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Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm

Now Playing Synopsis: Born in Arkansas in 1940, Levon Helm started playing music before anyone thought up the name rock & roll, and after taking up the drums, he teamed with Ronnie Hawkins, a fellow Arkansan who was becoming a popular rockabilly star in Canada. In time, Helm and his bandmates parted ways with Hawkins to go out on their own, and after a spell as Bob Dylan's backing group they became known as the Band, recording a handful of the most honored rock albums of the 1960s and '70s. When guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson decided to break up the Band in 1976, the group's final concert was a major musical event which spawned Martin Scorsese's acclaimed documentary The Last Waltz. But Levon Helm wasn't done with music by a long shot, and in spite of three decades that would have tested any man's patience -- including troubles with drug addiction, unpaid record royalties, bankruptcy, legal skirmishes over the rights to his music, accidentally shooting himself in the leg, the death of two of his closest friends, and a battle with throat cancer -- in 2008 Helm had a banner year as he earned a Grammy nomination for his first studio album in years, {^Dirt Farmer}, and he was given a lifetime achievement award by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Filmmaker Jacob Hatley offers an intimate look at a legend of American music as he struggles to keep moving forward against long odds in the documentary Ain't In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm, which was an official selection at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi Cast: Levon Helm, Amy Helm, Larry Campbell, Billy Bob Thornton Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

The Baytown Outlaws

Now Playing Synopsis: Three outlaw brothers from Alabama discover that no good deed goes unpunished while attempting to rescue a woman's godson from her psychotic ex-husband. As the mission gets under way, their solitary act of kindness kicks off an explosive chase involving vengeful mobsters, dirty cops, psychotic bikers, and sexy femme fatales. Billy Bob Thornton, Eva Longoria, and Michael Rapaport star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Eva Longoria, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Clayne Crawford, Michael Rapaport Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

'Puss in Boots' is nothing to be frightened of

...looking for -- the beans of myth are in the possession of a pair of villainous thugs, Jack and Jill, voiced by Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris. To steal the beans from these two would be quite a feat, but before Puss can execute his heist...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/arts-entertainment/2011-11-03/puss-in-boots-is-nothi
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The Smell of Success

Now Playing Synopsis: The recent death of her father threatening to sink the family's highly-profitable manure business, a cosmetics salesgirl attempts to keep things running smoothly as a serpentine fertilizer rep plots a takeover from afar. When it comes to fertilizer, Rose's Manure Company is where farmers go to get the best quality product that money can buy. Mr. Rose built Rose's Manure Company from the ground up. Now that Mr. Rose has been committed to the earth, the livelihood of the company's loyal fleet of salesmen seems to be circling the drain. But while Mr. Rose's estranged daughter Rosemary (Téa Leoni) hasn't talked to her father in years, she's willing to try her best to keep the family business afloat. As Rosemary goes about turning foul into profit, however, a fast-talking fertilizer rep (Kyle MacLachlan) begins drawing up plans for a lucrative takeover. Unfortunately Rosemary isn't the most experienced businesswoman in town, and in order to ensure that Rose's Manure Company retains its upstanding reputation she puts her trust in the company's top salesman Patrick Fitzpatrick (Billy Bob Thornton). Sure Patrick can move manure by the truckload, but does he really have the business savvy to take on the most ruthless fertilizer rep in the region? ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Téa Leoni, Kyle MacLachlan, Ed Helms Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

Puss in Boots

Opens Friday, Nov 4, 2011 Synopsis: Swashbuckling feline Puss in Boots (voice of Antonio Banderas) fights to save his town with the help of Kitty Softpaws (voice of Salma Hayek) and Humpty Dumpty (voice of Zach Galifianakis). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Sedaris, Billy Bob Thornton Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

Puss in Boots

Opens Friday, Nov 4, 2011 Synopsis: Swashbuckling feline Puss in Boots (voice of Antonio Banderas) fights to save his town with the help of Kitty Softpaws (voice of Salma Hayek) and Humpty Dumpty (voice of Zach Galifianakis). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Sedaris, Billy Bob Thornton Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

Puss in Boots

Opens Friday, Oct 28, 2011 Synopsis: Swashbuckling feline Puss in Boots (voice of Antonio Banderas) fights to save his town with the help of Kitty Softpaws (voice of Salma Hayek) and Humpty Dumpty (voice of Zach Galifianakis). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Sedaris, Billy Bob Thornton Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

Award for most lame category goes to ...

...Gibson for this category. The rumor mill has it his weekend production, ?Mumblings in Sanskrit? will beat out Billy Bob Thornton?s work, ?Sidewalk Conversations in Waco, Texas.? ?Best Semi-factual Documentary Film With Painfully Obvious Liberal Leanings...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/021807/people_0218peo003.shtml
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'Friday Night Lights' makes the big screen

...Boobie Miles ( Derek Luke), Coach Gary Gaines (Billy Bob Thornton), Chris Comer (Lee Thompson Young) and Mike Winchell...Friday Night Lights'' opens Friday, starring Billy Bob Thornton as the coach, Derek Luke (''Antwone Fisher...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/100604/sports_106spo002.shtml
Kenai Peninsula Online - Alaska Newspaper -

...time." So poignant a picture could not have been painted without an incredibly talented group of actors, from Billy Bob Thornton, to Lucas Black, to, of all people, Tim McGraw. Director Peter Berg is to be commended as well, especially...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/101104/inside_1011ins002.shtml

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