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Blog Entries by Gary Susman from 06/2012

'Untouchables' Cast: Where Are They Now?

Posted 06.01.2012
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The movie "The Untouchables" turns 25 this week (it was released on June 3, 1987), but it seems to have never gone away. Based on legendary G-man Elio...

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Morgan Freeman Movie Quotes: His Best And Worst

Posted 06.01.2012
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In some ways, the role of Lucius Fox, the sage president of Wayne Enterprises in Christopher Nolan's "Batman" trilogy, is perfect for Morgan Freeman. ...

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'Poltergeist' And 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial': Are They The Same Movie?

Posted 06.05.2012
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Imagine it's June 1982, and you're faced with a decision at the multiplex between two new movies, "Poltergeist" (released on June 4) and "E.T. the Ext...

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'Moonrise Kingdom' Box Office: Is It This Year's 'Midnight in Paris'?

Posted 06.06.2012
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By one box office measure, the record-breaking movie of the summer may not be "The Avengers," "The Dark Knight Rises," or any other movie involving ca...

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'Lolita': How Stanley Kubrick Turned Vladimir Nabokov's Novel Into a Mainstream Hit

Posted 06.11.2012
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"How did they ever make a movie of 'Lolita'?" asked the poster for Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film adaptation, which premiered 50 years ago this week (on ...

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'The Dirty Dozen': How The Combat Classic Created The Modern Action Movie

Posted 06.13.2012
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When New York Times critic Bosley Crowther reviewed "The Dirty Dozen" upon its release (45 years ago this week, on June 15, 1967), he blasted the Worl...

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Movie Stars Who Can (And Can't) Sing, From Gwyneth Paltrow To Sylvester Stallone

Posted 06.14.2012
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When 1980s jukebox musical "Rock of Ages" opens this weekend, it'll answer the question that has bedeviled moviegoers worldwide for three decades: Can...

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Roger Ebert At 70: Did He Save Or Destroy Film Criticism?

Posted 06.15.2012
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Roger Ebert has a lot to celebrate when he turns 70 on June 18. Despite the horrible ailments of the last decade that have taken away his ability to e...

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Why Do We Make Presidents Into Action Heroes?

Posted 06.18.2012
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You'd think being president of the United States would be a dramatic enough occupation, but no. Being leader of the free world is isn't exactly a low-...

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'New York, New York' 35th Anniversary: The Movie That Almost Destroyed Martin Scorsese

Posted 06.20.2012
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Nearly every one of the great directors who came of age in the 1970s -- including Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, William Fri...

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'Blade Runner' Cast: Where Are They Now?

Posted 06.21.2012
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Can you imagine Dustin Hoffman as the hard-boiled, romantic, replicant-hunting sleuth hero of "Blade Runner"? It's true, the "Tootsie" star was one...

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Nora Ephron's Movie Legacy: From 'Silkwood' To 'Julie And Julia'

Posted 06.26.2012
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I got to meet Nora Ephron 20 years ago when she was promoting her directing debut, "This Is My Life," and I found her to be exactly like one of the he...

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'Full Metal Jacket': 25 Things You Didn't Know About Stanley Kubrick's War Classic

Posted 06.27.2012
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"Full Metal Jacket," which opened 25 years ago this week (on June 26, 1987), is many things: a surreal (or hyperreal) movie about the Vietnam War, a c...

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'Deep Throat': How The Controversial Linda Lovelace Movie Changed Culture

Posted 06.28.2012
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Four decades after the pornographic film "Deep Throat," we need not one, but two biopics on the star of the movie, Linda Lovelace. (The first stars Am...

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