Articles related to "Steven Soderbergh"



Review of Kafka Starring Jeremy Irons
Playful biopic mixing fact with fiction as the writer Franz Kafka investigates the death of a colleague.
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Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, Michael Moore's Roger & Me, Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy, and Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train, were all released in1989.
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Soderbergh's Bubble
Steven Soderbergh's Bubble is a solid, sparse, indie Mystery/Crime Drama that's been overshadowed by its own production and distribution.
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Steven Soderbergh's Epic Che
Steven Soderbergh's Che comes wrapped in all the packaging of an indisputable epic. What's missing is the reason for being worth telling on such a grand scale.
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Steven Soderbergh's The Informant! Film Review
An entertaining dark comedy about a nice, young man, so likeable, that the FBI failed to uncover the fraud he himself committed against the company he put under scrutiny.
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Summer 2002, we hardly knew ya ...
Can it be near September already? Another summer is behind us (well almost), and it's time to reflect back on the films of Summer 2002, and see what we've learned. Plus, my reaction to Steven Soderbergh's FULL FRONTAL, which I had been anticipating all summer long ...
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The Girlfriend Experience - Starring Sasha Grey
Director Steven Soderbergh's low-budget film The Girlfriend Experience, starring adult movie star Sasha Grey, had its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
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And more news ... AFI, SAG, Globes, and the Oscars ...
It's almost December, and we can tell! News from everywhere this week to pass along ... some honorary award winners at the SAG Awards and the Golden Globes are announced, and the Oscar pre-show has its producer named.
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Awards Season Resumes!
The film awards season is now back in full swing ... the National Society of Film Critics, the Southeastern Film Critics Association, and the new AFI 2000 are all recapped this week! The Oscar race continues to remain as unpredictable as ever!
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Best Picture and Director -- They Don't Always Have to Match
The argument has been made so often, and it still perplexes me. They say they can't understand how the Academy could split the Best Picture and Best Director Oscars ... their mentality is that the best directed film of the year should be the Best Picture of the year. This week, I finally explain why it makes perfect sense that they could be different.
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Beyond the Madonna-Whore Complex
Though the Madonna-Whore dichotmy is still at play in film, some recent offerings give us some more fully realized female characters.
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Che Film Review
The first ten minutes of Steven Soderbergh's two-part epic are enough to conclude that Benicio del Toro has given one of the best performances of his career.
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End of Year Recap and New Predictions
In my last article for 2000, I reflect on the Oscar pre-season thus far, and examine where we're at. Also, a review of the potential Oscar contender, <i>Cast Away</i>, and some updated predictions for Oscar nominations!
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Film Review - The Informant!
Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns find the humor and insanity in the strange-but-true tale of Mark Whitacre.
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My Choices for the Best Individual Achievements of 2000
This week, a brief recap of the Producers Guild and American Cinema Editors nominees, followed by my own individual choices for the best achievements in film for 2000!
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Oscar's Big Moments
Check out some of the highlights from this year's Academy Awards and find out who took Oscar home.
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Reaction to the 73rd Annual Oscar Nominations!
The Oscar Nominations are in! They were finally announced on Tuesday ... this week, I look at how good I did in my predictions, also I analyze the race and see who might be the frontrunners right now.
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Review of Ocean's Thirteen
Steven Soderbergh revitalises what could have been a jaded repeat of his previous two adventures in this highly watchable heist movie.
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The Girlfriend Experience Movie Review
Steven Soderbergh's latest film immerses the viewer in a world where intimacy can be rented and everyone is only trying to fulfill their own needs.
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The Informant! Film Review
Steven Soderbergh closes the decade as he started it - unconventionally approaching a story loaded with scientific terms and deserving of an Oscar nod for its lead star.
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Update on Critics Top Ten Lists &amp; Some Bold Predictions
More critics have released their lists of the best films of the year ... this week, I recap their choices, examine how the Oscar race is shaping up this first week of 2001, and even make some very early predictions already as to some who will actually WIN Oscars come March!
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Precursor Awards Aplenty and Oscar Has A Host
Golden Globes, L.A. Film Critics, Critics' top ten lists ... they're all recapped this week, as well as news announced by the Academy this week that we have a host for the 73rd Annual telecast.
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My Ten Best Films of 2000 Part 1 (and more precursors!)
This week, I discuss the five films at the bottom of my list of the ten best films of 2000. Also, discussion of the choices made by the Golden Globes this past week, the nominees by the Director's Guild of America, and another bold prediction: Best Picture has been decided!
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17th Edition of Raindance Film Festival Opens
The 2009 edition of Raindance, the UK's most prominent independent film festival, opens in Central London on September 30 with 'bromance' Humpday.
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Edinburgh Film Festival 2009 Winners Announced
The Edinburgh International Film Festival announced this year's winners at an awards ceremony June 28. The top prize went to Moon, starring Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey.
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Matt Damon as The Informant
The Informant is two films at once: a clever comedic yarn about a corporate whistle-blower while under the surface is a sad and affecting portrait of a man afflicted
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Scoop for the Week of March 30th
Oscar recap. Plus, info on where the Oscar-winners are headed now. Find out which stars are headed back to TV. And, don't miss this reality show news.
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Summer Movie Preview
With the summer boxoffice already on fire even before the Memorial Day holiday has arrived, it's time to look ahead at what theaters will expect in July and August, as I wrap up my 2002 summer movie preview with Part 2.
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Cantet's The Class Wins 2008 Palme d'Or
Laurent Cantet's French film The Class is hailed a masterpiece by the 2008 Palme d'Or Jury at Cannes.
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Fun Film Trivia from The Informant!
Based the non-fiction book, The Informant, about how a corporate whistle blower exposed the price fixing scheme by the food industry giant, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM).
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USA In Plain Sight Mary McCormack Interview
Actress Mary McCormack, of In Plain Sight, recently discussed the second season of the hit USA Network series along with her character's family troubles and love live.
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Well, thanks a lot, SAG Awards! Not!
Last weekend's Screen Actors Guild sure did not help in this unpredictable Oscar Season to narrow down the race! This week, I analyze their choices, recap the latest Academy news and the Director's Guild award winner, and also announce my predictions in five more categories!
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New York Film Critics Announce Their Choices!
This week, on the same historic day that Election 2000 finally came to a close, the New York Film Critics Circle announced their awards for the best in film for 2000. Their awards and my comments, plus a look at the ten films that Time Magazine thought were the best this year.
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Albert Finney
Profile of Albert Finney
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National Board of Review Winners and News This Week!
The 2000 film award season began this week with the announcement by the National Board of Review of their choices for the best in film for this year. Also this week, news about a new precursor award coming in January, news on who will not be hosting the next Oscar telecast, and my own updated predictions on the major 73rd Annual Academy Award nominations.
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It's Oscar Weekend 73! My Final Predictions!
It's finally here ... just two days away from the 73rd Annual Academy Awards, and it's time to make those final predictions! Still some very tough categories to predict, but I finally make my predictions for what I think will happen on Sunday Night. There may be a big surprise in the works when that Best Picture envelope is opened Sunday Night ...
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My Final Predictions for the 73rd Annual Oscar Nominations
This is it ... the 73rd Annual Academy Award nominations will be announced this upcoming Tuesday! This week, I provide my final predictions, and provide an outlook on the race.
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2009 New York Film Festival Begins September 25
The seventeen day festival is a chance for film lovers to check out a diverse range of films in one of the most beautiful and exciting cities in the world.
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Traffic doesn't deliver
"No One Gets Away Clean"
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A Scanner Darkly
Richard Linklater's rotoscoped adaptation of Philip K. Dick's, A Scanner Darkly, is an adventurous, smart, original indie.
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Gina Carano Biography
In the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Gina Carano is a force to be reckoned with. She also casts an imposing shadow in the other aspects of her life as well.
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Surf's Up poster online
Poster for Sony Picture Animation's next movie is a little too cute for its own good.
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Vampires and the Academy Awards
Vampire flicks are never big Oscar winners. "Shadow of the Vampire" didn't win a thing this year. But I think I have the recipe for an Academy Award winning vampire movie. Read on....
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An Alternative Best Picture Oscar Nominees List
Forget Slumdog Millionaire and the rest. Here are five other films that are sure to offer much more worth thinking about as you leave the theater
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Back to the Precursor Awards!
We have now arrived in March, the month of the 73rd Annual Oscars! This week, a recap of some more of the Oscar precursor awards presented this past week, including the British Academy Film Awards, the Art Directors Guild, and the American Cinema Editors.
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Cannes Film Festival
Past winners and this year's nominees for the Cannes International Film Festival.

Erin Brockovich
There's so much buzz surrounding Julia Roberts' latest movie that Hollywood is already murmuring about giving her an Oscar nomination next year. Maybe even a whole new category: "Best Supporting Effects".
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Fast & Furious Film Review
No better or worse than the three films preceding it, "Fast and Furious" is dumb fun that gives its protagonists room to let their strained partnership fester further.
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More Coming of Age Sleepers: Girls against Boys
In this corner... we have some knowing looks at the difficulty of being a teenage girl... And in the other corner, the pain and suffering of being an adolescent boy. Besides their overriding excellence and truthfulness, what do all these films have in common? Being a teen ain’t easy.
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More Gift Ideas for the Crime Film and TV Afficionado
More gift ideas for friends and family with a love for crime films and television programs.
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