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Appeals board overturns R rating for 'Dorfman'
The independent romantic comedy "Dorfman" has won a battle to have its R rating changed to a PG-13, the appeals board of the Motion Picture Assn. of America said Thursday. The movie had been assigned an R rating because of "some sexual content" —...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Film Festivals
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Theater review: 'Helen' is remade into a lively movie queen
Just a few years after writing his antiwar masterpiece, "The Trojan Women," Euripides was even more despondent about the reckless imperialist course of Athenian foreign policy. His response wasn't a louder shriek of lament but a rollicking romantic...
Tags: Folklore and Mythology, Lindsay Lohan, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Music
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Classic Hollywood: The movies at work
As far back as Louis Lumière's 1895 "Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory in Lyon" 46-second short, work has been a central theme in motion pictures.¶There have been stark dramas about officer workers as drones (King Vidor's 1928 "The Crowd"), satires...
Tags: Martin Scorsese, Margaret Sullavan, Movies, The Apartment (movie), Comedy (genre)
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Nora Ephron dies at 71; writer of sharp-edged romances
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Nora Ephron, who cast an acerbic eye on relationships, metropolitan living and aging in essays, books, plays and hit movies including "Sleepless in Seattle," "When Harry Met Sally..."...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Tom Hanks, Julia Child, Movies, John F. Kennedy
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Nora Ephron, 71, took a late shine to playwriting
Nora Ephron, who died Tuesday at 71, had a diverse writing career that extended well beyond the romantic comedy films that made her famous. Over the decades, she worked as a journalist for the New York Post and several magazines, wrote a handful of...
Tags: Journalism, Lillian Hellman, Tom Hanks, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Telluride Film Festival lineup: 'Hyde Park,' 'Iceman,' 'Argo'
Movie fans trekking to Telluride, Colo., for the resort town’s annual film festival this weekend are set to see some of the fall’s most anticipated performances, including Bill Murray as FDR in “Hyde Park on Hudson,” Michael...
Tags: Ken Burns, Ray Liotta, Goodbye Solo (movie), Music, Central Intelligence Agency
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Review: 'Much Ado About Nothing' in fine form at Shakespeare OC
Some odd quirks and remnants of wit adorn “Much Ado About Nothing,” which closes Shakespeare Orange County’s 21st season in beautifully appointed, crowd-pleasing, curiously off-kilter fashion. Thematically, the Bard’s romantic...
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Movie Projector: 'Madagascar 3' could edge out 'Prometheus'
A pack of Central Park Zoo animals could tromp on the king of science fiction at the box office this weekend. The animated 3-D family film "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" is expected to debut with about $55 million, according to those who have...
Tags: Body of Lies (movie), Movies, Ridley Scott, Mark Duplass, Blade Runner (movie)
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'Safety Not Guaranteed' has decent debut, but 'Lola' struggles
At the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, the quirky time travel dramedy "Safety Not Guaranteed" debuted to an enthusiastic audience. The film got a more muted response in theaters five months later, as it opened this weekend with a good-but-not-...
Tags: TriBeCa Film Festival, Mark Duplass, Sundance Film Festival, Prometheus (movie), Movies
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'Lola Versus' team turns their romantic baggage into films
24 FramesDaryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones, the twentysomethings behind the new offbeat romantic comedy “Lola Versus,” endured a yearlong, real-life breakup whose spirit they funneled into the movie. For the film, which opens in Los Angeles Friday and... -
Around Town: Snow White, Casablanca at Oscars Outdoors
24 FramesThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences introduces its new "Oscars Outdoors" screening series this Friday evening with the 1942 Oscar-winning romantic classic "Casablanca," followed by Walt Disney's seminal 1937 animated feature, "Snow White and... -
Los Angeles Film Festival puts diversity on the screen
24 FramesThe L.A. Film Festival, which begins with Allen’s “To Rome With Love” on Thursday night at downtown’s L.A. Live and runs through June 24, will feature more than half a dozen movies dealing with African American themes, two of which...
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