Tag: Movies

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Everyday voters show the messy business of modern elections in new documentary

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Democracy is messy business and few places illustrate that better than the polls. On November 2, 2004, director Katy Chevigny set out to capture a cross-section of American voters, in hopes of moving beyond the horse race and red-state–blue-state debates. “Election Day” focuses on 11 American stories and locales, where Chevigny’s team shot simultaneously from dawn into midnight. The director says the issues and problems she captured four years ago are even more relevant today. “Election Day” airs tonight on PBS on P.O.V.

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Left to clean up the mess: Two reviews of Wall-E

Monday, June 30, 2008

Pixar's latest movie, WALL-E, is an environmental fable about a lonely robot who is left to clean up the rusty debris of a vacant Earth. Two real-life Wallys review the film for The Takeaway.

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With SAG's contract expiring, will there be a Hollywood Strike sequel?

Friday, June 27, 2008

The Screen Actors Guild's contract with the studios expires Monday and there are reasons to fear a repeat of the crippling 14-week writers strike that ended in February. Some observers say Hollywood is already in a de facto strike, with productions rushing to wrap up ahead of next week.

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Pixar's Wall-E opens to the praise of critics and kids

Friday, June 27, 2008

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Your Movie Reviews: Get Smart, The Love Guru

Monday, June 23, 2008

Every Monday, The Takeaway plays your comments about new movies. This week, some not so fuzzy feelings for The Love Guru and Get Smart. Send your comments about next week's releases, WALL-E and Wanted, by Sunday at 3 p.m. Eastern (noon Pacific).

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The mother of all movie trailers: Get Smart, The Love Guru and more

Friday, June 20, 2008

Don't know what movie to see this weekend? The Takeaway is here to help. It's the Mother of All Trailers. This week: Get Smart, The Love Guru, Brick Lane and Kit Kittredge.

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Your reviews of The Incredible Hulk and The Happening

Monday, June 16, 2008

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The mother of all movie trailers: The Incredible Hulk, The Happening, and more

Friday, June 13, 2008

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Hulk SMASH! onto silver screen and physicist REVIEW! movie

Friday, June 13, 2008

The Incredible Hulk, the do-over of 2003's Hulk, opens this weekend. The Takeaway sent nuclear physicist Tim Halpin-Healy, who (we think) has no anger management issues, to a press screening.

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Your Movie Reviews: Don't Mess with the Kung Fu Zohan

Monday, June 09, 2008

Over the weekend, the animated flick Kung Fu Panda got the top spot at the box office … and Hillary Clinton gave her support to Barack Obama as the top Democrat in the presidential primary. If you caught a movie over the weekend, which one do you think the also-rans should catch up on? Our listeners have some suggestions.

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You don't mess with the (real-life) Zohan

Monday, June 09, 2008

In You Don't Mess With the Zohan, Adam Sandler plays an Israeli martial-artist-turned-hairdresser. On The Takeaway this morning, we spoke with Oded Gabay, a real-life Israeli hairdresser ... with a black belt.

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Kung Fu Panda, Zohan and your movie recommendations for presidential candidates

Friday, June 06, 2008

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Audio: Nigerian-born producer and purveyor talk about Nollywood movies in America

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

By Corey Takahashi : Associate Producer

Photo by Corey Takahashi

The Nollywood industry thrives on entrepreneurial zeal. Bethels Agomuoh is a film producer, director, occasional actor, and the owner of the online retailer http://africamovies.com. Hear him talk about the history and development of Nollywood:

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Video: Hooray for Nollywood!

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Quiet as it's kept, Nigeria's film industry is the third largest in the world. Films such as Mummy's Daughter Part 4, Beyonce: The President's Daughter, and End of Dreams are part of a booming $250-million business that has produced its own roster of stars in front of and behind the scenes. ESSENCE Senior Editor Patrik Henry Bass offers his Nollywood DVD picks.

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Your movie reviews: Sex and the City, The Strangers and more

Monday, June 02, 2008

Movie review by: Chris Barsanti

Movie review by: Susan Granger

Movie review by: Dan Lybarger

Movie review by: Prairie Miller

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Weekend movies: The Strangers, Sex and the City, and your reviews

Friday, May 30, 2008

The big-screen treatment of Sex and the City hits theaters to the joy of show fans. The Takeaway gets a review from the founder of the Sex and the City bus tour in New York City, who's gearing up for her busiest day yet. And, this weekend’s movies aren’t all about love and lightness. We fuse romantic comedy with horror in this week's preview, The Mother of All Trailers.

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Sydney Pollack, Oscar winner and director of A-list actors, dies at 73

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Selected films:

Michael Clayton (producer/actor, 2007)
Sketches of Frank Gehry (director/producer/cinematographer, 2005)
Cold Mountain (producer, 2003)
The Firm (director/producer, 1993)
Out of Africa (director, 1985)
Tootsie (director/actor, 1982)
Absence of Malice (director, 1981)
Three Days of the Condor (director, 1975)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (director, 1969)

View a slideshow of Sydney Pollack's life in movies, produced by The New York Times.

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Keeping up with the Joneses, the Indiana Joneses

Friday, May 23, 2008

After 19 years, the world's most famous archaeologist is back on the silver screen, bullwhip and all. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" hits theaters nationwide this week. To get a reality check on the Indiana Jones franchise, The Takeaway talks with a very real Indiana Jones: Rick Jones, Indiana's State Archaeologist.

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This week's movie mashup

Friday, May 09, 2008

The Takeaway gives you the trailer of all trailers... of trailers. On the big screen this week: Surfwise, Speed Racer and What Happens in Vegas.

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Middle-class actors need love too

Friday, May 09, 2008

Contract negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild and major Hollywood studios broke down earlier this week. The studios have offered to resume talks on May 28. The actor's contract terminates on June 30.

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