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Ninja Assassin'
| Fri, Nov 20, 9:48 AM | 0 comments
In Japan, where the blades are shiny and sharp and if the fake blood isn't staining the lens, you're not trying hard enough, there' s a rich tradition of sword-and-splatter pictures. That's the tradition Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" leaned on,... Read more
Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans'
| Fri, Nov 20, 10:36 AM | 0 comments
"Anything's possible in this storm!" says the man with the badge in Werner Herzog's delirious "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," a true feat of daring and one of the craziest films of the year. Read more
Wes Anderson meets Roald Dahl in Fantastic Mr. Fox'
| Fri, Nov 20, 9:00 AM | 0 comments
"Quirky." "Eccentric." "Whimsical." Critics trot out the synonyms for "playful" and "odd" when talking about Wes Anderson. A 40-year-old director of wistful character comedies peopled with lovable screwballs -- "Rushmore," "The Royal Tenenbaums" --... Read more
Me and Orson Welles'
| Fri, Nov 20, 8:24 AM | 0 comments
He swaggered, an outsize personality who filled a room figuratively decades before he did it literally. Read more
Capsule reviews of new DVD releases
| Fri, Nov 20, 3:12 AM | 0 comments
MY SISTER'S KEEPER 2 { stars (Warner Home Video, '09) $28.98. 109 mins. A child conceived as a donor match to her leukemia-stricken sibling decides against painful operations and hires a lawyer to sue her parents for the right to decide how to use... Read more
The Blind Side'
| Fri, Nov 20, 3:12 AM | 0 comments
Uplifting. Heartwarming. Schmaltzy but effective. Watching "The Blind Side," I felt my emotions being stage-managed, but once or twice I got something in my eye. It's inspired by a feel-good true story of interracial adoption and gridiron glory. The... Read more
The Messenger'
| Fri, Nov 20, 3:12 AM | 0 comments
In a sense, the soldiers at the center of "The Messenger" are engaged in house-to-house combat. Capt. Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) and Sgt. Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) are unwelcome visitors, wary of what might detonate behind the next door. Read more
Antichrist'
| Fri, Nov 20, 3:12 AM | 0 comments
Even by the sadistic standards of Lars von Trier ("Breaking the Waves," "Dogville"), "Antichrist" is a unique form of cruel and unusual punishment: an unrelenting orgy of graphic sex, violence and cynicism that also manages to be wildly pretentious.... Read more
Banned director brings romance film to Hong Kong
| Fri, Nov 20, 11:21 AM | 0 comments
HONG KONG — A prominent mainland Chinese director banned by Beijing from making movies brought his new gay romance film to Hong Kong on Friday for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil. Read more
Troop greeters documentary fails to make cut for Oscar
| Fri, Nov 20, 2:08 PM | 0 comments
Nov. 20--BANGOR, Maine -- The documentary film about the Bangor International Airport troop greeters already has won plenty of prizes and awards, but an Oscar may not be one of them. Read more
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