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ComingSoon.net's The Weekend Warrior offers a preview of the new releases opening the week of Friday, July 11 with the return of Mike Mignola's...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
When legal letters threatening action for defamation arrive in an editor's in-tray, the names of certain lawyers can induce a queasy feeling. Robert Verkaik, The Independent's Legal Editor, profiles the libel specialists
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
On race day, Lodz, Poland's third-largest city, turns into a gala for gearheads and as many as 10,000 of their fans.
Voice from the Desert (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
http://www.northstarwriters.com/ss105.htm Spotted by Kay Goodnow. Thanks, Kay. * * * By Stephen Silver Read Stephen’s bio and previous columns June 23, 2008 We Hate Pedophiles! (Unless They’re Famous, Or They Abuse Girls) Americans hate child molesters. Right? We mock them when they’re ensnared by Chris Hanson on To Catch a Predator. We watch Bill O’Reilly and Nancy Grace scream with [...]
frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
A nearly 5-minute long sequence of a 20-year young Catherine Deneuve, walking through the streets of London. Repulsion (1965, wiki) was Roman Polanski’s first first English language film, and is widely considered a masterpiece. And, 43 years on, Deneuve is still as stunning as ever. Via Video Sift
Hot Potato Mash (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Tate, who was 8 1/2 months pregnant with director Roman Polanski's son, unsuccessfully begged Atkins for mercy stating, according to prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, "please let me live so I can have my baby." ... Now Atkins, who suffers from brain cancer, has had her leg amputated and has been given six months to live, is requesting that the state parole board grant her a "compassionate release". ...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Who is Clutchy Hopkins? He's everywhere, sightings are frequent yet random, from Houston to record stores in the North West, even meeting Roman Polanski.
Nostalgia Kinky (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
About Me Jeremy Richey Listen To Some Songs From Nastassja's SoundtracksMY OTHER PAGESCURRENT FILM: THE BLONDE What Are Your Favorite Nastassja Kinski Films (1975-1980)?What Are Your Favorite Nastassja Films (1980-1984)MY PERSONAL NASTASSJA KINSKI TOP TEN 1. PARIS, TEXASDirected By Wim Wenders 2. MOON IN THE GUTTERDirected Jean-Jacques Beineix 3. TESSDirected By Roman Polanski 4. CAT PEOPLEDirected...
filmcritic.com Movie Reviews (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Among the many fascinating things about the HBO documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired is its withering scorn for the jackal-like press packs that surrounded Polanski throughout the legal ordeal he went through in Los Angeles in 1977-1978. What's fascinating is how positively quaint and charming it all seems compared to the world we live in today. What would happen if an A-list movie director...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
As you can see from my photo, when you have one of those "conversations with" at a film festival--as I did the other night with HBO documentary maven Sheila Nevins at the L.A. Film Festival--it's not a totally intimate affair, since you're sitting on stage in front of a few hundred people, all staring up your nose. Still, you couldn't ask for a better subject than Nevins, who is a fascinating character....
KillerMovies (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Roman Polanski has set Nicolas Cage, Tilda Swinton and Pierce Brosnan for his next film, "The Ghost," an adaptation of the Robert Harris political thriller..
Prettier Than Napoleon (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
This was a good book, and might have been a better book had the disappeared kid not been such an annoying twerp. Good for people who like Death & the Maiden but don't want to support dirty old Roman Polanski .
Lessons of Darkness (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Lots of new reviews for this Saturday evening - most of them negative - including my thoughts on this weekend's big action film Wanted (which underutilizes a fierce Angelina Jolie), as well as the July 4th weekend tentpole release, Hancock...
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Gillian Anderson will take on one of the most controversial roles an actress can play on the stage... playing Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House.
DailyStab (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Nicholas Cage and Pierce Brosnan are to take the lead roles in Roman Polanski’s latest thriller The Ghost. “I’m going to go off and work with Mr Roman Polanski and Nic Cage on a film called ‘The Ghost,’” Brosnan told MTV. “It’s a thriller.” The film is based on a Robert Harris novel and will feature Brosnan [...]
