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From the New York Times: The stars shine in Shreveport

Shreveport? “From what I was told to expect, I pulled up looking for a dirt road and a McDonald’s, and it was nothing like that,” said Jerry Jacobs, a producer of Disaster Movie. Several other...

Started in MovingPictureBlog • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: louisiana, disaster movie, shreveport, "w", film industry
Yet another transparent attempt to draw readers to this site by posting something vaguely connected

Harrison Ford is the narrator of Lord of the Ants, a profile of ant expert E.O. Wilson. I'm sure it's only a coincidence that PBS is airing this NOVA documentary on Tuesday, May 20, just a couple...

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Tags: e.o. wilson, harrison ford, pbs, nova, indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull
Trailer park: Australia

OK, I have to admit: This gets me all geeked to see Australia. But do my ears deceive me, or is that a sampling of "Ecstasy of Gold" from The Good, The Bad and the Ugly on the soundtrack?

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Tags: hugh jackman, "the good the bad and the ugly", nicole kidman, australia
Ebert does Indy

Roger Ebert on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: "I can say that if you liked the other Indiana Jones movies, you will like this one, and that if you did not, there is no talking to...

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Tags: roger ebert, indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull
First thoughts on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

The immensely entertaining Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull gives you the same sort of pleasurable rush – a potent mix of nostalgia-fueled glee and in-the-moment excitement -- that...

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Tags: cate blanchett, indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull, denholm elliott
What ever happened to Karen Allen?

The lovely co-star of the original Raiders of the Lost Ark was kinda-sorta retired from show business when Steven Spielberg called to chat about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull....

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Tags: karen allen, indiana jones, steven spielberg, indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull
"You keep using that word -- I do not think it means what you think it means!

I must admit -- all I could think of while watching this was the line from The Princess Bride:

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Tags: chris matthews, kevin james
Weekend movie tips

If you're not of a mind to see movies about talking lions and CGI race cars this weekend, let me suggest some worthy alternatives: Son of Rambow, How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer, Then She...

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Tags: how the garcia girls spent their summer, "then she found me", son of rambow, "forgetting sarah marshall", "harold and kumar escape from guantanamo bay"
R.I.P.: John Phillip Law (1937-2008)

A journeyman actor for over four decades, John Phillip Law achieved cult-figure status primarily on the basis of two '60s movies based on European comic strips: Barbarella, in which he played a blind...

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Tags: john phillip law
"Shut the hell up!"

Sounds right to me.

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Tags: keith olbermann, george bush