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Movie Menu: 12.22.06


Special Screenings & Limited Releases
Jean-Luc Godard's Two or Three Things I Know About Her opens for a week-long run at the Nuart in West L.A.
Saturday at 7:30pm The American Cinematheque screens a real, live 70mm print of Lawrence of Arabia at the Aero in Santa Monica. See this movie on the big screen the way it was meant to be seen!
Major Releases
The Good Shepherd & The Good German -- I cannot tell these two films apart to save my life. One is about murder and mistresses, and one is about spies and secrets. One is directed by Robert DeNiro, and one is directed by Steven Soderbergh. One is set in 1950s America, and one is set in post-WWII Berlin.
Letters from Iwo Jima -- Clint Eastwood's companion piece to Flags of our Fathers
Night at the Museum -- Ben Stiller whores himself out for what looks to be another family friendly piece of shit
Rocky Balboa -- Rocky Fucking Balboa!
Venus -- Is you haven't gotten your Peter O'Toole fix from Lawrence of Arabia, you can watch O'Toole play an old, old man who falls in love with a stroppy, young lass
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But Yeoh is the first to publicly identify as Asian. We take a look at Oberon's complicated path in Hollywood.
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His latest solo exhibition is titled “Flutterluster,” showing at Los Angeles gallery Matter Studio. It features large works that incorporate what Huss describes as a “fluttering line” that he’s been playing with ever since he was a child — going on 50 years.
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It's set to open by mid-to-late February.
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The new Orange County Museum of Art opens its doors to the public on Oct. 8.
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Cosplayers will be holding court once again and taking photos with onlookers at the con.
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Littlefeather recalls an “incensed” John Wayne having to be restrained from assaulting her and being threatened with arrest if she read the long speech Brando sent with her.