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List of Animated Films and Matched Comparisons [Posted As Supplied by Author]
Appendix : List of animated films and matched comparisons [posted as supplied by author] Animated Film Rating Release Match 1 Rating Match 2 Rating Date Snow White and the G 1937 Saratoga ‘Passed’ Stella Dallas G Seven Dwarfs Pinocchio G 1940 The Great Dictator G The Grapes of Wrath unrated Bambi G 1942 Mrs. Miniver G Yankee Doodle Dandy G Cinderella G 1950 Sunset Blvd. unrated All About Eve PG Peter Pan G 1953 The Robe unrated From Here to Eternity PG Lady and the Tramp G 1955 Mister Roberts unrated Rebel Without a Cause PG-13 Sleeping Beauty G 1959 Imitation of Life unrated Suddenly Last Summer unrated 101 Dalmatians G 1961 West Side Story unrated King of Kings PG-13 The Jungle Book G 1967 The Graduate G Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner unrated The Little Mermaid G 1989 Driving Miss Daisy PG Parenthood PG-13 Beauty and the Beast G 1991 Fried Green Tomatoes PG-13 Sleeping with the Enemy R Aladdin G 1992 The Bodyguard R A Few Good Men R The Lion King G 1994 Forrest Gump PG-13 Pulp Fiction R Pocahontas G 1995 While You Were PG Bridges of Madison County PG-13 Sleeping The Hunchback of Notre G 1996 Jerry Maguire R A Time to Kill R Dame Hercules G 1997 Titanic PG-13 As Good as it Gets PG-13 Animated Film Rating Release Match 1 Rating Match 2 Rating Date A Bug’s Life G 1998 Patch Adams PG-13 The Truman Show PG Mulan G 1998 You’ve Got Mail PG Shakespeare in Love R The Prince of Egypt PG 1998 Stepmom PG-13 City of Angels PG-13 Tarzan G 1999 The Sixth Sense PG-13 The Green Mile R Dinosaur PG 2000 What Lies Beneath PG-13 Erin Brockovich R Monsters, -
February 2015
Issue 115 February 2015 A NEWSLETTER OF THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY 2015: Chinese New Year of the Sheep Q i o n g Wa n g If I have to name one day of an en- sight of a piece of bright red paper on the poems on a background of red paper. Ex- tire year that I wish dearly to be with my door. Suddenly, firecrackers began to ex- pressing sentiments about life’s renewal, family-on-the-other-side-of-the-planet, plode. Terrified, Nian ran away from the the arrival of spring, and wishes for a it’s the Chinese New Year. Also called village. prosperous year ahead, they’re pasted on Spring Festival, it is the most cherished When the villagers returned the fol- both sides of the main door. These Spring and celebrated holiday in China, as fami- lowing day, they were surprised to find Festival couplets originate from ancient lies reunite to ring out the old year and that everything was safe and sound. The “peach wood charms,” which are carved celebrate the coming new year. According old woman told the story of the beggar. or painted charms depicting protective to the Chinese Animal Zodiac, every year Noticing the red paper on the door and door gods. During the Five Dynasty Pe- is associated with one of twelve animals: the remnants of candles, lanterns, and riod (897-979 AD), Emperor Meng Chang Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, firecrackers, the villagers suddenly real- ordered his counselor to engrave an in- Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and ized that Nian feared the color red, bright spirational couplet on a pair of peach Pig. -
Valentine's Day Lacks Focus
Valentine’s Day lacks focus Too many stars, not enough substance Photo copyright cleared Julia Fiztpatrick (Jennifer Garner) receives flowers from Reed Bennett (Ashton Kutcher)in the new film Valentine’s Day. James Butler Anne Hathaway (great in Get Smart and Contributor receiving an Oscar nomination for Rachel Most movies in Hollywood these days Getting Married) and even lesser ones like often have a major star attached to them Jennifer Garner are completely mailing it like George Clooney, Christian Bale, or in, it gets hard to really care about any of Jennifer Aniston, but it really is rare for the characters’ problems. a movie to have as many huge names as The screenplay itself is one of the Valentine’s Day. movie’s redeeming factors. Despite some Clearly catering to the mainstream cringe-worthy lines, it manages to have date movie audience, Valentine’s Day is points that were actually pretty funny. huge on star power, but very low on actual With a few too many story lines, substance. however, it stretches itself too thin, trying The biggest surprise about this movie to move the audience with characters was how they managed to get so many that were not given enough time or effort major stars into a motion picture and not throughout the film. get at least one memorable performance It also suffers from Crash syndrome, out of any of them. i.e., it bashes you over the head with The high profile cast includes Ashton its interconnected story lines and over- Kutcher, Jessica Alba, Julia Roberts, arching theme about the power of love. -
EE British Academy Film Awards Sunday 12 February 2017 Previous Nominations and Wins in EE British Academy Film Awards Only
EE British Academy Film Awards Sunday 12 February 2017 Previous Nominations and Wins in EE British Academy Film Awards only. Includes this year’s nominations. Wins in bold. Years refer to year of presentation. Leading Actor Casey Affleck 1 nomination 2017: Leading Actor (Manchester by the Sea) Andrew Garfield 2 nominations 2017: Leading Actor (Hacksaw Ridge) 2011: Supporting Actor (The Social Network) Also Rising Star nomination in 2011, one nomination (1 win) at Television Awards in 2008 Ryan Gosling 1 nomination 2017: Leading Actor (La La Land) Jake Gyllenhaall 3 nominations/1 win 2017: Leading Actor (Nocturnal Animals) 2015: Leading Actor (Nightcrawler) 2006: Supporting Actor (Brokeback Mountain) Viggo Mortensen 2 nominations 2017: Leading Actor (Captain Fantastic) 2008: Leading Actor (Eastern Promises) Leading Actress Amy Adams 6 nominations 2017: Leading Actress (Arrival) 2015: Leading Actress (Big Eyes) 2014: Leading Actress (American Hustle) 2013: Supporting Actress (The Master) 2011: Supporting Actress (The Fighter) 2009: Supporting Actress (Doubt) Emily Blunt 2 nominations 2017: Leading Actress (Girl on the Train) 2007: Supporting Actress (The Devil Wears Prada) Also Rising Star nomination in 2007 and BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Honouree in 2009 Natalie Portman 3 nominations/1 win 2017: Leading Actress (Jackie) 2011: Leading Actress (Black Swan) 2005: Supporting Actress (Closer) Meryl Streep 15 nominations / 2 wins 2017: Leading Actress (Florence Foster Jenkins) 2012: Leading Actress (The Iron Lady) 2010: Leading Actress (Julie -
Gone Girl : a Novel / Gillian Flynn
ALSO BY GILLIAN FLYNN Dark Places Sharp Objects This author is available for select readings and lectures. To inquire about a possible appearance, please contact the Random House Speakers Bureau at [email protected] or (212) 572-2013. http://www.rhspeakers.com/ This book is a work of ction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used ctitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Copyright © 2012 by Gillian Flynn Excerpt from “Dark Places” copyright © 2009 by Gillian Flynn Excerpt from “Sharp Objects” copyright © 2006 by Gillian Flynn All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. www.crownpublishing.com CROWN and the Crown colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Flynn, Gillian, 1971– Gone girl : a novel / Gillian Flynn. p. cm. 1. Husbands—Fiction. 2. Married people—Fiction. 3. Wives—Crimes against—Fiction. I. Title. PS3606.L935G66 2012 813’.6—dc23 2011041525 eISBN: 978-0-307-58838-8 JACKET DESIGN BY DARREN HAGGAR JACKET PHOTOGRAPH BY BERND OTT v3.1_r5 To Brett: light of my life, senior and Flynn: light of my life, junior Love is the world’s innite mutability; lies, hatred, murder even, are all knit up in it; it is the inevitable blossoming of its opposites, a magnicent rose smelling faintly of blood. -
Movie Museum NOVEMBER 2011 COMING ATTRACTIONS
Movie Museum NOVEMBER 2011 COMING ATTRACTIONS THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY Hawaii Premiere! THE LIGHTHORSEMEN THE EEL aka Unagi MY LIFE AS A DOG WATER FOR EYE OF THE EAGLE (1987-Australia) (1997-Japan) ELEPHANTS (1997-Denmark) (1985-Sweden) uncut version in widescreen in Japanese with English (2011) Danish w/Eng subtitles & w.s. in Swedish with English subtitles & in widescreen in widescreen 12:00 & 1:30pm only subtitles & in widescreen Directed by Lasse Halström. with Anthony Andrews, with Koji Yakusho. with Robert Pattinson, Reese ------------------------------ Peter Phelps, John Walton, 12:00, 1:45 & 3:30pm 12:15, 2:15, 4:15 & 6:15pm Witherspoon, Christoph TURTLES ARE Tim McKenzie, Jon Blake, ------------------------------ Waltz, Hal Holbrook. SURPRISINGLY FAST ------------------------------ Bill Kerr, Sigrid Thornton. CHICKEN AND DUCK SWIMMERS (2005-Japan) TORA! TORA! TORA! (1970-US/Japan) TALK (1988-HongKong) Directed by Japanese w/Eng subtitles, ws Directed by Francis Lawrence. 3:15 & 5:00pm only English/Japanese w/English Simon Wincer. Cantonese w/English subtitles -------------------------------- subtitles & in widescreen with Michael Hui, Ricky Hui. 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00 & THE EEL aka Unagi Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura. 12:30, 3, 5:30 & 8pm 8:30pm ONLY 9:15pm 7:00pm only 5:30 & 8:00pm ONLY 3 4 5 6 7 Movie Museum Movie Museum TELL NO ONE TAMPOPO aka Ne le dis à personne (1985-Japan) Movie Museum Closed Closed (2006-France) in Japanese with English Closed French w/Eng subtitles & w.s. subtitles & in widescreen with François Cluzet. 4:00pm only 4:00pm only ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ THAT MAN FROM RIO TAMPOPO (1964-Italy/France) (1985-Japan) in French/English/Portuguese in Japanese with English with English subtitles subtitles & in widescreen & in widescreen Directed by Juzo Itami. -
Glengarry Glen Ross Free
FREE GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS PDF David Mamet | 144 pages | 26 Aug 2004 | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 9780413774187 | English | London, United Kingdom Glengarry Glen Ross movie review () | Roger Ebert When an office full of New York City real estate salesmen is given the news that all but the top two will be fired at the end of the week, the atmosphere begins to heat up. Shelley Levene, who has a sick daughter, does everything in his Glengarry Glen Ross to get better leads from his boss, John Williamson, but to no avail. When his coworker Dave Moss comes up with a plan to steal the leads, things get complicated for the tough-talking Glengarry Glen Ross. Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr. Jerry Tokofsky Stanley R. William Barclay Bob Shaw. Five minutes into the picture and there's so much awesomeness on the screen that it's almost overwhelming. Second time through and just as enjoyable as the first. First-rate cast, first-rate dialogue. Feels like a modernized Glengarry Glen Ross of a Salesman, with matching commentary on working class life "we work too hard"on shifting power structures the young managing the oldand on the emotional economics of capitalism subjection vs satisfaction. I didn't remember the characters being so consistently foul-mouthed, and this time through was slightly distracted by the film's heavy reliance on vulgarity. Nonetheless, this is an absolutely captivating film recommended to anyone who loves great actors, great characters, or great dialogue. It's amazing how a film focused exclusively on people talking can be so engrossing. -
View Centro's Film List
About the Centro Film Collection The Centro Library and Archives houses one of the most extensive collections of films documenting the Puerto Rican experience. The collection includes documentaries, public service news programs; Hollywood produced feature films, as well as cinema films produced by the film industry in Puerto Rico. Presently we house over 500 titles, both in DVD and VHS format. Films from the collection may be borrowed, and are available for teaching, study, as well as for entertainment purposes with due consideration for copyright and intellectual property laws. Film Lending Policy Our policy requires that films be picked-up at our facility, we do not mail out. Films maybe borrowed by college professors, as well as public school teachers for classroom presentations during the school year. We also lend to student clubs and community-based organizations. For individuals conducting personal research, or for students who need to view films for class assignments, we ask that they call and make an appointment for viewing the film(s) at our facilities. Overview of collections: 366 documentary/special programs 67 feature films 11 Banco Popular programs on Puerto Rican Music 2 films (rough-cut copies) Roz Payne Archives 95 copies of WNBC Visiones programs 20 titles of WNET Realidades programs Total # of titles=559 (As of 9/2019) 1 Procedures for Borrowing Films 1. Reserve films one week in advance. 2. A maximum of 2 FILMS may be borrowed at a time. 3. Pick-up film(s) at the Centro Library and Archives with proper ID, and sign contract which specifies obligations and responsibilities while the film(s) is in your possession. -
A Sunny Day in Sligo
June 2009 VOL. 20 #6 $1.50 Boston’s hometown journal of Irish culture. Worldwide at bostonirish.com All contents copyright © 2009 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. Picture of Grace: A Sunny Day in Sligo The beauty of the Irish landscape, in this case, Glencar Lough in Sligo at the Leitrim border, jumps off the page in this photograph by Carsten Krieger, an image taken from her new book, “The West of Ireland.” Photo courtesy Man-made Images, Donegal. In Charge at the BPL Madame President and Mr. Mayor Amy Ryan is the multi- tasking president of the venerable Boston Pub- lic Library — the first woman president in the institution’s 151-year his- tory — and she has set a course for the library to serve the educational and cultural needs of Boston and provide access to some of the world’s most historic records, all in an economy of dramatic budget cuts and a significant rise in library use. Greg O’Brien profile, Page 6 Nine Miles of Irishness On Old Cape Cod, the nine-mile stretch along Route 28 from Hyannis to Harwich is fast becom- ing more like Galway or Kerry than the Cape of legend from years ago. This high-traffic run of roadway is dominated by Irish flags, Irish pubs, Irish restaurants, Irish hotels, and one of the fast- est-growing private Irish Ireland President Mary McAleese visited Boston last month and was welcomed to the city by Boston clubs in America. Mayor Tom Menino. Also pictured at the May 26 Parkman House event were the president’s husband, BIR columnist Joe Dr. -
Gilles Menegaldo (Ed.), Tim Burton : a Cinema of Transformations
Miranda Revue pluridisciplinaire du monde anglophone / Multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal on the English- speaking world 17 | 2018 Paysages et héritages de David Bowie Gilles Menegaldo (ed.), Tim Burton : A Cinema of Transformations Christophe Chambost Electronic version URL: http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/14578 DOI: 10.4000/miranda.14578 ISSN: 2108-6559 Publisher Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès Electronic reference Christophe Chambost, “Gilles Menegaldo (ed.), Tim Burton : A Cinema of Transformations”, Miranda [Online], 17 | 2018, Online since 02 October 2018, connection on 16 February 2021. URL: http:// journals.openedition.org/miranda/14578 ; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/miranda.14578 This text was automatically generated on 16 February 2021. Miranda is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Gilles Menegaldo (ed.), Tim Burton : A Cinema of Transformations 1 Gilles Menegaldo (ed.), Tim Burton : A Cinema of Transformations Christophe Chambost REFERENCES Gilles Menegaldo, Tim Burton : A Cinema of Transformations (Montpellier : Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée, 2018), 442 p, ISBN 978-2-36781-259-5 1 This major book on Tim Burton belongs to the serious academic series “Profils Américains” published by the Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée (PULM). It is edited by Gilles Menegaldo, and is structured in five chapters that thematically organize a pleasurable and scholarly journey in Burtonland (from the director’s first short-feature films to his latest 2016 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children). 2 Gilles Menegaldo first gives a twenty page long introduction that not only summarizes Tim Burton’s life and films, but also starts highlighting the main themes and stylistic features in the director’s filmography. -
Once Upon a Time … in Santa Clarita: Tarantino Movie Opens Thursday
By: Caleb Lunetta, July 25, 2019 Once Upon a Time … In Santa Clarita: Tarantino movie opens Thursday Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino is known for his genre-defying blockbuster films that combine elements of art house, violence and comedy in his Academy Award-winning films. And the San Fernando Valley resident calls Santa Clarita “a special place,” according to local film property owners who have played host to the luminary for his latest film that debuts tonight, “Once Upon a Time … In Hollywood.” The latest installment in the Tarantino filmography follows the story of “a faded television actor and his stunt double (who) strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles,” according to IMDb.com. The film features Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. Tarantino and movie fans were given a teaser trailer where the opening shot was that of Melody Ranch’s “Main Street” set. Veluzat said that the production team had been working with the studio for a couple months, from planning to setting up to filming, and for him, it was a special experience. Tarantino has filmed two of his last three movies at Melody Ranch in Newhall, according to studio manager Daniel Veluzat, and he’s praised the SCV in interviews and conversations with local residents. He really does like it here, said Veluzat, in reference to a question about why Tarantino has filmed his movies at Melody Ranch. “He calls it a special place,” he said. And on Thursday night, “Once Upon a Time” opens in theaters across the country, including the Santa Clarita Valley, featuring scenes shot at both Melody Ranch and the Saugus Speedway. -
Café Society
Presents CAFÉ SOCIETY A film by Woody Allen (96 min., USA, 2016) Language: English Distribution Publicity Bonne Smith Star PR 1352 Dundas St. West Tel: 416-488-4436 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6J 1Y2 Fax: 416-488-8438 Tel: 416-516-9775 Fax: 416-516-0651 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] www.mongrelmedia.com @MongrelMedia MongrelMedia CAFÉ SOCIETY Starring (in alphabetical order) Rose JEANNIE BERLIN Phil STEVE CARELL Bobby JESSE EISENBERG Veronica BLAKE LIVELY Rad PARKER POSEY Vonnie KRISTEN STEWART Ben COREY STOLL Marty KEN STOTT Co-starring (in alphabetical order) Candy ANNA CAMP Leonard STEPHEN KUNKEN Evelyn SARI LENNICK Steve PAUL SCHNEIDER Filmmakers Writer/Director WOODY ALLEN Producers LETTY ARONSON, p.g.a. STEPHEN TENENBAUM, p.g.a. EDWARD WALSON, p.g.a. Co-Producer HELEN ROBIN Executive Producers ADAM B. STERN MARC I. STERN Executive Producer RONALD L. CHEZ Cinematographer VITTORIO STORARO AIC, ASC Production Designer SANTO LOQUASTO Editor ALISA LEPSELTER ACE Costume Design SUZY BENZINGER Casting JULIET TAYLOR PATRICIA DiCERTO 2 CAFÉ SOCIETY Synopsis Set in the 1930s, Woody Allen’s bittersweet romance CAFÉ SOCIETY follows Bronx-born Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) to Hollywood, where he falls in love, and back to New York, where he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life. Centering on events in the lives of Bobby’s colorful Bronx family, the film is a glittering valentine to the movie stars, socialites, playboys, debutantes, politicians, and gangsters who epitomized the excitement and glamour of the age. Bobby’s family features his relentlessly bickering parents Rose (Jeannie Berlin) and Marty (Ken Stott), his casually amoral gangster brother Ben (Corey Stoll); his good-hearted teacher sister Evelyn (Sari Lennick), and her egghead husband Leonard (Stephen Kunken).