Hometown hero Robert Rodriguez to receive filmmaking award at Austin fest
“Machete” filmmaker Robert Rodriguez will be handed the Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award at the 2010 Austin Film Festival. What took so long? As one of Austin’s most distinguished homegrown talents, Rodriguez also generates jobs and money for the local economy through his Troublemaker Studios (“Predators,” “Planet Terror”). Rodriguez will accept the award at the fest’s […]
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‘Secretariat’ plays odds with uplifting, winning message
Disney’s movie about the Triple Crown winner is expected to lead a pack of offerings with the same uplifting spirit that harks back to the studio’s older films. It didn’t look like Secretariat could pull it off. Coming out of the gate at the 1973 Kentucky Derby, the chestnut colt fell behind all but two horses and dropped more than nine lengths off the leaders down the backstretch. Under the …
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