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Latest Reviews
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The bad-seed/demon-spawn kid has been a staple of psychological-supernatural horror. Of more recent birth are documentary and fictional accounts of missing children, trafficked from the Third World into sexual or labor slavery or, in the West, imperiled...
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Hooray! Tim Burton’s cinematic take on Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass children’s books snapped me out of my 2010 movie doldrums. At about mid-point in the movie, I simply had to whisper to my husband, “This is so good,”...
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Should we fear biological weapons more than nuclear ones? Perhaps. But if these two types of weaponry are combined, the impact would be even more horrifying. The Crazies, a remake of an early George Romero flick, follows a courageous sheriff and his wife as they try to...
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Its title noun comes up only once, near the end and flung out contemptuously or ironically at that. But A Prophet (Un Prophète) presents Malik El Djebena -- played by Tahar Rahim -- in that sense as a new kind of protagonist in the direction of, but not precisely, an antihero....
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I had a wonderful dream the night before the Oscar® nominations were announced early in February. In my dream, all of the Best Picture nominees were either musicals or comedies. Unfortunately, once again members of the Academy...
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A drum roll please! LEGACY, one of the most sought after dancers in the entertainment industry today, has agreed to be a guest on Movie Addict Headquarters on Tuesday, March 9 -- only two days after his dynamic performance at the Oscars®. LEGACY plans to talk about his experience...
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Grab-Bag Review
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That a movie titled Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus is being released now feels all too appropriate. This year, more than most years I can recall, we're seeing quite a few daring fictionalized accounts of real...
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