Mar
22
Chasing Les Paul
David Luhrssen I Hate Hollywood
Les Paul, the “Wizard of Waukesha,” is probably the single most important musician to emerge from Wisconsin. A crack player and an inventive mechanic of sound, he perfected the solid body electric guitar that bears his name, developed overdubbing and
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Mar
02
The Old Man and the Nun
David Luhrssen I Hate Hollywood
A grumpy old man who decides to convert his run-down mansion into a convent winds up sparring with the mother superior, only to find faith in the end. On the surface it has the ring of a 2 a.m. selection on TCM with Walter Mathau under a gray toupee and
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Jan
25
How She Move
David Luhrssen I Hate Hollywood
Raya was on her way up from the projects and onto the path to medical school when her sister died of an overdose. In a middle class family this would have been tragic. For an African-American family whose mother works two shifts and father works whene
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Mar
07
The Cloverfield Factor
David Luhrssen I Hate Hollywood
The “online community” was all abuzz over Cloverfield. The chatter made for a strong opening weekend last month but audiences in the real world were unimpressed and old-fashioned word of mouth killed it. Cloverfield sank like a stone without an air bubb
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Jan
26
Close Encounters: The Book
David Luhrssen I Hate Hollywood
Movie writer Ray Morton’s life changed that night in 1977 when he saw Steven Spielberg’s first science-fiction feature. In Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Making of Steven Spielberg’s Classic Film (published by Applause Books), Morton explains t
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Dec
07
Critical Evidence
David Luhrssen I Hate HollywoodCritical Evidence
December 07, 2007 | 01:58 PM
What's so damn exciting about reality nowadays? Whether you're citing "reality television" or Fahrenheit 9/11 or Abbas Kiarostami, the evidence is all around of a shift from the appearance of scripted, pro
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Feb
16
American Gangster
David Luhrssen I Hate Hollywood
Drug kingpin Frank Lucas is no one to mess with. Denzel Washington's depiction in American Gangster reveals a man whose fierce pride is frozen into an implacable smirk. Impervious to the heroin habit on which his fortune is based, Lucas is soul on ice. W
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Jan
24
Bob Marley's Legacy: Africa Unite
David Luhrssen I Hate Hollywood
In the U.S. footage from Haile Selassie�s coronation as Emperor of Ethiopia (1930), captured by Hearst Movietone cameras and shown in movie theaters, was seen as a curiosity. In Jamaica, it was accepted as a revelation. The sight of a regal black
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Jul
01
Mongol: The Genghis Khan Story
David Luhrssen I Hate Hollywood
Genghis Khan’s birthright was to captain a small, nomadic tribe across the grassy sea of Mongolia. He grew up and made a bid for the whole world. He conquered as far as his eyes could see, Central Asia, portions of China, Persia and Russia. His name
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May
31
The Strangers
David Luhrssen I Hate Hollywood
A beautiful young woman clutches a raised knife and advances fearfully into the dark unknown. It's long been a visual cliché in slasher and bad horror flicks, but The Strangers is neither. It stars Liv Tyler as Kristen, the woman trying to fend off dang
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