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Gaiman, Kinsella, Koontz among releases to look forward to
It's not too early to start compiling your summer reading list. Here are some recommendations, courtesy of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, with publication dates. Fiction Sophie Kinsella, "Wedding Night": An unlikely romance involves a pair desperate to...
Tags: Nora Ephron, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Dan Brown , Diabetes, George Mitchell
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Out on Home Video: 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' released
EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE (2011) * *1/2 (B-) Directed by Stephen Daldry Starring Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow, John Goodman, Viola Davis Warner//Rated PG-13//Drama//129 minutes Available on: DVD, Blu-ray and digital...
Tags: DVDs, Daniel Craig, World War I (1914-1918), Vernon Jordan, Religious Festivals
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Barbara Tuchman's opening lines
Jacket CopyBarbara Tuchman's masterful accounts of history in "The Guns of August" and other works have now been reissued in a volume from the Library of America.... -
First impressions
The Baltimore SunTook down John Le Carre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy for the third, maybe fourth, turn around the park, something to occupy the time this evening while people of limited resources gaze at the filthy Oscar proceedings. Look at that first sentence:... -
'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'
Zap2ItA superb revisiting of the John Le Carre espionage novel that fueled a highly regarded television miniseries, this take on the tale boasts a fabulous, Oscar-nominated performance by Gary Oldman as former British intelligence agent George Smiley. He's...Tags: DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, Toby Jones, Politics, John Hurt
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Sundance 2012: An Irish spin on 'Tinker Tailor'
24 FramesShadow Dancer, starring Clive Owen and Andrea Riseborough, has echoes of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."... -
Movies: Dapper gents rule in 'J. Edgar,' 'The Artist' and other films
Los Angeles TimesClothes and carefully cultivated facial hair are helping to make the man — and the movie — in a big way at the multiplex this season. Consider the tuxedo-wearing, thinly mustachioed men of 1920s' Hollywood in "The Artist"; the dapper denizens...Tags: Leonardo DiCaprio, World War I (1914-1918), Fine Artists, The Artist (movie), Hugo (movie)
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'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' review: Who? What? Why? Who cares?
RedEye movie critic** (out of four) In spy movies, the organization sometimes seems to exist only to police itself and its inevitable traitors. So when the operation doesn’t appear to accomplish anything else except cleaning up its own mess, it suggests that shutting...Tags: Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones, Politics, John Hurt, Movies
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'Or,' tells playwright's tale of intrigue; more fizzle than 'Sizzle'
"Or,"
***1/2Traveler, lover, playwright, spy — Aphra Behn’s improbable careers could have filled a few John Le Carre novels. The 17th century author of “The Rover” is cited most often as the first woman who earned her living...Tags: Global Change, Global Warming, Tom Stoppard, Aphra Behn, Conservation
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Movie Preview: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelThe greatest spy novel of them all was once a classic British TV mini-series, and now has been remade as an all-star period piece set in the Cold War '60s. Colin Firth, Bill Nighy, John Hurt, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, and as John Le Carre's canny... -
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