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No Country for Old Manhood

View image Sheriff Ed Tom Bell's padre is the "younger man" now, but he can't help compare himself to the old-timers like his father, grandfather, Uncle Mac... Yeah, I'm sick of those "No Country for..." headlines (and the "There Will…

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Moviegoers who feel too much

View image Robert De Niro in the last shot of Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in America": How does this make you feel? "Sometimes the best movies are the ones we make up." -- from the trailer for Michel…

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Burt-Man Begins; Black History Mumf

View image Burt Reynolds, Superstar. The Burt-a-Thon (formally known as the Burt Reynolds-a-Thon) starts today over at Welcome to L.A.. The awesome Larry Aydlette, whom some of you may know from his blog-lives as That Little Round-Headed Boy and/or The…

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Once is in!

View image We're in. After an investigation on the eve (literally) of the official Oscar ballot mailing, the executive committee of the Academy's music branch "has met and endorsed the validity of 'Falling Slowly' [from 'Once'] as a nominated achievement.…

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Bardem, Ledger and the truth about movie acting

View image Javier Bardem in an eloquent moment at the SAG Awards. (SAG photo) Javier Bardem said it beautifully when acknowledging his "No Country for Old Men" directors Joel and Ethan Coen in his Screen Actors Guild Award acceptance speech…

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Is Once ineligible for Best Original Song Oscar?

The Oscar-nominated song "Falling Slowly" (the only one not from "Enchanted" or "August Rush") may have been recorded for a Czech film -- and appeared on two albums in 2006, before "Once" was finished. Not sure why this has become…