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The Portland Mercury |
July 17, 2008
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Messing with classics is dangerous business. The fact that Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland isn't a straight retelling of the Lewis Carroll books might be motivated, as stated, by a desire to give the tale more narrative heft, but it also feels like a pulled punch.
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Marjorie Skinner |
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Because life, especially in wartime, can be understatedly described as "messy," it's perhaps feasible to excuse The Messenger's disarray.
The Portland Mercury |
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Tags: Oren Moverman, The Messenger
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The Portland Mercury |
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Q&A: John Olivernew
The comedian talks stand-up, politics, and our inevitable Chinese overlords.
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Tags: John Oliver, The Daily Show
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Messing with classics is dangerous business. The fact that Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland isn't a straight retelling of the Lewis Carroll books might be motivated, as stated, by a desire to give the tale more narrative heft, but it also feels like a pulled punch.
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Brothers Brings the War Homenew
Director Jim Sheridan's adaptation has a contemplative steadiness far more common in European films than American ones.
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Tags: Oren Moverman, The Messenger
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The Portland Mercury |
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Tags: Precious, Lee Daniels
