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Audiences turn a deaf ear to preachy Hollywood films

by Rene Rodriguez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[31.Oct.08] :. Used to be, going to the movies was a way to escape the bustle and stress of the real world for a couple of hours. Lately, the multiplex has become a more tumultuous place. Choose the wrong picture,...

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Film Review

Body of Lies

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Oct.08] :. Body of Lies grants Ferris the usual moral rightness -- even as he's committing questionable acts, he means well.

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Short Ends and Leader

DiCaprio Only Reason ‘Lies’ Succeeds

by Bill Gibron

[9.Oct.08] :. Ridley Scott used to make daring, original movies. No matter the subject matter - outer space alien invasion, magical sword and sorcery adventure, revisionist Roman peplum - he’d place his...

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008

by Bill Gibron

[10.Sep.08] :. What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.

The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview

 

Film DVD Review

The Nativity Story (2006)

by Matt Mazur

[9.Apr.07] :. Unlike the story from which it derives, there is no "oomph". There is no sense of danger. There is no excitement.

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Film Review

The Nativity Story (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Dec.06] :. When word of Catherine Hardwicke's attachment to The Nativity Story first surfaced, the possibilities swirled: what if the film reimagined the about-14-year-old Mary as a recognizable teenager?

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