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		<title>R-rated movies that should have been rated PG-13</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid — like 14 — nudity sometimes occurred in PG movies (as in, for example, THE DAY OF THE JACKAL) and violence was sometimes enough to get an R rating. Now the R rating is routinely given for any movie with any nudity, or any movie with two or more F-words,<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/r-rated-movies-that-should-have-been-rated-pg-13/15436/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>When Bad Movies Happen to Good Directors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mlasalle@sfchronicle.com (Mick LaSalle)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Terrence Malick’s TO THE WONDER is ambitious, occasionally inspired and often interesting, but there is just no way to call it a good movie. Yet he is one of the greatest directors in the world, the best American film director living, in my opinion. You can read my review of TO THE WONDER here. Hey,<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/04/12/when-bad-movies-happen-to-good-directors/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Annoying Celebrity of 2013 &#8230; Anne Hathaway</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anne Hathaway, who has won numerous acting awards in the last three months, is also the hands down winner of Most Annoying Celebrity of 2013, as chosen by readers of this blog. She took an early lead and there was no looking back. Above we take a look at some of the highlights of Anne<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/03/28/the-most-annoying-celebrity-of-2013-anne-hathaway/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>All the Oscar scenarios</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mlasalle@sfchronicle.com (Mick LaSalle)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, here is your annual opportunity to see the sausage being made.  My Oscar recap — a fairly long article — is due less than 45 minutes after the Oscars are over.  And that’s assuming it ends ON TIME, and it rarely does.  That means I have to write during the ceremony — except for<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/02/24/all-the-oscar-scenarios/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>They Wuz Robbed — By the Academy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mlasalle@sfchronicle.com (Mick LaSalle)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Academy has made some mistakes over the years, some big ones; they’ve already made some big mistakes this year, and the awards haven’t even been given out yet.  And if you believe the prognosticators, it looks like they’re primed to make a few more mistakes at the ceremony on February 24. And so today<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/they-wuz-robbed-by-the-academy/14263/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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