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A rotten summer may be redeemed with fall movies
Sun Movie CriticHere's the dictionary definition of a fool's errand: Coming off one of the worst movie summers in recent memory (you know there's trouble when two of the season's best, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Freaky Friday, come from...Tags: Peter Weir, Russell Crowe, Academy Awards, Peter Jackson, Entertainment
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Coming this season
September Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star: TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts (David Spade) is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for the role of a "normal" guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything...Tags: Mike Epps, Cate Blanchett, John Cusack, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Mel Gibson
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Critics society names `Splendor' best film
Chicago Tribune movie critic"American Splendor," an offbeat, independent American movie based on the scruffy life and hard times of underground comic book writer Harvey Pekar, was selected as the best film of 2003 on Jan. 3 by the National Society of Film Critics. Barely nudging out...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Judges, Newspaper and Magazine, Tim Robbins, Elections
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Crowe in command on British warship
South Florida Sun-Sentinel Film Writer"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" is extremely long, meticulous and quite possibly great. Director Peter Weir's epic throws you smack on the deck of a British warship in the middle of the ocean in 1805, capturing with ecstatic detail...Tags: Peter Weir, Russell Crowe, Mark Wahlberg, Paul Bettany, Gaming
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Which movie first? A critic leads the way
Chicago Tribune movie criticChristmas and New Year's were a time of celebration and remembrance for everybody. But for movie fans the holiday season and its immediate aftermath are something special in a different way: catch-up time. Now is the winter of our (relative) content,...Tags: Winona Ryder, DVDs, Renee Zellweger, Academy Awards, Anthony Minghella
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Sam Gould And The Isles Of Loss
Gould piloted the Africa from New London to the Cape Verde Islands off the African coast in about 50 days, looping across the Atlantic in a slightly downward curve and working his way from "fresh gales with snow" to "fresh breises and hazey" off the...Tags: Symptoms, Companies and Corporations, Health, South Carolina, Slavery
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Aye, aye captain!
Sentinel Movie Critic***** Peter Weir's Master and Commander is a thrilling, sweeping, visually stunning Napoleonic War adventure set on the high seas. It's a beautiful film, full of blood, heart, intelligence and wit. It may very well turn out to be the best picture of...Tags: Russell Crowe, Peter Weir, John Wayne, Death, French Literature
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