Film's still a family affair

The Herald | Wed, May 27

Wed, May 27 Film's still a family affair
UK
As suggested by the infamous Corleone clan at the heart of Coppola's classic The Godfather, family means everything to him. "I think it's important to everyone," he reasons. "Our emotions and our sense of love come from the mother, the father, ...

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18 mainstream media weighed in on a similar topic

5 Months Ago, HappyNews.com says (in Reel of Fortune: Movies Can't Leave Las Vegas) TX
And let's not forget “The Godfather” parts one and two and the Corleone family's investments in Vegas and Tahoe; does anyone drive by the Tropicana and not think of the name “Moe Greene”? Gambling has a few winners and a whole lot more losers, ...

And Examiner.com says (in FREE appetizer for you & your dad from Carraba's and other loot ...) Plus on Father's Day, and on Wednesday's throughout June, you will also get a $10 discount on any bottle of Coppola wine from the Rubicon Estate in Napa, owned by The Godfather producer Francis Ford Coppola. And, if you win the Toast to Dad contest, ...

And Minneapolis Star Tribune says (in Review: A well-told 'Bronx Tale') Review: A well-told 'Bronx Tale'
MN
Perhaps it's because the culture is so steeped in portrayals of mobsters, from "The Godfather" to "The Sopranos," that the type has become something of a cartoon, with a physical vocabulary as recognizable as that of "The Three Stooges. ...

And Vero Beach Press-Journal says (in Shelley Owens: Carrabba's offers 'Toast to Dad' contest, specials) FL
Plus on Father's Day, and on Wednesdays throughout June, get a $10 discount on any bottle of Coppola wine from the Rubicon Estate in Napa, owned by “The Godfather” producer Francis Ford Coppola. If you win the Toast to Dad contest, you and your dad ...

And Village Voice says (in A Conversation with Francis Ford Coppola) NY
Shy of The Godfather, most of my films were not really, in their day, successful. Shooting Tetro (and 2007's Youth Without Youth) in HD certainly helps lower costs, but shouldn't a filmmaker of your generation—not to mention stature—be a purist about ...

And New York Observer says (in Mob Scene at J. Crew! Author Tom Folsom Conjures Racketeers Among ...) NY
This is literary in the wake of The Godfather. You know, three weeks before he gets killed, The Godfather is out, so it's a phenomenon. Everybody who is anyone wanted to meet a real life gangster, and here's Joey Gallo hitting the scene. ...

And PC World says (in Mob Games for the IPhone) Mafia Wars for the iPhone and iPod touch is a slick derivative of Zynga's Facebook godfather. The app has certain distinct flaws, but it still sets a high bar. Jeff Witt's ambitious but imitative iMobsters and The Godfather's deeply flawed iMob Online ...

And Wall Street Journal says (in George Pelecanos on Obama, his favorite TV shows, and new HBO ...) Sam Peckinpah's “The Wild Bunch,” because he made the ultimate western and then burned it to the ground, you really can't watch other mafia shows today. They'll suffer. After “The Godfather” parts one and two; “Goodfellas,” and “The Sopranos,” why try?

And TheDay says (in From Groton Library To NYU's Tisch School) From Groton Library To NYU's Tisch School
CT
By Stephen Chupaska By Cheryl Albaine New London - Six years ago Stephen Dwyer took out a DVD of “The Godfather” from the Groton Public Library and knew that it wasn't just another movie. ”I loved the slow camera movements, the setting in Sicily, ...

And MovieWeb says (in DVDs / Blu-ray) Of course, Coppola wasn't satisfied addressing such "substantive" issues. His movie had to be a "grand vision" -- not unlike his "The Godfather." So he threw everything except the kitchen sink into this movie: the pretentious linkage he tried to make ...

And BBC News says (in Narcodress is the message) UK
Experienced designers took it upon themselves to compare the sobriety of "The Godfather" of the film and the colourful Cuban shirts prominent in "Scarface". The result was trousers made with fine materials, khaki or other dark colours, shirts of all ...

And Baltimore Sun says (in 'The Brothers Bloom,' 'Rudo y Cursi' struggle with family ties) United States
And The Godfather and The Godfather Part II dominated my adolescent moviegoing, with its emotion-charged vision of brothers jockeying for respect within a ruling family that reflected the volatility of 20th-century America. These days, brothers are ...

And NewsOK.com says (in For Wichita State coach Gene Stephenson, all roads lead to Oklahoma) OK
He's kind of like Don Corleone in The Godfather Part III. Just when Stephenson thinks he's out, they keep pulling him back — to Oklahoma. Since accepting, then reneging on a deal to coach OU that strange and fate-filled June 11 day in 2005, ...

And Hollywood Reporter says (in Game biz looks to film) United States
The biggest problem for Hollywood right now is that publishers aren't nearly as receptive to licenses as they used to be," Boesky says, citing such recent disappointments as "The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena" and "The Godfather II. ...

And Denver Post says (in Roy refuses Avs' offer) Roy refuses Avs' offer
CO
By Adrian Dater Pierre Lacroix's nickname among many in the hockey world is "The Godfather," partly for his ability to make offers people can't refuse. Patrick Roy, however, refused an offer from the Godfather. Roy, a Hall of Famer and for- mer ...

6 Months Ago, Canada.com says (in Movies that look at the bleak side of parenthood) Canada
In The Godfather, Marlon Brando plays uber-dad who's not only rich and successful, but lets his kids have real guns. Father's Day seems like a good time to rent a movie about fathers and watch it with your old dad. This can be dangerous, however, ...

And Los Angeles Times says (in Francis Ford Coppola gets personal) Tetro" continues in earnest the project Coppola began two years ago with the ambitious literary adaptation "Youth Without Youth," a long-delayed shift to personal filmmaking, a career path he had envisioned all along. "The Godfather" (in 1972) "was ...

And BlackAthlete.net says (in "The Godfather" to receive award) The Godfather" to receive award

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