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Find Me Guilty DVD Review
Vin Diesel puts on some hair to be taken seriously in Find Me Guilty.
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Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
The film Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is, first and foremost, a melodrama. In other words, while the DVD synopsis may seem to scream "THRILLER! ACTION!" it's not.
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Running On Empty, Director Sidney Lumet
Some 80s movies age better than others. Whether revisiting Running On Empty or watching it for the first time, it ages (mostly) well. And it's still a great film.
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"Beyond a Reasonable Doubt"
12 Angry Men gives us a sense of what goes on behind closed doors in a jury room.
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AFI Names Top Ten Courtroom Dramas of All Time
To Kill a Mockingbird is the Top Courtroom Drama movie of all time, according to the American Film Institute. The AFI focuses on movie depictions of the justice system.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Staring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney, Amy Ryan
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More Movies Set in New York City after 1969
As New York City teetered near bankruptcy in the mid-1970s, Gotham movie plots and characters suggested the populace was headed for a nervous breakdown.
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The Wiz - Movie and Musical
The all-black version of L. Frank Baum's classic children's story became a Broadway hit, then a movie musical bomb. Here's the story behind them both.
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12 Angry Men - Movie Review - 1957
Ever been certain you were right only to be proven wrong? This movie not only challenges your senses, it challenges your sense: What if it were you on trial for murder?
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12 Angry Men: Film Review
12 jury members get together to decide whether a teenager is guilty of murder. Henry Fonda's character introduces skepticism into what seemed a clear case of guilt.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Themes of theft swirl around this smart suspense thriller starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke.
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LUMET DELIVERS A DEVIL OF A MOVIE
Master filmmaker Sidney Lumet directs Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke in career defining performances in a tragic family melodrama
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Thoughts on Modern Film Criticism
Is there a right way and a wrong way to approach film criticism? What separates the good reviews from the bad? These are the questions at the heart of every review.
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Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge
Miller's moving tragedy about Italian immigrant workers in Brooklyn. The play examines human flaws and the dramatic consequences thay can have.
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Bad Company
Jeff Bridges shines in Robert Benton's directorial debut.
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Captain EO - Michael Jackson In 3-D
On the few occasions he sank his acting chops into a movie project, the late Michael Jackson worked with some of the best in the business. CAPTAIN EO was no exception.
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Network: The Transformation of Journalism
Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Robert Duvall star in Network, a film highlighting the rise of sensational journalism.
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Paul Newman - In Memoriam
Paul Newman died on September 26, 2008 at age 83. He was one of Hollywood's most respected actors and during a remarkable long carer participated in more than 50 films.
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And Now The News: Update for September 1999
Who's doing what to whom
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Charles Bronson the 1970s Film Icon
During the late 1960s and early 70s, Charles Bronson made a startling transition from character actor to box office star.
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More Directors Never Winning Oscar
Throughout Oscar history, many good directors have never received an Academy Award for their directions. A few received other awards.
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Movie Review - The Set-Up (1949)
Before winning Oscars for West Side Story and The Sound of Music, director Robert Wise crafted this fine boxing movie that reflects the seamy underside of the fight game.
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Oscar Winners 2005
The Aviator won six out of the eleven awards that it was nominated for, sweeping the night, thickly-browed director Martin Scorsese however was again snubbed for the honour.
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Pride and Glory Film Review
In Pride and Glory, Edward Norton and Colin Farrell lead a consistent, insistent ensemble to prove that conviction in the craft of acting can elevate routine procedurals.
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Trilogy Copouts
When filmmakers claim to make a trilogy, is it a planned arc of stories or simple creative bankruptcy?
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Underrated Coming of Age Movies
Porky's and Pretty in Pink may have their place in filmdom, but when it comes to teenage "coming of age" movies, there are some great ones languishing on video shelves.
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Critics Slam Nicholas Cage Sci Fi Movie - Knowing
An exploration of tends in modern film criticism and how they have effected the reception of great films like Knowing and others of its kind.
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Most Memorable Movie Monologues
Greed is good, I'm as mad as hell--iconic lines from movie monologues in Wall Street, Network, Pulp Fiction, Apocalypse Now, Of Human Bondage and Glengarry Glen Ross.
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Peter Bogdanovich on the Movies
Peter Bogdanovich may be best known to contemporary audiences as the psychiatrists' psychiatrist on The Sopranos but he was one of Hollywood's great characters.
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100 Most Memorable Film Characters Of All Time: Nominations 41 thru 60
Continuing my series revealing my choices of the 100 most memorable film characters of all time, it's time to reveal 20 more in the countdown, numbers 60 through 41. Some true cinema icons in this grouping, including one who has a new film coming out this week.
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