Born in Austria in 1930, actor Maximilian Schell fled Hitler in his youth and later in his performing career would win the 1961 Oscar for be...
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Showing posts with label Television. Show all posts
Harder to survive on the margins
BLOGGER'S NOTE : This preview of the fourth and final season of Treme contains mild spoilers for the last five episodes, but nothing to...
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Bouncing to a TV near you (plus a personal announcement)
By Edward Copeland At 11 tonight Eastern time on a network I didn't realize even existed, let alone that I had until recently, a new se...
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Karen Black (1939-2013)
Throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, Karen Black occupied a singular place in movies, hovering in that rarefied atmosphere that placed...
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Dennis Farina (1944-2013)
Dennis Farina tended to be typecast as a cop or a crook — and having served 18 years on Chicago's police force before turning to acting...
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Different ways of playing 'Cards'
BLOGGER'S NOTE : This post contains spoilers for the three segment British miniseries House of Cards from the 1990s starring Ian Richard...
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James Gandolfini (1961-2013)
Sometimes, when the greatest of our artists mark the upper reaches of their golden years or they've announced an ominous health prognos...
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Prison of My Dreams
By Edward Copeland As I snap the cuffs on Will Smith's wrists, I try to look stern and sympathetic simultaneously. "I take no plea...
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Roger Ebert (1942-2013)
By Edward Copeland If there ever were a reason to brush the cobwebs off my long-dormant blog, today provided it. I wasn't going to wast...
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