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Royal "Died Tragically Rescuing his Family from the Wreckage of a Destroyed Sinking Battleship" This is Royal's epitaph that is the centerpiece, upon the stage, of the last scene of Wes Anderson's "The Royal Tenenbaums." The enigmatic Royal is dead, of a massive heart attack, and it is left to his e
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Some films have great success in spite of themselves. This is very rare. Most films try to stress a point, an issue; communicate a series of thoughts, and bridge the gap between artist ...
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In "Coraline" there is an extra dimension that exists from a portal behind a sealed door, that is opened by a curious and very bored Coraline, the titular character. Once the door is opened, Coraline is invited into the alternate dimension of her "other family," who are identical to her real world family except for two readily discernable features.
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Pearl Jam From Start to Finish... What can I really say about this album? That is exactly what I asked myself after listening to this album for the fourth time. Truthfully, I am pretty close to a loss of words. The music really speaks for itself and it is almost an injustice to write a review about
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Jody Hill, who wrote and directed "The Foot Fist Way," tried for an encore performance, with "Observe and Report," but fell just short of a repeat performance.
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Bearfoot was a Breath of Fresh Air as they Breezed through Town The bluegrass / traditional country band Bearfoot came to Washington's Turnage Theater and gave a near perfect performance of the music that steels my will to consider the talent that could stir my soul. And what a resounding success it
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This morality play of two families, unbeknownst to each other and living somewhere in the arid southwest, has them intertwined, as is the grim reality, when one maternal head has an adulterous relationship with the paternal head of the second family.
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J Mascis and company back at it again After breaking up in 1997, Dinosaur Jr came back in 2005 with the album Beyond which truly showed these guys stil have a lot of great music in them and to further cement that notion the newly released Farm album is another outstanding release. This rock album is
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Chev Chelios, ferociously portrayed by the mercurial Jason Statham, battles through every absurd adversity to overcome impossible odds, leaving copious bleeding bodies in his wake, to achieve his objective - to restore his stolen heart to its rightful place, in his chest cavity.
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A multi-strand narrative set in early 1980's Los Angeles, centered on an array of characters who represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con).
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A picture built on its leading characters' self discovery as they age toward some sense of maturation that still seems to be a fleeting concern.
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He is dropped of at the pre-arranged location, but his grandfather does not pick him up and the parents have hurriedly fled. The grandfather has died only moment earlier, succumbing to a massive coronary, and the boy is forced to fiend for himself as he adjusts to a world without his parents.
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Wonderfully acted, with a story that matters about people that matter, as they struggle against the odds to survive with their dignity intact.
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The world is ruled by four mega corporations that are bent on interminable fight amongst themselves. It is a world that is devoid of natural resources and the technology has reverted back to steam engines; however, Mankind still retains the ability to colonize Mars.
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The Deception of the Desperate in the Halls of Congress Fall to the Whims of Intrigue "State of Play," possibly, should have been titled State of Prey, considering the maneuvers of the players, who run our congress and deceive the public nearly as much as they deceive each other. Watching Congressma
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Ray was an MI6 agent for Great Britain and Claire was a CIA agent for the United States. They were very good at their jobs but they also suffered for their craft. They both independently shift from international espionage to corporate spying: How will either or both of these people ever be capable, or worthy of a life partner?
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Sergio Leone's Classic Film Almost Died on the Cutting Room Floor As I mentioned in my forgotten review, Spring, 2009, of one of Sergio Leone's best films: "Once Upon a Time in the West," I wrote that I would eventually take a look at his next, even better film, "Once Upon a Time in America" in that
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