Word: hollywoodism
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...holiday season is a special time for celebrities—not in the heartwarming, family-oriented, spiritual way, but in the Hollywood media time-to-cash-in-and-hit-it-big way. Slowly but surely the stars have been announcing their new holiday albums, television specials and movies, even promoting new “complete season” DVD television series. It is a special time when celebrities who are dangerously close to crossing into “has-been” territory attempt to reinvigorate their stardom, as consumers have the power to show that...
Despite the attention Hoffman gives to outspoken Hollywood faces, it’s the passing comments in The Last Party which make the greatest impact. Newt Gingrich’s straight-faced, calm statement of no objection to political protest remains in memory longer than Hoffman’s headachingly long documentation of the Florida voting scandal. Leitch treats Gingrich’s comment as emblematic of a politician who understands the political system and, without resigning himself to views not his own, faces up to the reality of what some voters need to hear. On the other hand, Massachusetts...
...real plot twist in this story, however, is that the author of this tolerant and subtle film, Gorlin himself, was once a member of the Israel far-right. Though the film may deliver a difficult message, that fact at least is more uplifting than a Hollywood ending...
NEXT STOP: HOLLYWOOD Digital artists at Framestore, a firm that creates special effects for movies and commercials, rely on heavy-duty workstations to create new scenes. Using a secure wireless network, producers can then review the artists' work on their laptops and suggest changes...
...recent movie history is Sigourney Weaver's turn as the avenging warrior" in the Alien series. This is a very limited view of cinema history. Action movies made in Hong Kong and Japan have routinely featured dynamic heroines who cause much more mayhem than your typical, contrived male Hollywood action hero-and these are the kinds of movies Tarantino is paying homage to in Kill Bill. Marc Walkow New York City...