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'Full Battle Rattle' (3 1/2 stars!): A simulator for the Iraq-bound soldier (28 November 11:30) |
| In California's Mojave Desert, the United States military has constructed another Iraq, a kind of war-torn Disney World Main Street replicating 13 different towns in the country our country ... |
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'Kings of the Evening' stars Linora Washington, Tyson Beckford, Lynn Whitfield, Bruce McGill (28 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 3 stars (good)
A sweet tale well suited to the holiday season, "Kings of the Evening" makes... |
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'My Name is Bruce' stars B-movie king Bruce Campbell in a Z-level film (28 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 1 star (poor)
"My Name Is Bruce," a celebration of the B-actor and cult legend Bruce Campbell directed by Bruce Camp... |
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'Transporter 3' stars Jason Statham, Natalya Rukakova (28 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 2½ stars (fair-good)
"Transporter 3"—the latest installment of cinema's extended med... |
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'Australia' stars Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Brandon Walters (28 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 2 stars (fair)
"Australia" offers everything from a cattle drive to Nicole Kidman's renditi... |
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'Four Christmases' stars Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek (26 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 1 stars (poor)
Question for Reese Witherspoon: Do you employ an agent, or a manager? Is thi... |
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'Milk' (3 1/2 stars!) stars Sean Penn (25 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 3 1/2 stars (good-excellent)
The story of Harvey Milk is a tragedy, but not since Jeff Spic... |
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Penn masters the moments (25 November 11:30) |
| The story of Harvey Milk is a tragedy, but not since Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" has Sean Penn played such a serenely happy individual.
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'Bolt' stars the voices of John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman (21 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 1 1/2 stars (poor-fair)
Like so many Disney animated features, "Bolt" is consumed with aban... |
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'A Christmas Tale' (4 stars!) stars Catherine Deneuve, Mathieu Almaric, Jean-Paul Roussillon (21 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 4 stars (excellent)
What a lovely, vinegary holiday film we have in " A Christmas Tale," fr... |
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'The Exiles' (3 1/2 stars!) stars Yvonne Wilson, Homer Nish, Tommy Reynolds, Rico Rodriguez (21 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 3 1/2 stars (good-excellent)
Film preserves a city's ghosts, and when we see artifacts of a... |
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'Running Funny' stars Louis Zorich, Maximilian Osinski, Gene Gallerano (21 November 11:30) |
| 3 stars (good)
"Running Funny," filmmaker Anthony Grippa's screen adaptation of his uncle Charles E... |
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'Humboldt County' stars Jeremy Strong, Fairuza Balk and Peter Bogdanovich (21 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 3 stars (good)
Be prepared: "Humboldt County" is a slow starter. But what appears to be the... |
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'The First Breath of Tengan Rei': A tale of revenge and redemption (21 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 2 stars (fair)
If filmmakers get too familiar with a subject, it can create confusion becau... |
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Review: 'Twilight' stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart (20 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 21/2 stars (fair-good)
"Low-key" is not the adjective you'd expect to describe a highly ant... |
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'Twilight' stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart (20 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 2 1/2 stars (fair-good)
"Low-key" is not the adjective you'd expect to describe a highly an... |
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'Quantum of Solace' stars Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko (14 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 2 1/2 stars (fair-good)
Daniel Craig anchors "Quantum of Solace," and Judi Dench's M enjoys... |
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'Let the Right One In' (4 stars!) stars Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson (14 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 4 stars (excellent)
I'm so sick of Swedish vampire movies, aren't you? Honestly, I've had i... |
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'JCVD' stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Francois Damiens (14 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 3 stars (good)
"JCVD" is an unexpectedly droll game of three-card monte disguised as an act... |
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'One Day You'll Understand' shows actress Jeanne Moreau still a French treasure (14 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 3 stars (good)
Set in Paris during the 1987 trial of Gestapo leader Klaus Barbie, "One Day ... |
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'Ashes of Time Redux' stars Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Brigitte Lin (14 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 2 stars (fair)
The easiest thing anyone can say about a Wong Kar Wai film is that it's an e... |
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'Slumdog Millionaire' stars Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal (12 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 3 stars (good)
An 18-year-old call-center lackey, Jamal (Dev Patel, far left), is suspected... |
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'Synecdoche, New York' (3 1/2 stars!) stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams (07 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 3 1/2 stars (good-excellent)
"Synecdoche, New York" has provoked an astonishing variety of ... |
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'Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa' stars the voices of Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith (07 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 3 stars (good)
"Madagascar" (2005) made half a bil, and my preteen son certainly enjoyed it... |
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'Role Models' stars Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse (07 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 2 1/2 stars (fair-good)
Like "Soul Men," this week's other crass comedy with loads of heart... |
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'Soul Men' stars Bernie Mac, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharon Leal (07 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 2 1/2 stars (fair-good)
The funniest bit in the crude but diverting "Soul Men" really makes... |
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'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas': Shows Holocaust horror through a child's eyes (07 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 3 stars (good)
Writer-director Mark Herman took on tough material when he chose to adapt "T... |
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'House': Christian horror movie doesn't earn its R (07 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 1 star (poor)
"House" is a thriller that ponders the question: Can you still make a "Christian"-themed horror movie?... |
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'Lola Montes' (3 1/2 stars!) stars Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Oskar Werner (07 November 11:30) |
| Rating: 3 1/2 stars (good-excellent)
Like its heroine, "Lola Montes" (1955) has been through a lot.... |
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'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' stars Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson (31 October 10:30) |
| Rating: 3 stars/good
"Zack and Miri Make a Porno" goes roughly the direction you'd expect it to go.... |
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'I've Loved You So Long' stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius (31 October 10:30) |
| Rating: 3 stars/good
Largely because of the roles she's offered, the aura surrounding Kristin Scott Thomas recalls the class... |
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'Ballast' (4 stars!) stars Micheal J. Smith Sr., JimMyron Ross, Tarra Riggs (31 October 10:30) |
| Rating: 4 stars/excellent
I love " Ballast," and I want to be careful not to oversell writer-direct... |
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'Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story': The godfather of modern politics (31 October 10:30) |
| Rating: 3 stars/good
Halloween and Election Day really aren't all that different: They both can exp... |
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'RocknRolla' stars Tom Wilkinson, Gerard Butler, Toby Kebbell (31 October 10:30) |
| Rating: 1 1/2 stars/poor-fair
A single aspect of the otherwise bleh " RocknRolla" distinguishes wri... |
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'Fear(s) of the Dark': Shadows animate horror shorts (31 October 10:30) |
| Rating: 3 stars/good
Periodically, in the new French animated thingee " Fear(s) of the Dark," when ... |
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'Tokyo Gore Police': An example of truth in titling (31 October 10:30) |
| Rating: 3stars/good
If you object to gratuitous violence and bloodshed, this movie is not for you. ... |
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Reviews of 'The Other End of the Line,' 'The Haunting of Molly Hartley' and 'Eden' will post soon (31 October 10:30) |
| "The Other End of the Line," "The Haunting of Molly Hartley" and "Eden," opening Oct. 31, did not screen for critics. The Tribune will run reviews when they become available.
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'Saw V'— Saw it all before (25 October 10:30) |
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'Passengers' stars Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson: A review will post when one becomes available (25 October 05:27) |
| Did not screen for critics, a review will post later
"Passengers," which opens Oct. 24, did not scr... |
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'Saw V': No surprises, just more grisly bloody violence and torture (25 October 03:50) |
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Another All Hallow's Eve, another "Saw" movie. They're as dependable as pumpkins and a... |
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'Happy-Go-Lucky' stars Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan (24 October 10:30) |
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The new Mike Leigh film, " Happy-Go-Lucky," is a real pleasure, and besides being Leig... |
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'Changeling' stars Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan (24 October 10:30) |
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Others may regard them in a less complicated way, but I wonder whether Angelina Jolie ... |
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'Filth and Wisdom' stars Eugene Hutz, directed by Madonna (24 October 10:30) |
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To get to where you want to go, exploit "the cashbox in your body." So says one of the... |
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'Pride and Glory' stars Colin Farrell, Edward Norton, Jon Voight (24 October 10:30) |
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"You keep the rage, you cut the rest of it loose." So says Jon Voight's Manhattan poli... |
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'What Remains of Us': A visit to Tibet, the 'biggest prison in the world' (24 October 10:30) |
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There have been many impressive documentaries on Tibet and the plight of its people, b... |
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Chicago Film Festival Pick: 'Country Wedding' (24 October 10:30) |
| Rating: ★★
"Country Wedding"
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'High School Musical 3: Senior Year' stars Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens (24 October 10:30) |
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The "High School Musical" series isn't aimed at high schoolers, who presumably know by... |
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'Max Payne' stars Mark Wahlberg, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Mila Kunis (17 October 10:30) |
| Rating: 1 star (poor)
" Max Payne" offers max pain along with min invention, and the only thing tha... |
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'The Secret Life of Bees' stars Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys (17 October 10:30) |
| Rating: 2 stars (fair)
The real shame about " The Secret Life of Bees" is that it tries so very, ve... |
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'Sex Drive' stars Josh Zuckerman, Clark Duke, Amanda Crew, James Marsden (17 October 10:30) |
| Rating: 1 1/2 stars (poor-fair)
Sean Anders' derivative gross-out movie " Sex Drive" is easier to t... |
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