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Shrek Forever After: Fairy-Tale Ending
Sobering reflection of the day: The little kids who are old enough to remember seeing the original Shrek in theaters are teenagers now. Similarly,...
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Robin Hood (PG-13) Russell Crowe re-teams with director Ridley Scott in this latest version of the adventure tale. Also with Cate Blanchett,...
Few Shocks in A Surprise in Texas
Let’s get this out of the way: The reason A Surprise in Texas is getting a theatrical release is because a blind guy won...
Letters to Juliet: Under the Tuscan Suck
Amanda Seyfried is clearly bidding to become America’s romantic-comedy sweetheart, and I’m afraid that she’ll succeed at it. The 24-year-old with the feline eyes...
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Exit Through the Gift Shop (R) The reclusive street artist known as Banksy directs this documentary about French amateur documentarian Thierry Guetta and his...
Babies: I Was Born, But …
I don’t have children. If I did, I’d probably see many movies differently. Take Babies, for instance. This documentary has drawn plenty of oohs...
City Island: An Actor Prevaricates
Writer-director Raymond De Felitta made an excellent movie in 2000 called Two Family House, a drama that drew heavily on his early life and...
Lynn Redgrave: Class Act
The untimely death of Lynn Redgrave reminded me how cool she was when I got to interview her a dozen years ago. During the...
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City Island (PG-13) Andy Garcia stars in this comedy as the head of a Bronx family that’s riddled with secrets. Also with Julianna Margulies,...
La Mission Is Missin’
Watching La Mission is a real whiplash experience. Writer-director Peter Bratt’s second feature follows intense, emotionally resonant scenes with moments that are so ham-fisted...
