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Any films on recent history tend to be a tricky endeavor. The timeliness makes for relevancy, but mining modern events and issues for entertainment value can seem exploitative. Green Zone addresses the complexities of why the U.S. went to war with Iraq, without fully embracing the shades of gray prevalent in international politics. Like most Hollywood films, it wants the answers to be easier than they really are.
The film’s trailers make the reteaming of director Paul Greengrass …

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When the trailer for Shutter Island first appeared last year, it suggested a creepy, perhaps a bit “over the top” horror film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, set for an October 2009 release. Partially the result of a bad economy (production studio Paramount claimed an inability to muster the $50-60 million for advertising) and DiCaprio’s unavailability for an international press tour (he was working on his next film by the fall), Shutter Island was held back until February 2010.
February is …

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It’s a Wonderful Life
Beka Rutledge (Assistant Editor)
The movie that I must watch every Christmas is, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” It is such a great story about second chances and the true love you get from family. Although the film is in black and white, I think that aspect makes it even more beautiful. It captures all the magic of Christmas. Even though there are some low, slightly depressing portions of the movie, the magic of the giving …

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WOW! That’s all I have to say in my review to this movie. Not only was the animation great, but also the experience of 3D was the best I have ever had in a movie theater.
I remember viewing a 3D movie in the Epcot Center of Disney World when I was eight years old, but the quality was nothing compared to this. No longer do you wear the cardboard glasses with one blue and one …

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The movie that everyone is going to and talking about right now is Paranormal Activity. This movie features an engaged couple that lives in a seemingly nice house in the suburbs. The girl, Katie, is followed by a demon her entire life but is never provoked until her boyfriend, Micah, decides to catch it on tape. More and more things begin to happen and it soon becomes a dangerous situation. The movie is a documentation of their lives and …

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HERE – NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (DVD, Image Ten)
Review by Frank Rodasky
“They’re coming to get you, Bar¬bara…”
When George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead was released on October 1968, it was another in a long line of “zombie” horror movies, a genre that had been around for more than thirty years. But the film’s use of a black man as a strong, intelligent hero during the height of America’s Civil Rights upheaval, shocking violence and stark, black …

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DVD – STATE OF PLAY (Universal)
Actors: You could not find a better or more accomplished list of actors for the film. Russell Crowe stars as Cal McAffrey, an old-school investigative journalist to the core. Don’t tell him print is dying. Rachel McAdams is Della Frye an up-and-coming 21st century journalist whose need for content sometimes outweighs her need for verification. Ben Affleck is Rep. Stephen Collins whose political ambition blurs his personal and professional conduct. …

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Opinion Writer & Assistant Editor
DVD – GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST (New Line Cinema)
Sam Carter
Opinion Writer
Actors:

Matthew McConaughey: stars as Connor Mead, a womanizer who knows all the right ways to charm the ladies, but uses them for all the wrong reasons.
Jennifer Garner: plays Jenny Perotti, Connor’s love interest throughout the film who is the only one not susceptible for falling for his evil ways.
Michael Douglas: plays Uncle Wayne, the man who taught Connor how to charm …

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IN THEATRES – ALL ABOUT STEVE (20th Century Fox)
Actors:
Sandra Bullock: Plays Mary Horowitz, a crossword puzzle maker who is very intelligent but lacks in the way of social skills.
Thomas Haden Church: Plays Hartman Hughes, a news reporter looking for a big break to bump him up to anchor.
Bradley Cooper: Plays Steve, the character Mary is obsessed with throughout the movie, who fears his kind-hearted stalker.
Plot:
Mary Horowitz goes on a blind date with Steve, a news cameraman. After being …

Here – The Ugly Truth
Good: Very Funny. You expect Katherine Heigl to be funny after her performance in knocked up but the real laughs come from Gerard Butler. Yes, the Gerard Butler who had abs of steel in 300 and made every girl cry in P.S. I Love You. This movie bluntly hits all the problems with the male/female relationship and has you roling while it does.
Bad: The movie somewhat short and makes you want a little more. The …