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Sinking Shipnew

The 'Chronicles of Narnia' franchise seems to be dying before our very eyes.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
12-08-2010 |
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The Latest Installment In The Narnia Saga Is A Real Snoozernew

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Ha. The most recent installment in The Chronicles of Narnia series should've been called The Voyage of the Yawn Treader.
Charleston City Paper |
MaryAnn Johanson |
12-08-2010 |
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Tight Little Island: The Tempestnew

Julie Taymor and her friend William Shakespeare are back in town again.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
12-08-2010 |
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Why Walt Disney Still Mattersnew

A platinum age for the House of Mouse.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
12-08-2010 |
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Toe to Toe: Black Swan and I Love You Phillip Morrisnew

Freaked-out ballerina Natalie Portman, meet fun gay prison-inmate couple Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
12-03-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
The Projector: Movies Opening Friday, Dec. 3new

A warrior finds his way, plus a special screening of "Dinner for Schmuks" and the Boise premiere of Heather Rae's new documentary, "Family: The First Circle." It's all at the movies.
Boise Weekly |
Staff |
12-03-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: First Circle, The Warrior's Way
Erection Day: Love and Other Drugs and Made in Dagenhamnew

One goes soft at the wrong moment, but the other stays hard on the picket line.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
12-03-2010 |
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A Girl and a Gunnew

Five decades after it was made, 'Breathless' remains revolutionary.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
12-02-2010 |
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Hairy Situationsnew

Disney has made another animated classic with Tangled.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
12-02-2010 |
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Tags: Tangled
In 127 Hours, There's More To Cutting Your Arm Off Than You Thinknew

Vastly entertaining for what it shows of human ingenuity as well as Danny Boyle's wildfire visual imagination, 127 Hours is a classic, albeit internalized, adventure story juiced up with Boyle's attention-deficit-disorder camera work, which renders the world a pop-music fueled, caffeinated frenzy, as hallucinatory as any drug trip.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
12-01-2010 |
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Love and Other Drugs Brings Us Sociopathic Sex Fiendsnew

There's a word for people who are very clever at manipulating other people emotionally while feeling nothing themselves. That word is "sociopath."
Charleston City Paper |
MaryAnn Johanson |
11-30-2010 |
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Tags: Love and Other Drugs
Dark Chapternew

The fine cast carries the penultimate Harry Potter flick.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-29-2010 |
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Back in Black: Natalie Portman Soars and Swoons En Pointe

Darren Aronofsky's voyeuristic psychological thriller about an upstart prima ballerina's descent into madness employs the same subjective dancer's-point-of-view that gave "The Red Shoes" its sense of frenetic authenticity.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
11-29-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Last Train Home is a Stellar Doc About Chinese Internal Migrationnew

Chinese-Canadian director Lixin Fan's documentary is an intimate treatment of the lives of ordinary people in a fast-changing China.
Tale of Endurancenew

James Franco and Danny Boyle amazingly film an ordeal that should be impossible to film.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
11-24-2010 |
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Tags: 127 Hours