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DVD Extra: Warners' Classic gangsters
Warner Bros.' first Blu-ray set consisting entirely of new-to-format pre-1950 titles, out today is appropriately called "Ultimate Gangsters Collection -- Classics.'' It's comprised of four genre... Read on
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DVD Extra: Fred MacMurray's cynical Hollywood press agent gets religion, with help from Valli, Frank Sinatra and Ben Hecht
Sometimes it can be rewarding to revisit a "classic'' film you haven't seen in decades, even if it didn't impress you much the first time around. A positive review of Irving Pichel's "The Miracle of... Read on
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Oscar Watch: Mixed reviews may not stop 'The Great Gatsby'
Predictions based on advance tracking have Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby'' opening at $40 million or more, perhaps a record for even a semi-serious period drama, albeit one that's also a major... Read on
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DVD Extra: Revisiting and comparing past Gatsbys to the new one
It's probably impossible to make "definitive'' movie version of "The Great Gatsby,'' a great novel whose qualities are in F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing, but that hasn't stopped Hollywood from trying... Read on
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DVD Extra: Hello, Barbra!
Just-ended April was quite a month for Barbra Streisand and her fans. She was feted last week at Lincoln Center (I wasn't invited) and a couple of days later a specacular restoration of "Funny Girl''... Read on
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TCM Classic Film Festival 2013: So many great movies, so little time
I had the fantastic time again over the weekend at my third TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, an event that just keeps getting better and better in its fourth year. This is one brilliantly... Read on
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Ziegfeld to be managed by new owners of Clearview Cinemas, including Chelsea; First and 62nd closing soon
Cablevision is holding onto its lease for the iconic Ziegfeld Theatre but will turn management over to Bow Tie Cinemas, which has a contract pending to buy almost all of Cablevision's Clearview... Read on
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TCM Classic Film Festival: 'Funny Girl'
Barbra Streisand wasn't on hand for Thursday night's opening night presentation of "Funny Girl'' at the TCM Classic Film Festival, apparently recovering from the adulation at her Monday night tribute... Read on
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TCM Classic Film Festival 2013: A tour of the Warner Bros. lot
Movie fans who take the $250 “VIP Tour’’ on the Warner Bros. lot on Thursdays often get to have lunch with Cass Warner, granddaughter of the eldest of the four founding brothers (and the daughter of... Read on
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George Stevens Jr. speaks out on the 'Shane' controversy
George Stevens Jr. will not be present when a new 60th anniversary restoration of his father's western classic "Shane'' shows Saturday at the TCM Classic Film Festival (along with a new restoration... Read on
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