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* Film: 'Love Is All You Need' a rom-com by Danish director known for serious fare * bc-love-need-film(sh) | By: * COLIN COVERT | Source: * Minneapolis Star Tribune | * , Film (EF) May 17, 2013 3:38 PM * By COLIN COVERT * * Susanne Bier, a Danish director with a penchant for powerful drama, splashes in the shallow end of the pool with the midlife romance "Love Is All You Need." After a series of films (including her 2011 Oscar-winner, "In a Better
Profile: Michael Shannon on playing real-life killer Richard Kuklinski in 'The Iceman' bc-profile-shannon(sh) | By: COLIN COVERT | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Film (EF), People & Celebrities (EP) May 17, 2013 3:05 PM By COLIN COVERT Michael Shannon has quietly become one of the most interesting and original actors of his era. Climbing a ladder of indie gems, he's established himself as the natural heir to Christopher Walken, but with a jolt of broad-shouldered m
Film: Michael Shannon is a chilling killer in 'The Iceman' bc-theiceman-film(sh) | By: COLIN COVERT | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Film (EF) May 17, 2013 12:25 PM By COLIN COVERT "The Iceman," directed and co-written by Ariel Vromen, is a cold, calculating, viscerally effective portrait of a contract killer. It's as if one of the sideline characters from "Goodfellas" or "The Godfather" starred in his own spin
Family Glance: 'Star Trek Into Darkness,' 'The Great Gatsy,' 'Iron Man 3' and more bc-familyglance-film(sh) | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Film (EF) May 16, 2013 5:13 PM A guide to movies from a family perspective: "Star Trek Into Darkness" -- Rated: PG-13. -- Suitable for: Teens and older. -- What you should know: This is the second "Star Trek" movie from J.J. Abrams, with a new cast that features Chris Pine, Zach
Profile: 'Star Trek Into Darkness' just one of Zachary Quinto's enterprises these days bc-profile-quinto(sh) | By: BARBARA VANCHERI | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Film (EF), People & Celebrities (EP) May 16, 2013 4:40 PM By BARBARA VANCHERI At one point during "Star Trek Into Darkness," Capt. James T. Kirk fumes, "Sometimes, I just want to rip the bangs off his head." But Kirk doesn't do that, which is a good thing considering the amount of time consumed by the work
Profile: Chris Pine takes helm again as Capt. Kirk in 'Star Trek Into Darkness' bc-profile-pine(sh) | By: COLIN COVERT | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Film (EF), People & Celebrities (EP) May 16, 2013 3:35 PM By COLIN COVERT In his second voyage as "Star Trek's" Capt. James T. Kirk, Chris Pine is more at ease in the iconic role. Pine was just 28 when he starred in 2009's hit "Star Trek" reboot (William Shatner was 35 when the TV series began). In "Star T
Film: 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' delivers smart action bc-startrek-film(sh) | By: SEAN P. MEANS | Source: Salt Lake Tribune | Film (EF) May 15, 2013 12:50 PM By SEAN P. MEANS The first rule of "Star Trek: Into Darkness" is that you do not talk about "Star Trek: Into Darkness." There is so much cool stuff in director J.J. Abrams' second film based on Gene Roddenberry's beloved science-fiction series, and
Video: New DVD set sparkles with vintage Liberace bc-video-film14(sh) | By: MARK WYCKOFF | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Film (EF) May 14, 2013 4:05 PM By MARK WYCKOFF How would you like your Liberace? If you feel like exploring the seamier corners of the late pianist's life, wait until May 26 when HBO airs the movie "Behind the Candelabra." Michael Douglas stars as the flamboyant musician and Mat
Gatsby quiz: You don't know Fitz -- or do you? bc-gatsby-fitzquiz(sh) | By: BILL WARD | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Film (EF), Books (EB) May 10, 2013 2:25 PM By BILL WARD See how much, or how little, you know about author F. Scott Fitzgerald with this quiz: 1. Fitzgerald was named after which famous relative of his father's? a. Sir Walter Scott b. Edmund Fitzgerald c. Francis Scott Key d. Sco
'Gatsby' success proves F. Scott Fitzgerald's characters are timeless bc-gatsby-fitz(sh) | By: BILL WARD | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Film (EF), Books (EB) May 10, 2013 2:25 PM By BILL WARD Few, if any, American authors have come to be so closely associated with an era like F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Roaring Twenties. Funny thing is, despite being that link to a bygone period, Fitzgerald and his work are proving timeles
'Redwood Highway' is a coming-of-aged drama bc-redwood-film(sh) | By: CRAIG SAILOR | Source: Tacoma News Tribune | Film (EF) May 10, 2013 1:40 PM By CRAIG SAILOR "Redwood Highway" could be labeled a coming-of-age film but for one small disqualifier: Its protagonist is a 75-year-old woman. Call it instead a coming-of-the-aged drama. Veteran actress Shirley Knight plays Marie, a woman livin
Family-film: 'Great Gatsy,' 'Iron Man 3' and more bc-film-familyglance(sh) | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Film (EF) May 10, 2013 12:05 PM A guide to movies from a family perspective: "The Great Gatsby" Rated: PG-13. Suitable for: Teens and above. What you should know: Baz Luhrmann, whose movies include "Moulin Rouge," directed this big-screen version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel.
New Broadway plays are all about the movies bc-broadway-movies(sh) | By: SHARON EBERSON | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Film (EF) May 8, 2013 12:25 PM By SHARON EBERSON Broadway is all about the movies these days. In three days you can see a contemporary comedy and a period drama that bash Hollywood -- one with a few well-placed jabs, the other with a battering ram -- and a musical that transform
Will 'Great Gatsy' finally get great film treatment? bc-gatsbyhopes-film(sh) | By: RAFER GUZMAN | Source: Newsday | Film (EF) May 7, 2013 4:30 PM By RAFER GUZMAN Will the fourth time be a charm for "The Great Gatsby"? Every few decades, Hollywood is entranced anew by F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of high living and low morals in the Jazz Age. The story of the love between self-made mill
Film: 'Kon-Tiki' gives us the mighty tale of Thor Heyerdahl bc-kontiki-film(sh) | By: COLIN COVERT | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Film (EF) May 3, 2013 2:45 PM By COLIN COVERT "Kon-Tiki" might as well open with "Once upon a time?..." This handsome dramatization of Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 raft voyage from Peru to Polynesia has the feel of a boy's adventure: "Across the Pacific With Six Men
Film: Evaluation of 'Iron Man 3' finds the superhero universe a weird place bc-ironman-plottwist(sh) | By: TONY NORMAN | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Film (EF) May 3, 2013 1:30 PM By TONY NORMAN There's a twist in "Iron Man 3" that can't be discussed directly because it would spoil a major plot turn about a decades-old character. Let's just say that it surprises longtime fans of the franchise's heroes and villains -- at least
Family Glance: 'Iron Man 3,' 'King's Faith,' 'The Sapphires' and more bc-familyglance-film(sh) | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Film (EF) May 3, 2013 12:10 PM A guide to movies from a family perspective: "Iron Man 3" -- Rated: PG-13. -- Suitable for: Mature tweens and older. -- What you should know: Robert Downey Jr. returns as Iron Man. Still haunted by events in New York (dramatized in "The Avengers")
Film: Tidbits about the summer movie season bc-tidbits-film(sh) | By: BARBARA VANCHERI | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Film (EF) May 2, 2013 3:45 PM By BARBARA VANCHERI The U.S. summer film season kicks in with the arrival of "Iron Man 3." It's already a hit overseas, where it took in $195.3 million in 42 international territories. Other tidbits of the season: -- Zachary Quinto returns as Spock
Film: 'Iron Man 3' more entertaining than the last flight bc-ironman3-film(sh) | By: BARBARA VANCHERI | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Film (EF) May 2, 2013 12:10 PM By BARBARA VANCHERI Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) cannot sleep, suffers anxiety attacks that hit like a punch to the gut and is haunted by what happened in New York with the Avengers. "I'm a pipin' hot mess," he admits to Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Palt
Religion: Zombies are us bc-religion-faith01(sh) | By: TERRY MATTINGLY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Film (EF), Television (ET), Religion (LR), Editorials and Opinion (KE) May 1, 2013 2:30 PM By TERRY MATTINGLY It seems to happen whenever Steve Beard hangs out with friends -- especially folks who don't go to church -- talking about movies, television and whatever else is on their minds. "It may take five minutes or it may take as long as
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