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Review: Kick-Ass (2010 movie)

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When I was a kid I wondered why there were no real-life superheroes at least of the Batman sort. While Superman or Spider-Man might not be possible in the real world, surely being Batman was simply a matter of a … Continue reading →

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Review: White Zombie (1932 movie)

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A wealthy Haitian plantation owner has fallen instantly in love with a beautiful young woman he’s just met. Unfortunately for him, she’s just about to get married to a handsome young man in the next day or so in a … Continue reading →

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Review: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010 movie)

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A typical Jerry Bruckheimer production for Disney, complete with the customary presence of a mildly crazy Nicolas Cage, this time playing a centuries-old sorcerer looking for the heir to Merlin’s powers. The villain, Alfred Molina, is a former colleague turned … Continue reading →

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Review: Iron Sky (2012 movie)

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Last year I reviewed a 2005 film called Star Wrek: In the Pirkinning, an amateur space and time-travel comedy in Finnish that parodied Star Trek and Babylon 5. It was produced on a shoestring budget by a group of friends … Continue reading →

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Review: 3 Idiots (2009 movie)

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This is an immensely likable film, reportedly the highest-grossing Bollywood production in history. It’s mainly a comedy, but there are a lot of dramatic or melodramatic scenes as well and an underlying serious theme about the pressures placed on students … Continue reading →

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Review: The King's Speech (2010 movie)

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It’s hard to believe that an account of a stammering royal getting speech therapy could make for so excellent and enjoyable a film. There’s more to it that that, including the Duke of York’s being unexpectedly forced by his elder … Continue reading →

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Review: The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985 movie)

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I saw this when it first came out but had forgotten most of it except the original premise. Mia Farrow is a waitress in the depths of the Great Depression, supporting both herself and her husband, who drinks and gambles … Continue reading →

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Review: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009 movie)

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This is the third film a series whose first two entries were reviewed Monday and Wednesday. The Swedish title of this film is Luftslottet som sprängdes. A “luftslott” is literally an “air castle,” but I’m told the connotation is something … Continue reading →

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Review: The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009 movie)

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I found the film less well-plotted and harder to follow than The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (reviewed Monday). It takes some conscious effort for the viewer to keep things straight. But we learn more about the fascinating Lisbeth Salander, … Continue reading →

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Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 movie)

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Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson wrote a series of three mysteries and was at work on a fourth when he died at the age of 44. The title of the first, Män Som Hatar Kvinnor (”Men Who Hate Women”) is apt … Continue reading →

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