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Son İstasyonda Tolstoy’u Beklerken
BAKINIZ | December 13th 2009 by ali üstünsoy
Michael Hoffman’ın Lev Tolstoy’un hayatını anlatan filmi Independent Spirit adayı olarak yılın dikkate değer yapımlarından biri olduğunu gösterdi. Yapımda Tolstoy’u Christopher Plummer canlandırıyor. Yönetmen, Tolstoy read more
Trailer Trash: December-09 Oscarbait
Reel Whore | December 11th 2009 by Reel Whore
As promised, I'm following up last week's Trailer Trash with a closer look at the limited release films which are poised to vie for a coveted Academy Award. That said, it is doubtful any of these flicks will want me to Exercise my Right to Cinematic read more
THE LAST STATION
100% Information Technology | December 11th 2009 by krenz
In his last days, Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer) can not feel peace of mind as he expected. As a famous writer Leo managed to write great works and get a wealth of almost innumerable. At this moment it feels Leo inner war within himself. Leo sure read more
T-Shirt Thursday: I Play Video Games Like Russians Write Novels.
ChrisHokeBlog.com | December 11th 2009 by Chris Hoke
Yeah, yeah. I know it’s late. But it’s probably Thursday somewhere, he says with a sly grin and a wink that sends it over the top, from suave to creepy. Click the picture to buy the shirt, Tolstoy. read more
Anna Karenina
Ansiklopedik Bilgi | December 10th 2009 by semra
Anna Karenina, Lev Tolstoy’un romanı (1876-1877). Rusların, memleketlerini ve o devrin aristokratlarını en doğru şekilde yansıtan bir eser olarak gördükleri Anna Karenina’da ana konu, her şeyden önce rus ailesidir. Tolstoy, d read more
2222 Most Popular Short Stories On Your iPhone – Thanks To ‘C…
Apple iPhone 3G News and Rumors | December 9th 2009 by Dev Gupta
There is some great news for all you iPhone users who love short stories. Alexandru Brie has launched this iPhone app called the ‘Colossal Short Stories Collection’ for just $0.99 [App Store link], which is packed with a whopping 2,222 p read more
Harry Reid has nothing to apologize for, he is right
Mullin's World | December 8th 2009 by John Mullin
“Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised”-Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy"...Senate majority lea read more
Cooking the decline [update 5]
Not PC | December 8th 2009
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.” - Leo Tolstoy In Wagner’s opera ‘Twilight of the Gods,’ Hagen is the character who turns fact into fantasy, poisons everything read more
Aspen Film presents 2009 Academy Screenings
Aspen-Snowmass Colorado News & Events | December 8th 2009 by David
2009 Academy Screenings 2009 Academy Screenings Aspen film announces its 19th annual Academy Screenings series starting this December 23rd, 2009 – January 2, 2010 at Harris Concert Hall in Aspen. Open to everyone, this two-week extravaganza offers read more
VoiceThread
Bakers And Astronauts | December 8th 2009
VoiceThread is a tool that I am a big fan of. We have used it to retell two stories so far this year, but I have a little list of ideas for how we will use it in the second half of the year. Children's stories, documentation, video...Here is the fi read more
Buying presents — for myself
a progressive on the prairie | December 7th 2009
I do 99 percent of my Xmas shopping online. In fact, once Thanksgiving arrives, I make a concerted effort to steer clear of any shopping area unless absolutely unavoidable. And, of course, given my tendencies and my family’s interests, I tend read more
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Helen Mirren
Women & Hollywood | December 7th 2009 by Melissa Silverstein
Helen Mirren was honored last week in London with a lifetime achievement award from Women in Film and TV International. She is now appearing in The Last Station as Sofya Tolstoy which will probably get her another Oscar nomination. The film is in read more
Science, protest and meaning
Reflexivepractice | December 6th 2009 by Chris Mowles
In a further twist to Tolstoy’s famous quotation that ‘Science is meaningless because it gives us no answer to our question, the only question important to us: “what shall we do and how shall we live?’” the climate scien read more
The Troubled Genius Of Horselover Fat
biblioblography | December 6th 2009 by Douglas Henry
Cross posted @ God Is 4 Suckers! It is not often that I write of other writers, better writers than I – and it saddens me when I read of the degree of mental pain and self-torture that these geniuses were subjected to. Nijinsky had schizophr read more
The Last Station (2009)
Bank Of Entertainment Unlimited | December 5th 2009 by Hina Farooqi
The challenge and (let's face it) the hoot of playing formidable ladies with iron wills suit Helen Mirren splendidly these days; she's making the most of her uniquely poised, feminine bearing, her mature sensuality, and her own status as a Dame of read more
Watch The Lasdt Station Movie
Watch Your Favorite Movies Online | December 5th 2009 by Mitch
Release Date: December 4, 2009 (NY, LA) Studio: Sony Pictures Classics Director: Michael Hoffman After almost fifty years of marriage, the Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren), Leo Tolstoy’s (Christopher Plummer) devoted wife, passionate lover, muse a read more
Re: Grasping the infinite; will to meaning
Ernest Becker Unofficial Site | December 4th 2009 by Peter
"Grasping the infinite; will to meaning" Bull’s eye, Jim. It’s exactly what this poem does. What astonishing poetry Rilke created. And he apparently learned a great deal from his lover of four years (1897-1901), Lou Andrea read more
The Last Station, Trailer
P.Viktor - From the Chattering Classes... | December 4th 2009
The Last Station is yet another film about a writer, this time Leo Tolstoy (played by Christopher Plummer), depicting the last year of his life. The very easy on the eye James McAvoy plays his personal secretary and the powerhouse Helen Mirren plays read more
RUSSIAN ARK is a 96-min Sequence Shot (Steadicam)!
AUDITOIRE | December 3rd 2009 by Adrian
... and it is all there is...I love Russia not only of Tolstoy, Chekov, Doestoyevksybut also of Sokurov, Tarkovsky and Eisenstein.I love Russia! I love art, Russian art, aesthetics! But where can i find Russian Ark (2002)?Ciao!*** read more
Watch free online The Last Station English movie Trailer Hollywo…
Download Free Hollywood Movie watch Review cast Film | December 3rd 2009 by hira khan
The Last Station English Movie 2009History MovieCast & CrewStarring:Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Paul Giamatti, Anne-Marie DuffDirector:Michael HoffmanWriter:Michael HoffmanStudio:Sony Pictures ClassicsGenre:Drama, HistoryRele read more
Movie: The Last Station
Information Review | December 3rd 2009 by Damin
The Last Station is a drama film, directed by Michael Hoffman and written by Michael Hoffman (screenplay) / Jay Parini (novel). Cast: Christopher Plummer as Leo Tolstoy, Helen Mirren as Sofya Tolstoy, Leo's wife, James McAvoy as Valentin Bulgakov, Pa read more
Mañana se Estrena The Last Station
VeroCine.com - Todas las noticias del espectaculo | December 2nd 2009
Título: The Last Station Director: Michael Hoffman Reparto: Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer Estudio: Sony Pictures Classics Género: Drama Fecha de Estreno: 4 de Diciembre del 2009 Sinopsis: La condesa Sofya (Mirren), esposa y musa read more
The Last Station
HD Movie Trailers | December 2nd 2009 by worldbeauty
After almost fifty years of marriage, the Countess Sofya, Leo Tolstoy’s devoted wife, passionate lover, muse and secretary—she’s copied out War and Peace six times…by hand—suddenly finds her entire world turned upside down. In the name of h read more
'PRECIOUS' NOMINATED FOR SPIRIT AWARDS
Soulfull Vibes | December 2nd 2009 by Curt and Jamila Hayman
The urban drama "Precious" and the Leo Tolstoy period piece "The Last Station" have each collected a leading five nominations for the Spirit Awards that honor independent film.The two acclaimed movies will compete in the best feature category with th read more
Tolstoy on Poetry
InfinityBound | December 2nd 2009
From August 1914 by A. Solzhenitsyn. Tolstoy is the revered Sage in this fictional work. In the opening a young idealist student on his way to volunteer for the army makes a pilgrimage to Tolstoy’s estate and imposes on his idol with questions. read more
USA: Christopher Plummer keeps evolving
Seniors World Chronicle | December 2nd 2009
.LOS ANGELES, California / The Los Angeles Times / Entertainment / December 2, 2009MOVIESChristopher Plummer keeps evolvingThe veteran actor, playing an aged Leo Tolstoy in 'The Last Station", finds himself in demand.By Susan King Christopher Plummer read more
"Precious" and "The Last Station" Top Indie S…
Scribe Life | December 1st 2009
No surprise here: The stunning Precious, a harrowing urban drama directed by Lee Daniels and featuring a knock-out performance by rookie actor Gabbye Sidibe, cleaned up with five nominations for the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards. Daniels, Sidib read more
Spirit noms announced
Go Into The Story | December 1st 2009 by Scott Myers
Per THR:"The Last Station," which looks at Russian author Leo Tolstoy's final days, and "Precious," the portrait of a troubled inner-city teenager, led the 2010 Spirit Award nominations announced Tuesday morning with five noms each.Both movies were n read more
Self Esteem Quotes–So Close and Yet So Far
Strength for Today | December 1st 2009 by Diane
Today’s self-help books offer this poison: Learn to love yourself. Accept yourself unconditionally. Speak up. Praise yourself. Believe in yourself. We even have companies enticing viewers to splurge on their product, “Because y read more
Ill-bred pleasure
Aimless Ramblings of the Mind | November 30th 2009
"Everyone of average education considers it inadmissible, ill bred, and inhumane to infringe the peace, comfort, and yet more the health of others for his own pleasure. But out of a thousand smokers not one will shrink from producing unwholesome read more
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