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That rare creature, a truly important movie, has just opened at the River Oaks Theater. I’m talking about the new documentary about Daniel Ellsberg, The Most Dangerous Man in America.

The film sketches in Ellsberg’s rather incredible life story, in which he goes from platoon-leading marine officer to cold war intellectual to anti-war saint, and at the same time illustrates how some of America’s most important institutions used to respond to challenges.

I don’t what made me want to cry more: the fury that you have to feel at the way five presidents, from Truman to Nixon, dug millions of American and Vietnamese graves with their lies. Or the grief at how far the media has fallen from the days when first the New York Times, then the Washington Post, and finally one newspaper after another, defied the Nixon Administration to print Ellsberg’s expose on the deliberate lies that had left out catastrophe in Southeast Asia.

Read more: http://culturemap.com/newsdetail/04-24-10-heroes-villains-ithe-most-dangerous-man-in-americai-is/

1. Martin Prendergast (Robert Duvall) in “Falling Down”

2. Nick Angel (Simon Pegg) in “Hot Fuzz”

3. Dave Speed (Terence Hill) in “Super Fuzz” (aka “Poliziotto superpiù”)

4. Douglas Fackler (Bruce Mahler) in “Police Academy” (and parts 2, 3 and 6)

5. Bart (Cleavon Little) in “Blazing Saddles”

Read more: http://blogs.indiewire.com/spout/archives/5_most_underappreciated_cops_in_movies/

Movie Title		Example
10 (1979)
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens! (1979)
Altered States (1980)
American Gigolo (1980)

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History of Sex in Cinema: The Greatest and Most Influential Sexual Films and Scenes (Illustrated)

It seems to me that there are some hard core Twilight fans out there that can’t take any criticism. The following three reviews of the movie have been categorized as “idiotic”. I’ve seen the movie, and the whole glowing vampire thing is not for me.

Idiotic Review #1 – Chicago Reader compares Twilight to WB sitcom – Read the full review here.

Idiotic Review #2 – Eonline.com says Twilight is Sexist – Read the full review here.

Idiotic Review #3 – New York Post says Twilight was Made for 12-year Olds – Read the full review here.

http://www.afterthebite.com/2561835

The director James Cameron is coming with the $300 million budget movie. When James Cameroon announced a couple years back, about the movie Avatar, everyone wondered if it would be themost expensive movie of all time. There have been a few films which has the initial announcement budget in excess of $200 million budget.

http://abhisays.com/movies/avatar-most-expensive-movie-of-all-time.html