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Members of EPIC (Enough Pokies in Castlemaine) are fighting a push to more than treble the number of pokie machines in the town. Photo: Brendan McCarthy CASTLEMAINE is the sort of place where service station attendants still pump the petrol for you, cafe Full Article at The Age
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We begin our story at the end. The end of what, you ask? The end of silent comedy. It is March of 1949, twenty years after sound came to Hollywood and laid waste to the traditions of silent slapstick. It is St. Patrick’s Day, and the California Country C Full Article at Movie Morlocks
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—Mr. Anderson contributes film criticism and coverage to a variety of publications. Joe Morgenstern is on vacation. —John Anderson Watch a clip of "Undefeated", a documentary on an underdog football team who look to reverse their fortunes with coach Bill Full Article at Wall Street Journal
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By John Anderson Sports movies are metaphors for meritocracy: Play well, do well. You gotta have heart, and if you do, you win, even against underfunding, injuries and overwhelming odds. It's how we'd like to think about politics, although we'd sooner be Full Article at Wall Street Journal
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As we approach the 84th Academy Awards , the nominees for Best Oscar Trivia are... Most Surprising Loser Nominated six times, director Alfred Hitchcock never won an Oscar. Most Astonishing Winner The most votes for Best Actor at the very first Oscars in Full Article at RR.com Originals
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In this case, though, that rope — worn like a necklace — is a lifeline and, possibly, a line to eternity. Nathan may be a piano tuner by trade, but he is a composer by vocation. And though his ability to recollect anything, even his name, is pretty much Full Article at International Herald Tribune
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If ever a holiday was meant for renting a film — in whatever media that means now — it's Valentine's Day. Christmas is about finding a sudden solidarity with the classics you... Full Article at New York Daily News
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What in the world do Orestes Brownson, Benjamin Whorf, Will Rogers, and Hollywood have in common? The answer is that this eclectic array of intellectual and cultural subjects are essential to the work of scholar Peter C. Rollins, Emeritus Regents Profess Full Article at History News Network
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30. Lady and the Tramp (1955) — All of us can take lessons in civility and romance from an upper-middle-class pedigree spaniel and a male stray mongrel in this delightful Disney animated movie.29. Ghost (1990) — Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore show that lo Full Article at Washington Times
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Are you and your special someone planning on staying in and making dinner at home for Valentine’s Day? If so, Patch has a list of 10 movies that will likely inspire you to cuddle up and be romantic. Frank Capra’s comedy about a spoiled heiress (Claudette Full Article at Park Slope
