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February 26, 2012
Oscars Live Blog: Finally, Some Attention for Our Nation's Celebrities
Tonight, we'll be covering the 84th Annual Academy Awards, live from a computer. Stay here on Runnin' Scared for exclusive insight and commentary from a Hollywood insider who has seen THREE movies this year (not including a two-part episode of The Mentalist that looked pretty big-budget). Who ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
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December 21, 2011
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November 30, 2011
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November 30, 2011
Here Come The Oscar Films! Clooney! Leo! And Lots of Fucking!
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November 16, 2011
Fantasy Island: Alexander Payne's Feel-Good Hawaiian Excursion, The Descendants
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November 16, 2011
This Week in the Voice: Ray Kelly's Secret List, Boring Married People
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October 25, 2011
The Two Best Lines In The Descendants
That's the Alexander Payne movie with George Clooney as a guy whose wife is in the hospital after a boating accident and who has to re-examine his past as he learns about wifey's doings while reconnecting with their two awkwardly behaving daughters. It just played the New York Film Festival ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
George Clooney Is Our Best Old-School Movie Star
And by that I mean he harkens back to an era when movie stars were glamorous, a tad enigmatic, and full of instantly turn-onable charm. What's more, he's a reliable presence in movies, and no matter what he plays, he's always George Clooney, which winds up being extremely comforting for the ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
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September 28, 2011
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September 28, 2011
NYFF: Life is (Alexander) Payne
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September 27, 2011
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Just like it's already Christmas in certain department stores, the Oscar predix business happens to be in full swing, with goldderby.com asking us pundits for our premature (I mean extremely mature) guesses as to who will get nominated. Here are mine as of this very moment. Bear in mind tha ... More >>
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September 7, 2011
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July 20, 2011
A Sitcom Version of Suburban Angst in A Little Help
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August 11, 2010
An Unusual Taste of Mainstream Indian Cinema in Peepli Live
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December 8, 2009
Dino Risi, Making it Look Easy, at MOMA
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December 1, 2009
Father Doesn't Know Best when Father's De Niro in Everybody's Fine
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August 25, 2009
Fringe Festival 2009 Reviews
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October 22, 2008
Citizen Ruth
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July 10, 2007
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September 19, 2006
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June 6, 2006
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January 10, 2006
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January 18, 2005
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September 7, 2004
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December 31, 2002
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December 28, 1999
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