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I never thought I would see a film in which Meryl Streep, who
has been nominated for 15 Oscars, was caught between 'Saturday Night Live' favorites Alec Baldwin
and Steve Martin.
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12/30/2009 |
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This latest interpretation of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective novels plays on the understated aspects of those stories,
highlighting the more visceral facets of Sherlock Holmes' investigations, the seemingly neurotic quirks that
balance his genius, and his brotherly relationship with friend and colleague Dr. Watson.
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12/30/2009 |
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Your Mountain Times
film critics would like to offer something heavy on the unconventional - Christmas movies that
don't necessarily fit in, but have somehow found their way onto Santa's list, be they naughty,
nice or an odd combination of the two.
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12/23/2009 |
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It's been 12 years since James Cameron proved he was more than
just the master of action, as the writer/director famous for Aliens and the first two Terminator films
won dozens of awards, and millions of hearts, with Titanic.
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12/23/2009 |
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What's wonderful about this film is that there's nothing particularly ground-breaking
here - it's meant to be captured in the same simple style that brought Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bernard and
Bianca to life. It doesn't only capture the beauty of the animation, but the adventurous, fun spirit
audiences expect from Disney films.
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12/17/2009 |
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Put simply, A Serious
Man is vintage Coen brothers, and an excellent film at that.
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12/14/2009 |
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Part of me's always glad to see a protagonist named
Frank.
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12/10/2009 |
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Ninjas aren't supposed to be seen, and the same should apply to
Ninja Assassin.
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12/03/2009 |
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This movie is painfully unfunny. The story and plot set-ups are
as generic as possible, and so are the "jokes" that they create.
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12/03/2009 |
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The explosion of a franchise is always interesting to watch, as
books or comic book adaptations become more than just films and turn into a cultural
phenomenon. The Twilight series, in terms of quality, has no place among these franchises.
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11/25/2009 |
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Roland Emmerich's 2012 warns us the end is near, but for this
158-minute disaster epic, the end can't come soon enough.
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11/19/2009 |
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3D gimmickry ruins Dickens' Carol
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11/12/2009 |
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The premise of The Box: What if you are presented with a box that has a
button on top that, when pushed, will do two things: cause a person you
don't know to die and give you $1,000,000 in cash. Great premise, but
The Box has a very basic flaw: it's excruciatingly boring.
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11/12/2009 |
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Truth is stranger than fiction, and The Men Who Stare at Goats is no exception, mixing
a nearly unbelievable dose of fact with crafty fiction for a delightfully fun and fast-paced
comedy.
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11/12/2009 |
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The newly released concert film, This Is It, displays Michael Jackson's outstanding showmanship just so. It doesn't
delve into his troubled persona, rather presenting him as seen on stage - a perspective from which
it's vividly clear that Jackson's reputation as a brilliant entertainer is duly
deserved.
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11/05/2009 |
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Put "low budget" and "horror movie" together, chances are
you'll have a laugh, maybe an "Ewww," and most certainly an "Oh, come on." Paranormal Activity has all of the above, but is an ambitious
step toward breaking that mold, proving that decent writing is far more effective than buckets of
gore, computer-generated monsters and Sorority Row.
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10/29/2009 |
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There's a lot I wanted to like in Law Abiding Citizen, a
well-made film with several excellent scenes, but the film's just too flip-floppy. It's a film with
two personalities - one is a daring tale of blurred morality, the other a dead-fish action film full
of cliches and by-the-books "suspense."
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10/22/2009 |
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First, a warning: this is not a children's movie.
Spike
Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are, a 101-minute adaptation
of Maurice Sendek's 1963 classic, is simply a film told from the viewpoint of a very confused
child. Much like Elliott from E.T.: The Extra
Terrestrial, Wild Things' Max has probably seen more
of his fair share of sadness and rejection in life - he's lonely, and he's got some anger in him,
too.
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10/22/2009 |
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So-called rom-com possibly worst of 2009
If you haven't long to live, see Couples Retreat. It makes 107 minutes seem like an eternity.
But the atrocious
new romantic comedy that is neither romantic nor a comedy managed to date-night its way to No. 1
at this weekend's box office, toppling Zombieland,
which, for a film about flesh-eating undead monsters, has considerably more life.
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10/19/2009 |
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Whenever stuck in the conversational doldrums, I'll bait
someone to say something like, "I want the truth," so I can indulge myself in repeating one of Jack
Nicholson's most memorable lines, "You can't handle the truth!"
General results are
frustration, amusement and scorn. But the quotation is not without philosophical merit, questioning
how people handle truth and, more specifically, if they even wish to do so.
The brilliant new
comedy The Invention of Lying tackles this question and others, delivering a fresh concept with
expert timing for one of the most original - and funny - films of the year.
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