual moving-picture studio, now streaming online for viewer comment and ratings. (Thousands have already chimed in.) The first post was...Tags: Heroin, Emma Stone, Demographics, Music Theater, The Newsroom (tv program)
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'Argo' producers show confidence in Affleck, even if Oscar didn't
Producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov had no idea who was going to direct "Argo." "Maybe I was going to, maybe Grant would, maybe somebody else," Clooney said. "We didn't know." But when Ben Affleck called Clooney and Heslov's Detroit hotel in early...
Tags: Movies, John Chambers, U.S. Department of State, Grant Heslov, Central Intelligence Agency
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SAG Awards 2013: 'Argo' a go-go; Day-Lewis an Oscar frontrunner
"Argo" took home a single prize at the 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night, but it was the one that mattered most. Winning the trophy for performance by a cast in a motion picture, Ben Affleck's CIA drama solidified its status as the front-runner...
Tags: Grant Heslov, Golden Globe Awards, Daniel Day-Lewis, Arts and Culture, Flu
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'Argo'
A major factor in the current film-awards season, director and star Ben Affleck's superbly staged drama is the true story of a CIA effort to get several American diplomats out of Iran during the late-1970s hostage crisis. Affleck plays the agent who...
Tags: John Chambers, Argo (movie), DVDs, Central Intelligence Agency, Victor Garber
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On Demand/DVD New Releases: Feb. 18-24
Channel Guide MagazineAmong this week's new releases are a couple of literary classics (Anna Karenina and Atlas Shrugged), a real-life action adventure story about a fake movie crew (Argo) and a look at real movie director and his wife (Hitchcock). There's Fun Size, about a... -
Oscars and American history: True, or true enough?
A modest proposal: Movies exploring some aspect of American history, such as “Argo,” “Lincoln” and “Zero Dark Thirty,” should leave off the “based on a true story” or “inspired by true events”...
Tags: Tony Kushner, Arts and Culture, Star Wars (movie), Entertainment, Kevin Costner
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Monday's TV Talk Shows: Gavin Newsom; Paula and Bobby Deen
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 10 - 16, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- CBS This Morning Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.); Nancy O'Dell; Mike Piazza. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Naomi Campbell;...
Tags: Emmy Rossum, Nancy O'Dell, James Spader, Julianne Hough, Joe Paterno
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Abiding Passions
Dude Fest Feb. 9, 10:15 p.m., Spotlight Theatres Front Street, 39 Front St., Hartford, (860) 422-7713, spotlighttheatres.com As a glorious paradox: There are plenty of reasons for the enduring success of Joel and Ethan Coen's The Big Lebowski,...
Tags: Steve Buscemi, Movies, Religion and Belief, Judaism, Jon Stewart
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SAG Awards 2013: 'Argo' cast storms backstage after big win
You would think nothing could surprise multi-hyphenate Ben Affleck after he'd promoted his CIA thriller "Argo" for the past five months, but the actor-director-producer was clearly stunned Sunday night when the movie nabbed the ensemble prize at the...
Tags: Movies, Central Intelligence Agency, People (magazine), Daniel Day-Lewis, AMC (tv network)
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'Argo' on a roll with big win at SAG Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A few weeks ago, the Oscar race looked wide open. The stately, historical "Lincoln" seemed like the safe and likely choice, with the provocative "Zero Dark Thirty" and the quirky and inspiring "Silver Linings Playbook" very much...
Tags: Bradley Cooper, Golden Globe Awards, Daniel Day-Lewis, Good Will Hunting (movie), The Dick Van Dyke Show (tv program)
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SAG Awards 2013: 'Argo' nabs best ensemble prize
The cast of "Argo" took home the Screen Actors Guild's top honor Sunday night, solidifying its status as the front-runner in an Oscar race that has been muddled from the beginning. The award for cast in a motion picture is often seen as a bellwether for...
Tags: Movies, Central Intelligence Agency, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Les Miserables (musical), Silver Linings Playbook (movie)
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