An Oscar For Jack (Uggie) Russell? – Commentary by Julide Tanriverdi
These days the best actors have four legs and the shiny fur of a Jack Russell terrier!
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2011 EDA Award Winners!
The Artist scores multiple 2011 EDA Awards, and there are top honors for Viola, Kristen, Jessica, Lynne, Rooney, Saoirse, Angelina
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This charming, if slight, homage to silent movies looks at a transitional era from the perspective of our own. Read
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The Artist – Review by Susan Granger
Imaginative, inventive and challenging, this almost totally silent film fantasy about the advent of talking pictures (1927-1931) was shot in Hollywood in black-and-white by a French crew headed by writer/director Michel Hazanavicius. Genial George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a flamboyant matinee idol, reminiscent of Douglas Fairbanks. At the premiere of one of his movies at the Orpheum Theater, he accidentally encounters an ambitious, fun-loving flapper, Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), and is immediately intrigued by her. She gets her ‘big break’ and becomes a major star, while his allure is soon eclipsed by younger leading men who make the transition to ‘talkies.’
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