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WOMAN ON TOP: OPRAH #1 ON FORBES LIST OF MOST POWERFUL CELEBRITIES

2008-06-12 18:13:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
 
...powerful celebrity in the world, according to Forbes latest ranking. In a sign of the progress made in terms of combating racial inequalities in America, another African American, Tiger Woods, occupies the #2 slot (and this doesn't even count Barack Obama's recent nomination as presidential candidate). Angelina Jolie is #3 and Johnny Depp is...
 
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TIFF08SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

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2008-08-26 23:16:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
...powerful rancher (Irons) and his band of outlaws. While boldly bringing new order to the town, the two fearless lawmen meet a provocative outsider (Zellweger) whose unconventional ways threaten to destroy their decade-old bond. Appaloosa is co-written and directed by Ed Harris. TIFF08 Program Capsule. World Premiere Ashes of Time Redux Wong...
 
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The Psychopathic Chicken (and Other Lessons of Evolution)

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2008-08-27 16:40:48 by Editor in Culture Snob
...powerful, then it's clear that something's got to give with respect to our own species. Tell me exactly why humans are an exception Hence: chickens The conclusion that will surprise most people is that there's altruism in hens, too, and there's an evolutionary reason for it Wilson goes so far as to call evolution "a theory of everything All...
 
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Top 10 Films of 2007

2008-01-19 13:35:00 by Danielle Ni Dhighe in Scan and Pan
 
...powerful artistic statement Some controversy arose during post-production after Revolution Studios chairman Joe Roth decided to make his own edit without informing Taymor, cutting out nearly a third of the film. After months of conflict between Taymor and Roth, the studio relented and released Taymor's 131 minute cut. The film's structure is...
 
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Power Of The Image: talking with Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky

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2007-07-22 23:08:00 by Brian in Hell on Frisco Bay
...powerful visual narratives, and I think that probably has helped the film become a piece, and in a way a work of art in itself. It isn't a documentary on me; it's a parallel piece that exists in its own right JB: Art is really one arena of inquiry that allows you to engage intellectually and emotionally with issues. Take something like the...
 
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MOVIE REVIEW: 30 Days of Night (2007)

2008-03-24 09:21:00 by John Kenneth Muir in John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Film/TV
 
...powerful. "Let's roll" and all And yet 30 Days of Night makes a series of infuriating missteps that severely compromise the great premise. Perhaps most importantly, the film devotes almost no significant screen time whatsoever to setting up the peculiar rhythms and rituals of the town of Barrow. The attack begins so early in the film that...
 
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Toronto Fest Adds Galas to Lineup

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2008-07-20 16:32:00 by Variety.com * in Thompson On Hollywood
...powerful rancher (Irons) and his band of outlaws. While boldly bringing new order to the town, the two fearless lawmen meet a provocative outsider (Zellweger) whose unconventional ways threaten to destroy their decade-old bond. Appaloosa is co-written and directed by Ed Harris La Fille de Monaco Anne Fontaine, France North American Premiere A...
 
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Great Filmmakers Thoughts On Cinem

2008-08-17 11:12:46 by Editor in nirvanacinema
 
...powerful or thrilling. Movies like Sunset Boulevard or Lolita are much bigger than the stories they tell Its a very dangerous thing, this movie business. Because no one will ever know what film could be when a filmmaker has to talk about it and convince people with words. Maybe somebodys got them in his mind and can put them on film with the...
 
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PURE CINEMA

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2008-01-26 09:22:28 by Editor in nirvanacinema
...powerful sounds of war, the incredible drum score, the powerful violent dynamic images - it's one of the powerful exhilirating cinematic highs of my life I can't wait to see it on the big screen! Youtube compression video clips suck visually but it's still powerful and effective until we can see it the right way HURRAH FOR SAUL BASS ...
 
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My Decks, Let Me Show You Them

2008-02-08 17:18:14 by Editor in The Watchtower of Destruction: The Ferrett's Journal