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“The Hunt,” starring Mads Mikkelsen (“A Royal Affair,” “Hannibal”), is directed and co-written by Thomas Vinterberg and opens in New York City this Friday. On Wednesday July 10, 2013 at Lincoln Center, Examiner Dorri Olds attended an intimate cocktail party with actor Mads Mikkelsen. Meeting celebrities is an interesting job but not all stars enjoy chatting. Once … Read more
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Jeff Bridges, who has been dedicated to stamping out hunger for the past 30 years, is now starring in a powerful documentary, “A Place at the Table.” The film is brought to you by Participant Media, a company with an amazing track record of building social action campaigns and producing films like “Waiting for Superman” and … Read more
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Little Baby Face Foundation provides free surgery to indigent children born with facial deformities. They treat cleft lip cleft palate, microtia, hemifacial microsomia, facial palsy, hairy nevi, craniofacial deformities, Bell palsy. They provide otoplasty, hearing reconstruction, and dental services for free also. Their website is littlebabyface.org
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“The Iceman” opens this week. It’s an intense, crime thriller. It is fascinating, disturbing and darkly exciting. Inspired by actual events, the story is about Richard Kuklinski. Stars Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta, Chris Evans
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“The Iceman” opens this week. It’s an intense, crime thriller. It is fascinating, disturbing and darkly exciting. Inspired by actual events, the story is about Richard Kuklinski, an independent contractor, a hitman, who killed 100 men during the 70s and 80s. Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon stars as Kuklinski.
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Movies opening this week: Disconnect, Oblivion, In the House, Love Sick Love and Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem. In Disconnect Jason Bateman plays a serious role and does it well. Kristin Scott Thomas is in the French film In the House. Even Morgan Freeman can’t save Oblivion.
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Matthew McConaughey stars in Mud opening April 26 in NYC. McConaughey’s movies include, “Killer Joe,” “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Tropic Thunder,” “Fool’s Gold,” “We Are Marshall,” “Amistad,” “Contact,” and “A Time to Kill.”
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“The Company You Keep” stars Robert Redford (director) as Jim Grant, a former Weather Underground activist who is on the lam. Shia LaBeouf plays journalist Ben Shepard who uncovers Grant’s identity. It’s a political thriller with a slew of top actors including Susan Sarandon, Richard Jenkins, Chris Cooper, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott, Stanley Tucci and Julie Christie. “The Company You Keep” is playing now in New York City
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‘No Place on Earth’ is the previously untold story of 38 Ukrainian Jews who survived Hitler by hiding in caves for 511 days. The four survivors who star in the film are Saul Stermer, 92, Sam Stermer (the “baby” brother), 86, and their nieces Sonia Dodyk, 79, and Sima Dodyk, 74, whose mother is Henia Stermer, Saul and Sam’s older sister.
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Interview: Four holocaust survivors star in the documentary, ‘No Place on Earth’ about the Stermer family that hid in caves in the Ukraine for 551 days. Opened this weekend. Chris Nicola, Janet Tobias.
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