All posts by Randy Shulman
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Masked Unmarvel
You can't help but wonder: At approximately what point during the filming of Son of the Mask did the cast and crew halt what they...
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Boxing Hilary
I'm not particularly fond of boxing movies. I flinch at the sight of fists curled up in big padded gloves, thrusting for blood. Nor am...
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Hard Lessons
In Good Company is an agreeable comedy that might have been overlooked altogether if not for Topher Grace's pitch-perfect performance as a 26-year-old corporate upstart...
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Opera Queen
''I fell in love with opera when I was 13, when I first heard the voice of Maria Callas,'' says John Pascoe. ''I heard her...
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Appreciation
Last Thursday morning, January 6, at 5:15 a.m., one of the GLBT community's biggest hearts gave out. The passing of Billy Collison at the age...
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Second Chances
''Will I ever be normal?'' The question is put to a psychologist by Walter, a 45-year-old man recently released from a dozen years spent in...
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The Best and Worst Films of 2004
The year 2004 was both an encouraging and discouraging one for movies. On the bright side, we had several films that put the script ahead...
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Artfully Threaded
''It's the first time I've designed this period,'' says costume designer Fabio Toblini on Ford's Theatre's holiday mainstay, A Christmas Carol. ''I did Victorian shows...
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Broken English
There are those who might say ''Even a bad film made by James L. Brooks is better than a good film made by another, lesser...
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Dickie's Girl
In the late '90s, Dick Scanlan's boyfriend passed away, leaving him a summer home in the South Hamptons. The house had lousy television reception but,...
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Uncoupling
In Closer, four strangers drawn together by fate form into romantic pairs and then proceed to uncouple and re-couple, in the process ripping each other...
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Mythbuster
It's been six years since Bill Condon made the phenomenal Gods and Monsters, which explored the hushed tragedy of James Whale, the gay director behind...
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Home Movies
A pale, dark-haired boy of about 13 approaches Jonathan Caouette in the lobby of the Landmark E Street Cinemas. He is visibly overwhelmed, barely able...
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Living Dolls
If they make it past three or more films, horror movie icons typically make the leap from terror to comedy. It's not always the best...
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California Dreamin'
''The world doesn't what I have to say,'' grumbles Miles Raymond. ''I'm so insignificant. Half of my life is over and I have nothing...
