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Making of a myth

Countless media outlets have reported that actor Gary Oldman, a conservative, bad-mouthed his new movie, "The Contender." He and his manager, Douglas Urbanski, charged that DreamWorks, the studio that released it, forced editing changes to fit with its Democratic leanings.…

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Is '405' a home movie?

Is the most famous short film in the history of the Internet--a movie its makers claim to have made at home in their spare time on a couple of consumer computers--not quite the low-rent achievement it seems?

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Ugly reality in movie ratings

Is it necessary to subject our children to unrelenting violence and kinetic mindlessness in the name of entertainment, and to market R-rated movies and the equivalent videogames to younger consumers? Most reasonable people would say it is not. At the…

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Now, that's funny

The American Film Institute announced the 100 funniest American films, as selected by a blue-ribbon film industry panel, during a CBS special Tuesday night.