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“Final Days of Planet Earth”–Or, Just Watch to See Darryl Hannah as a Giant Ant!
By
Donna Freitas
Looking for a good B-movie sci-fi thrill? Well, “Final Days of Planet Earth,” billed by the Hallmark channel as an apocalyptic three-hour movie “event,” premieres this Saturday, October 14th. And of course, when I say good, what I really mean is “Gilmore Girls” movie good: so ridiculous you can’t stop watching, great for laughs at…
“The Departed” Disappoints
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Kris Rasmussen
Perhaps no director has spent more time examining the seedy underbelly of modern American culture than Martin Scorsese (“Goodfellas,” “Gangs of New York”), and his newest effort, “The Departed,” is no exception. Scorsese brings his trademark no-holds-barred grit and gloom to a cat-and-mouse game between two young men–one a cop and the other a crook…
“Little Children,” Tom Perrotta, & Me
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mkress
This is a story of gratitude, and that’s why I am excited about “Little Children.” Not that the story has anything to do with gratitude; it’s a hilarious, biting social satire about suburban boredom and grown men and women acting as much like the title’s “little children” as their offspring do. The novel, by Tom…
Finding the Spirit of a Dictator
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jmcgee
Say “Idi Amin,” and the response will almost certainly be vehement, a furious reference to the thousands killed or a whole-hearted endorsement of the changes he wrought on Uganda in the 1970s and ’80s. You’ll find a more balanced point of view in “The Last King of Scotland,” adapted from Giles Foden’s novel by screenwriter…
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