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Back in 2008, I professed myself less than ecstatic at the prospect of “My Own Love Song,” the first English-language effort from “La Vie en Rose” helmer Olivier Dahan, in which Renée Zellweger plays a wheelchair-bound country singer on a road trip with her eccentric best friend Forest Whitaker, in search of her long-lost son. […]
Zellweger sings Dylan in ‘My Own Love Song’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:33 pm · April 2nd, 2010
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In case you want to relive the pain…
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:38 am · January 22nd, 2009
…I’m off to Santa Barbara.
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Anyone want to see this?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:12 am · September 6th, 2008
Sorry this news is a few days old, but it escaped my notice until now. Variety reports on a new independent drama that enters production next month. I’m just going to lay down the details, one by one: Renee Zellweger plays a wheelchair-bound former singer. Forest Whitaker plays an emotionally damaged fireman. Together, they embark […]
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Beyond the biopic
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:10 pm · August 24th, 2008
Halfway through watching the recently uncovered trailer for Ron Howard’s “Frost/Nixon,” I felt my stomach sinking with involuntary dread, and it took me a beat or two to figure out why. The problem didn’t appear to be the film itself; in fact, the relatively zippy trailer promises something somewhat tighter and wittier than I’ve been […]
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Clint Eastwood — anything he does grabs Oscar’s attention
Posted by John Foote · 8:13 am · May 5th, 2008
Let me begin with something very personal, something I prefer not to do in this column. Movies have not mattered much this past week, as my wife of 18 years, the love of my life was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. This Thursday we journey to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto to allow the finest […]
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REVIEW: “The Last King of Scotland” (****)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:26 am · September 2nd, 2006
Every so often a film comes along that is so celebratory of the filmmaking process and fresh in its approach to visually conveying a story that it creatively demolishes anything within earshot. “Metropolis” was an early example, as Fritz Lang opened up the world in front of the camera like no one before. Arthur Penn’s […]
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