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November 21, 2009
Movie Review: Twilight
Hindustan Times, November 21, 2009 Saturday
November 20, 2009
Movie review: Precious *****: Courage triumphs over a bleak life
The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), November 20, 2009 Friday
 Nov. 20--Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire is a film not easily shaken. It takes up residence deep within your soul and reminds you almost daily to be thankful for the life you have. The w...
MOVIE REVIEW; `Bronson' an unapologetic portrait
The Boston Herald, November 20, 2009 Friday
 ``BRONSON'' Rated R. At Kendall Square Cinema. Grade: B Charles Bronson is an artist. The preferred brush for his canvas? His bloodied fists. Wait - not a large caliber Wildey Magnum? Not this Bronson...
MOVIE REVIEW; Do shoot `The Messenger'
The Boston Herald, November 20, 2009 Friday
 ``THE MESSENGER'' Rated R. At Coolidge Corner Theatre and Kendall Square Cinema. Grade: B- In Oren Moverman's downbeat drama ``The Messenger,'' Woody Harrelson has more tics than an East Hampton deer.
MOVIE REVIEW; Savor `Precious' moments
The Boston Herald, November 20, 2009 Friday
 ``PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL `PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE'' Rated R. At AMC Loews Boston Common, Regal Fenway Stadium and suburban theaters. Grade: A- And the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress goes to...
MOVIE REVIEW; Bad `Moon' rising
The Boston Herald, November 20, 2009 Friday
 ``THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON'' Rated PG-13. At AMC Loews Boston Common, Regal Fenway Stadium and suburban theaters. Grade: D Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Chippendale werewolves. ``The Twiligh...
MOVIE REVIEW; `Blind Side' tackles touching tale
The Boston Herald, November 20, 2009 Friday
 ``THE BLIND SIDE'' Rated PG-13. At AMC Loews Boston Common, Harvard Square Cinema, Regal Fenway Stadium and suburban theaters. Grade: B+ Just in time for Thanksgiving comes ``The Blind Side,'' the sto...
MOVIE REVIEW; `Planet 51' not worth exploring
The Boston Herald, November 20, 2009 Friday
 ``PLANET 51'' Rated PG. At AMC Loews Boston Common, Regal Fenway Stadium and suburban theaters. A ``Shrek''-style, 3-D- animated co-production, ``Planet 51'' is a less entertaining ``Monsters vs. Alie...
'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' - movie review
Christian Science Monitor, November 20, 2009, Friday
 It probably won't make a jot of difference to all the screaming tweeners lining up to see this movie, but "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is not wonderful. Allusions in this film to Shakespeare's "Romeo...
'The Messenger' - movie review
Christian Science Monitor, November 20, 2009, Friday
 "The Messenger," filmed in and around Fort Dix, N.J., is about two Army officers assigned to work for the Casualty Notification Office - an all-too-timely subject. The two men, Capt. Tony Stone (Woody...
'The Blind Side' - movie review
Christian Science Monitor, November 20, 2009, Friday
 Sandra Bullock plays a steel-willed Memphis belle in "The Blind Side," based on a true story about a well-heeled family that took in a near-homeless, barely schooled African-American boy, Michael Oher...
'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' - movie review
Christian Science Monitor, November 20, 2009, Friday
 The pairing of Nicolas Cage, one of the world's most out-there actors, with Werner Herzog, cinema's reigning madman-visionary, is a match made in looney-tunes heaven. "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New...
MOVIE REVIEW / THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON; IRON-FORTIFIED; More muscle, action put sequel in league with blockbusters
The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), November 20, 2009 Friday
 At this point, either you're into The Twilight Saga or you're not. In contrast to, say, the Harry Potter series, few concessions have been made to anyone outside the rabid fan base. The filmed version...
MOVIE REVIEW / THE BLIND SIDE; Upsetting racial stereotypes dominate fact-based drama
The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), November 20, 2009 Friday
 The Blind Side, from writer-director John Lee Hancock, is based on a true story meant to be inspiring. More often, the effect is frustrating and even infuriating. Sandra Bullock applies her romantic-c...
MOVIE REVIEW / PRECIOUS; Moving drama confronts weighty issues
The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), November 20, 2009 Friday
 You couldn't find a more extreme opposite of the glossy teenagers of New Moon than the title character of Precious. And all those vampires and werewolves of the Twilight franchise don't know a fractio...
Let's get one thing straight: Doc about hair a cut above
Winnipeg Free Press (Canada), November 20, 2009 Friday
FULL TEXT WHEN a familiar Hollywood comedian stars in a documentary that is not a concert movie, it might arouse suspicions that the film may be an exercise in self promotion. Even non-comedian Michael...
Bullock provides film's spark as southern firecracker
Winnipeg Free Press (Canada), November 20, 2009 Friday
FULL TEXT Released to coincide with the American Thanksgiving holiday, The Blind Side is, in its commercial aspect, an ingenious synthesis of chick movie (note the presence of Sandra Bullock) and guy m...
Earthling-out-of-water tale lacks comic invention
Winnipeg Free Press (Canada), November 20, 2009 Friday
FULL TEXT "We have met the enemy and he is us." THE above famous quote came courtesy of Walt Kelly, the author of the late lamented newspaper comic strip Pogo. Kelly employed the line in an attack on i...
Love story certainly stands the test of time travel well; Movie review
The Observer (Gladstone, Australia), November 20, 2009
 Byline: miranda cashin I AM always wary when a loved book receives the Hollywood treatment and with Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveller's Wife there were certainly some challenges. The novel is a ...
Vampire love? It bites; MOVIE REVIEW; But it's everything you could want - if you're a teen girl
The San Francisco Chronicle (California), November 20, 2009 Friday
The Twilight Saga: New Moon  RATING: ALERT VIEWERStarring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Directed by Chris Weitz. PG-13. 135 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. It feels like missing ...
(Movie Review) Clever scenario, polished production in thriller 'Secret'
Yonhap (South Korea), November 20, 2009 Friday
 A good thriller never reveals the identity of the killer to its audience until the very last moment. An excellent thriller is often more concerned with the "why" factor than the "who" factor. South Ko...
Poor old Scrooge, pursued by cruelty and the ghosts of technology; Movie Review
The International Herald Tribune, November 20, 2009 Friday
FULL TEXT Disney's a Christmas Carol. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Walt Disney Pictures and ImageMovers Digital. ''Disney's A Christmas Carol,'' written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, a branded piece...
November 19, 2009
Performances make `Secret' a gem
TELEGRAM & GAZETTE (Massachusetts), November 19, 2009 Thursday
 Humor involving extended family members may make for great comedy fodder, as in the 1979 film "The In-Laws." But in "The Secret of the Grain," an emotionally charged movie, recipes and relationships a...
Movies
Winnipeg Free Press (Canada), November 19, 2009 Thursday
FULL TEXT Recommended 2012 Garden City, Grant Park, Kildonan Place, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. 14A Failed novelist John Cusack realizes a prophesied Armageddon is near and attempts to save his family...
Clouds over "New Moon"
Salon.com, November 19, 2009 Thursday
 The excitement level for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is so high that it's a shame each ticket can't come with its own miniature fainting couch. Moms, grandmoms, gay men, lesbians, working women in t...
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