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Review: The Dilemma

Note to Vaughn: it's time to move on.
Such defining efforts as Cocoon and Apollo 13 seem light years away for Ron Howard after his meanderings in the pages of Dan Brown ( The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons ) and this tripe about men behaving badly.
By TOM MEEK  |  January 19, 2011
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Cotton Candy | Top Notch & First Rate

Teenbeat (2010)
Anyone who's seen Cotton Candy in person can attest that they're irresistibly camp and cute.
By JONATHAN DONALDSON  |  February 23, 2010
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The plots thicken

9/11 Truthers, Tea Parties, Birthers — conspiracy is in the air. No wonder Hollywood is embracing paranoia.
Eight years after the destruction of the World Trade Center — the result of one of the most devastatingly successful conspiracies in history — Americans still take comfort in paranoia.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  September 11, 2009
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Interview: Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx on acting, singing, comedy, and controversy
"Until you get a chance to define another side of your career, people will always say, 'You're doing it as a hobby.' "
By BEN WESTHOFF  |  August 11, 2009
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Heaven and Hell

Angels & Demons has it all
Tom Hanks is back as Harvard symbology professor Robert Langdon, but the filmmakers have ditched the long hair and allowed Hanks to look like an early-fiftysomething (which he is) instead of The Da Vinci Code 's 40ish hipster wanna-be.
By JEFFREY GANTZ  |  May 15, 2009
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Hope springs infernal

Brimstone and buddy movies are on the Hollywood agenda
Given the current economic climate, spring this year is a season more of dread than of hope for change.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  March 16, 2009
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Oscar predictions: Liberal gilt

Oscar wants to be a Millionaire
It's like a fairy tale for Hollywood liberals.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  February 18, 2009
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Peter Morgan's Frost-Nixon

Keachy
Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon at the Colonial
By STEVE VINEBERG  |  February 03, 2009
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2009 Oscar predictions

Martyr complex
This year the Oscars will honor the men who suffer for our sins and the women who don't wear make-up.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  February 11, 2009
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Regifting

Aurelia's Oratorio; All About Christmas Eve; How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical
Aurelia's Oratorio; All About Christmas Eve; How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical
By CAROLYN CLAY  |  December 12, 2008
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Review: Frost/Nixon

Tricky flick
Dick gets off easy in Frost/Nixon
By PETER KEOUGH  |  December 12, 2008
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Murder in six degrees

Peter Ivers — pals with john Belushi to the Circle Jerks — was killed in 1983. A new book recalls his fascinating life — and mysterious death.
You’ve probably never heard of Peter Ivers.
By MIKE MILIARD  |  September 10, 2008
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Believe it or not

Interview: Guy Maddin tells the truth
Even the titles of his films are a little weird.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  July 08, 2008

June 2008

Monthly forecast
Monthly forecast
By SYMBOLINE DAI  |  June 12, 2008
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The 100 unsexiest men in the world

Who would Scarlett least like to be with?
Welcome to the first installment of ThePhoenix.com's 100 Unsexiest Men in the World.
By BILL JENSEN & RYAN STEWART  |  March 27, 2008
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The play’s the thing

 Interview: Michael Haneke on the rules of his Games
A couple of weeks ago at the Oscars, the first Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film to go to an Austrian went to the wrong filmmaker.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  March 04, 2008

October 2007

Monthly forecast
It's October again, and the theme is harvest, harvest, harvest thanks to Venus and Saturn in Virgo.
By SALLY CRAGIN  |  October 02, 2007
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The goggles do nothing

The 25 greatest movies in Simpsons history
On July 25th, The Simpsons Movie will hit theatres.
By RYAN STEWART  |  July 25, 2007

Crossword: ''Lack of true substance''

There's no there there
There's no there there
By MATT JONES  |  June 06, 2007
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Con but not forgotten

The Hoax pushes Hughes goods
The traditional Hollywood bio-pic reduces a famous life to a couple of platitudes, a two-hour narrative, a big-name star, and a few Oscars.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  April 03, 2007
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Stunted Development

The final season of Arrested Development on DVD
Watching the third and final season of Arrested Development , out now on DVD, it becomes clear why the show didn’t find a larger audience.
By RYAN STEWART  |  September 07, 2006
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Talent pool

Lady in the Water makes a splash
Lady in the Water  is a fairy tale, so everything about it requires suspension of disbelief. Story ville: M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady . By Gary Susman
By GARY SUSMAN  |  July 19, 2006
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Da Vinci Code

Three movie tie-in discs
You’d have expected this trio to arrive as a boxed set, but for reasons even Dan Brown might be hard-pressed to explain, the Da Vinci Code soundtrack is on Decca instead of Sony.
By JEFFREY GANTZ  |  May 23, 2006
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Tinkling symbols

Ron Howard illustrates The Da Vinci Code
That Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code has become a worldwide phenomenon attests to the worldwide yearning for a better truth than the one we have.
By JEFFREY GANTZ  |  May 19, 2006
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Queering the Code

Leonardo da Vinci’s work is coded, all right — as gay
With close to 60 million copies in print worldwide and a film version starring Tom Hanks opening on May 18, The Da Vinci Code is a galloping success.
By MICHAEL BRONSKI  |  May 17, 2006
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Apocalypse now and then

Doom, damnation, and other summer fun
With Snakes on a Plane and World Trade Center opening on the same day, this summer won’t be offering the usual escapist fare.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  May 03, 2006
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The Simpsons 20 best guest voices of all time

Will Gervais join them?
The TV gods are smiling upon us.
By RYAN STEWART  |  March 29, 2006
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Seasonal adjustment

Hollywood springs back
After weeks of tormenting audiences with gems like Failure To Launch and The Shaggy Dog , Hollywood seems ready to shake off the Oscar doldrums and unveil its spring collection.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  March 07, 2006
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Crossword: 'trick or threat'

I'll go with the latter
Swimming pool with a sewing kit dumped in it?
By MATT JONES  |  March 02, 2006
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Aquamarine

Mermaid fantasy has nothing to do with Splash
Daryl Hannah can breathe easy — this mermaid tale based on Alice Hoffman’s book will do little to erase memories of Ron Howard’s Splash .
By BRETT MICHEL  |  March 01, 2006

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