Movies
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Branagh's 'Sleuth' makes viewers feel a little connedNov 01, 2021 3:10 pm - Six reviews. No waiting. • In "Sleuth," Kenneth Branagh's remake of the 1972 thriller with Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier, the icy set decor and antiseptic productio...
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Siblings Ben and Casey Affleck team up to be 'Baby' brothersNov 01, 2021 3:06 pm - HOLLYWOOD -- While shooting "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" in Alberta, Canada, Casey Affleck got a pitch from a first-time director who wan...
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Tortured consciencesNov 01, 2021 2:59 pm - The subject of American-approved political torture couldn't be more timely in Gavin Hood's "Rendition." Yet, "Rendition" settles for effective when it could have been as...
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Cliches suck the narrative life out of vampire taleNov 01, 2021 3:05 pm - TV ads claim "30 Days of Night" presents "a new vision of the vampire." Well, yes. Technically, these exact vampires have never been seen on the screen, although they ma...
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Movie guideNov 01, 2021 3:03 pm - KEY: Four stars means superior; three stars means good; two stars means average; one star means poor. D for drug use, L for language, N for nudity, S for sexual situ...
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Drama burns for Oscar consideration, not real emotionNov 01, 2021 3:01 pm - Even the title screams "Pretentious drama created for the sole purpose of snagging Oscar nominations!" -- doesn't it? "Things We Lost in the Fire" traffics in misery, pa...
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Mistakes suck '30 Days' dryNov 01, 2021 2:56 pm - TV ads claim "30 Days of Night" presents "a new vision of the vampire." Well, yes. Technically, these exact vampires have never been seen on the screen, although they ma...
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Gosling falls in love with a doll -- a real dollNov 01, 2021 2:39 pm - Ryan Gosling, who won acclaim for his breakthrough performance as a drug-addicted teacher in 2006's "Half Nelson," is now taking on a very different kind of role -- as a...
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Quotes point to depth of Spike Lee masterpieceNov 01, 2021 2:06 pm - First, a reader e-mail, then some film notes: • Dear Dann: In your Oct. 4 story about Roger Ebert being honored at the Chicago International Film Festival, you referred ...
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Clooney better than ever in 'Michael Clayton'Nov 01, 2021 2:09 pm - "Michael Clayton" is a smart, understated character study of a man in crisis. He's deep in debt, his family life has unraveled, his career is on the line and somebody ju...