Starring:
Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe, Robin Wright Penn,
Ja…
Review:
You try slicing and dicing a six-hour corker of a 2003 British
miniseries into a two-hour suspense drama set in Washington, D.C.
It ain’t easy. Maybe that’s why Brad Pitt dropped out, and his
Fight Club alter ego, Edward Norton, followed. Russell
Crowe stepped in for Pitt as Cal […]

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Starring:
Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, John Turturro
Review:
Think of it as old Hollywood’s version of Entourage, an
insider’s take on the greed and vanity that make Tinseltown tick.
Based on a memoir by producer Art Linson, the movie stars Robert De
Niro, actually good for a change (Die! Die! Righteous
Kill!), as a stressed producer. He’s got a […]

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Starring:
Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, John Turturro
Review:
Think of it as old Hollywood’s version of Entourage, an
insider’s take on the greed and vanity that make Tinseltown tick.
Based on a memoir by producer Art Linson, the movie stars Robert De
Niro, actually good for a change (Die! Die! Righteous
Kill!), as a stressed producer. He’s got a […]

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Starring:
Dakota Fanning, Piper Laurie, David Morse, Robin Wright-Penn,
Jil…
Review:
This ain’t the old Dakota Fanning rape movie they showed at
Sundance nearly two years ago to a rain of critical revulsion. This
is the re-edited Dakota Fanning rape movie that re-emerges as an
even riper piece of cheese. Fanning, then 12, plays Lewellen,
toughing it out in 1950s Alabama […]

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