To most modern movie stars, putting out 75 films in only 37 years would be quite a remarkable task. For Spencer Tracy, whose acting career lasted from 1930 to 1967, it wasn’t.
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More than 40 films of Russian avant-garde artist Dziga Vertov are revived in cinema series
In a scene from the 1924 silent film “Kino-Eye,” a slice of beef from the marketplace flies back into the cow. The audience sees the cow’s skin come back on the bone and a knife cut across the cow’s throat in reverse, bringing the cow back to life, back to the stockyard and then finally to the countryside from where it came.
_Harmony of judges makes “˜The Voice’ stand out from other reality singing competitions_
NBC made a wise decision to premiere the sophomore season of its breakout reality hit show “The Voice” after Sunday’s Super Bowl, as more than 37 million people stuck around to watch judges Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine audition hopeful singers.
Movie review: Return
Liza Johnson’s “Return” is a brilliant take on a familiar story. A soldier’s return to civilian life has been the subject of countless films, though too often rehashed narratives undermine the complexity of what U.S. servicemen and servicewomen experience upon returning home.
Sarju Patel pursues his film passion by producing his feature film “Life Tracker”
The question of what lies in the future is one with which many college students grapple. In Sarju Patel’s upcoming feature film “Life Tracker,” a group of documentary filmmakers comes face to face with this question as they follow a company that has discovered a way to predict one’s future based on DNA sampling.
Remote Life: NBC’s heart beats strong despite low ratings
The most memorable moment of Sunday’s Super Bowl wasn’t Ahmad Bradshaw’s awkward flop into the end zone for the Giants’ game-winning touchdown. It was the three-minute musical commercial for the game’s host network, NBC, before the game began.
Movie Review: "Big Miracle"
In the modern film world of sequels, prequels and reboots, it’s nice to see a film like “Big Miracle” that dares to put something fresh and new on the screen. It’s just a shame that “Big Miracle” isn’t any good.