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David Ulin and Carolyn Kellogg discuss literary adaptations
L.A. Times book critic David L. Ulin went to see "Gatz" last weekend -- that's a live stage version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." Ulin's review is forthcoming in the L.A. Times, but he gives us a preview of his thoughts -- and then we...
Tags: Authors, On the Road (movie), Life of Pi (movie), The Hunger Games (movie), Entertainment
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Joe Wright, Keira Knightley a fearless team on 'Anna Karenina'
Director Joe Wright's vision for the Leo Tolstoy classic "Anna Karenina" has been called "bold," "daring" and "ambitious" — words that could also be used to describe the effect the director and his leading lady, Keira Knightley, have on each other....
Tags: Golden Globe Awards, Diane Keaton, Air Transportation Delays, Keira Knightley, Joe Wright
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Anna Karenina movie reviews
Anna Karenina, this week's featured adaptation, is dividing the critics. Shallow, overblown eye candy? Faithful retelling of Tolstoy's tale of doomed lovers? You'll have to judge this one for yourself. But don't be surprised if you get an argument,...
Tags: The New York Times, Joe Wright, Movies, Entertainment, NPR
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Reel Critics: 'Lincoln' deserves Oscars vote
Steven Spielberg is the premier film director of his generation. When he turns his creative spotlight on major historical events, he has no equal. In "Saving Private Ryan" and "Schindler's List," he brought forth the reality of World War II like no...Tags: Schindler's List (movie), Sally Field, Saving Private Ryan (movie), Lincoln (movie, 2012), Tommy Lee Jones
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My favorite moments of 2012
Years ago when I was a student at Northwestern University, a handful of executives at America Online came to my class and explained that you, I and everyone we know would soon find ourselves pleasantly stranded on "information islands." We nodded,...
Tags: Neil Young, Arts, Entertainment Events, Statue of Liberty, Paul Thomas Anderson
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Wrong answers for Newtown
The film "Casablanca" has many famous lines, but none more immortal than Capt. Renault's order after seeing a Nazi officer shot by Humphrey Bogart's character, Rick Blaine: "Round up the usual suspects." He issues that command to give the impression he'...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Firearms, Asperger Syndrome, Newspaper and Magazine
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For 'Les Miz' and more, the color red makes a statement
For most of "Les Misérables," things do not go well for Fantine. Abandoned by the father of her child, she goes on a long spiral down the economic ladder and winds up working in a brothel. And although she's always featured with a splash of color in the...
Tags: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Joe Wright, Entertainment, Movies
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Keira Knightley, Robert Zemeckis to appear at Cinematheque
Oscar season means hopefuls in the race for the trophies make their faces seen around town, and that doesn't mean just for film academy voters or the press. Case in point: Actress Keira Knightley and director Robert Zemeckis both have films that have...
Tags: Les Miserables (musical), Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Flight (movie), Keira Knightley, Entertainment
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'Anna Karenina': Joe Wright on his directorial 'detective work'
In developing his film adaptation of "Anna Karenina," the classic Tolstoy novel about a scandalous love triangle in Imperial Russia, director Joe Wright found himself donning his sleuthing cap. "It’s kind of like detective work, trying to figure...Tags: Keira Knightley, Joe Wright, Los Angeles Times
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Joe Wright's version of Tolstoy classic 'Anna Karenina' a hit-or-miss proposition ★★ 1/2
Like most alleged love-it-or-hate-it propositions, the new film version of "Anna Karenina" is neither. Rather, it's a half-success — a baldly conceptual response to the Leo Tolstoy novel, with a heavy theatrical framework placed around the narrative...
Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Entertainment, Joe Wright, Movies, Sports
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Toronto Film Festival Day 2 recap: The Master's domain!
Here's a Day 2 recap from the Toronto International Film Festival. Everybody sees a different slate of movies each day here. Friday went this way: After the gamer-oriented slaughter of “Dredd 3D,” the fanciful and tricksy theatrics of director...
Tags: Film Festivals, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Festive Events, Movies, Entertainment
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Toronto's Hollywood juggernaut can't swamp indie pleasures
In "Argo," one of the leanest satisfactions of this year's massive Toronto International Film Festival, director and star Ben Affleck anchors a movie based on the true story about how Central Intelligence Agency operative Tony Mendez faked his way into...
Tags: Film Festivals, Rust and Bone (movie), Tom Tykwer, Entertainment Events, Movies
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