Articles tagged "michael douglas"

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Did Hollywood inspire the meltdown men?

by Michael Smerconish [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[14.May.09] :. Forget Bernie Madoff. The Wall Street veteran who might be the real scapegoat for our country’s financial meltdown hasn’t closed a deal in more than two decades. Many presume he spent at...

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Will Gordon Gekko still be greedy in ‘Wall Street 2’?

by Julie Hinds [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[7.May.09] :. I’m probably not the only one who suspects the credit crunch was brought on by men who grew up idolizing Gordon Gekko. When director Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street” came out in...

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TV DVD Review

The Streets of San Francisco - Season 1, Vol. 2

by Rachel Kipp

[12.Nov.07] :. Michael Douglas is dreamy, but The Streets of San Francisco is stuck in a time warp.

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Michael Douglas goes crazy again in ‘King of California’

by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[20.Sep.07] :. NEW YORK—For a guy who spent years hitting the hot button on pop culture, Michael Douglas sounds, at 62, like he’d be just fine sitting back and watching the wheels go round. “At...

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Film DVD Review

Romancing the Stone/The Jewel of the Nile (1984)

by Nikki Tranter

[27.Sep.06] :. Everything in Jewel of the Nile is predictable, right down to the romantic final scenes at sunset.

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The Sentinel (2006)

by Jake Meaney

[1.Sep.06] :. A woefully timid, allegedly paranoid, political thriller short on thrills, shorter on paranoia, and shortest on politics.

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The Sentinel (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Sep.06] :. The Sentinel thus sets up a conflict between two exceptionally earnest masculine icons -- Kiefer Sutherland and Michael DOuglas -- all furrowed brows and low-talking intensity.

You, Me and Dupree (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Jul.06] :. This impossible place -- most desired object and least elucidated subject -- makes Molly typical of the women in white guy romcoms.

The Sentinel (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Apr.06] :. I suppose if you're going to cast the deliriously overexposed Eva Longoria -- and give her a weapon, to boot -- you might as well make fun of the fact that you've done so.

The In-Laws (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.May.03] :. Robin Tunney's cool aversion to stereotype is easily The In-Laws' most valuable asset.

Wonder Boys (2000)

by Jonathan Beller

Hey there. If you find yourself pushing on past middle age and wondering why all your potential has only gotten you just where you are and not one iota farther, then Curtis Hanson's new film Wonder Boys may be your sunset tonic.

Wonder Boys (2000)

by Todd R. Ramlow

Curtis Hanson's Wonder Boys is very much concerned with the boys its title declares (or, rather, with a certain sort of boyish behavior). More to the point, it actually seems to wonder, as we do and as the characters do, what is to be done with them.

One Night at McCool’s (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Any movie that offers proud big bully Andrew Dice Clay as a walking joke, however self-knowing or smug, is starting at a disadvantage. Andrew Dice Clay already made that joke himself, you know, and more than a few years ago.

One Day in September (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

By tracing these failures, 'One Day in September' represents compelling links between sports (in general and specifically Olympian) and violence, as a basis for cultural exchange.

Don’t Say a Word (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Michael Douglas's latest film, 'Don't Say a Word', is painfully and transparently about, well, him.

Don’t Say a Word (2001)

by Renee Scolaro Rathke

Michael Douglas's latest film, 'Don't Say a Word', is painfully and transparently about, well, him.