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Won't Back Down
VarietyGrounded in the belief that there are few things sadder than seeing a child say "I can't," heavy-handed inspirational drama "Won't Back Down" centers on a group of parents who organize to take control of their kids' failing elementary school. Grossly...Tags: Elle Fanning, Teaching and Learning, Aspirin (drug), Oscar Isaac, Teachers
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'Won't Back Down' review: It's that easy!
** (out of four) “Inspired by actual events,” reads the opening of “Won't Back Down,” which feels inspired but not by actual events. Armed only with rah-rah determination, this drama presents the troubled school system merely as a...
Tags: Viola Davis, Superman (fictional character), Entertainment, Lance Reddick, Movies
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My 'Ancient Evenings' with Norman Mailer
Liz Smith"LIKE WATCHING PAINT DRY!" This is the ultimate comment about the tiresome tedium of actually making movies. Despite all the romance, glamour and effort of writing, directing, makeup, costumes and technique, plus acting, the road to stardom sometimes...Tags: Elaine Stritch, Entertainment, Claire Danes, Ellen Burstyn, Television Industry
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Richard Jenkins joins 'White House Down': Roland Emmerich pic stars Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx
Variety"Eat Pray Love" star Richard Jenkins is in talks for a key role alongside Channing Tatum in Sony's action drama "White House Down." Roland Emmerich is directing from a script by James Vanderbilt, who sold his spec to Sony for $3 million back in March,...Tags: Robert Redford, Richard Jenkins, U.S. Secret Service, Entertainment, Channing Tatum
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Johnny Carson doc scores big for PBS: 'American Masters' documentary drew 6.3 million viewers
VarietyAuds flocked to the PBS documentary on Johnny Carson in May, with final Nielsen tallies making it the most popular "American Masters" production to date. "Johnny Carson: King of Late Night" averaged 6.3 million viewers including repeat broadcasts and...Tags: Arts and Culture, Television Stations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Robert Downey Jr., David Geffen
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Video Americain's long Charles Village goodbye ends this weekend
The Baltimore SunIn the course of a going-out-of-business sale that has been dragging on at the Charles Village Video Americain for months, owner Barry Solan estimates he’s sold about two-thirds of his roughly 30,000-title inventory. Each sale, he and his wife,...Tags: Netflix Inc., Charles Village, Charlie Chaplin, DVDs, John Ford
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Video/Q&A: Chicago-native 'Hysteria' director Tanya Wexler wants to give which celebs a vibrator?
Talk about a memorable movie pitch. “This is the vibrator movie you can bring your mom to,” says “Hysteria” director Tanya Wexler, who grew up in Lincoln Park. “You want to see something about the vibrator that you can&...
Tags: Gold Coast, Celebrities, Trips and Vacations, Anthony Hopkins, Entertainment
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'Hysteria' review: Learning feels so good
*** (out of four) As “Hysteria” begins, onscreen text informs us, “This story is based on true events. Really.” Indeed, what follows may be surprising to many who live in a world in which sex toys—from vibrators to...
Tags: Jonathan Pryce, Jenna Jameson
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Peace, Love & Misunderstandings, Hysteria
Peace, Love & Misunderstandings ** ½
El director australiano Bruce Beresford se mete en problemas cuando intenta rendir homenaje al Festival de Woodstock, evento de capital importancia dentro de la cultura norteamericana. Esta fiesta de tres días repleta...Tags: Bruce Beresford, Rupert Everett, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jonathan Pryce, Genes and Chromosomes
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'Hysteria': Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy star in dutiful comedy ✭✭
However it's handled, the story of the invention of the electric vibrator cries out for more stimulating treatment than "Hysteria," a film left wanting for a tone and a surer sense of period. The stylistically uncertain romantic comedy stars Maggie...
Tags: Rupert Everett, Jonathan Pryce, Romance (genre), Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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‘The View’: Larry Hagman, John Walsh, Tyra Banks to visit
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelOscar-winner Catherine Zeta-Jones, Larry Hagman and Gladys Knight will visit “The View” next week. Here's the guest lineup on the ABC chatfest, which airs at 11 a.m. weekdays on WFTV-Channel 9. Monday: Guest co-host Gretchen Carlson of Fox... -
'Hysteria' grips Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Rupert Everett
Liz Smith"WHEN A match has equal partners, then I fear not," wrote Aeschylus. REMEMBER YOU read it here first, or maybe you already knew it because there is plenty of buzz! My very good friend, the bandleader Peter Duchin, and the woman of his dreams, Virginia...Tags: Liza Minnelli, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Jonathan Pryce, Hugh Dancy, Entertainment
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