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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 01/05/2009
Happiness (Todd Solondz, 1998) 10pm, Sky Movies Indie Solondz's brilliantly perceptive and shocking sex comedy loosely concerns the love-lives of three New Jersey sisters - Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle and Cynthia Stevenson, the latter of whom is happily married to a psychiatrist (Dylan Baker), unaware that he is also a paedophile. It's an emotionally challenging, near despairing work, that simultaneously...
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Ambival.net (Free subscription) | 01/04/2009
The first year I did this (“locking” my “top movies of all time” list at the end of the year) it seemed a little pointless, but this is the fifth time now and it’s proving to be as good a snapshot as any of who I was at a particular point in time – the [...]
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BigPictureBigSound.com (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009
Mike Leigh's ode to optimism revolves around Poppy, a London teacher who loves life almost as much as I love this movie.
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WHAT WOULD TOTO WATCH? (Free subscription) | 12/26/2008
Those who argued writer Alan Ball mugged suburbia in “American Beauty” will find only confirmation from his latest feature. “Towelhead,” out Dec. 30 on DVD, has little good to say about middle America. Then again, there’s so much disdain spread throughout the film it’s hard to decipher just who Ball has in his cross hairs. It’s [...]
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Harpymarx (Free subscription) | 12/13/2008
Channel 4 is showing the excellent film Sideways tonight. I saw it at the cinema when it was first released. One of my favourite directors in the past 10 years is Alexander Payne (Well, next to Todd Solondz who takes a much more bleak jaundiced interpretation of human relationships….but he does oh so well). I like the [...]
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
Race relations are turned inside out in a thriller that ultimately cops out, writes
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Deluxe Celebrities (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Paris Hilton has been cast opposite Irish actor Ciarán Hinds, Allison Janney and Charlotte Rampling in the new film from ‘Happiness’ director Todd Solondz. The Hollywood Reporter says the as-yet-untitled drama-comedy will focus on a family against the backdrop of a war. The film has been described as a “part-sequel, part-variation” of ‘Happiness’.
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Defamer (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Double Happiness: When you look at this picture of Philip Seymour Hoffman, what do you see? Wait, what? That's Omar from The Wire? C'mon, kids — where's your inner film cineaste? If you had the...
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HotOnlineNews.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Paris Hilton is to add another movie role to her portfolio - she has been lined up for a new film by acclaimed director Todd Solondz. The socialite will act alongside Allison Janney, Charlotte Rampling and Paul Reubens in the as-yet-untitled project about a group of dysfunctional characters. The movie is described as "part-sequel, part variation" to Solondz's hit 1998 tale Happiness and filming is...
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[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
Lots of strange announcements this week, from the confirmation of Ridley Scotts Monopoly movie, to a Karate Kid remake, to Not Another Not Another Movie , the hits just keep on coming. We also saw...
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WhyFame (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
Here’s a puzzling bit of news for you: Paris Hilton – despite being incapable of acting - has been cast in a film by well-respected director Todd Solondz. And it actually looks like a good film. At least it did, until Paris’ name was associated with it. Paris Hilton BFF with . . . Todd Solondz? The indie filmmaker’s newest... [ More on WhyFame.com ]
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WhyFame (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
So apparently Paris Hilton has landed another movie role, this time co-starring with Pee-Wee Herman himself, Paul Reubens. From The Scoop: Paris Hilton either has the best agent ever, or she’s better in auditions than she is in films themselves, because the woman keeps getting parts. Next up, a new film from Todd Solondz, who brought you... [ More on WhyFame.com ]
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Reel Suave (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
Paris Hilton has joined the cast of Todd Solondz’s upcoming project a sort of/ quasi sequel to his 1998 film, “Happiness,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. Once named, Life During Wartime, the still untitled film also now boasts the inclusion of Allison Janney (The West Wing) and iconic European Actress Charlotte Rampling who worked with people like Luchino Visconti, Sidney Lumet, etc. A project...
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Celeb Guru (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
This is one unusual sight. Unusual, not because Paris doesn't deserve the attention but because the photogs are too ashamed to accept the fact that THEY can't ignore the social butterfly! Defying their basic trait and shunning all their egos, the...
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Epic Carnival (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
by Moondog , The World According to Moondog Paris Hilton will be adding another film role to her less than impressive portfolio. Hilton has been tabbed to appear in a new film by acclaimed director Todd Solondz. The heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune, party girl and convict will act alongside Allison Janney, Charlotte Rampling and Paul Reubens in the as-yet-untitled project about a group of dysfunctional...
