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NOTE: Movie times (p.m. unless indicated otherwise) are for the week of Friday, July 18, 2008 to Thursday, July 24, 2008
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REVIEW: Balloon won't fly with all
Forget Seinfeld. If you really want to see a show about nothing, start reciting your mantra now and stretch your attention span accordingly for The Flight of the Red Balloon.
REVIEW: Brit drama escalates in intensity
London to Brighton is a dark British drama that starts out frantic and frightening and then gets even more intense.
REVIEW: Mamma Mia, it's no fun
If it wasn't for Meryl Streep, this film called Mamma Mia!, based on the hugely successful ABBA-inspired musical of the same name, would be deservedly savaged and mercilessly panned.
REVIEW: Chimps likely to entertain, despite flaws
Give us a bunch of chimps and you're halfway to a laugh, at any age.
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FILM: Imagine that (Jul. 8, 2008)
And Ugly Naked Guy thought he'd never work again.
Hollywood playing superhero to comics (Jul. 4, 2008)
LOS ANGELES -- It was a conspiracy worthy of any arch-villain: Declining sales, aging fans and an explosion of digitally driven entertainment options.
Get Smarter (Jun. 15, 2008)
LOS ANGELES -- For those of you who don't know the cone of silence from Coneheads, here's a primer on the 1960s Get Smart television series before it gets recycled on the big screen this Friday:
Where there's a will, there's HATHAWAY (Jun. 15, 2008)
LOS ANGELES -- Anne Hathaway was on a covert mission of her own when she snagged the sought-after role of sleek, slinky Agent 99 in this Friday's Get Smart upgrade.
MOVIES: Will Hulk be a smash hit? (Jun. 8, 2008)
Splitting his purple pants is the least of the Hulk's worries as he rampages back into theatres this Friday.
Credible Hulk: Facts on our fave green giant (Jun. 8, 2008)
BORN: May 1962 in the aptly titled The Incredible Hulk #1.
It's not easy being green (Jun. 8, 2008)
Few comic-book characters have undergone as many transformations as the Hulk and his "puny human" alter-ego Bruce Banner.
THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR: What's in a name? (Jun. 8, 2008)
How do you market a film with a profanity in the title? "Actually," says Young People F---ing director Martin Gero, "since this is my first feature, I wouldn't know how you market a film that doesn't have a profanity in the title.
MOVIES: We're not laughing (Jun. 1, 2008)
It's hard to know what to make of the news that Judd Apatow is playing career-doctor to Adam Sandler. If anything, I've tended to think of him as the "anti-Sandler."
A tip of the hat to Indy (May. 18, 2008)
He may almost always lose his head, but never the hat.
MOVIES: Back in action (May. 18, 2008)
The imagery was as subtle as a giant careening boulder or hissing Egyptian asp.
Crystal Skull fun facts (May. 18, 2008)
NAME GAME:
Prince charming (May. 11, 2008)
NEW YORK -- Touted as a new Jude Law or Orlando Bloom (he's even an alumnus of the same theatre company as Law), Ben Barnes is starting to understand what "hot" means in Hollywood.
Christian-themed Narnia popular with all audiences (May. 11, 2008)
Yes, The Chronicles of Narnia books are a Christian allegory by author C.S. Lewis. In The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe, the Christ-like lion Aslan even rises from the dead to redeem his followers.
Just boys playing with their toys (May. 6, 2008)
LOS ANGELES -- Sure, on Lost Matthew Fox can perform open-heart surgery with a bottle of bourbon and knitting needles from a plane crash.
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Features
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Dark Knight record breaker (Jul. 18, 2008)
It's news that will put a smile on Batman's face.
MOVIES: Batman Continues (Jul. 17, 2008)
LOS ANGELES -- Just because he's out of the Batsuit doesn't mean Christian Bale is unmasked.
Knight too Dark? (Jul. 17, 2008)
LOS ANGELES -- Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is no joke. Far more intense and adult-themed than the polished likes of Iron Man, it is a $180-million sequel thick with post-9/11 political allegory, death, horror, torment and moral ambivalence.
Canuck films survive on DVD (Jul. 15, 2008)
DVDs are crucial for the survival of domestic filmmakers, says indie Canadian director Bruce McDonald.
ON DVDS: Before Juno, there was Tracy (Jul. 15, 2008)
Call it intuition, or skill, or just good luck, but Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald found Ellen Page for his film the Tracey Fragments just before the movie Juno rocketed her into Oscar territory and Hollywood stardom.
Two Face a gruesome delight (Jul. 15, 2008)
LOS ANGELES -- Deranged defacement? Check.
Actor ready to drop disguise, get close (Jul. 14, 2008)
LOS ANGELES -- For years, you probably knew Ron Perlman's work, but never his face. That was the idea.
DVDS: So good (so far) (Jul. 8, 2008)
This year in DVD is about transition, especially with the fuss over high definition. But with more than 50% of a movie's revenue coming from home entertainment, there is still action in the traditional format. We look at the first half of 2008:
New DVDs to expand your Gotham City stock (Jul. 8, 2008)
Batman Begins has company -- some sophisticated, some juvenile, all batty. These Gotham City DVDs debut today:
Fans batty over collector DVDs (Jul. 8, 2008)
Batman Begins again. With the imminent release of the Dark Knight in theatres next week, Warner Bros. is going Bat-alistic. Five Batman-related DVD releases debut in stores today -- three for adult fans of the DC Comics franchise, plus two animated series for children.
DVDS: Piece it together (Jul. 6, 2008)
The great experiment continues: Canada's first interactive feature film debuts Tuesday on DVD. Late Fragment is in the vanguard of a cinematic revolution.
MOVIES: A helluva creative genius (Jul. 6, 2008)
As if the gorgeous grotesquery of his films wasn't hint enough, Guillermo del Toro adores the creeps and critters that go bump in the night.
DVDS: No matter your perspective, it's brutal (Jul. 4, 2008)
The terrorist thriller Vantage Point has been correctly labelled as a low-rent, big-screen version of 24.
Ledger loved dark, demonic role, co-stars say (Jul. 2, 2008)
LOS ANGELES -- His sadistic, unhinged turn as the Joker may define Heath Ledger's career, but it didn't drive him towards depression or death.
'Bad blood' blocking series release on DVD (Jun. 30, 2008)
Burt Ward is an optimist.
REVIEW: New Batman release raising a flap (Jun. 30, 2008)
Biff! Bap! Whap! Blammo! Holy camp, Batman, as the Dark Knight broods and beckons, the original movie is back to lighten the mood.
DVDS: Golden TV oldies (Jun. 29, 2008)
American satirist Will Rogers once said of nostalgia: "Things ain't what they used to be and never were."
DVDS: Spiderwick delivers to family-film crowd (Jun. 27, 2008)
The five books that make up The Spiderwick Chronicles are beloved. Mark Waters' film version of this fantastical story, which spans all five although it virtually ignores book four, is less celebrated as it debuts on DVD this week.
A Wanted man (Jun. 26, 2008)
LOS ANGELES -- How gifted an actor is James McAvoy? He makes kissing Angelina Jolie sound like the most depressing, least enticing part of an already dreary day.
Growing Highmore still loves acting (Jun. 26, 2008)
At 16, Freddie Highmore is unsure whether he wants to pursue a career as an adult actor, as his friend and fellow Englishman Daniel Radcliffe is doing coming out of Harry Potter.
MOVIES: Pixar dust (Jun. 26, 2008)
As gods go, Andrew Stanton is fairly laid-back.
Great! Michael Scott staying at The Office (Jun. 24, 2008)
Michael Scott won't be putting in for a transfer from Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch anytime soon.
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