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Wealthy-beyond-belief Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) is gifted entrance into a strange game by his prodigal brother Conrad (Sean Penn). He goes in for extensive testing, and when he’s told he doesn’t qualify, the game begins in earnest, testing his wits, physical strength and the emotional scarring caused by witnessing his father’s suicide as a child. By Dr. Cole Abaius on August 12, 2009 | Comments |
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Reject Radio: Episode 6: Let’s Go To The Hop! This week, on a very special Reject Radio, we discuss the finer points of Bea Arthur’s genius while attempting futilely to discuss Year One and the world of remakes taking over theaters like something that really effectively takes over something. Like Genghis Khan. By Dr. Cole Abaius on June 22, 2009 | Comments |
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Discuss: Can Penn, Del Toro and Carrey Pull Off The Three Stooges? Earlier today Variety confirmed that MGM and the Farrelly brothers are closing in on their final cast for their upcoming comedy The Three Stooges. Now we’re interested to know what you think about it. By Neil Miller on March 25, 2009 | Comments |
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Sean Penn Mayor May Not Shoot People in ‘Cartel’ Hot off his Oscar win for Milk, Sean Penn is in talks with Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment to star in the film Cartel. The rest is still a bit unclear. By Robin Ruinsky on March 12, 2009 | Comments |
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Culture Warrior: Mickey, Sean, and Paul Haggis Progressivism First of all I need to preface this post by saying that I don’t believe the Oscars matter in the least. Sure, they’re fun to vote on, discuss, and are (apparently) a great excuse to party on a boat, but, ultimately, whoever takes home the gold at the end of the night only matters to those who actually attended the ceremony. By Landon Palmer on February 28, 2009 | Comments |
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Review: ‘Crossing Over’ Delayed for a Reason This highfalutin, silly immigration drama from writer-director Wayne Kramer wastes a lot of terrific actors. By Robert Levin on February 27, 2009 | Comments |
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Sean Penn Might Out CIA Operative Valerie Plame The actor fresh off his Oscar night success is in negotiations to play the husband of Valerie Plame in a film based on the administration’s outing of her as a CIA operative. By Dr. Cole Abaius on February 24, 2009 | Comments |
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Discuss: Should Depp and Penn Be Two of Three Stooges? My battle to avoid printing this story comes to an end with me losing. Johnny Depp and Sean Penn are rumored for The Three Stooges. Probably not. But maybe. But probably not. By Dr. Cole Abaius on February 5, 2009 | Comments |
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Watch This: Two New ‘Milk’ Featurettes The lovely folks over at Focus Features are really excited about their film Milk being nominated for 8 Academy Awards. Who wouldn’t be, right? And to celebrate all of their nominations, including Sean Penn’s Best Actor nod and one for Best Picture, they have put together two brand new featurettes. By Neil Miller on January 29, 2009 | Comments |
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In the wake of California’s Proposition 8, a film like Milk is both socially relevant and an eerie reminder of how this nation hasn’t really progressed in the past 30 years. By Josh Radde on December 9, 2008 | Comments |
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FSR’s Weekly Report Card for 11.26.08 Kevin Carr looks at Australia, Four Christmases, Transporter 3 and Milk, in theaters this week with the FSR Report Card. By Kevin Carr on November 26, 2008 | Comments |
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Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 93 – The Big, Fat Thanksgiving Special It’s the Big, Fat Thanksgiving Special! Kevin and Neil beam into the Magical Virtual Studio in the Sky two days early to get ready for their Thanksgiving feast which will keep them napping through the weekend. By Kevin Carr on November 26, 2008 | Comments |
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Fat Guys at the Movies: Episode 81 – Dangerous Fat Guys Kevin and Neil struggle to make it through a show by not talking about any movie opening wide this week… because the only one out there is Bangkok Dangerous, and the studio didn’t screen it for them. By Fat Guys at the Movies on September 5, 2008 | Comments |
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First ‘Milk’ Trailer Looks Fantastic To put it simply, Gus Van Sant’s upcoming film Milk, which stars Sean Penn as California’s first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, looks fantastic. By Neil Miller on September 3, 2008 | Comments |
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James Franco, seen recently turning stoner humor into gold in Pineapple Express, will next be seen as Sean Penn’s gay lover in the upcoming film Milk. Or perhaps we should say he’ll be playing Penn’s very well-endowed gay lover. By Josh Radde on August 14, 2008 | Comments |
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First Look: Crossing Over – Harrison Ford’s Other 2008 Movie In exploring the newly updated 2008 Summer preview from the Weinstein Company (which makes no mention of Fanboys, by the way), I stumbled upon the late-summer release Crossing Over, which stars Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd. By Neil Miller on March 27, 2008 | Comments |