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Sony’s selling of “Reign”

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Two and a half years ago New Line marketing chief Russell Schwartz made a decision not to release Mike Binder‘s The Upside of Anger — an emotionally affecting adult relationship drama with two exceptional performances from costars Joan Allen and Kevin Costner — during 2004’s Oscar season (i.e., October- November), bumping it instead into a … Read more

Looks like the transit strike

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Looks like the transit strike will be over by tomorrow (i.e., Friday) or thefreabouts. Perhaps only one more exercise day remaining! Hollywood Elsewhere is planning another 140-block visit in Man- hattan later today. A visit with Capote director Bennett Miller, stopping by to pick up a script of Mike Binder’s Reign Over Me, visiting the … Read more

Sloppy Seconds

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Rumble in the Jungle I saw King Kong for the second time Monday morning (12.5), and I feel the same way I did after my first viewing Sunday night. About 110 minutes of this three-hour film (i.e., the last two-thirds) are rock ‘n’ roll and worth double the ticket price. And the finale is genuinely … Read more

Gotta Have It

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Gotta Have It I’ve thought and thought about it, and there’s no way Rachel Weisz’s performance in The Constant Gardener isn’t at the very top of the Best Supporting Actress con- tender list. Why? Because her portrayal of Tessa Quayle, the soul of this highly charged poli- tical thriller, burns the brightest from within. Rachel … Read more