— by RON WILKINSON — Jerzy Kosinski’s novel was debunked almost the day it reached the bookstores in 1965. The author’s claim that the story of a young Jewish or Gypsy boy was his own was left by the wayside. Despite that, the story reaped acclaim for its visceral depiction of the ho[...]
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‘The Kennedys’ to Air on the ReelzChannel TV Network
After getting pulled from the History channel’s lineup, the highly anticipated and controversial drama series “The Kennedys” has found a new home — on the ReelzChannel TV network. The epic eight-part movie event will have its world premiere April 3. “We’re not beh[...]
Under Review: ‘Casino Jack’
— by CHRIS HYATT — Movies based on actual political events tend to be a little dicey for me because there are just way too many ways to mess it up. The last political movie I watched, “Frost/Nixon,” wasn’t bad per se, but it was certainly too long and too boring for me [...]
Trailer: True Grit
— by CAM SMITH — Last week, a teaser trailer was released for Joel and Ethan Coen’s feverishly anticipated “True Grit.” The film, an adaptation of Charles Portis’ 1968 novel — which previously inspired the 1969 John Wayne late-career classic directed by Henry Hathaway ̵[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Bagman’ (aka ‘Casino Jack’)
— by BEV QUESTAD — Kevin Spacey becomes the self-assured, aggrandizing, lying snake-oil salesman Jack Abramoff in all his insane duplicity and dare-devil deals in the short little snippets that tantalize us in this trailer. “Bagman” is an exposé on the life and times of one of the g[...]