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The House Next Door (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
By Matt Maul On hand at the aftermath of long and bloody skirmish, General George Patton (George C. Scott) looks across a still smoking battlefield and, referring to war, declares, “I love it. God help me, I do love it so.” Just before uttering that famous line of dialogue , Patton tells an aid with certainty that he knew the Germans were going to lose. His aid seemingly unconvinced, Patton adds “The...
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Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
James Stewart defends the innocent again in this oft-overrated 1959 Otto Preminger legal drama, which continues to catch audiences napping with its frank testimony about rape and human sexuality. That boldness of approach--combined with a fresh score by Duke Ellington and electrifying performances b...
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Ideoblog (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Paul Newman was one of the great screen actors – maybe not towering acting ability, but you could point a camera at him for two hours and you had at at least a decent movie. But my readers know I’ve...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
Paul Newman and glamour were indivisible. It was sometimes said of him, even by those who purported to admire him, that his good looks carried him effortlessly through his screen career, without any tangible application of talent. “Handsome”, and therefore “limited” were the epithets often waspishly applied to diminish his achievement when measuring it against that of other “serious” actors.
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Indy Star (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Academy Award winner also famous as race-team owner and popcorn, salad-dressing icon.
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Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero, has died. He was 83.
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Legendary actor had been battling cancer.
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money," has died, a spokeswoman said Saturday. He was 93.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Search for movies shot in Nebraska and it will leave you wondering how the Nebraska Film Office justifies its budget. Other than a documentary about a troubled family farm and some scenes of a paunchy Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt, it's pretty slim pickings – like the corn on that family farm actually...
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DVDVerdict (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Reviewed by Ben Saylor Quote: "This is worth seeing for fans of George C. Scott and anyone interested in movies about the LAPD, but Wambaugh fans will likely be disappointed."
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The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards will be handed out on Sunday. To get you in the award show mood, here are ten Emmy facts you might not know. 1. The name “Emmy” was derived from the term “immy,” which described the image orthicon tubes common in early TV cameras. 2. In 1987, The Facts of Life was [...]
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Can a film be better than the book? It doesn't happen often - but there are some great examples. Many say that the Oscar-nominated film Brokeback Mountain was better than the Annie Proulx short-story it came from. Which films...
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Eternal Sunshine of the Logical Mind (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
What? I'm not the first person to use that lame pun? Oh well... Joseph B at itsamadmadblog2 was kind enough to tag me in the latest instance of a 12 movies meme that's all the rage with the kids these days. The Dancing Image came up with this latest version (apparently inspired by a post at Lazy Eye Theatre - seriously Piper, ya gotta be more careful with throwing out ideas like that...it's
