Wherever movie theaters are too small and the big screen just needs to get bigger, IMAX will try to be there. The Large Format Cinema Association is presenting its first IMAX film festival now through March 7 at the The Bridge Cinemas in the Howard Hughes Center. Read more...
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February 25, 9:00 pm
“˜Biggest’ film fest shoots to expand IMAX audience
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February 25, 9:00 pm
Oscar: Best Adapted Screenplay
WILL Win: “Seabiscuit” SHOULD Win: “City of God” “Seabiscuit” and “City of God” are films riffing off of already existing templates ““ Gary Ross’ audience-favorite was a film of considerable sentimentality and traditional American-spirit pathos, while “City of God” was a cool, disturbing homage to the many gangster flicks of years past. Read more...
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February 25, 9:00 pm
[Online] Hollywood Entertainment Museum exhibit gives albums a psychedelic twist
With a pink planet above and a neon-colored mosque behind him, Mick Jagger is sitting Indian-style, wearing a black Merlin hat and a Middle-Eastern silk robe, and forming an “X” with his forearms, palms facing himself. Read more...
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February 25, 9:00 pm
“˜Havana Nights’ missteps fusion of dance, political beats
“Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights” Directed by Guy Ferland Miramax Films I am sad to say I didn’t have the time of my life “¦ again with “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights.” While the film slavishly follows the formula of the original “Dirty Dancing,” all of the familiarity that hooked audiences in the original rendition is rushed through without a second thought in the remake. Read more...
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February 25, 9:00 pm
Oscar: Best Cinematography
WILL Win: “Cold Mountain” SHOULD Win: “Girl with a Pearl Earring” Even though the first “The Lord of the Rings” film won in this category in 2001, the third installment failed to garner even a nomination this year, leaving the cinematography race a little more open. Read more...
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February 25, 9:00 pm
Film adds visual chapter to perception of past
Fueled by charges of anti-Semitism for its depiction of the death of Jesus, the release of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of The Christ” may have already ignited enough controversy to be considered an event of biblical proportions. Read more...
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February 25, 9:00 pm
Oscar: Best Original Screenplay
WILL Win: “Lost in Translation” SHOULD Win: “Lost in Translation” While “Lost in Translation” is nominated for a total of four Oscars, it will probably lose Best Picture and Best Director to more glaring blockbusters like “Lord of the Rings.” To prevent Sofia Coppola and the film’s fans from feeling completely shafted, the Academy will most likely honor the subtly poignant film with Best Original Screenplay. Read more...