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Final or not, this 'Blade Runner' is memorable
Back in 1982, when everybody was going to "E.T.," the headline on my college newspaper's review of "Blade Runner" summed up lots of folks' feelings about the film. It read: "Ridley Scott's Diddly Squat." But time has been kinder to it than those four words. Director Scott, whose latest film, "American Gangster," opens Friday and explores a different kind of rot, created a triumph of retro-futuristic design over narrative or character richness. Sometimes the look really is everything.
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Back in 1982, when everybody was going to "E.T.," the headline on my college newspaper's review of "Blade Runner" summed up lots of folks' feelings about the film. It read: "Ridley Scott's Diddly Squat." But time has been kinder to it than those four words. Director Scott, whose latest film, "American Gangster," opens Friday and explores a different kind of rot, created a triumph of retro-futuristic design over narrative or character richness. Sometimes the look really is everything.
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Flanked by velvet curtains and bathed in the glow of the footlights, the choir cheerfully belts out an unusual city anthem. "Chicagoland! Chicagoland! Sounds like we live in an amusement park," the group chants in mock seriousness. Their voices ringing in harmony, the piano chords filling the rehearsal hall, the singers enthusiastically launch into a list of local letdowns. "We don't want the Olympics here! ... Only tourists like deep-dish pizza! ... I hate drunken Cubs fans ... but I hate drunken Cardinals fans more."
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With "American Gangster" (Roc-A-Fella), an album inspired by the Hollywood movie of the same name, Jay-Z sounds like he's actually excited about something besides his bank account.
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The Redwalls parted ways earlier this year with Capitol Records, where they were just another band that didn't sell enough to justify a contract with a financially troubled major label.
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The Fiery Furnaces didn't need any help getting into the Halloween spirit Wednesday at Logan Square Auditorium. Steeped in the element of surprise, the indie-rock band's performance doubled as a sonic trick bag that kept the audience guessing about what treat the brother-and-sister duo might pull out next.
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Lupe Fiasco didn't need a costume when he took to the stage at a sold-out House of Blues on Halloween night. Instead, the Chicago emcee, who was playing a long-overdue club show after a string of summer festivals, used his vivid imagination to transform himself into everything from the living dead to a towering metal man.
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Todd Haynes' film is as full of clues and obscure references as some of the singer's own songs.
HELP! I've followed a rabbit named Todd Haynes down a fantastic aperture, and now I'm having trouble pulling myself out. I'm talking, of course, about "I'm Not There," the filmmaker's fantasia about Bob Dylan. As an avowed Haynes nut (I even own an old bootleg copy of his Barbie-filled tragedy, "The Karen Carpenter Story") and aspiring Dylan know-it-all (I wrote the text panels for the 2004 museum exhibit "Bob Dylan's American Journey"), I'd been waiting a long time to see what he'd do with the Mystery Tramp.
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HELP! I've followed a rabbit named Todd Haynes down a fantastic aperture, and now I'm having trouble pulling myself out. I'm talking, of course, about "I'm Not There," the filmmaker's fantasia about Bob Dylan. As an avowed Haynes nut (I even own an old bootleg copy of his Barbie-filled tragedy, "The Karen Carpenter Story") and aspiring Dylan know-it-all (I wrote the text panels for the 2004 museum exhibit "Bob Dylan's American Journey"), I'd been waiting a long time to see what he'd do with the Mystery Tramp.
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To make 'Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium,' first-time director Zach Helm embraced kids, chaos and even zebras.
THE thing about having a zebra in your film is that if you need one, you're going to need two because zebras are herd animals. And for the second zebra, you'll need a pony so he'll have someone to hang with while the first one is shooting. But even with his entourage present, a relatively non-diva-like zebra is perfectly capable of balking at simple stage directions -- "sit on couch," for example -- choosing instead to break an irreplaceable Tiffany lamp that has already been established in previous shots. Also a coffee table.
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THE thing about having a zebra in your film is that if you need one, you're going to need two because zebras are herd animals. And for the second zebra, you'll need a pony so he'll have someone to hang with while the first one is shooting. But even with his entourage present, a relatively non-diva-like zebra is perfectly capable of balking at simple stage directions -- "sit on couch," for example -- choosing instead to break an irreplaceable Tiffany lamp that has already been established in previous shots. Also a coffee table.
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The businessman in distributor Mark Urman saw a sensible deal in the tale of children at a Ugandan refugee camp. But there's a charity angle here too.
MARK URMAN, head of ThinkFilm's U.S. theatrical division, was expecting little more than crudités, turkey wraps and inferior wine when he attended a fundraising party at a neighbor's house in New Jersey. The event was being held to help finance a documentary called "War/Dance," about the dispossessed children of Uganda. But Urman was in for a surprise: He found himself both moved and mesmerized by stirring images of resilient African children joyfully dancing and singing to the elegiac high notes of a xylophone. As the 7-minute reel of the then-unfinished film unspooled that spring evening in 2006, Urman realized that he had a strong business prospect before him.
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MARK URMAN, head of ThinkFilm's U.S. theatrical division, was expecting little more than crudités, turkey wraps and inferior wine when he attended a fundraising party at a neighbor's house in New Jersey. The event was being held to help finance a documentary called "War/Dance," about the dispossessed children of Uganda. But Urman was in for a surprise: He found himself both moved and mesmerized by stirring images of resilient African children joyfully dancing and singing to the elegiac high notes of a xylophone. As the 7-minute reel of the then-unfinished film unspooled that spring evening in 2006, Urman realized that he had a strong business prospect before him.
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'Saawariya' is a boy-meets-girl love story with India's typical emphasis on visual appeal. It just came with support from Sony.
"Iwanted it to be a world of my own," says Indian director Sanjay Leela Bhansali of his lushly romantic new musical "Saawariya." "I grew up in a gruesome, harsh section of Bombay. Life in India is changing, everyday life is very difficult, but in film you should give your audience a little hope."
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"Iwanted it to be a world of my own," says Indian director Sanjay Leela Bhansali of his lushly romantic new musical "Saawariya." "I grew up in a gruesome, harsh section of Bombay. Life in India is changing, everyday life is very difficult, but in film you should give your audience a little hope."
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There were moments during Thursday's Latin Grammy Awards ceremony in Las Vegas that were so unexpected, daring or just plain fun that you wished Sin City's famous slogan didn't apply: It would be a shame if what happened on stage there really did just stay there.
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Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts and Gretchen Wilson also on the bill.
Saying that "life is short and precious," Wynonna Judd confirmed this week that she and her mother, Naomi Judd, will reunite on stage for the first time in seven years as the headliners of the 2008 Stagecoach Festival next May in Indio.
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Saying that "life is short and precious," Wynonna Judd confirmed this week that she and her mother, Naomi Judd, will reunite on stage for the first time in seven years as the headliners of the 2008 Stagecoach Festival next May in Indio.
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"Nothing goes with music quite as good as talking," Ben Harper joked on Thursday at the Orpheum Theatre. The adoring crowd hollered approval for him to chat, but instead he plucked his acoustic lap steel guitar and smiled. "We'll talk later," he said, then conveyed his appreciation through a solo rendition of the sweet love song "Gold to Me."
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A J Dilla song roared over the loudspeakers of a packed El Rey Thursday as Stones Throw rap record label impresario Peanut Butter Wolf told a near-capacity crowd of post-backpackers that, "This isn't some bandwagon . . . . J Dilla was my man and I'll play his music until the day I die."
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The genre-shattering band's music, so smart and savvy in the studio, is overcome with indulgence at the Wiltern.
If Ween isn't your favorite band of all time, taking in a concert by the long-running East Coast outfit can feel like crash-landing on an alien planet where everyone speaks a language you don't understand.
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If Ween isn't your favorite band of all time, taking in a concert by the long-running East Coast outfit can feel like crash-landing on an alien planet where everyone speaks a language you don't understand.
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Dramas and divas drive the show's surprise success. But the real draw is fashion, which proves to be much more than its seams.
EVEN before the writers strike threatened to denude the TV schedule, it was clear that "Project Runway" was poised to conquer this season. To get a sense of the building anticipation among "Runway" fans about this week's return of the Bravo fashion competition, one had to spend only a few minutes perusing the forums on websites such as TelevisionWithoutPity.com.
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EVEN before the writers strike threatened to denude the TV schedule, it was clear that "Project Runway" was poised to conquer this season. To get a sense of the building anticipation among "Runway" fans about this week's return of the Bravo fashion competition, one had to spend only a few minutes perusing the forums on websites such as TelevisionWithoutPity.com.
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The network's elaborate environmental promotion gets upstaged by the writers strike.
If you watched any shows on NBC this week, you probably saw the greenery.
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If you watched any shows on NBC this week, you probably saw the greenery.
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Robbie Coltrane, Hagrid in the 'Harry Potter' movies, stars on BBC America.
Large yet puckish Robbie Coltrane -- forensic psychologist Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald of the British series "Cracker" and Rubeus Hagrid of "Harry Potter" fame -- is the main attraction of "The Planman," a diverting if ultimately preposterous caper film that gets a domestic premiere Sunday night on BBC America. But he is in nearly all of it, so help yourself.
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Large yet puckish Robbie Coltrane -- forensic psychologist Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald of the British series "Cracker" and Rubeus Hagrid of "Harry Potter" fame -- is the main attraction of "The Planman," a diverting if ultimately preposterous caper film that gets a domestic premiere Sunday night on BBC America. But he is in nearly all of it, so help yourself.
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The 'My Name Is Earl' actress says turning 30, becoming a mom and winning an Emmy have helped earn her the respect she's been working for all her life.
JAIME PRESSLY won the 2007 Emmy for best supporting actress in a comedy series for NBC's "My Name Is Earl." She had her first child this spring, and her fashion line, J'aime, is 5 years old.
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JAIME PRESSLY won the 2007 Emmy for best supporting actress in a comedy series for NBC's "My Name Is Earl." She had her first child this spring, and her fashion line, J'aime, is 5 years old.
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Contestants in the CBS series, now in its 12th season, must all but ignore scenery and cultures if they want to win the $1-million prize.
ASTONISHINGLY resilient and successful, "The Amazing Race" has won the Emmy for outstanding reality competition for five years running, beating out sometimes better competition such as "Project Runway" and "American Idol." What it has that its rivals lack is a sense of wonder, an almost naive ambition to widen the perspectives of its participants and its viewers too. Its scope is far broader than that of any other reality competition or, for that matter, most scripted shows. Like much great art, it feels bigger than it actually is.
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ASTONISHINGLY resilient and successful, "The Amazing Race" has won the Emmy for outstanding reality competition for five years running, beating out sometimes better competition such as "Project Runway" and "American Idol." What it has that its rivals lack is a sense of wonder, an almost naive ambition to widen the perspectives of its participants and its viewers too. Its scope is far broader than that of any other reality competition or, for that matter, most scripted shows. Like much great art, it feels bigger than it actually is.
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Serial thriller: Coens back to 'Fargo' form--minus the laughs--with 'No Country for Old Men'
As pure craftsmanship, "No Country for Old Men" is as good as we've ever gotten from Joel and Ethan Coen. Only "Fargo" is more satisfying (it's also a comedy, which this one isn't), certainly among the brothers' pictures driven by the evil that men do and all that can go wrong under the precepts of Murphy's law.
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As pure craftsmanship, "No Country for Old Men" is as good as we've ever gotten from Joel and Ethan Coen. Only "Fargo" is more satisfying (it's also a comedy, which this one isn't), certainly among the brothers' pictures driven by the evil that men do and all that can go wrong under the precepts of Murphy's law.
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Ho ho hum: 'Fred Claus' not naughty or nice enough to register
There's a polarity to Christmas movies, a chasm separating the likes of "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Bad Santa."
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There's a polarity to Christmas movies, a chasm separating the likes of "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Bad Santa."
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'Lions' never puts money where its mouths are
"Lions for Lambs" is the closest Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise will ever come to doing an off-Broadway play together. Some of the talk is compelling; most of it's gassy and reiterative; the chief interest lies in the scenes featuring Streep and Cruise, who offer a juicy study in contrasting performance strategies.
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"Lions for Lambs" is the closest Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise will ever come to doing an off-Broadway play together. Some of the talk is compelling; most of it's gassy and reiterative; the chief interest lies in the scenes featuring Streep and Cruise, who offer a juicy study in contrasting performance strategies.
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'Darfur Now' a documentary with an urgent beat
It's a modern-day holocaust, say the people in front of and behind the camera in "Darfur Now," and no one seems to want to do anything about it.
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It's a modern-day holocaust, say the people in front of and behind the camera in "Darfur Now," and no one seems to want to do anything about it.
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'King Corn' an entertaining look at an unappetizing topic
A breezy diary from a pair of first-time farmers, as well as a wry rebuke to a nation devoted to eating cheaply but not necessarily well, "King Corn" makes its points without much finger-wagging. Like "Super Size Me" and "Fast Food Nation," it will not make you want to rush out and order a hamburger, at least a conventional burger processed from corn-fed cows. It will, however, get you thinking about all that corn, and why such a low-nutrition, high-subsidy crop has become so ubiquitous in the American diet.
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A breezy diary from a pair of first-time farmers, as well as a wry rebuke to a nation devoted to eating cheaply but not necessarily well, "King Corn" makes its points without much finger-wagging. Like "Super Size Me" and "Fast Food Nation," it will not make you want to rush out and order a hamburger, at least a conventional burger processed from corn-fed cows. It will, however, get you thinking about all that corn, and why such a low-nutrition, high-subsidy crop has become so ubiquitous in the American diet.
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One of the most heavily marketed and commercially successful artists in recent history, Alicia Keys has talent and smarts.
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The Eagles first studio release since 1979, "Long Road Out of Eden" (Lost Highway/Universal), picks up right where the band left off.
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Mainstream shifts spending from traditional media
In Kenny Chesney's song "Old Blue Chair," he sings "that chair was my bed one New Year's Night / When I passed out from too much Cruzan and Diet [Coke]." While hawking the tour sponsor in the lyrics feels contrived, Chesney fans don't seem to mind. Or even notice. With triple-digit growth of Cruzan Rum sales in markets where Chesney performs, fans are as loyal to the rum as they are to Chesney.
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In Kenny Chesney's song "Old Blue Chair," he sings "that chair was my bed one New Year's Night / When I passed out from too much Cruzan and Diet [Coke]." While hawking the tour sponsor in the lyrics feels contrived, Chesney fans don't seem to mind. Or even notice. With triple-digit growth of Cruzan Rum sales in markets where Chesney performs, fans are as loyal to the rum as they are to Chesney.
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Forget about the one-hit-wonder-clown music folks are passing off as the stuff that makes up rap. Forget about the music that's been dominating commercial radio, pleading for you to do the dance du jour.
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Is a naked Angelina Jolie enough to turn the animated flick into a hit?
It's as close as moviegoers will ever get to being Brad Pitt: the chance to hang out with Angelina Jolie (or a digitally manipulated version of the actress, at least) completely naked. But is that enough to help turn "Beowulf" into a hit?
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It's as close as moviegoers will ever get to being Brad Pitt: the chance to hang out with Angelina Jolie (or a digitally manipulated version of the actress, at least) completely naked. But is that enough to help turn "Beowulf" into a hit?
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Whatever the project, maverick Crispin Glover finds a way to stay out of the mainstream.
IN director Robert Zemeckis' film adaptation of the Old English epic poem "Beowulf," Crispin Glover portrays Grendel, certainly the most strange and hideous character of his 26-year acting career. Which is really saying something if you're at all familiar with Glover, a guy known for his bizarro behavior, indelibly weird performances and aesthetic of elaborate hideousness. He has, after all, filled his underpants with cockroaches (in David Lynch's 1990 film "Wild at Heart"), shepherded murderous rats (in the oddball 2004 horror flick "Willard") and tortured snails (in Glover's controversial 2005 directorial debut, "What Is It?"). Although "eccentric" is the description that comes up most frequently in describing the writer-director-author, who is currently in the midst of a career transformation.
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IN director Robert Zemeckis' film adaptation of the Old English epic poem "Beowulf," Crispin Glover portrays Grendel, certainly the most strange and hideous character of his 26-year acting career. Which is really saying something if you're at all familiar with Glover, a guy known for his bizarro behavior, indelibly weird performances and aesthetic of elaborate hideousness. He has, after all, filled his underpants with cockroaches (in David Lynch's 1990 film "Wild at Heart"), shepherded murderous rats (in the oddball 2004 horror flick "Willard") and tortured snails (in Glover's controversial 2005 directorial debut, "What Is It?"). Although "eccentric" is the description that comes up most frequently in describing the writer-director-author, who is currently in the midst of a career transformation.
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. . . they'll love the film. Or so marketers hope as they tap into the bestseller's widespread fan base through book clubs.
AUTHOR Khaled Hosseini's novel "The Kite Runner" became a runaway bestseller in 2003 based largely on positive word-of-mouth among readers throughout the world. But can Hollywood deliver a hit movie by persuading fans of the book to see the film?
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AUTHOR Khaled Hosseini's novel "The Kite Runner" became a runaway bestseller in 2003 based largely on positive word-of-mouth among readers throughout the world. But can Hollywood deliver a hit movie by persuading fans of the book to see the film?
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"It's tough to ask for more money when your movie has been slaughtered at a major film festival," Kelly said.
IN the 18 months since its tumultuous unveiling at the Cannes Film Festival, "Southland Tales" has become more myth than movie.
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IN the 18 months since its tumultuous unveiling at the Cannes Film Festival, "Southland Tales" has become more myth than movie.
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