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Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman Are No Longer Strangers
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Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman Are No Longer Strangers

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Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman Are No Longer Strangers by Brad Balfour Sometimes there are interview opportunities and then there are interview opportunities. Consider the circumstances that came up with covering this sort-of horror/suspense film, The Strangers. A great trailer suggests a film that ratchets up the personal anxiety through the assault of three strangers … Continue reading →

Charlize Theron and AnnaSophia Robb – Sleepwalking Through Real Life
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Charlize Theron and AnnaSophia Robb – Sleepwalking Through Real Life

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Charlize Theron and AnnaSophia Robb Sleepwalking Through Real Life by Jay S. Jacobs Though she has lived a rather glamorous life – born in South Africa, travelling regularly to Europe and the US, becoming a top actress in films like The Cider House Rules, The Italian Job and In the Valley of Elah – lately, … Continue reading →

Angelina Jolie Speaks From A Mighty Heart
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Angelina Jolie Speaks From A Mighty Heart

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Angelina Jolie Speaks From A Mighty Heart by Brad Balfour When A Mighty Heart was about to be released, some members of  Angelina Jolie’s camp decided to limit her press exposure. Since this film was about a courageous journalist who is kidnapped and beheaded by Al Qaeda members in Pakistan, the press had a bad reaction to … Continue reading →

Colin Farrell and Clémence Poésy – Love and Death in Bruges
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Colin Farrell and Clémence Poésy – Love and Death in Bruges

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Colin Farrell and Clémence Poésy Love and Death in Bruges by Jay S. Jacobs After a few years of toiling on big-budget blockbusters that only occasionally took flight – Oliver Stone’s Alexander and Michael Mann’s Miami Vice come to mind – Colin Farrell has definitely downsized for his latest two roles. Ironically, in both Martin … Continue reading →

Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Thomas Anderson, Paul Dano and Ciaran Hinds – There Will Be Accolades For There Will Be Blood
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Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Thomas Anderson, Paul Dano and Ciaran Hinds – There Will Be Accolades For There Will Be Blood

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Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Thomas Anderson, Paul Dano and Ciaran Hinds There Will Be Accolades For There Will Be Blood by Brad Balfour Originally posted on December 26, 2007. Though Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, There Will Be Blood, is based on a book published in 1927 which dealt with the emerging oil business in Southern … Continue reading →

Dustin Hoffman Makes a Magical Turn
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Dustin Hoffman Makes a Magical Turn

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Dustin Hoffman Makes a Magical Turn by Brad Balfour Dustin Hoffman’s work has been on the American cinematic landscape for so long that you could call him an icon without blinking. Perusing the list of benchmark films Hoffman has been in — from his early films such as The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, and Little Big … Continue reading →

Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy and Mamie Gummer – Some Enchanted Evening
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Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy and Mamie Gummer – Some Enchanted Evening

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Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy and Mamie Gummer – Some Enchanted Evening by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on June 29, 2007. Susan Minot’s novel Evening was embraced by a huge readership upon being released. The novel is about the choices people make and how they are formed by them. A woman at the end of … Continue reading →

Forest Whitaker Becomes the First King of the Hour
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Forest Whitaker Becomes the First King of the Hour

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Forest Whitaker Becomes the First King of the Hour by Brad Balfour For Forest Whitaker, it’s been a long, strange ride from the start, creating the character of Idi Amin for his last film, The Last King of Scotland. With this year’s Best Actor nomination, he’s favored to win – something he never expected upon taking … Continue reading →

Meryl Streep Walks With the Devil
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Meryl Streep Walks With the Devil

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Meryl Streep Walks With the Devil by Brad Balfour If there was one film from last summer that carried weight beyond the season’s froth it was The Devil Wears Prada. A snarky but loving stab at the fashion world and Vogue‘s editor in specific, the real secret to the film’s success was Meryl Streep’s propulsive portrayal of the Fashion … Continue reading →

Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Sigourney Weaver & Douglas McGrath – Living in Infamy
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Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Sigourney Weaver & Douglas McGrath – Living in Infamy

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Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Sigourney Weaver & Douglas McGrath Living in Infamy by Jay S. Jacobs Imagine you have spent years of your life and incredible effort to put together a movie script. You finally get it finished, get interest for the sale of the movie and even get an all-star cast including Sandra Bullock, … Continue reading →