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Why Australia is a Dud
Well, Australia's second-weekend drop indicates that it isn't doing well enough with adult audiences to ever make it into a success here.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Review
I saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on Saturday (following the aborted Thursday screening), and have been trying to sort it out ever since.
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Oscar Watch: Revolutionary Road Review
I saw Revolutionary Road over the weekend, and moderated a panel Saturday with director Sam Mendes, Leonardo DiCaprio (nominated three times), Kate Winslet (nominated five times), Oscar-winner Kathy Bates, theater actor Michael Shannon (W.), cinematographer Roger Deakins (nominated seven times) and ...
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Oscar Watch: Doubt Reviews
Let the fur fly. In the first review of Doubt, Todd McCarthy is casting seeds of doubt on Meryl Streep's performance.
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Eastwood's Changeling: Manna for Adults
I saw Changeling for the second time Thursday night. It's as good as I remember it from last May at Cannes. And it's just the kind of movie that Academy members will appreciate--it played well at the Academy premiere.
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Quantum of Solace: Smart Bond
I confess that I had a great time at Quantum of Solace last night. Sure it's glitzy and glam and jammed with heart-stopping violent action. But it's also arty and elegant and beautiful. One of the main sequences is a lyrical homage to Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, set during a perfor...
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Body of Lies: Yes, DiCaprio is a Movie Star
Body of Lies is a movie that a major studio greenlit because two stars and a star director--all proven commercial commodities--wanted to make it. Ridley Scott and Warners producer Donald DeLine corralled Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe (overweight and middle-aged, with a southern drawl) to star ...
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Watchmen Preview: Review
[Posted by Marc Graser]You’ve got to give Zack Snyder a lot of credit for knowing how to sell his movies.
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Twilight: Will Male Critics Ever Understand Its Femme Appeal?
According to a San Diego State University study released on July 22, if things are bad for male film critics, they are worse for women.
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Mamma Mia! Review: Escapist Musical for Dark Times
As a fan of movie musicals, Meryl Streep and the hunky stars playing her trio of ex-lovers, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard, I was eagerly looking forward to Mamma Mia! The Movie.
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