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Movie Review: ‘Dream House’
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelWhatever its shortcomings, director Jim Sheridan and stars Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts deserved better than the give-away-the-store trailer that Universal delivered for “Dream House.” Screenwriter David Loucka? Oh yeah, HE... -
'The Debt': Helen Mirren plus Jessica Chastain equals one Nazi hunter
Ministry of GossipEver wonder what Helen Mirren looked like when she was young? The folks behind "The Debt" would have you believe she looked like Jessica Chastain. Helen Mirren and Jessica Chastain play two incarnations of the same Mossad agent in a spy thriller "The... -
Movie Review: The Debt
Frankly My Dear - Orlando Sentinel“The Debt” is the first movie in which Hollywood “It” actor Sam Worthington gets around to showing us what all the fuss was about, pre-”Terminator,” pre-”Avatar” and pre-”Clash of the Titans.” As... -
‘The Debt’ reviews show it to be the last good movie of the summer
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelThe decades when August was just a dumping ground for movies the studios didn't figure were a big enough deal to warrant a real summer release and not really worth a push in the fall, either weren't permanently upended by “The Constant Gardener,&#... -
Movie Preview: ‘The Debt’
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelThis remake of a very good Israeli thriller about aged ex-agents who dash off to capture or assassinate a Nazi war criminal in a Soviet rest home was supposed to come out last Christmas. “The Debt” has a very good remake cast — Helen... -
Movie review: 'Asylum'
Tribune arts critic2½ stars (out of four) Natasha Richardson glides through the film version of Patrick McGrath's novel "Asylum" in various states of fear, desire and undress, a swan among Yorkshire frumps. As this placid tale of mad love unfolds, charting an affair...Tags: Tilda Swinton, Hugh Bonneville, Health, Natasha Richardson, BBC
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'The Great Raid'
Times Staff WriterJohn Dahl's World War II saga "The Great Raid" begins with a lengthy, painstaking preamble to a lengthy, painstaking reenactment of the raid on Cabanatuan. Rings no bells? Not to worry. Based on two books, "The Great Raid on Cabanatuan" by William B....Tags: Prisons, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Fiennes, Miramax Films, Entertainment
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Movie review: 'The Great Raid'
Tribune staff reporter3 stars (out of four) Late in World War II, after Japan's War Ministry issued a "Kill All Policy," about 150 Allied POWs in a prison camp on Palawan Island in the Philippines were herded into bomb shelters where they were doused with gasoline and...Tags: U.S. Army, Prisoners and Detainees, Prisons, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Fiennes
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'Aeon Flux'
NewsdayIf "Aeon Flux" is what Charlize Theron does to pay the bills while otherwise being engaged in "Monster" and "North Country," it's probably a reasonable price to pay. For her. For us? No, no, no. Supporting the films of actresses who do good work is one...Tags: Television, Entertainment, Karyn Kusama, John Anderson, Fritz Lang
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Movie review: 'Aeon Flux'
Tribune staff reporterBefore "The Matrix," there was "Aeon Flux," Peter Chung's sexy, ultraviolent and deeply weird animated MTV series from the early 1990s. Wearing a skimpy leather uniform (when she wore anything at all), iconoclast Flux was part commando, part comic...Tags: PG-13 Rated Movies, Entertainment, Karyn Kusama, Animation (genre), DVDs and Movies
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Fast-Paised review: 'Aeon Flux'
Big question: With an Academy Award for "Monster" and a gutsy performance in "North Country" under her belt, Charlize Theron might be tired of the unkempt, intellectual route. In adapting MTV's animated series of a scantily clad rebel 400 years in the...Tags: Entertainment, Karyn Kusama, Pete Postlethwaite, Charlize Theron, Science
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'Asylum'
Times Staff Writer"Asylum" deftly sets up a valid premise for a taut psychological thriller only to dissipate in a series of improbable developments and drawn-out anticlimaxes. Patrick Marber and Chrysanthy Balis' script from Patrick McGrath's novel affords Natasha...Tags: Hugh Bonneville, Ian McKellen, Natasha Richardson, Joss Ackland, Thriller (genre)
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