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Movie review: 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'
Tribune movie critic2 stars (out of four) A film can reek equally of fine craftsmanship and piping-hot dung, and the proof's in "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer." Beautifully appointed 18th Century serial-killer trash, it is based on the 1985 international bestseller by...Tags: Death, Entertainment, Murder, Crimes, John Hurt
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Review: 'Perfume'
Published in 1985, Patrick Suskind's novel "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" was the unaccountably compelling story of a boy born into the smelliest time and place in history (Paris, 1783, naturally) with a superhuman olfactory sense but no personal...Tags: Entertainment, Kurt Cobain, Assault, Dustin Hoffman, Health and Beauty Products
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Movie review: 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'
Tribune movie critic3½ stars (out of four) Unlike Peter Pan, that other magical airborne boy of British literature and film, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter just keeps growing up. So do the Potter movies, in size, in ambition and in visual splendor and with increasingly...Tags: Michael Gambon, Entertainment, Brendan Gleeson, Moody's Corporation, Robert Altman
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Game casts a spell on Harry Potter fans
Sentinel Movie CriticSure, you know your muggles from your Malfoys, maybe even your McGonagalls from your Mad-Eye Moodys. You remember when Michael Gambon replaced Richard Harris as Dumbledore. You've read the six books and seen the five movies, at least by this weekend...Tags: Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Chris Columbus, Entertainment, Rupert Grint
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Rickman Presides Over 'Sweeney Todd'
Zap2It.comAlan Rickman, who plays a wizard schoolteacher in the "Harry Potter" films, will don different robes for his latest project. The actor has signed on for Tim Burton's movie adaptation of "Sweeney Todd," Stephen Sondheim's gruesome Broadway musical,...Tags: Entertainment, Broadway Theater, Helena Bonham Carter, Theater, Judges
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'Order of the Phoenix' proves daunting, delightful for screenwriter
Sentinel Movie CriticIt could be the best screenwriting job in Hollywood, or the most frightening. What writer wouldn't want the power and prestige and paycheck of a Harry Potter screen adaptation on his or her credits? But it has to be scary, too. With Harry Potter and the...Tags: Death, Harry Potter (fictional character), Entertainment, J.K. Rowling , Where the Wild Things Are (movie)
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'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'
Zap2It.com"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is the darkest of the Harry Potter films, and the briefest. It features more yummy turns by the cream of British character actors, with Imelda Staunton and Helena Bonham Carter as plum new additions to the...Tags: Daniel Radcliffe, Gary Oldman, Michael Gambon, Entertainment, Brendan Gleeson
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Movie Review: Traitor - 4 stars out of 5
Sentinel Movie CriticTraitor is a solid, gripping, only occasionally preachy thriller built around the War on Terror. Ripped-from-the-headlines realism, top-drawer performances by Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce, a dandy "ticking clock" story structure and a vast catalog of...Tags: Death, Entertainment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Don Cheadle, Roger Moore
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'Snow Cake'
Times Staff WriterWith his velvety baritone and his sour puss (you half expect him to leave a trail of lemon husks, sucked dry, in his wake), Alan Rickman is the ideal actor to play a very particular kind of brooder — fierce but harmless, in pain but blessed with a...Tags: Death, Sigourney Weaver, Autism
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Harry Potter casts spell at London premiere
The Associated PressDressed in wizards' hats and witches' robes, hundreds of screaming fans greeted the stars of the new Harry Potter movie at its world premiere Sunday in London. "Daniel, Daniel, Daniel," chanted a crowd of teenage girls, as Daniel Radcliffe, who plays the...Tags: Daniel Radcliffe, Entertainment, Chris Columbus, Rupert Grint, Kenneth Branagh
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Our review: 'Potter' lacks the magic of first film
Tribune movie reporterEntering the world of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is like returning to a wondrous summer camp after a years break. You see old friends, meet some new ones, and youre reminded of the magical appeal of a place far away from home. Only...Tags: Daniel Radcliffe, PG Rated Movies, Chris Columbus, Entertainment, Rupert Grint
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If youre a Harry Potter fan, youve got game
Special to the TribuneThe boy with the broom is back, blitzing movie theaters on Friday with his latest romp, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. And what event picture would be complete without all the requisite retail tie-ins posters, bath gel, sleeping bags, and,...Tags: Gaming Industry, Science and Technology, Entertainment, Electronics, Video Games
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