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December 22, 2010
2009 Cannes Film Festival; movies; Movie review
CineAction, December 22, 2010
 On this my first visit to the Cannes Film Festival, my viewing selections were, by and large, fortuitous. (Beyond an attempt to see as many Canadian films as possible, the selection process was entire...
Trace and travesty: how the Columbus of Sex became My Secret Life; Movie review
CineAction, December 22, 2010
 Hamilton's McMaster University of the mid-1960s had a thriving campus art scene. The annual arts festival attracted prestigious and daring North American guests, such as Amiri Baraka, Cannonball Adder...
February 09, 2010
MARK FOKER'S MOVIE REVIEW - THE WOLFMAN
Your Local Guardian, February 9, 2010
 First of all I must admit that I'm a sucker for a good werewolf movie and as a child this slice of the horror genre always held a fascination for me (maybe I need psychiatric help?). From 1923 to 1960...
February 06, 2010
Back { from the} dead; {lsquo}It is not a vampire movie as we know it. It's about the post-apocalyptic ruin and how the world now functions.'; Movie review
Tweed Daily News (Tweed Heads, Australia), February 6, 2010
 Byline: ZOE HANCOCK HORROR and vampires are commonplace nowadays, but Australian twinsPeter and Michael Spierig have challenged the stereotype with Daybreakers. With a blockbuster-worthy cast, the bro...
Grateful Dead still rockin'; Movie review
Tweed Daily News (Tweed Heads, Australia), February 6, 2010
 Taking Woodstock Rated: R Running time: 120 minutes Taking Woodstock is the new film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee - and it's a trip!
Bangladesh: Movie Review: Edge of Darkness
Right Vision News, February 6, 2010 Saturday
 Pakistan, Feb. 06 -- Mel Gibson returns with a vengeance in this taut, pulse-pounding thriller. The first must-watch movie of 2010.After taking a nearly eight-year break from leading roles, during whi...
February 05, 2010
BROKEN but not beaten
Winnipeg Free Press (Canada), February 5, 2010 Friday
FULL TEXT Jeff Bridges inhabits the role of a faded, hard-living country singer looking for redemption With Jeff Bridges earning a best actor Oscar nomination for his role in Crazy Heart, the film is b...
Cop-buddy picture pure processed fromage
Winnipeg Free Press (Canada), February 5, 2010 Friday
FULL TEXT Forget the French reputation for snobbery. The title of this action-buddy movie succinctly describes the perverse affection of some French filmmakers and cineastes for Hollywood genre films t...
A-Z FILM GUIDE; Features; Movie review
The Mirror (London, England), February 5, 2010
 Byline: DAVID EDWARDS ADORATION Cert 15, 101mins ** Starring: Scott Speedman, Rachel Blacnhard, Kenneth Welsh Director Atom Egonay's inscrutable drama about a schoolboy whose essay on terrorism ignite...
Still showing; Features; Movie review
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), February 5, 2010
 Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire (15) Precious: Basedon the novel Push by Sapphire is a harrowing account of the life of 16-year-old Precious, who is living in Harlem with her abusive mot...
Dear John: movie review; Adapted from a Nicholas Sparks novel, 'Dear John' is a romantic drama with a weepy undertow.
The Christian Science Monitor, February 5, 2010 Friday
 "Dear John," directed by Lasse Hallström, is the latest movie adapted from a novel by Nicholas Sparks and remixes many of the requisite gooey ingredients - star-crossed lovers, terminal illness, roman...
From Paris With Love: movie review; John Travolta stars in 'From Paris With Love,' a comedy-thriller-action movie that falls short on all three counts.
The Christian Science Monitor, February 5, 2010 Friday
 What movie features John Travolta as a gunslinger with a startling hairstyle who craves a "Royale with cheese" - i.e., a McDonald's Quarter Pounder with cheese? If you answered "Pulp Fiction," you're ...
Mine: movie review; 'Mine' is a moving documentary about rescuing abandoned animals in the wake of the Katrina hurricane in New Orleans.
The Christian Science Monitor, February 5, 2010 Friday
 Ever wonder what happened to the pets lost in the wake of hurricane Katrina? This may seem like a minor horror compared with the images of people stranded on rooftops or bunched in squalid heaps in th...
District 13: Ultimatum: movie review; Set in the ghettos of Paris, 'District 13: Ultimatum' is an action-packed drama that pits an urban gang against government thugs.
The Christian Science Monitor, February 5, 2010 Friday
 As sequels go, Patrick Alessandrin's "District 13: Ultimatum," which follows "District B13" and was written by Luc Besson, isn't half bad. In the first film, a French ghetto inhabited by warring racia...
MOVIE REVIEW; Tolstoy story; Life with Leo and Sofya is more war than peace - and more fun, too.
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), February 5, 2010 Friday
 A fun, sexy romp about the last days of Leo Tolstoy? Believe it. Leo and Sofya Tolstoy were the Brangelina of their day, celebrity superstars whose turbulent relationship was the stuff of breathless m...
MOVIE REVIEW; Enjoy Tolstoy's `Last' hurrah
The Boston Herald, February 5, 2010 Friday
 ``THE LAST STATION'' Rated R. At Kendall Square and West Newton cinemas. Grade: B+ The cult of celebrity is the subject of the Academy Award-nominated ``The Last Station.'' A historical drama about th...
MOVIE REVIEW; Travolta waxes poetic in `Paris'
The Boston Herald, February 5, 2010 Friday
 ``FROM PARIS WITH LOVE'' Rated R. At AMC Loews Boston Common, Regal Fenway Stadium and suburban theaters. Grade: B Get ready for Charlie Wax. As played with full-throttle glee by John Travolta, Wax is...
MOVIE REVIEW; Things get hairy in `Chest'
The Boston Herald, February 5, 2010 Friday
 ``44 INCH CHEST'' Rated R. At Kendall Square Cinema. Grade: B- From the creators of ``Sexy Beast,'' one of the most impressive film debuts of the past decade, comes ``44 Inch Chest,'' and it's a feral...
MOVIE REVIEW; Plot goes down the `John'; Promising tear-jerker dries up
The Boston Herald, February 5, 2010 Friday
 ``DEAR JOHN'' Rated PG-13. At AMC Loews Boston Common, Regal Fenway Stadium and suburban theaters. Grade: C+ For more than half its running time, ``Dear John,'' a romantic tear-jerker co-starring the ...
MOVIE REVIEW; `Frozen' a solid effort from Bay State director
The Boston Herald, February 5, 2010 Friday
 ``FROZEN'' Rated R. At AMC Loews Boston Common, Harvard Square Theatreand suburban cinemas. Grade: B Touted as the new ``Paranormal Activity,'' ``Frozen'' isn't all that. The film veers too close to `...
MOVIE REVIEW; 'Frozen' needs more heat
The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA), February 5, 2010 Friday
 Can you imagine being stuck 50 feet up on a chairlift? Now imagine that everyone but you and your two friends have gone home and won't return for four days at the earliest. Oh, and there's a blizzard ...
MOVIE REVIEW; 'The Last Station' a desirable destination
The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA), February 5, 2010 Friday
 A class act from beginning to end, "The Last Station" chronicles a late-in-life period of Leo Tolstoy, most of it taking place in and around the vast country estate of the then "most celebrated writer...
MOVIE REVIEW; Feeling no love for 'John'
The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA), February 5, 2010 Friday
 IT is easy to get swept up in the pure romance of "Dear John." Or, at least it is until the wheels begin falling off in the final act. The shift doesn't come naturally, either. It sneaks up and bangs ...
MOVIE REVIEW / DEAR JOHN; Emotions writ large in old-fashioned soaper
The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), February 5, 2010 Friday
 Rarely has Hollywood met a best-selling novel it couldn't rush into production, but author Nicholas Sparks churns out tales of romance and tragedy with such efficiency that the film industry has been ...
MOVIE REVIEW / STILL WALKING; Regrets cloud family gathering
The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), February 5, 2010 Friday
 All the elements that bind families -- blood, marriage, culture, history -- might be trumped by one overwhelming link: disappointment. It becomes a suffocating factor in the intimate Japanese family d...
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