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Patrick Stewart – Taking a Stand
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Patrick Stewart – Taking a Stand

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Patrick Stewart Taking a Stand by Brad Balfour From the moment Patrick Stewart steps into a room, it’s clear you have a great actor in your presence. There’s something so compelling about him that when you look up “actor” in the dictionary, Stewart’s picture (maybe together with Ian McKellan) could be next to the definition. … Continue reading →

Natalie Portman Takes Off the Mask With V For Vendetta
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Natalie Portman Takes Off the Mask With V For Vendetta

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Natalie Portman Takes Off the Mask With V For Vendetta by Brad Balfour Familiar with science fiction-themed films, actress Natalie Portman uses her character Evey in V For Vendetta to test both her acting skills and her political judgment while making a profound and timely statement. V For Vendetta details the story of a revolutionary who challenges the dominance … Continue reading →

Keeping Up With… Garry Marshall & Doris Roberts
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Keeping Up With… Garry Marshall & Doris Roberts

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KEEPING UP WITH…  GARRY MARSHALL AND DORIS ROBERTS by Brad Balfour Copyright ©2006 PopEntertainment.com.   All rights reserved.  Posted: May 19, 2006. Oy! What can you say about Garry Marshall and Doris Roberts when it comes to comedy? These are two of humor’s royalty – both wearing crowns for various achievements; Roberts for acting in her many many … Continue reading →

Robin Williams Takes a Wild Ride in RV
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Robin Williams Takes a Wild Ride in RV

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ROBIN WILLIAMS TAKES A WILD RIDE IN RV by Brad Balfour Though it’s nearly impossible to capture a Robin Williams conversation as text, he’s mastered enough restraint over the years to lend his movie insights a measure of coherency. He brings the same maturity to director Barry Sonnenfeld’s droll new family comedy, RV. This time Williams … Continue reading →

Hugh Grant Shares His American Dreamz
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Hugh Grant Shares His American Dreamz

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HUGH GRANT Shares His American Dreams By Brad Balfour Having been AWOL for a while, British comic great Hugh Grant finally resurfaces in the biting satire, American Dreamz. Playing the smarmy host Martin Tweed, he outdoes Simon Cowell in being the heartless destroyer of dreams. Grant has played this part before and virtually defines the character, … Continue reading →

Gretchen Mol Gets Notorious as Pinup Legend Bettie Page
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Gretchen Mol Gets Notorious as Pinup Legend Bettie Page

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GRETCHEN MOL GETS NOTORIOUS AS PINUP LEGEND BETTIE PAGE by Brad Balfour Before making The Notorious Bettie Page, 30-something actress Gretchen Mol had been working solidly, but had not quite found that signature role that would recoup her early momentum. Thanks to her role as 1950s cultural icon – S&M pinup girl Bettie Page – Mol … Continue reading →

Sharon Stone – Basic Instincts Aroused Again
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Sharon Stone – Basic Instincts Aroused Again

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SHARON STONE BASIC INSTINCTS AROUSED AGAIN by Brad Balfour For Sharon Stone, the first Basic Instinct film, directed by Paul Verhoeven, was quite an odyssey; it established her as a provocative sex symbol, an actress willing to open herself up (and her legs) for the camera. In that film, she played a lesbian crime novelist accused of … Continue reading →

Aaron Eckhart Thanks You For Smoking
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Aaron Eckhart Thanks You For Smoking

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AARON ECKHART THANKS YOU FOR SMOKING By Brad Balfour Though actor Aaron Eckhart transforms the most insidious of characters into memorable moments of cinema – witness what he did with his character in director Neil Labute’s In The Company of Men – he makes the master pro-smoking lobbyist, Nick Naylor, of Thank You for Smoking almost heroic. With relative newcomer Jason … Continue reading →