Tag: politics
group name: filmsociety
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April 26, 2007 05:10 PM EDT --
Today I won a contest at my publishing company, Stone Garden Publishers! And so 5 copies of my novel Hollywood Sinners are being sent to the wounded army people from the Iraq war at some hospital . . .
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March 09, 2007 02:06 PM EST --
This week, I wanted to talk a little bit about why we watch movies, and why we make movies. Seems like sort of a broad topic and, to be sure, there is no exact answer...but that's why I wanted to talk . . .
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October 22, 2006 12:53 AM EDT --
MY TAKE ON THE MOVIES
A MINI-REVIEW OF
CATCH A FIRE
By: A. L. "Toni" Anderson
Derek Luke (Glory Road - 2006) and Tim Robbins (Mystic River - 2003) . . .
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February 24, 2007 03:14 PM EST --
Many who read my prose often seem confused as to where I stand politically on the issues of today's war on terror and sometimes just generally on things here in life. Jack Hoban, whom I've . . .
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September 14, 2006 10:13 PM EDT --
The Black Dahlia is director Brian De Palma's take on an adaptation of James Ellroy's period-1940 novel about two L.A. cops who head up the hunt for the killer of fledgling actress and . . .
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October 09, 2006 06:20 PM EDT --
Any film starring Jack Nicholson will always deserve a screening and The Departed is no exception. Even at 69 years old, Nicholson is the most interesting character in this film, and any scene . . .
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October 23, 2006 02:00 AM EDT --
Before there was Paris Hilton, there was Marie Antoinette. She was a woman known for her beauty, style, partying, and passion for sweet things…like cake.
I loved this movie; unfortunately, . . .
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August 21, 2006 04:03 PM EDT --
This is our small gesture to help Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films, get his next documentary OUT THERE!
Dear activists, colleagues and friends,
"Iraq for Sale" is finished!
Traditionally, . . .
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July 04, 2006 12:08 PM EDT --
After having seen Al Gore in person at SILVERDOCS in Silver Springs Maryland a few weeks ago I was primed to catch his documentary on global warming, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH when it hit our local AMC Lowes . . .
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November 22, 2006 09:47 AM EST --
Set against the backdrop of the chaos and civil war that enveloped 1990s Sierra Leone, "Blood Diamond" is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), an ex-mercenary from Zimbabwe, and Solomon . . .
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August 26, 2006 10:18 AM EDT --
I'm submitting the above classified ad for the next issue of the Anthropology Newsletter. GATHER presents a unique opportunity for a doctoral thesis in anthropology.
Tribalism may be primitive behavior . . .
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August 16, 2006 07:28 PM EDT --
September 11, 2001 is a date no one in the US will soon forget. It will remain in our memories forever, separating the Before from the After just as it separated those who were lost from those who survived. . . .
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September 27, 2006 03:09 PM EDT --
A remake of the 1949 Oscar-winning Best Film by the same title, All the King's Men, originally from the Robert Penn Warren 1946 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, tells the story of an idealistic . . .
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September 28, 2006 07:54 AM EDT --
BG, my 20 something, lefty, vegan, environmentalist, office manager said she had no idea that American "terrorists" were blowing government buildings up in the 1970's. If any of you doubt . . .
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July 01, 2007 12:03 AM EDT --
So great it’s sad.
Directed by Michael Moore.
The film begins with a poke at “W.” The Prez stands at a podium and declares that doctors are leaving America and that OB-GYN’s . . .
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October 05, 2006 06:53 PM EDT --
To fully enjoy director Stephen Frears new historical docudrama, The Queen, one must be decidedly British, have an interest in the royals, or love a great actress in a fascinating performance. Through . . .
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October 25, 2006 07:04 PM EDT --
pres·tige (prÄ•-stÄ“zh', -stÄ“j') n.
1. Every great magic trick consists of three acts.
1a. . . .
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November 28, 2006 09:46 AM EST --
Continued from "Getting Into Character In Africa: The Actors of Blood Diamond"
Director Edward Zwick goes on to note that DiCaprio's portrayal of Danny Archer, a . . .
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December 07, 2006 03:03 PM EST --
It took years of dedicated and courageous work on the part of eyewitnesses, journalists and organizations like Amnesty International, Partnership Africa-Canada, Global Witness and Oxfam to call the world's . . .
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October 27, 2006 08:43 AM EDT --
BUS 174 was a gripping documentary that made the rounds of international film festivals about 2 years ago. It was featured in the New Directors Forum in New York City and garnered a double page spread . . .
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