All posts tagged "meryl streep"
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Creative Blocks: “The End of the Tour” and “Ricki and the Flash”
End of the Tour and Ricki and the Flash both fumble potentially strong premises
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Into the Woods (Review)
It’s only fitting that Disney is the studio behind the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Into the Woods. Who better, after all, than...
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Movie Review – August: Osage County
I didn’t have an opportunity to see Tracy Letts’ three-hour epic August: Osage County on the stage, but from everything I’ve heard, I’ve little doubt...
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Close, Mara Among Best Actress Oscar Nominees; Plummer, McTeer Get Supporting Nods
Among the nominees for Academy Awards announced this morning are several who were nominated for playing characters from across the spectrum of LGBT identity, including...
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Christopher Plummer wins Golden Globe Award for Beginners; Madonna, Meryl Streep also winners
Christopher Plummer took home the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as Hal Fields, an older man only...
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Cook's Country
If there’s a secret ingredient, you can bet it’s butter. Butter makes everything better. And there is absolutely no substitute for it in cooking. Using...
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Merry Melodies
Mamma Mia!, how can I resist you? The answer is I can't. And if you're looking for a good time, neither should you. In Mamma...
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Lion's Club
The other day I noticed a bumper sticker that read, ''If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.'' Robert Redford might have slapped the same...
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Soundwaves
MAMMA MIA! MERYL... Is there anything Meryl Streep can't do? Well, she's not likely to get the four members of dance-pop pioneers ABBA to perform...
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Fashion Statement
I can honestly say that, in all my years in journalism, I've never encountered an editor like Miranda Priestly, the powerful wicked witch at the...
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'Manchurian Candidate'
Jonathan Demme's choice of material has been a little bizarre as of late. His remake of the strangely winsome yet slightly edgy Audrey Hepburn-Cary Grant...
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Soaring Angels
The sheer scope and monumentality of HBO's Angels in America will surprise few. That the production triumphs and gives new legitimacy to television as a...
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Finest Hours
The Hours is perhaps the most improbable mainstream-oriented movie to emerge from Hollywood this year. A character-study mood piece that envelops you like a mist,...
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