tagged w/ Steven Spielberg
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DVD and Blu-ray new releases for March 26, 2013
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Less than 24-hours after “Argo” won the Academy Award for Best Picture and shortly after returning from the Governor’s Ball, IndieWire's Anne Thompson recaps a whirlwind weekend that had her hobnobbing at the Spirit Awards awards on Saturday then walking the red carpet at Sunday’s Oscars. Rough life, to be sure. Thompson beat out most other award season experts by correctly predicting 19 out of 24 winners at this year’s Academy Awards.Less than 24-hours after “Argo” won the Academy Award for Best Picture and... more
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ALL NEW!!! Fascinating interview with Mick Hurbis-Cherrier, co-author of 'Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics.' If you're a new or experienced filmmaker, a student, or someone who wants to understand more about why directors do what they do, I think you'll enjoy this book and our video conversation! Thanks for watching Mr. Media and I hope you'll share on your Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest or other social media accounts. http://www.mrmedia.com/2013/02/directing-film-is-hard-work-but-you-can-learn-to-do-it-right-2013-video/#.US42iRm96pkALL NEW!!! Fascinating interview with Mick Hurbis-Cherrier, co-author of... more
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By C.Jay Engel
As I walked away from the movie, an older man behind me whispered to his friend: “that movie should have come out ten years ago. What a needed story for our time.” Needed? I’m not so sure. But the timing was impeccable. With the recent talk of frustrated citizens storming the White House petition website demanding the allowance of secession, perhaps this movie, which portrayed the closest the United States has ever come to a break up, was reinforcement of “unity above principle.” A disturbing political tendency that haunts our current political climate. “Uniting” together as one nation in “times of trouble” has been the public goal of leaders, not only in the American narrative, but throughout countries worldwide, including and especially those countries considered to be overseen by tyrannical or dictatorial leaderships.
The Lincoln movie was everything I expected it to be and more. Lousy historical scholarship, a sense of positive bubbling emotion for one of our country’s worst presidents, and a praiseworthy cast. Tommy Lee Jones was outstanding as a supporting actor and, in my opinion, stole the show. Sally Fields too did well in portraying the wife of President Lincoln, a role that demanded her to be a frustrated and constantly ill woman, full of contradicting and bi polar emotions. Of course Daniel Day-Lewis was a spectacular choice for the seemingly depressed, yet always thoughtful President who faced a unique crisis in American history. One might have been left, at the end of the two and a half hour movie, feeling rather frustrated with the South and their ever-so-racist ways. But glad with all the hard work that Lincoln did in his second term on behalf of the slavery issue.
Unfortunately however, history tells a different tale about the Lincoln we have learned to cherish in our propaganda ridden secular schools. Lincoln, according to Thomas Dilorenzo, was a master politician. Murray Rothbard described a politician as a liar, conniver, and manipulator.
In 1832, Lincoln begins his career as a politician with a bang, saying things like:
“I presume you all know who I am. I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by many friends to become a candidate for the legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman’s dance. I am in favor of a national bank…in favor of the internal improvements system and a high protective tariff.”
Central banking, corporate welfare, high taxation; portrayed as an “old woman’s dance.” The perfect and masterful politician indeed.
What of his views on slavery? In Lincoln the Racist, Dilorenzo, shows that Lincoln was “a man of his time,” that is, he consistently stated his belief that blacks are “inferior,” not to be seen as “socially and politically equal,” unqualified to “intermarry with white people” or “hold office,” and perhaps saddest of all, that “America was made for the White people and not for the Negroes.” A very different portrait than the Lincoln of Hollywood who went out of his way to talk to the black soldiers and the black maid that worked in the White House. Lincoln at one point in the movie said, “Slavery bothered me as long as I could remember.” Yet historically, we have only indication of the opposite sentiment.
Full Story: http://libertycrier.com/entertainment/the-lincoln-movie-a-libertarian-review/By C.Jay Engel
As I walked away from the movie, an older man behind me whispered... more
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Steven Spielberg's biographical war drama about our 16th President "Lincoln" while introducing the Thirteenth Amendment starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Tommy Lee Jones, John Hawkes, Jackie Earle Haley, and Lee Pace is now playing in theaters everywhere.Steven Spielberg's biographical war drama about our 16th President... more
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gwyneth paltrow celebrated turning 40 first in italy with her family and then in new york with her famous friendsgwyneth paltrow celebrated turning 40 first in italy with her family and then in new... more
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Drew Barrymore has a baby girl
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Top 10 Films produced by Steven Spielberg
http://www.top10films.co.uk/archives/12337
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2012 audio interview with NBC's Smash star Brian d'Arcy James, conducted by Mr. Media, Bob Andelman. http://www.mrmedia.com/?p=45152012 audio interview with NBC's Smash star Brian d'Arcy James, conducted by... more
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2012 audio interview with 'Smash' TV star Brian d'Arcy James, conducted by Mr. Media, Bob Andelman. http://www.mrmedia.com/?p=38852012 audio interview with 'Smash' TV star Brian d'Arcy James, conducted... more
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Most moviegoers can agree on one thing: there were way too many movies this year. If you’re (un)fortunate enough to live in New York, you had the opportunity to see around 600 new features come and go; the rest of us didn’t get that many fewer. That means that anyone who’s been put in a position to make a top 10 (or top 15, or top 20…) had to make some sad cuts. So we thought it appropriate to highlight some of the year’s most memorable individual moments, scenes, and sequences, from movies that may or may not have made our individual year-end lists. Some were from movies we didn’t love; some are from movies we didn’t even like, but all stood out. Which is no small feat considering just how insane the release calendar has become.
Follow the link
http://www.soundonsight.org/2011-the-years-best-movie-moments-part-2/Most moviegoers can agree on one thing: there were way too many movies this year. If... more
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Most moviegoers can agree on one thing: there were way too many movies this year. If you’re (un)fortunate enough to live in New York, you had the opportunity to see around 600 new features come and go; the rest of us didn’t get that many fewer. That means that anyone who’s been put in a position to make a top 10 (or top 15, or top 20…) had to make some sad cuts. So we thought it appropriate to highlight some of the year’s most memorable individual moments, scenes, and sequences, from movies that may or may not have made our individual year-end lists. Some were from movies we didn’t love; some are from movies we didn’t even like, but all stood out. Which is no small feat considering just how insane the release calendar has become.
follow the link
http://www.soundonsight.org/2011-the-years-best-movie-moments-part-1/Most moviegoers can agree on one thing: there were way too many movies this year. If... more
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A review of that movie directed by Steven Spielberg during World War I revolving around a horse. I can't recall the name of it...The extremely melodramatic film is set to be released on Christmas Day.A review of that movie directed by Steven Spielberg during World War I revolving... more
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A review of the animated epic The Adventures of Tintin featuring the voices of Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost. This holiday season, if you find yourself trying to choose between which Steven Spielberg film you want to see (this or War Horse), then this review should hopefully help push you in the right direction.A review of the animated epic The Adventures of Tintin featuring the voices of Jamie... more
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The latest ‘War Horse‘ trailer is pretty moving, and you can tell it’s a Steven Spielberg film for the holidays. The studios has bumped up it’s release from December 28, 2011 to December 25.The latest ‘War Horse‘ trailer is pretty moving, and you can tell... more
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Saturday Stew Cinema -- The latest edition of the web series “How It Should Have Ended” (HISHE) offers an alternative ending to the classic Spielberg flick "Jurassic Park." And in this version, it makes sense that Samuel L. Jackson would play a more pivotal role, and a certain 'Lost' helicopter pilot has an all-too-brief cameo!
http://veracitystew.com/2011/10/01/how-jurassic-park-should-have-ended-video/Saturday Stew Cinema -- The latest edition of the web series “How It Should Have... more
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Actor and Host Irving C. Spivak interviews Director, Producer Writer Dakota Aesquivel of Janked at the special screening of Janked held at LA Film School in Hollywood, CA on Saturday, June 18, 2011 from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pmActor and Host Irving C. Spivak interviews Director, Producer Writer Dakota Aesquivel... more
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Super 8 was a very good film. A film I’ll probably watch in the theaters many more times over my summer vacation. I say this knowing that the movie wasn’t made for me–a writer and teacher in his mid-30s, nor was it was it made for my 31-year-old girlfriend. While we both enjoyed the film, a lot, the person who got the biggest kick out of it was my 13-year-old stepdaughter. She laughed harder and jumped more than both of us and her first words when leaving the theater were, “I want to make a movie” like the kids in Super 8.Super 8 was a very good film. A film I’ll probably watch in the theaters many... more
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