Smoking in the movies on the rise
Long after views on smoking evolved from glamorous to gross, Hollywood hasn’t gotten the message. Nearly half of the movies released last year depicted tobacco use.
October 17, 2012
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Long after views on smoking evolved from glamorous to gross, Hollywood hasn’t gotten the message. Nearly half of the movies released last year depicted tobacco use.
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DVD review: ‘Crimson Petal and the White’ Gillian Anderson (“Bleak House”) plays the heartless madam of Sugar’s brothel, and Amanda Hale is the sickly, delusional wife of Sugar’s regular patron, played by Chris O’Dowd. The miniseries is sexy but, like Faber’s novel, uses the format of the Victorian novel to explore the theme of sexual and emotional repression.
Though converting to digital is proving to be a costly venture for area community theaters, it also means theaters could potentially grow after the new technology is installed.
Movies to see this weekend, Oct. 5 Looper A sci-fi thriller set in 2044, it uses the story of a hit man (who disposes of people from the future sent back to the past) for a reflection on morals and technology. There’s comedy, satire, sci-fi and thriller material, and even some music
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Oct. 2 Feature: Batman Triple Feature (various dates), Chained (2012), Corpo Celeste (2011), Dark Shadows (2012), Five (2011), The Found Footage Festival: Volume Six” (various dates), “Free Men” (2012), “Funkytown” (2012), “General Education” (2012), “Grassroots” (2012), “Hard Times” (2009), “Headshot” (2011), “Hungry for Change” (2012), “Hypothermia” (2010), “Iron Sky …
Onscreen tobacco use increased by 34% per movie last year in films targeted at children and teens.
Movies opening Friday, Oct. 5 Bitter Seed Frankenweenie The Oranges The Paperboy Starbuck Taken 2 V/H/S
Movies to see this weekend, Sept. 28 he focuses on the bleak tone, simplicity of character and cathartic violence of the comic-strip source material. The result is a B-movie success – and the rare superhero film that revels in its carnage instead of stifling it for a PG-13 rating
Perhaps the most legendary miscasting in Hollywood history occurred when the king of cowboy cinema, John Wayne, signed up to play Mongol warleader Genghis Khan in “The Conqueror.” Produced by …