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‘Christmas Carol’ still manages to melt miserly hearts
The new Disney “A Christmas Carol” is another epic achievement in motion-capture animation, advancing the art form closer to photo-realism than “The Polar Express” or “Beowulf.”
‘Amelia’ circles, but never really lands
“Amelia” has magnificent period settings and airplanes and majestic aerial photography. It boasts the two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank, perfectly cast as groundbreaking pilot Amelia Earhart, with Richard Gere as Earhart’s promoter-publisher husband, George Putnam.
Better to stare at a goat than ‘Goats’
A title card at the beginning of “The Men Who Stare At Goats” announces, “More of this is true than you would believe.” Less of it is entertaining than you would wish.
Dickens by candlelight
Carrey and Zemeckis capture 21st-century Scrooge
Technology finally has caught up with Charles Dickens’ imagination. Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis’ new take on “A Christmas Carol” brings to life the fantasy about miser Ebenezer Scrooge’s holiday redemption in a way Old Hollywood never could have dreamed.
‘This Is It’ an homage to Jackson greatness
Watching “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” will have fans grieving once again, but this time, it won’t only be for the fallen King of Pop, but for what we lost — a brilliant entertainer who gave every inch of his body and soul for what might have been one of the most spectacular comebacks of all time.
‘Astro Boy’ never takes flight
Lovely dollops of wit and warmth float through the big screen version of “Astro Boy,” the latest Japanese TV cartoon to make it to the big screen.
‘Cirque du Freak’ a vampire Frankenstein
The latest entry to the overcrowded vampire-flick field is “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,” which arrives with quixotic dreams of a franchise of its own.
‘Paranormal’: Above-normal scares
The no-budget ghost story “Paranormal Activity” arrives 10 years after “The Blair Witch Project,” and the two horror movies share more than a clever construct and shaky, handheld camerawork.
Frightful films
Win tickets to Mission Creek Players’ annual Haunted Theatre simply by sharing a memory with us: What was the movie that scared you most, and why?
‘Wild Things’ roars
The book is just 339 words long, but in turning it into a feature-length movie, director Spike Jonze has expanded the story with a breathtaking visual scheme and stirring emotional impact.
‘Capitalism’ can’t connect
Michael Moore has produced a jerry-rigged jeremiad about free enterprise that hands up some very legitimate indictments, without really making a case.
‘I Can Do Bad’ pretty good
There’s more life, more heart, more simple pleasure in “I Can Do Bad All By Myself” than in any Tyler Perry movie since “Diary of a Mad Black Woman.”
‘Citizen’ makes bad guys suffer
“Law Abiding Citizen” is the sort of movie Mel Gibson or Clint Eastwood might have made back in the day.
‘Couples Retreat’: Run away
Pals Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau team up again. They co-wrote this and still love working together, even though their banter isn’t what it was in their “Swingers” days.
‘Whip It’ rolls smooth
If you surround yourself with a stellar cast and invest the proceedings with heart and energy, you’ll earn the audience’s attention.
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