THE LOVELY BONES *** We might as well begin with a disclosure: I haven’t read Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones. And from what I’ve been able to ascertain, folks […]
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Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS **1/2 The late Henry Fonda had the good fortune of ending his distinguished film career with an Oscar-winning performance in the popular On Golden Pond, […]
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It’s a wrap
The movie year began with bumbling mall cops and ended with singing chipmunks, but rest assured that signs of intelligent life could be found in between. Still, the decade […]
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Up in the Air, Nine, Sherlock Holmes, The Road, etc.
UP IN THE AIR **** In the cinema of 2009, Ryan Bingham should by all accounts emerge as the Protagonist Least Likely To Be Embraced By The Nation’s Moviegoers. That’s […]
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Princess and the Frog, Invictus
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG *** Given the Disney studio’s recent disdain toward traditional hand-drawn animation, it’s sometimes hard to believe this was the company that over seven decades […]
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The Messenger, Everybody’s Fine, Old Dogs
THE MESSENGER ***1/2 Coming up with a compelling hook is half the sale, and writer-director Oren Moverman has found one with The Messenger, a drama that looks at the wartime […]
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Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox Whatever is in the water out in Los Angeles is forcing today’s most acclaimed young filmmakers to bring beloved children’s books to the big screen. First it […]
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Reviews: New Moon, Precious, Blind Side
The Twilight Saga: New Moon Hollywood’s second foray into the Twilight zone features enough fantasy and romance to satisfy most hardcore devotees of Stephenie Meyer’s vampire saga, but just as […]
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Reviews: 2012, A Serious Man, The Box
2012 *1/2 The perfect follow-up for those moviegoers who were simply crushed when Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen wrapped up at a too-brief 142 minutes, 2012 contributes another 158 minutes […]
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Reviews: A Christmas Carol, Men Who Stare at Goats
A CHRISTMAS CAROL *1/2 Officially, the title is Disney’s A Christmas Carol, which is acceptable since it sure as hell isn’t Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. While it might be […]
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Living to tell the tale
Judy Maltz, a journalism professor at Penn State University, had an amazing story to tell. Maltz, who produced and co-directed the film No. 4 Street of Our Lady, was descended […]
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Becoming ‘Precious’
Unless there’s a last–minute gold rush of five-star movies between now and the end of the year, the 2009 Oscars belong to director/producer Lee Daniels and his film Precious – […]