The Men Behind The Artist

An interview with THE ARTIST director, Michel Hazanavicius and star, Jean DujardinAs is ordinarily the rule during the holiday season, film audiences are inundated with grandiose family fare and a slew of prestige pictures designed to use the power of words to move people to both laughter and tears. One notable exception this year falls somewhere...

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Chinatown (1974)

Genre: Crime/Mystery/Drama/ThrillerStarring: Jack Nicholson, Fayne Dunaway, John Huston, Perry LopezA classic, multiple award winning and well-renowned movie, Chinatown is based upon the murder of Hollis Mulwray an engineer at the Los Angeles water department. The government wants to build a dam to provide water to the city which Mulwray...

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Best of Black Sheep: THE ARTIST

Written and Directed by Michel HazanaviciusStarring Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman and James CromwellGeorge Valentin (on a title card): I won’t talk. I won’t say a word!Some critics would be hard pressed to find genuine artistry in the film industry today, but they needn’t look any further than THE ARTIST, French director,...

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HUGO

Written by John LoganDirected by Martin ScorseseStarring Ben Kingsley, Sasha Baron Cohen, Chloe Grace Moretz and Asa ButterfieldIsabelle: We could get into trouble.Hugo: That’s how you know it’s an adventure.Before any image even appears on screen, master filmmaker, Martin Scorsese, sets his scene with the sounds of his central character,...

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MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

 Written by Adrian HodgesDirected by Simon CurtisStarring Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh and Judi DenchMarilyn Monroe: All people see is Marilyn Monroe. As soon as they realize I'm not her, they run away.In 1956, one of the biggest stars and sex symbols the world has ever known travelled to England to make a movie...

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THE MUPPETS

Written by Jason Segel and Nicholas StollerDirected by James BobinStarring Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and Kermit the FrogKermit the Frog: Maybe you don't need the whole world to love you. Maybe you just need one person.The first Muppet movie in over 10 years, simply called THE MUPPETS, was tailor made for people just like me...

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Assassins (1995)

Genre: Crime/Action/Drama/ThrillerStarring: Sylvester Stallone, Antonia Banderas, Julianne MooreHit men movies are not uncommon to Hollywood and two having two assassins is not going to make things any different. Robert Rath (Stallone) is an accomplished assassin and is said to be the best in the business. His daily routine is shattered when...

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Another Day in Paradise (1998)

Genre: Crime/DramaStarring: James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson WagnerA small time crook, Bobbie (Kartheiser), mugged people and broke into slot machines to get money for his daily dose of dope for him and his girlfriend Rosie (Wagner). Not even of age yet, the two are complete junkies and are a waste in life....

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Best of Black Sheep: SUPER 8

Written and Directed by J.J. AbramsStarring Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler and Ron EldardCharles: It looks like a disaster movie, doesn't it?J.J. Abrams, the man behind the polarizing television series, “Lost” and the stellar STAR TREK reboot from a couple years back, longs for simpler times in his latest adventure, SUPER...

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Cars 2 (2011)

Genre: Action/Adventure/Animation/Comedy/Sports/DramaStarring (voice): Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Eddie Izzard, John TurturroA sequel to the first Cars movie, British industrialist Sir Miles Axlerod (Izzard) launches a new bio fuel after realising that fossil fuels are quickly degrading the world. To...

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Black Sheep interviews George Miller

You’d think that in 2006, the film world would have had enough of penguins. After all, they had been inundated with the lovable creatures for an entire year already. In 2005, the touching documentary, THE MARCH OF THE PENGUINS, charmed audiences around the world and that was followed by the New York City zoo comedy, MADAGASCAR, which featured...

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Hereafter (2010)

Genre: Drama/FantasyStarring: Matt Damon, Cecile De France, Theirry Neuvic, Frankie McLaren, George McLarenThree people, each with their own worries and miseries, unknown to each other finally discover solace. Set against the backdrop of two world disasters, the south east Asian tsunami and the London tube bombings, the movie narrates the...

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THE DESCENDANTS

Written by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim RashDirected by Alexander PayneStarring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and Judy GreerMatt King: I’m the back-up parent, the understudy.It has been seven years since Alexander Payne’s last feature film, SIDEWAYS, charmed critics and audiences alike. The long gestation period has allowed...

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Smokin' Aces (2006)

Genre: Action/Crime/MysteryStarring: Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Common, Alicia Keys, Andy Garcia, Taraji P. Henson, Tommy FlanaganNarrating the story of the dirty world of Vegas, the movie depicts crime rings, mob bosses and FBI. Buddy Isreal (Piven) is a Vegas award-winning entertainer who enters the crime world and gets affiliated...

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Best of Black Sheep: MELANCHOLIA

Written and Directed by Lars von TrierStarring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Keifer Sutherland and Alexander SkarsgardJustine: The Earth is evil. We don’t need to grieve for it. Nobody will miss it.Leave it to one of the world’s most infamously melancholic directors, Lars von Trier, to open a film with Earth as we know it coming to...

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Two for the Money (2005)

Genre: Drama/Romance/Sports/BiographyStarring: Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene RussoBrandon Lang (McConaughey) is a football professional who had to taken an early retirement due to a career-ending injury. He started advising people on the kind of bets they should put on football games due to his intense knowledge of the players and...

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J. EDGAR

Written by Dustin Lance BlackDirected by Clint EastwoodStarring Leonard Dicaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts and Judi DenchAnnie Hoover: Edgar, I would rather have a dead son than a daffodil for a son.Considering Clint Eastwood has lived to witness most of what he chooses to depict in his J. Edgar Hoover biography, simply titled J. EDGAR,...

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The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) (3D)

Genre: Action/Adventure/Mystery/Crime/AnimationStarring (voice): Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell, Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Nick FrostWhen a legend is recreated, everyone is apprehensive if the legend would be made even more legendary. The Tintin comic book series by the famous Belgian, Herge has won fans around the world and has been recreated in...

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Best of Black Sheep: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2

Written by Steve KlovesDirected by David YatesStarring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Alan Rickmanand Ralph FiennesHarry Potter: Is this all real or is it just happening in my head?Professor Albus Dumbledore: Of course it's all in your head, Harry, but that doesn't mean it isn't real.As you may or may not already know, I have...

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