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'Cinco de Mayo' film, timely history lesson
In Rafa Lara's film "Cinco de Mayo: The Battle," calendar dates are superimposed over the action counting down to May 5 — the day in 1862 when a ragtag Mexican army defeated France in the fight for independence. It may not be the only countdown...
Tags: Chile, Brazil, Movies, Arts and Culture, Entertainment
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Playing the Oscar game
It's time to play one of our favorite yearly games at Times Community News: Can You Outguess the Features Editor? And no, that's not a rhetorical question. You probably can. Last year, incurable Oscar junkie that I am, I challenged readers to beat my...
Tags: Human Interest, Melissa McCarthy, Peter O'Toole, Michael Haneke, Bill Murray
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Reel Critics: 'Lincoln' deserves Oscars vote
Steven Spielberg is the premier film director of his generation. When he turns his creative spotlight on major historical events, he has no equal. In "Saving Private Ryan" and "Schindler's List," he brought forth the reality of World War II like no...Tags: Anna Karenina (movie), Movies, Jennifer Lawrence, Sally Field, Silver Linings Playbook (movie)
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Reel Critics: 'Watch' is tension-filled drama
David Ayers wrote and directed "End of Watch." He also wrote the gritty cop drama "Training Day," which earned Denzel Washington an Oscar for best actor. This new film careens across the screen with all the non-stop action you expect from a serious film...
Tags: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master (movie), Denzel Washington, Academy Awards, The Watch (movie)
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On Oscars: The best often don't win
On Sunday, Hollywood celebrates itself and honors its own. All eyes (or most of them anyway) will be on the presentations of the Academy Awards.
But do the Oscars always end up in the right hands? Opinions abound on this topic, and what follows is only...Tags: Human Interest, Elizabeth Taylor, The Color of Money (movie), Paul Newman, Singin' in the Rain (movie)
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'Company of Heroes'
Based on a popular video game, this military adventure sends a group of soldiers into the thick of the Battle of the Bulge. They try to derail a Nazi plot to develop an atomic-fueled weapon, having to overcome their own differences during the attempt....
Tags: Jurgen Prochnow, Das Boot (movie), Neal McDonough
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Oscars 2013: 'Argo' generates most heat, but can 'Lincoln' catch it?
With the Oscars finally upon us Sunday, it's do-or-die for the movies ranked in the L.A. Times Data Desk's HeatMeter, which tallies points at events throughout the season to gauge the overall traction of people and films. With Ben Affleck's "Argo"...
Tags: The Master (movie), Flight (movie), Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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Authentic portrayal of wartime Britain has power all its own
When playwright Terence Rattigan's beautiful and long-neglected "Flare Path" was first performed in London in 1942, Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" was all the rage. To many Americans, Coward and his snippy pals still represent the English stiff upper lip...
Tags: Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, United Kingdom, Celebrities
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Critic's Notebook: Movie violence must not be stopped
I abhor violence. As a rookie police reporter years ago I saw the damage guns, knives, broken bottles, metal pipes, hands — humans — can inflict. From the terrifyingly premeditated to the unfortunately accidental, those images still have the...
Tags: Liam Neeson, Jodie Foster, The Hurt Locker (movie), Juliette Lewis, Oliver Stone
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Oscar nominations 2013: Who are the favorites to win?
"Lincoln" leads the field. Will its momentum carry through to Oscar wins? Here are the newly revised Gold Standard odds for the post-Ben Affleck/Kathryn Bigelow landscape. PICTURE "Lincoln," 10-9. Nominee kingpin, with nods in all the right...Tags: John Gatins, Human Interest, The Master (movie), Michael Haneke, Christoph Waltz
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Spielberg, Affleck and Bigelow among DGA award nominees
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Four former winners and one newcomer were nominated for the 65th annual Directors Guild of America Award for directorial achievement in feature film for 2012. Steven Spielberg, 66, earned his 11th DGA nomination for "Lincoln," the acclaimed epic about...Tags: The Master (movie), Victor Hugo, The Hurt Locker (movie), The King's Speech (movie), David O. Russell
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Cinematographers cross into new visual territories
With nine Oscar nominations and more than 60 movies under his belt, Roger Deakins thought he had seen it all. But even the 63-year-old cinematographer, who directed this year's James Bond blockbuster, "Skyfall," was surprised when he learned of a new...
Tags: Skyfall (movie), Movies, Janusz Kaminski, Life of Pi (movie), Lincoln (movie, 2012)
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