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The new 'Mission: Impossible' sequel: Could Paramount have picked a worse title?
The Big PictureNot that "Mission: Impossible 4" actually needs any more publicity, but Paramount threw together a news conference in Dubai with Tom Cruise and filmmaker Brad Bird to announce that the film has a new title, or more accurately, one of...... -
DUBAI: "Mission: Impossible" wraps up filming in swanky Persian Gulf hub
Babylon & BeyondPomp and circumstance marked the ending of the the nearly monthlong shoot of the fourth "Mission: Impossible" movie with the ghostly title "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" in Dubai. Pictures published in the local media showed "Mission: Impossible"... -
ESPN's '30 for 30': The world's most unlikely indy film festival
The Big PictureI go to film festivals to see the kind of idiosyncratic, personal movies big Hollywood studios rarely make anymore. But for the last 15 months, I've been watching a wonderfully engaging film festival with passionate and provocative movies on TV,...... -
'Will Eisner' by Michael Schumacher
Special to the Los Angeles TimesAlthough he neither coined the term "graphic novel" nor invented the form, Will Eisner ranks among America's most celebrated and influential sequential artists. The creator of "The Spirit" (a comic book hero who solved crimes without recourse to...Tags: Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Freedom of the Press, Physical Conditions
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David Ellison raises $350 million to co-fund movies with Paramount
Company TownIn an era when outside movie capital is tough to come by, David Ellison, the 27-year-old son of Oracle founder and Chief Executive Larry Ellison, has raised $350 million to co-finance movies with his studio partner Paramount Pictures. The funds...... -
'How to Train Your Dragon' was fire-tested during whirlwind production
The Hero ComplexThe March 26 release of "How to Train Your Dragon" is getting strong early reviews (like the one in Entertainment Weekly and another in Variety), and Los Angeles Times film reporter John Horn has an interesting look at the making...... -
Pixar's John Lasseter was inspired by 'Dumbo'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJOHN LASSETER, the award-winning animator and CEO at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, has directed two "Toy Story" films, "A Bug's Life" and "Cars." But what counts as his favorite movie of all time? "Dumbo," the 1941 Disney classic animated...Tags: Film Festivals, Animation (genre), Billy Wilder, Pixar Animation, Entertainment
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10 best films to see Paris on the silver screen
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIf springtime in Paris isn't going to work for you this year, rent a movie and pretend -- until you can book a flight and go. Here are my Top 10 picks for films that best show off the French capital. For scenes from these memorable films, go to latimes....Tags: The Da Vinci Code (movie), Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Family, Simone Signoret
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Animation with a human touch
Special to The TimesThe moviegoing public caught a bad case of chatty mammal fatigue last year when more than a dozen computer-animated films were released in succession. There were rats and penguins, bears and cows — a veritable blur of fur and feathers. In fact, more...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Animation (genre), Pixar Animation, Family, Entertainment
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L.A.'s screening gems
Times Staff WriterPerhaps the only people who brag more about their illustrious alumni than Ivy Leaguers are the deans of film schools. At USC, the names dropped are Robert Zemeckis, Jay Roach, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. UCLA proudly lists Francis Ford Coppola, Gore...Tags: D.W. Griffith, SpongeBob SquarePants (tv program), Arts, Arts and Culture, Cinema Industry
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At last, Hollywood serves up some well-done chefs
Special to The TimesSomething fresh happens onscreen in "No Reservations," the newest in that newly burgeoning genre, American foodie cinema, and it's not the sea bass poached in a court bouillon with sautéed batonnet of carrots and zucchini (though that fish with vegetables...Tags: Mario Batali , Game, Dining and Drinking, DVDs and Movies, Bladder
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'Argo,' you had me at hello
Dear members of the Academy, I am writing today because I just emailed my vote for best movie of the year and I hope you will join me in supporting “Argo” as the winner. For years, you have picked some of the most boring movies ever —...Tags: Redbox, Central Intelligence Agency, Movies, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Ben Affleck
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