Kenneth Turan

Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turanis an American film critic and Lecturer in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California...
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There is stuff at which your jaw just drops, and yet they were hugely popular, ... It's an interesting corner of film history.
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I think this film makes news casting really exciting. It's a film that really holds you because it's an enormous dramatic conflict.
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He credits a watching of 'King Kong' on TV when he was a kid with making him a film director,
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This film for sure will get an Oscar nomination for Paltrow. It might even win it for her again. This is a very intensely dramatic film. It's a really agonizing role.
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You can't be a movie fan and not be excited about the prospect of this 'King Kong,'
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The 'Harry Potter' films are as close to a sure thing as there really exists in Hollywood now. There is a built-in audience for these films.
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It's not a new thing, ... One of the biggest successes ever in film, 'Gone With the Wind,' came from a very big best-selling book.
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It's really a remarkable film. You really feel the pain, the agony, the unintentional humor. It's the kind of young, independent film making we should be seeing more of.
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People who make films are always looking for a hook. They're always looking for something that will attract an audience's attention, that will make a person say, 'I want to see that film,' and a book is a proven commodity.
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A book does not make bad jokes, drink too much or eat more than you can afford to pay for.
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The director is Rob Marshall, who directed 'Chicago.' It looks to be a very beautiful film.
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It's not just that we see bad films, but bad films of a type we've seen so many times before,
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It's great to see talented people have success,
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Baseball endures at least in part because it is a contemplative sport that delights in nuances. Not a brazen game, eager to sell its thrills cheaply, but rather an understated affair that must be courted if its to be loved.