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8 hrs ago | Sam Longoria Filmmaking Blog

Veterans Day - Best War Movies

Official cessation of hostilities in the First World War, the Big One, the Great War.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

FilmJerk.com

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Stanley Kubrick A filmmaker of international importance, Kubrick was one of the only directors to work within the Studio System and still have full artistic control over his films from scripting through post-production, prompting Time Magazine to compare Kubrick's early independence with the magnitude of Orson Welles.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

The Santa Barbara Independent

2009 SBIFF Kirk Douglas Award Goes to Quentin Tarantino

No one at the Film Festival's annual Kirk Douglas Award gala on Thursday at the Coral Casino appeared to be having more fun than the honoree, Quention Tarantino.

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Wed Oct 14, 2009

FilmJerk.com

The Early Report for October 13, 2009: Part One

Stanley Kubrick A filmmaker of international importance, Kubrick was one of the only directors to work within the Studio System and still have full artistic control over his films from scripting through post-production, prompting Time Magazine to compare Kubrick's early independence with the magnitude of Orson Welles.

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

FilmJerk.com

Bronson

Stanley Kubrick A filmmaker of international importance, Kubrick was one of the only directors to work within the Studio System and still have full artistic control over his films from scripting through post-production, prompting Time Magazine to compare Kubrick's early independence with the magnitude of Orson Welles.

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Mon Sep 28, 2009

Sunday Tribune

Stanley's Rubric

Ten years after the death of Stanley Kubrick, and with a new Dublin exhibition of art inspired by his films, Film Critic Paul Lynch muses on what made the film director so unique Stanley Kubrick 'Paths of Glory' by Mark Wickham 'Overlook Hotel' by Francis Matthews 'Lady Lyndon & Sheep' by David Turpin 'Miles West of Sidewinter' by Chris Judge It is ...

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Sat Sep 26, 2009

Edward Champion's Return of the Reluc...

The Bat Segundo Show: Nicholas Meyer

Posted on September 24, 2009 Filed Under Bat Segundo , Film , Star Trek Nicholas Meyer appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #310 . Nicholas Meyer is perhaps best known for his work on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .

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Thu Sep 24, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Spartacus: it's no slave to the truth, but it's got the spirit

Stanley Kubrick's 1960 epic has a slightly spurious icon of freedom at its heart, but terrific performances from a starry cast and the outstanding battle scenes make up for it Director: Stanley Kubrick Entertainment grade: Aa ' History grade: C+ Spartacus Production year: 1960 Cert : PG Runtime: 180 mins Directors: Stanley Kubrick Spartacus was a ...

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Sun Sep 13, 2009

Hollywood.com

Herbert Lom

Blocky, steely-eyed, flamboyantly talented character actor who has played comic foils and glowering villains with equal aplomb in a score of British and international features.

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Fri Sep 11, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Technically awesome, emotionallydistant, and classically Kubrick

Kubrick actually filmed only by candlelight for scenes such as this, with Marisa Berenson.

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Wed Sep 09, 2009

Hollywood.com

Goran Visnjic

Tall, with dark matinee idol looks, Croatian actor Goran Visnjic garnered much attention with his first major English-language role in Michael Winterbottom's "Welcome to Sarajevo" . Drawing on his own experiences,.... Tall, with dark matinee idol looks, Croatian actor Goran Visnjic garnered much attention with his first major English-language role ...

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Fri Aug 14, 2009

Dogmaticblog.com

Stanley Kubricka s Family Want Holocaust Film Made

The family of the late film director Stanley Kubrick has called on Hollywood studio bosses to make his last, unfinished film, which he was forced to postpone before his death.

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Wed Aug 12, 2009

ContactMusic.com

Kirk Douglas - Douglas Honoured with Prosthetic Penis in New Spartacus

Caption: Kirk Douglas , LA Mayor Antonio Vallaraigosa and Cindy Crawford LA Mission and Anne Douglas Center's Thanksgiving Meal For The Homeless Los Angeles, California .... KIRK DOUGLAS has an odd cameo in the upcoming TV remake of SPARTACUS - as a prosthetic penis.

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Mon Aug 10, 2009

Scotsman.com Living

Book review: Power Play

THE CENTRAL CONCEIT OF GAVIN Esler's thriller is agreeable. An abrasive American vice-president, not a hundred miles removed from Dick Cheney, is invited to go grouse-shooting on Deeside and meet the Queen there.

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Sat Aug 08, 2009

Newkerala.com

Film festival on Quit India Movement gets underway

Bhopal, Aug 8 : A seven-day film festival on 'Quit India Movement' today got underway at Ravindra Bhavan here to showcase ten selected films-both from national and world cinemas.

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Thu Aug 06, 2009

ContactMusic.com

Kirk Douglas - Douglas Honoured with Prosthetic Penis in New Spartacus

Caption: Kirk Douglas , LA Mayor Antonio Vallaraigosa and Cindy Crawford LA Mission and Anne Douglas Center's Thanksgiving Meal For The Homeless Los Angeles, California .... KIRK DOUGLAS has an odd cameo in the upcoming TV remake of SPARTACUS - as a prosthetic penis.

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Sat Aug 01, 2009

FilmJerk.com

Funny People

Stanley Kubrick A filmmaker of international importance, Kubrick was one of the only directors to work within the Studio System and still have full artistic control over his films from scripting through post-production, prompting Time Magazine to compare Kubrick's early independence with the magnitude of Orson Welles.

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Thu Jul 30, 2009

StarTribune

L.A. Confidential: 'I am Spartacus!'

The series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," coming to the Starz channel in January, has found a most unusual way to pay tribute to Stanley Kubrick's classic film.

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Wed Jul 29, 2009

BC Beat

TCA: I Am Spartacus...And I Need a Prosthetic

Starz's new original series Spartacus: Blood and Sand will debut Jan. 22, 2010 at 10 p.m., network executives announced at the TCA summer press tour July 29 in Pasadena, Calif.

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Sat Jul 18, 2009

FilmJerk.com

(500) Days of Summer

Stanley Kubrick A filmmaker of international importance, Kubrick was one of the only directors to work within the Studio System and still have full artistic control over his films from scripting through post-production, prompting Time Magazine to compare Kubrick's early independence with the magnitude of Orson Welles.

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Directed by Stanley Kubrick

Starring Laurence Olivier and Kirk Douglas

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