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"It’s not definite yet, but it looks like Oscar-nominated actor/director Kenneth Branagh will be taking the helm of Marvel Studios’ comic book adaptation Thor. Most young moviegoers know Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart (from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), but he’s otherwise better known for primarily directing films of Shakespeare’s works. He also tends to cast mostly trained Shakespearean actors, although he has been known to include an Alicia Silverstone or a Matthew Lillard in his ensembles. Additionally, he’s been known for odd casting choices, such as Robert De Niro for the Monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Who will he cast this time in the Asgardian ensemble that will make up the film? It might not actually be totally up to him, but if it is, it might look a little like this: Kenneth Branagh as Thor/Donald Blake I know what you’re thinking. He’s old. But he’s only five years older than
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The Aviator is a fun mixed bag
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"Scorsese's "The Aviator" blends three different sorts of movies: a boy's adventure, where Howard and the Professor and the engineering team barnstorm Hollywood and build planes and make movies and design brassieres; an interior drama about Howard's increasingly tormented inner life, much tied up with his relations with women; and a political drama, about the intrigue between TWA and Pan Am. It's a lot of fun, though the three elements threaten to separate into completely different layers. Stories of Golden Age Hollywood are catnip for Scorsese, and he spends too much time on them. But DiCaprio holds up his end well, and the supporting cast is excellent. "
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"Scorsese's "The Aviator" blends three different sorts of movies: a boy's adventure, where Howard and the Professor and the engineering team barnstorm Hollywood and build planes and make movies and design brassieres; an interior drama about Howard's increasingly tormented inner life, much tied up with his relations with women; and a political drama, about the intrigue between TWA and Pan Am. It's a lot of fun, though the three elements threaten to separate into completely different layers. Stories of Golden Age Hollywood are catnip for Scorsese, and he spends too much time on them. But DiCaprio holds up his end well, and the supporting cast is excellent. "
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"This extrodinary film gets you thinking. "
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"The Aviator (2004) is the story of Howard Hughes, movie mogul, airplane tycoon, and multi-millionaire. It is an example of what Hollywood can do well. The big names actually produce results. Martin Scorsese gets good performances from this actors. Leonardo DiCaprio, who is on screen most of the movie, does a convincing job of the mercurial Hughes; Kate Blanchett is complexly angular as Katherine Hepburn, a great Hughes love; and Kate Beckinsale is flamboyantly independent and appropriately gorgeous as Ava Gardener, another Hughes love. The story juggles Hughes’ film making and aviation, providing two sources of interest for two different sets of viewers. It also portrays him gradually going insane in a very convincing fashion, not too dramatic, not too sudden, not too sensational. The final scene is a subtle yet powerful suggestion that Hughes would choose his mental health over his vows to make great movies and fly big planes. Although I have lots of quibbles about this movi ... "
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