Movies
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'Missed Call' is cell-out with no suspenseJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Taylor (Ana Claudia Talancon) is menaced by "Monster Ellie" (Sarah Kubik) during a cell phone exorcism in "One Missed Call." Phony horror film a suspenseless cell-out ...
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Inflammatory dramaJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Paul Thomas Anderson's epic "There Will Be Blood" is an amazing motion picture for many reasons, the most obvious one being Daniel Day-Lewis' stretched-steel performance...
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Readers come to praise 'Juno,' not to bury itJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Dear Dann: I just read your observations concerning the movie "Juno." I make reference to "...the liveliest-written, bluntly pro-choice movie I've seen." Friends who hav...
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Steel, skates and special effects: The magic of the car chase
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Nicolas Cage is racing his silver Mercedes through the narrow streets of London when beer kegs suddenly start dropping from the truck in front of him. But...
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Capt. Sparrow cuts up the competition
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Diamond ringing in the new year for San Francisco mayorJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- It looks as if San Francisco is about to lose its most eligible bachelor. Mayor Gavin Newsom, 40, proposed to his girlfriend, actress Jennifer Siebel, ...
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'Shoot 'Em Up' starts new year off with a bangDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - Happy new year! Some new DVDs arrive on this first day of 2008, so let's take a look. "Shoot 'Em Up" -- Just to give you a sense of what "Shoot 'Em Up" is, here are ...
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Happy '07 for movie industry
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Four stars for 2007!Dec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Never before in my 29 years as a film critic for the Daily Herald has this occurred: Every movie on my year-end Top 10 list has earned four stars. Amazingly, I wound up ...
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Haunted house tale is superbly scaryDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Were I given to hyperbole, I would proclaim "The Orphanage" to be an instant classic of gothic drama, a masterpiece of suspense and a supernatural thrill ride that leave...