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Films look at serious topics (Show Girl Of Magic)
Films look at serious topics
Sometimes there’s a joker or two (”Sicko,” “Super Size Me”) tucked into the best documentary deck of Oscar nominees.
Not this year.
All five contenders deal in a straightforward manner with serious, even dire subjects. Meanwhile, foreign film contenders took a subtle approach in works notable for their strong political subtexts.
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“Shutter Island” a bleak journey
Martin Scorsese clearly had a ball making “Shutter Island,” which seemingly hurls everything the director knows about filmmaking up on screen in a blazing, masterful technical triumph.
The joy of a boy playing with the world’s greatest electric train set, as Orson Welles memorably described moviemaking, does not necessarily mean a good time for moviegoers, even with Scorsese’s regular screen idol, Leonardo DiCaprio, leading the superb cast.
“Shutter Island” is long and wearying — brilliantly constructed, obsessively detailed, yet dramatically a piece of pulp schlock that’s been overdressed and overstuffed to disguise a ponderous and absurd story.
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MTSS Episode #11 Backdoor Business
Anal sex.
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‘Shutter Island’ tops weekend box office
LOS ANGELES — Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s voyage to “Shutter Island'’ has landed them at No. 1 at the weekend box office.
Their creepy crime thriller set at a remote insane asylum opened with $40.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. A Paramount Pictures release, “Shutter Island'’ is the fourth collaboration for Scorsese and DiCaprio and the best opening yet for both the director and star.
Scorsese’s previous personal best was $26.9 million with his 2006 Academy Awards champ “The Departed,'’ which also starred DiCaprio. The biggest previous debut for DiCaprio was $30.1 million for 2002’s “Catch Me If You Can.'’
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35 Eastwood films in new DVD set
Clint Eastwood has been a towering part of the American movie landscape for more than 50 years. We have watched him evolve from the wide-eyed young cowboy Rowdy Yates on TV’s “Rawhide” to one of Hollywood’s most accomplished directors.
No one has enjoyed watching Eastwood’s rise more than Richard Schickel, Time magazine movie critic since 1972 and producer, director and writer for dozens of documentaries on film history.
“Those of us who knew him from those spaghetti Westerns to where he is today,” Schickel said during a recent phone interview, “that’s one of the most interesting things about his career.”
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MTSS Episode #3 The Older Boyfriend
You’re 15. He’s 25. No problem, right?
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The Report Card (Comic Fuck Hard)
The Report Card
Eric evaluates the book, “The Advocate College Guide For LGBT Students,” and how effective it’s rating system really is.
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A Political Transition
Politics reaches a breakthrough, as the people elected a lesbian mayor…in the town of Houston, Texas.
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Race And LGBT Community
A YouTube video takes a look at the challenges of LGBT minorities.
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International LGBT Rights
In this week’s column, Eric takes a look at other countries’ stances on LGBT issues and how they compare to the United States.
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Health and Sexulaity
With the future of American health care in the air, columnist Eric Gordon explores what universal health care could mean for the LGBT community.
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Real Pride
New columnists Matthew Miller discuses the Chicago Pride Parade and how it relates to the struggles of the LGBT community.
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The Right Kind of Treatment
This week, Eric takes a look at identity and the controversial “conversion therapies” that have been put into practice.
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Tight Ass Fucking - Pedestrian dies after being struck on Gulf Freeway
Pedestrian dies after being struck on Gulf Freeway
A driver who fatally hit a pedestrian on the Gulf Freeway early this morning does not appear to be at fault, police say.
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Runoff election needed to fill LaPorte council seat
None of the three candidates in La Porte’s special City Council election Saturday won a majority, forcing a Feb. 27 runoff.
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Seafarers’ radio transmitters fall victim to digital age
The Coast Guard says the half-century-year-old Loran-C radio-based system is antiquated and no longer needed by the armed forces or the transportation sector.
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Teen details chilling murder-for-hire plot
“I couldn’t stop myself,” says Nur Mohamed, who police say was hired by Lee High classmate Danish Minhas to kill Minhas’ mother.
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Paperwork chaos delays Kingwood family’s adoption of Haiti boy
Ernest Parker and his soon-to-be son are getting to know one another camped out on the cold tile floor of the American Embassy in Port-au-Prince.
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Cartel hid drugs in suburban Houston home, feds say
Authorities say the three-bedroom northwest Harris residence once was a secret operations center for a drug cartel smuggling route.
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Houstonians repay woman’s kindness with funds for her burial
Kind-hearted Houstonians have contributed nearly enough to pay for the burial of a woman who spent her life nurturing the needy in the Third Ward. N
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Texas refuses to join bid for national school standards
The idea of having one set of standards for what all students in the United States should learn before graduating high school has stirred debate for decades.
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