The Counterculture’s Mark Twain

Source: The New York Times

Richard Brautigan burned through his short career like a rock star. Born in Tacoma, Wash., in 1935, he handed out poems on the streets of pre-hippie San Francisco, then caught an updraft in the zeitgeist with his 1967 novel, “Trout Fishing in Ame ...
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10 Movie Sequels Decades in the Making

Source: ReelzChannel

Let's be honest for a moment: Sequels are all about money. Sure, they can be artistically satisfying at times, but for the most part it's the studios realizing that you really liked a flick, and that you'd probably be will ...
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Sherpa's Top 10: Best Tommy Lee Jones movies

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Well, it's about time. Tommy Lee Jones returns to the big screen this weekend with "Men in Black III", giving me a chance to do a list I've had kicking around in my head for a while. Jones, the laconic 65-year-old Tex ...
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Ashley Hamilton Could Bring Firepower to Iron Man 3

Source: Original Signal: Movies

Ashley Hamilton is, according to Variety, up for a small villain role as the Marvel Comics character Firepower in Shane Black's Iron Man 3. Meanwhile, Jon Favreau has tweeted the below visual confirmation that, whi ...
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Ang Li's Life Of Pi Changes Its Release Date

Source: Cinema Blend

Who the heck rang the bell in Hollywood signaling all major studios to move their pending features around the release-date schedule like cards in a three-card monte scheme? The ball started rolling when Paramount an ...
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Voice-over veterans facing competition from celebrities

Source: Reading Eagle

LOS ANGELES - Tom Kane hates the ads for Mercedes-Benz. It's not the car. It's Jon Hamm. Mercedes uses the "Mad Men" star as the voice of its television and radio commercials. "Even if it is a terrific spot - ...
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May 26-June 1: Including The Town and Jar City

Source: New Zealand Listener

Meet the Robinsons (TV2, 7.30pm). Underwhelming yet frenetic Disney animation that is not a patch on Pixar. A 12-year-old orphan inventor trying to find his mother winds up in the future with the eponymous family. The f ...
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On The Road To Awards Season? Kerouac Book Finally Makes It To The Screen After 55 Years – Cannes

Source: Deadline Hollywood

Critics may have been mixed after this morning’s press screening, but the World Premiere audience at Wednesday night’s Cannes gala of director Walter Salles’ long-gestating film On The Road was highly enthusiastic g ...
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Fox Moves LIFE OF PI Up to November 21; THE INTERNSHIP Starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn Set for June 28, 2013

Source: Original Signal: Movies

Following the big release date shakeup of Paramount moving G.I. Joe: Retaliation to March 2013 and Ted taking the film’s June 29th slot , 20th Century Fox has announced two release date shifts of its own. Briefly: Fox mo ...
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