Late last night it was announced that Clint Eastwood‘s J. Edgar will premiere at the AFI Fest 2011 on 11.3. The Hollywod-based fest will run from 11.3 to 11.10. Hence the launch of a possible Best Picture campaign, and a likely Best Actor punch-through for Leonardo DiCaprio as Gay Edgar Hoover. Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer and Judy Dench costar.
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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