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DVD review: 'End of the Road' weirder, more abstract than the book
John Barth surely ranks among the least screen-adaptable modern (or, perhaps, postmodern) American novelists. His stories are about themselves; the words, their own subject. It's not surprising that only one of his books has made it to the big screen....
Tags: James Earl Jones, Michael Winterbottom, The Godfather (movie), Harris Yulin, Authors
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Haruki Murakami to make rare speaking appearance -- in Japan
Haruki Murakami tends to stay out of the public eye. The author of the novels "1Q84," "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle," the memoir "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running," and a dozen other books has not made a public appearance in his home country,...
Tags: Japan, Book, Arts and Culture, Google+, Literature
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Acclaimed Scottish writer Iain Banks has terminal cancer
Novelist Iain Banks released a personal statement on his website Wednesday morning. "I am officially Very Poorly," it begins. Banks goes on to say that he has been diagnosed with late stage gallbladder cancer and writes that "it is extremely unlikely" he'...
Tags: Adele (music artist), Gallbladder Cancer, Fiction, Authors
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Steven Soderbergh's 12-hour John Barth adaptation, via James Greer
Steven Soderbergh plans to direct a 12-hour adaptation of John Barth's 1960 novel "The Sot-Weed Factor." The book is a 768-page epic -- a satirical epic -- set on a Maryland tobacco farm in the 18th century. “I was going to do it as a movie, but I...
Tags: Entertainment, Netflix Inc., Satellite and Cable Service, Google+, Authors
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Village Roadshow hits jackpot with Chinese-language films
Village Roadshow Pictures Asia released its first Chinese-language film with no certainty the modestly budgeted movie would succeed with audiences in the world's most populous country. But "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons," a comedic take...Tags: Michelle Yeoh, China, Justin Lin, Clint Eastwood, Television Networks
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'Veronica Mars' creator to give the people what they want
To noir or not to noir -- that is the question "Veronica Mars" creator Rob Thomas weighs as his long-hoped-for film adaptation of the teen TV series becomes a reality. Fans have pledged $3.4 million to fund an independent film based on the UPN-turned-CW...
Tags: Side Effects (movie), Gilmore Girls (tv program), Entertainment, The CW (tv network), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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'Argo' editor beats self for Oscar
The Baltimore SunWilliam Goldenberg, who won the Editing Oscar for "Argo," faced perhaps his closest competition from an editor he knew well -- himself. Goldenberg was also nominated for "Zero Dark Thirty" (with Dylan Tichenor), a rare double nomination for a single...Tags: Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Argo (movie)
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'Silver Linings Playbook' snags Spirit awards
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The persistent irony of the Film Independent Spirit Awards is that as much as they're positioned as the DIY antidote to the Academy Awards, the indie film with the most Oscars recognition almost invariably reaps the greatest...
Tags: Robert De Niro, Arts and Culture, Bradley Cooper, Awards and Prizes, Film Independent Spirit Awards
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'Silver Linings Playbook' wins best feature at Indie Spirit Awards
David O. Russell's dramatic comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" took home the best feature prize at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday afternoon at a raucous ceremony hosted by Andy Samberg on the beach in Santa Monica. It was a big afternoon for...
Tags: The Waiting Room (movie), Richard Linklater, Robert Altman, Rashida Jones, Film Independent Spirit Awards
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Hollywood's outsiders come inside
It's been nearly a generation since Quentin Tarantino burst on the scene with his raucous indie film "Pulp Fiction" in 1994, and Hollywood is a very different place. The once-vibrant independent film scene that Tarantino helped shape has shrunk to a...
Tags: David Fincher, Wars and Interventions, Fight Club (movie), Arts and Culture, The Green Hornet (movie)
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'Future Weather' review: Teetering on the edge of trouble
**1/2 (out of four) In the imaginary, low-budget moviemaking handbook, there are 10 chapters on stories about money-starved small towns and resourceful kids forced to confront their positions without a reliable parent for support. The Illinois-set...
Tags: Lili Taylor, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Katherine Heigl, The Shawshank Redemption (movie)
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With 'Side Effects,' more evidence of a bad movie prescription
The current state of our healthcare system, and especially the pervasiveness of prescription pills, have been the subject of great and compelling interest to news outlets over the last few years. But it's not exactly been the stuff of great multiplex...Tags: Rooney Mara, Pharmaceuticals, Side Effects (movie), Entertainment, Anne Hathaway
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