May 27, 2008 -
La Grande illusion
JEAN RENOIR (26)
1939 | 113m | BW | France | War Drama, Anti-War Film
"A film about World War One made on the brink of World War Two, is a milestone masterpiece, a war movie without a single battle scene...Perhaps the ultimate film about war." - Judith Christ
Selected by Robin Buss, Mike Newell, Sydney Pollack, Philip French, Guy Hamilton.
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The General
BUSTER KEATON & CLYDE BRUCKMAN(27)
1927 | 74m | BW | USA | Adventure Comedy, Slapstick
"Not only one of Keaton's greatest, but also one of the funniest films ever made...with enough gags to fill a dozen modern comedies."
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FRITZ LANG (53)
1931 | 99m | BW | Germany | Thriller, Psychological Thriller
"His portrait of a character in turmoil - "Who knows what it's like to be me?" he demands climactically, insisting that "Nobody can be punished for something he can't help" - is a pathological study that has not been equaled." - Judith Christ
Selected by Michael Moore, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ian Christie, Jean-Michel Frodon, Tom Gunning.
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Citizen Kane
ORSON WELLES (1)
1941 | 119m | BW | USA | Drama, Period Film
"Far and away the most surprising and cinematically exciting motion picture to have been seen here in many a moon. As a matter of fact, it comes close to being the most sensational film ever made in Hollywood." - Bosley Crowther
Selected by Ken Russell, Ridley Scott, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese, John Walker.
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Pierrot le fou
JEAN-LUC GODARD (81)
1965 | 110m | Col | France-Italy | Road Movie, Romantic Drama
"This film, with its ravishing colors and beautiful 'Scope camera work by Raoul Coutard, still looks every bit as iconoclastic and fresh as it did when it belatedly opened in the U.S." - Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Selected by Julian Graffy, Samuel Fuller, Tom Gunning, Dennis Lim, Ty Burr.
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Ikiru
AKIRA KUROSAWA (73)
1952 | 143m | BW | Japan | Drama, Psychological Drama
"An intensely moving film...elegiac and sometimes quirkishly funny in the manner of Kurosawa's elective model, John Ford.
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Jul 21, 2008 -
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper says he is leaving the nationally syndicated show "At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper" after eight seasons.
Roeper said in a statement Sunday that he had failed to agree on a contract extension with Disney-ABC Domestic Television so his last appearance on the show will air the weekend of Aug. 16-17.
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Dec 23, 2008 -
MSNBC’s The Scoop reports that Tom Cruise was so afraid of the inevitable negative reviews of his bloated Nazi movie Valkyrie that he offered journalists a free screening at his mansion in exchange for some kind words. I wonder if they included a complimentary stress test with that. (You know I’m not going to be the only one to make that joke today.) It’s unclear if the screening actually happened or if it was just planned:
“Distractingly bad,” and “unengaging Nazi escapade” are among some of the reviewers’ comments attached to “Valkyrie,” Tom Cruise’s film that opens Christmas day.
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Oct 10, 2007 -
So I posted a bunch of these a few months back and everyone seemed to enjoy reading them. Here is another batch of fun movie Trivia and Goofs posted over at Oh No They Didn't
Enjoy!
The Ice Storm
• When asked to say grace, Christina Ricci goes into a tirade about the cruelty that is celebrated as Thanksgiving.
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Aug 28, 2008 -
A Walk to Remember is a 2002 romance film based on the 1998 romance novel by Nicholas Sparks. The movie stars pop singer Mandy Moore and Shane West. The movie was directed by Adam Shankman and produced by Denise DiNovi and Hunt Lowry for Warner Bros.
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Aug 28, 2008 -
Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical drama film, directed by James Mangold and based on the life of country singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Robert Patrick.
The film focuses on Cash's younger life, his romance with June Carter, and his ascent to the country music scene, with material taken from his autobiographies.
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Apr 11, 2008 -
In honor of today's release of Prom Night, the first "Scream Queen" Jamie Lee Curtis.
BTW, this has absolutely nothing to do with her horror movies, but I thought it was kinda crazy.
Curtis' film debut was in the classic 1978 horror film Halloween, playing the role of Laurie Strode, the only teenage character in the film who is not killed.
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