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"June 15: Since following up his twin Oscar nominations [and Best Director win] in 2000 with the blockbuster "Ocean's Eleven," Steven Soderbergh has stayed busy but failed to reach those same early millennium artistic and box office highs. The big-budget "Ocean's Thirteen," like its predecessor "Ocean's Twelve," follows two films that seemed to satisfy Soderbergh's film-geek curiosity -- the digital art project "Bubble" and the homage to classic Hollywood cinema "The Good German", just as "Ocean's Twelve" was preceeded by the digital art project "Full Frontal" and a remake of Russian master Andrei Tarkovsky's "Solaris." Maybe making the "Ocean's" franchise is how a guy like Soderbergh relaxes. A lot of fans of "Ocean's Eleven" were let down by the lightweight sequel. Will a return to Vegas return Soderbergh and company to the audience's good graces? Adam and Sam weigh in.Also on the show, a review of "Once," winner of the World Dramatic Audience Award at the 2007 Sundance Film Fe ... "
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"June 15: Since following up his twin Oscar nominations [and Best Director win] in 2000 with the blockbuster "Ocean's Eleven," Steven Soderbergh has stayed busy but failed to reach those same early millennium artistic and box office highs. The big-budget "Ocean's Thirteen," like its predecessor "Ocean's Twelve," follows two films that seemed to satisfy Soderbergh's film-geek curiosity -- the digital art project "Bubble" and the homage to classic Hollywood cinema "The Good German", just as "Ocean's Twelve" was preceeded by the digital art project "Full Frontal" and a remake of Russian master Andrei Tarkovsky's "Solaris." Maybe making the "Ocean's" franchise is how a guy like Soderbergh relaxes. A lot of fans of "Ocean's Eleven" were let down by the lightweight sequel. Will a return to Vegas return Soderbergh and company to the audience's good graces? Adam and Sam weigh in.Also on the show, a review of "Once," winner of the World Dramatic Audience Award at the 2007 Sundance Film Fe ... "
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"Out of the Past is a classic film noir staring Robert Mitchum ("Pakten") as a small town gas station owner whose past comes back to haunt him. Sounds a bit like The Killers, doesn't it? There are similarities. Mitchum is a basically good guy, who did a bad thing, tried to leave it behind him, and couldn't. The first part of his story is told in flashback. And all the trouble started over a dame. Mitchum rules with his hang-dog expression as he tries to outwit the other guys in this very twisty plot. A very young Kirk Douglas ("Illusion") plays the bad guy and Jane Greer ("Perfect Mate") is the femme fatale. At first, I didn't get why she would be worth throwing everything away for, but as the film progressed, I kind of got it. Very, very good. Watching Superman Returns was hard at first because I kept thinking of Christopher Reeve. But I moved past it to accept Brandon Routh ("Denial") as The Man of Steel. And I fell into the story, even though I had to shake many, man ... "
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"Out of the Past (1947) is my favourite film noir. A guy with a shady past (Robert Mitchem) is trying to start a new life in a small Californian town when his past catches up with him, as he explains to his new girlfriend and to us. Robert Mitchem is on record as saying that he had only three acting moves—look right, look left, and look straight ahead—but he is perfect for this part, giving away emotion with subtle facial expressions and small changes in his laconic delivery: “If I have to die, I’ll die last.” Jane Greer is the good-looking woman who gets him into trouble. When she makes her entrance into a Mexican cantina, her hips and substantial appearance remind us that beautiful in 1947 was different than beauty in movies today. (Incidentally, Greer, aged 22, was the girlfriend of Howard Hughes, the owner of RKO Radio pictures which made the movie.) Kirk Douglas, in his second movie role, sparkles with dangerous energy as the ruthless businessman. ... "
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