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Forrest Hartman

Get all of your movie news at www.rgj.com/movies and www.forresthartman.com.

About Me

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I'm the film critic and arts editor for the Reno Gazette-Journal, the biggest little newspaper in the biggest little city in the world. Check out our film stories at www.rgj.com/movies.Your results:
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My Interests

Spending time with my wonderful family, snow skiing, recreational basketball, playing guitar, music, books, NFL football and, of course, movies!

I'd like to meet:

Reno Gazette-Journal readers, and anyone else who has an interest in the arts and entertainment.

Music:

Anything and everything.

Movies:

Casablanca, The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Interview With a Vampire, Clerks, Sunset Boulevard, Rebel Without a Cause, Braveheart, Star Wars, We Were Soldiers, Batman Begins, Sling Blade, Downfall, Nowhere in Africa, Seven Samurai, The English Patient, The Pianist, The Station Agent, The Wizard of Oz, Vanilla Sky, Titanic, Tombstone, Spartacus, Gladiator, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, Hotel Rwanda, A Home at the End of the World, Brokeback Mountain, Crash, Fight Club, Eyes Wide Shut, Seven, King Kong, Monsters Inc., Shrek, Goodfellas, Dogma, Rear Window, The Sixth Sense, It's a Wonderful Life, Dr. Strangelove, The Silence of the Lambs, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Strangers on a Train, This is Spinal Tap and many, many more.

Television:

Smallville, Deal or No Deal, The Apprentice, NFL football.

Books:

The Da Vinci Code, Slaughterhouse-Five, Bonfire of the Vanities, Dracula, Big Trouble,The Vampire Lestat, A Pirate Looks at 50.

Heroes:

My father and mother, Dan Marino, Jimmy Buffett, Billy Joel, Roger Ebert.

My Blog

Hannah Montana movie extended

Well, the "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert" was such a raving success over the weekend that the House of Mouse has decided to extend its theatrical run. Most folks probab...
Posted by Forrest Hartman on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:33:00 PST

Final ballot for Critics’ Choice Awards

Well, its very wet in Los Angeles right now, but this is apparently better than what's going on in Reno -- particularly Fernley. I'm in the L.A. area to attend the Critics' Choice Award...
Posted by Forrest Hartman on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:25:00 PST

New stories

Happy Saturday!  Following are links to my latest film-related stories. I hope you give them a click and enjoy. Lead story: Forrest's picks for the best films of 2007 http://news.rgj.com/app...
Posted by Forrest Hartman on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:55:00 PST

Las Vegas Film Critics Society award nominees

Tuesday evening, I posted my nomination ballot for the Las Vegas Film Critics Society's Sierra Awards. Our president, Jeff Howard, tallied the ballots quickly, so it's time to vote again. For round...
Posted by Forrest Hartman on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:38:00 PST

Ballot for Las Vegas Film Critics Society awards

Well, it's that time of year. Another week, another awards ballot. For people who enjoy tracking such things, I've pasted my nomination ballot for the Las Vegas Film Critics Society's (LVFCS) Sierra A...
Posted by Forrest Hartman on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:36:00 PST

Peter Jackson set to produce ’The Hobbit’

It seems that Peter Jackson has settled his dispute with New Line Cinema, as it was announced today that he will produce two movies based on J.R.R. Tokien's novel "The Hobbit." This is certainly good ...
Posted by Forrest Hartman on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:09:00 PST

Nominations for Critics’ Choice Awards

Last week, I gave you a look at my nomination ballot for the 13th Annual Critics' Choice Awards, which will be given out in Santa Monica in January. Well, all the votes have been tallied and the final...
Posted by Forrest Hartman on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:32:00 PST

Ballot for the Critics Choice Awards

Frequent readers know that I'm a voting member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and Las Vegas Film Critics Society. That means I'm asked, each year, to offer my two cents on the best the movi...
Posted by Forrest Hartman on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:30:00 PST

Latest stories from Forrest

Some of you may already be on my mailing list. But, in case you aren't, I'm pasting the latest message here. It's got links to my recent work, so check it out if you have a chance. And, if you want ...
Posted by Forrest Hartman on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:47:00 PST

Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) performing live in San Francisco

I just got the following press release from the folks promoting John C. Reilly's next movie, "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story." The film looks like it could be fun, and apparently Reilly actually knows...
Posted by Forrest Hartman on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:07:00 PST