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Movie review: “The Golden Compass”

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  • Post published:December 13, 2007
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT With an eye to box office receipts and common denominator appeal, director Chris Weitz has gutted the anti-religious dogma thrust of the literary source for the fantasy…

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Movie review: “Atonement”

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  • Post published:December 13, 2007
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT Ian McEwan’s best-selling novel "Atonement," now turned to turgid cinema by director Joe Wright, deserved the Masterpiece Theatre treatment---lengthy probing of the psyches and behaviors of a…

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Movie review: Sleuth

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  • Post published:December 4, 2007
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT One man has stolen another man’s wife. There’s the little matter of divorce. What will it take to convince the husband to agree without the messiness of…

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Movie review: “This Christmas”

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  • Post published:November 27, 2007
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT Mother love, family ties and holiday cheer are all put to the test by the strains, strifes, strivings and secrets of the children of Ma’Dere Whitfield (Loretta…

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Movie review: August Rush

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  • Post published:November 27, 2007
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT More than the hills are alive with the sound of music in the lavishly corny drama "August Rush", about an exceptionally gifted young boy who never gives…

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Movie review: “Enchanted”

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  • Post published:November 20, 2007
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT Nobody does princess like Disney. While the media and commercial giant owes a major debt of gratitude to the Brothers Grimm, most of their Magic Kingdom’s mega…

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Movie review: “Beowulf”

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  • Post published:November 20, 2007
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT Perhaps you’re thinking, "enough already with the hero movies." Maybe you’ve just about had it with blood and gore. Could be that you don’t think Hollywood’s got…

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Movie review: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

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  • Post published:November 16, 2007
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT A man admits he hasn’t been a good father to his son. The child confesses he hasn’t been a good son. But, it’s too late. The die…

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Movie review: No Country for Old Men

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  • Post published:November 16, 2007
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT Joel and Ethan Coen have adapted Cormac McCarthy’s acclaimed novel "No Country for Old Men" into a stomach-churning horror drama. With the stunning kick of a rattlesnake…

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Movie review: “Reservation Road”

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  • Post published:November 1, 2007
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT A fatal accident tears apart the lives of two very different fathers, and their disparate handling of the tragedy plays out to wrenching effect in the eyes…

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