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| A Resplendent Moon
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Guided in large part by Michael Light’s photography book Full Moon, the man once known as “Zowie Bowie” has fashioned a “wowie” of a debut.
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| Top Ten Femme Fatales
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Here are the actresses who, in 2008, most successfully used their seductive onscreen charms to compromise members of the opposite sex.
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| When Sparks Fly
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With a fourth Hollywood adaptation hitting screens this weekend and a fifth on the way in 2009, author Nicholas Sparks appears set to add two more critically panned and commercially successful films to his name.
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| A Dizzying Dozen
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Multiply McCain, Obama and Nader times four and you get the number of fall choices awaiting citizens of the cinema this weekend.
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| Ted and Alan Make a Porno
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Producer Ted Hope and writer-director Alan Ball have inadvertently adapted Alicia Erian’s novel Towelhead into a pervert’s wet dream.
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| The Shawshank Replication
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The similarities of Death Race to a certain 1994 Best Picture nominee make the Legally Blonde flavorings of The House Bunny look like a boob job.
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| Serenading the Seventies
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Since writer-director Billy Ray cites The Godfather and All the President’s Men as two of his all-time favorites, perhaps it’s no surprise that his own dramatic film work has the feel of classic 1970’s American cinema.
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| Carnahan's Radioactive Platypus
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Filmmaker Joe Carnahan is the first to admit that his crime thriller Smokin’ Aces, new this week on DVD, is one bizarre beast.
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| Fun and Funnier
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Bobby Farrelly is pretty pleased with his latest effort, The Ringer. But the DVD he really wants you to rent is the Adam Sandler-produced Grandma’s Boy.
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| Whacking the Women
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Hillary Clinton is the same age as Glenn Close, while Sarah Palin clocks in alongside Mary-Louise Parker. Lucky for them they chose the gentler field of politics.
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| A Google Boondoggle
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When the title of your film happens to also be a generic expression, the art of gathering electronic press clippings becomes a tad more difficult.
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| Putting Her House in Order
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What with a February divorce and August comedy hit, 32-year-old Baltimore native Anna Faris may soon be looking back on 2008 as the year she turned the corner.
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| Magic on Mount Washington
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Critic Shelley Gabert explains how a recent screening of the documentary Surfwise was able to hang a perfect ten.
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| Judd Apatow's Package Deal
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Even when Judd Apatow shared a North Hollywood abode with fellow comedic aspirant Adam Sandler, it was still all about the penis.
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| Guy Maddin's Brain Power
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For a lot of folks in Guy Maddin's home and native land of Canada, tonight will provide the first opportunity to catch the deepest expression yet of the filmmaker’s love of show business and melodrama.
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| Darwin Finds Missing Link
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A year and a half ago, The Darwin Awards was the toast of Sundance. Then it was simply toast. But a couple of theater owners are giving the film an unlikely new push.
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| The Jilting of Japanese Baseball
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In the shadow of the sports dramas Glory Road, Invicible and now Pride, Audience Award winning filmmaker Desmond Nakano strikes out with Warner Bros.
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| A Delightfully Kinky DVD
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American audiences may perhaps never be able to pronounce the name of British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor. But on the heels of The Inside Man, a British import celebrates his inside woman.
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| The Thriller from Manila
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Remember all that fuss about Robert Rodriguez making El Mariachi for only $7,000? Columnist Pam Grady takes a look at three refreshing alternatives to The Break-Up.
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| Maddened by Maddin
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Ingrid Rossellini is upset that her sister Isabella's extravagant valentine to their late father should accompany Robert Rossellini's rigorous work. Columnist Pam Grady speaks with the man in the middle, Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin.
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| A Duck Destined for DVD
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Even though the acclaimed Mexican import Duck Season has flown past very few American moviegoers, it has already exceeded its first-time director’s modest expectations.
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| Bringing Down Berlin
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Long before The Brown Bunny bent Cannes out of shape, a German film about the Vietnam war kicked the 1970 Berlin International Film Festival to the curb.
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