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Thursday Dec 25 | Bellows Falls Town Crier

Film examines sincere religion in a corrupt society

Koch Lorber has released on DVD "Takva: a Man's Fear of God," a most impressive Turkish film that examines the impact of modern life on the deeply religious.

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Related Topix: Drama, Family, Misty

Tue Dec 23, 2008

DVD Times

Sounder

Louisiana, 1933, the Great Depression. Nathan Lee Morgan is a black sharecropper, married to Rebecca .

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Related Topix: Family, Drama, Sport, Biography Movies, Tyson, Louisiana, Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Kevin Hooks

Sun Dec 21, 2008

NewMexiKen

December 19th should be a national holiday

It's the birthday of Al Kaline . The hall of fame right fielder is 74. Today is also the birthday of Oscar-nominee Cicely Tyson.

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Related Topix: Family, Drama, Cicely Tyson, Comedy Movies, My Bodyguard, Jennifer Beals, Black Entertainment

Fri Dec 19, 2008

FindingDulcinea

Happy Birthday, Cicely Tyson, Award-Winning Actress and Humanitarian

Cicely Tyson is an award-winning actress best known for her roles in movies like "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," "Roots" and "Sounder." On stage, on screen and in real life, she's been a devoted ...

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Related Topix: Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, Family, Drama, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Cicely Tyson, African-American, Atlanta, GA

Fri Dec 12, 2008

London Free Press

Seuss adaptation earns rare approval

As the keeper of the name, the fame and the game of Dr. Seuss' rhyming stories, Audrey Geisel has negotiated many delicate matters with Hollywood.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Dr. Seuss, Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Family, Drama

Sun Nov 30, 2008

USA Today

New on DVD: Cold War 'Spy,' warm 'Toots'

The Oscar-nominated espionage tale The Spy Who Came in From the Cold is out this week.

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Related Topix: New York, Wuthering Heights, Drama, Adventure, Musical Movies, Claire Bloom, Family, Movies, Entertainment

Fri Nov 28, 2008

The Daily Page

Wilmington on DVD: Fanfan la Tulipe, Sounder, D.W. Griffith, Hancock, and Space Chimps

Gerard Philipe, a genuine French movie star legend, plays the dashing 18th-century French provincial Casanova and hero Fanfan, wooing beautiful ladies and crossing and slashing swords against black-hearted, ...

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Related Topix: Family, Drama, D.W. Griffith, Gina Lollobrigida, Movies, Entertainment, Arts, Cinema

Thu Nov 27, 2008

Boxoffice

Thanksgiving Weekend Cinema Listomania

DVD Event of the Week: Is it Fred Claus , the surprisingly funny holiday comedy with Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti from Warner Home Video? Could we be talking about Sony's Hancock , the anti-social superhero ...

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Related Topix: Arts, Cinema, Family, Drama, White Dog, Horror, Thriller, Samuel Fuller, Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield

Tue Nov 25, 2008

Desert Sun

'White Dog' Still Bites

Special to the Desert Sun In 1982, Samuel Fuller's "WHITE DOG" created a storm of controversy that resulted in a limited theatrical release with no follow-up video until now.

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Related Topix: White Dog, Horror, Drama, Thriller, Samuel Fuller, Kristy McNichol, Family, Paul Winfield

Hartford Courant

New on DVD: 'Beautiful' 'A Man Named Pearl' 'Sounder,' 'The Nutty Professor'

IFC Films, 2006 Chad Lowe 's coming-of-age drama set in 1973 Cleveland has the advantage of William Hurt , who can make even clunky dialogue sing.

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Related Topix: Family, Drama, Comedy Movies, The Nutty Professor, Science Fiction Movies, Bishopville, SC, Movies, Entertainment

Sun Nov 23, 2008

Talking Moviezzz

The Moviezzz Blog: DVD Releases for

Here are the DVDs being released this week, Tuesday, November 25, 2008. BOTTLE ROCKET - Finally! The Criterion release of what is arguably Wes Anderson's best film.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Family, Drama, Paul Winfield

Thu Nov 20, 2008

Arizona Daily Star

New on DVD

"Fred Claus " a ' Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti star in a disarming Christmas comedy.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Family, Drama, Sport, Biography Movies, Tyson, Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Tropic Thunder

Thu Oct 23, 2008

Muskegon Chronicle

Actress lends her voice to Muskegon documentary

Her voice has helped tell some of the most compelling stories in television and motion picture history -- those of an African mother in "Roots," of a 100-year-old former slave in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane ...

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Related Topix: Muskegon, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Drama, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Family, Cicely Tyson, African-American

Tue Oct 21, 2008

Holland Sentinel

Cicely Tyson will narrate GVSU documentary

Emmy Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson will narrate the Grand Valley State University documentary, "Up From the Bottoms: African American Migration to Muskegon, Michigan." Tyson's credits include "Roots," "The ...

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Related Topix: Family, Drama, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Rosa Parks Story, Cicely Tyson, Grand Valley State University

Sun Oct 05, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Historic opening for Perry

Technically, Atlanta director Tyler Perry had the evening off Saturday night as he introduced thousands of formally attired guests to the new 30-acre Tyler Perry Studios facility in southwest Atlanta.

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Related Topix: Atlanta Metro, Family, Drama, Inside, Ruby Dee, Black Entertainment, Cicely Tyson, Thriller, Louis Gossett Jr.

Tue Aug 19, 2008

Louisiana Weekly

Education is the key

As a brand-new school year begins, the entire community needs to take time to reflect on the importance of education to the future of our children and our children's children.

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Related Topix: Cicely Tyson, Kevin Hooks, Black Entertainment, Spike Lee, Family, Drama, Documentary Movies, Malcolm X, Biography Movies

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