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“Alexander The Not so Hot”


Oliver Stone's latest biopic lumbered into theaters this week, but if Alexander proves anything it's that some life stories defy easy packaging. Stone brings a stellar cast, a lifetime urge to tell this tale, and all the firepower of the latest CGI. But not even an elephant load of money and state o...
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“Game. Set. But no match.”


The producers of Notting Hill starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant now bring us Wimbledon starring Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany. The formula is almost the same. Both are British-American Love Stories that seek to please audiences on both sides of the pond. And both concer...
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“Rashomon for the Starbucks set.”


It's not easy being Josh Hartnett. You're incredibly handsome, you have eyebrows that look like they're knitting a sweater whenever a moral dilemma or an SAT question involving math crosses their furry path. And in Wicker Park, the quandary is especially tough. Seems Josh's magnetism has attr...
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“Imagine my surprise when this Spearmint Gummy, high-concept driven, Brittany Murphy vehicle, kicked my ass.”


You know, I am not a Brittany Murphy fan, and the prospect of sitting through yet another variation on Mean Girls was not on my radar, thank you very much. So pity me, please, walking dutifully into the AMC 14 to see Little Black Book, plunking myself down fifth row center, and being f...
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“Last Tango in 2030.”


Many of you I'm sure have asked yourselves: What will mid-life crisis look like in the world of tomorrow? Well, now we know. Thanks to the new sci-fi flick, Code 46, starring Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton, the future of nookie seems bright indeed -- if you're the man, that is. So what, pr...
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“A film that has its heart in the right place.”


Here's my concern about A Cinderella Story, the new Hilary Duff vehicle: I liked it. It's a clunky little gem that grows on you and truly brings "up to date" the oft told saga of the put-upon beauty and her cruel stepfamily. Yes, I was mesmerized as I pondered Hilary Duff's salary cap. Yes, I...
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“Yay History!”


Behold the Legend of Arthur, King of the Britons. And let's try really hard not to giggle, okay? After all, what we're looking at is a $100 million+ spectacle that is steeped in heavy-osity. It is chock full of flying fireballs and blood blisters and lots and lots of Dark Ages weather, so you'd ex...
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“ Before Sunset stands alone as a wonderful modern love story and as a sequel, we can only hope for more episodes to come. The filmmakers have created something truly lovely, not only as a post-script, but in and of itself.”


When we last left Celine and Jesse, they were naive twenty-somethings who'd discovered Vienna, and each other, in a single night of youthful passion. Before Sunrise (1995) might have been the end of their love story. But after nine years, and a chance to revisit these characters, director Ric...
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