Shame: Michael Fassbender’s NC-17 Sex in the City Thrill Ride
Dec02

Shame: Michael Fassbender’s NC-17 Sex in the City Thrill Ride

Deep, dark, gloomy and, dare we say, penetrating. That’s the feeling you get from the very beginning of the new thriller, “Shame.”   If you missed seeing the Irish born actor Michael Fassbender in “X-Men: First Class,” “Jane Eyre,” “Hunger,” or this season’s “A Dangerous Method,” you’ll never forget him as Brandon in the Steve McQueen directed...

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Rampart: Harrelson at His Best as a Very Bad Cop
Nov28

Rampart: Harrelson at His Best as a Very Bad Cop

  If you’re expecting another “Training Day,” in which Denzel Washington played a corrupt LA cop in the role that won him an Academy Award, you’re probably going to be a bit disappointed in “Rampart,” a much buzzed about film in limited release to qualify for awards.   Washington, you may recall, was riveting as a rogue cop running his own drug and cash enterprise within the LAPD, and...

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Like Crazy: The Challenges and Joys of Long Distance Love
Nov27

Like Crazy: The Challenges and Joys of Long Distance Love

There’s a real life lesson in the big plot twist of the film “Like Crazy.” If you’re a foreign national, don’t overstay your visa in the United States to spend the summer – or any other season – with your lover. (Or for any other reason.)   That’s what puts a huge wrinkle in the fabric of the delightful, dynamic, wistful,poetic relationship of Jacob and Anna, charmingly played by the now no longer unknowns...

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The Descendants: George Clooney in a Way You’ve Never Seen Him
Nov18

The Descendants: George Clooney in a Way You’ve Never Seen Him

Savvy. Sophisticated. Sexy. Charming. All of these attributes described George Clooney, offscreen as well as in most of his movie roles– but not in his latest, “The Descendants,” in theaters now.   If you want to see Clooney as a hangdog husband who’s been cheated on, a dad of a couple of daughters who clearly don’t respect him, but someone who retains some integrity in the midst of family and...

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As Rumors Become Fact, Kutcher’s Boss Lauds the TV Biz

As the news broke that “Two and a Half Men” star Ashton Kutcher’s marriage to Demi Moore was in fact over, CBS Corp. president and CEO Les Moonves was engaged in a conversation before an audience of hundreds of people in the media business at the HRTS newsmaker luncheon at the Beverly Hilton.   Although the impending divorce was not a topic of conversation, Moonves had plenty to say about the show, and the...

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