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Waltz With Bashir
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:11:38
Twenty-six rabid dogs tear through the streets, foaming at the mouth, seeking their target: a middle-aged man with glasses. He wakes with their barks, ...more
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An American Carol
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:19:50
Charles Dickens' classic novel A Christmas Carol serves as the model and framework for An American Carol, which on the surface, appears to be a satire ...more
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The Visitor
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:55:07
Richard Jenkins proves why he is one of America's greatest character actors with his tour de force performance in The Visitor. As a widowed college ...more
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Bedtime Stories
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:51:22
Bedtime Stories proves that Adam Sandler can make anyone laugh. In his first proper "kids" movie, Sandler successfully dispenses a new brand of ...more
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Revolutionary Road
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:55:55
In one sentence, Revolutionary Road is two hours of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet screaming at each other. The duo, last seen steaming up ...more
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Marley & Me
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:41:53
What's odd about Marley & Me, which is being promoted as the story of "the world's worst dog," is how much better it could have been without that darn ...more
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:27:38
In The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, time is on Brad Pitt's side. The classic Rolling Stones song could be the theme to this film adaptation F. ...more
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The Spirit
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:41:41
Frank Miller has successfully introduced film noir to Facebook Nation with The Spirit. His eye-popping and entrancing adaptation of the legendary Will ...more
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Valkyrie
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:32:33
American film has never been nice to Nazis. Typically they are portrayed as psychotic megalomaniacs, dandy-ish stiffs, or anonymous henchmen. But in ...more
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Doubt
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:41:46
Viewers should walk into Doubt bracing for a clash of the thespians between Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The two celebrated actors ...more
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Yes Man
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:31:47
The insurmountable problem with Yes Man is that Jim Carrey comes across as condescending and miserable even when he is supposed to be enjoying ...more
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Seven Pounds
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:47:26
There’s a fine line between veiling plot points for the sake of mystery and obfuscating them to the point of annoyance. The problem with Seven Pounds ...more
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The Wrestler
Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:22:00
The buzz that's been building since The Wrestler won the Venice Film Festival's top prize earlier this year was that it marks Mickey Rourke's ...more
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The Secrets
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:01:51
Faith and feminism are often mutually exclusive entities no matter what religious doctrine one follows or subscribes to. Churches, temples, mosques, ...more
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:45:40
Despite primitive special effects and occasionally clunky storytelling, 1951's The Day the Earth Stood Still ranks as a science fiction classic ...more
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Dark Streets
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:53:53
Is the musical dead? Is film noir dead? Well, Dark Streets shows that neither genre has gone the way of the dinosaur just yet. Blending those two ...more
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Nothing Like the Holidays
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:22:08
Let's get this out into the open: holiday's are pretty rote. They endure as your memory of them endures. Stories play and replay, food always tastes ...more
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Gran Torino
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:31:23
Make no mistake about it: controversy will surround Gran Torino. However, that shouldn't matter much because this film is triumphant for Clint ...more
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The Reader
Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:49:47
The Reader, by the same director (Stephen Daldry) and screenwriter (David Hare) who did The Hours, is one of those lovely but strictly no-laughs ...more
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Wendy and Lucy
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:20:49
In this current social clime of post-everything, where media has become a hyper-self-aware bombardment of conflicting imagery and ideas that fail ...more
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