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Kristen Stewart toys with vampires in 'Twilight'
Special to NewsdayBEVERLY HILLS The love-after-death movie "Twilight" is going to be so huge it would take a stake through the heart to stop it. And the reasons seem so obvious they make you say, "D'oh!": A heavily computer-generated, blood-flecked, teenage soap opera set...Tags: Batman, John Malkovich, Film Festivals, Bram Stoker, Vampires
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New on Video
Zap2It.comBy Jay Bobbin, Zap2it.com ++++++++++++++++++++ || || || || "WALL-E:" A waste-pickup robot of the future is the title star of this animated, typically clever Disney-Pixar collaboration. With the "voice" of Ben Burtt – a sound-effects veteran whose...Tags: Billy Ray Cyrus, Star Wars (movie), Star Trek (movie), Blake Lively, Patty Duke
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Inside: A Chat With 'Twilight' Star Rob Pattinson; The Vampires Of 'Twilight'
SILLY VAMPIRES The idea of an immortal sucking blood is pretty darn easy to lampoon. Proof follows. Once Bitten: A 1985 film starring a fresh-faced Jim Carrey follows Mark Kendall, a naive high schooler seduced by a hot blonde (Lauren Hutton) who,...Tags: Eddie Murphy, Mel Brooks, Monsters, New York, Television
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It's Craig, Daniel Craig
With the newest James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, opening in theaters in two weeks, now may be a good time to revisit the film that introduced the first blond Bond, Daniel Craig. Released just two years ago, Casino Royale (4:30 p.m., Showtime)...Tags: Anne Francis, George Sanders, Casino and Gambling, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig
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'An American Carol'
rafer.guzman@newsday.comIs there any filmmaker alive, whether Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal, capable of producing a truly incisive, intelligent satire about our politically polarized times? Not Ben Stein, who checked his dry wit at the door when he made the...Tags: Religulous (movie), Kelsey Grammer, Jimmy Carter, Dennis Hopper, James Woods
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Review: 'An American Carol'
Special to The TimesIf "An American Carol" contained any real bite or intelligence, those so inclined could've legitimately griped about its shallow anti-liberalism. But given that this supremely silly satire directed by "The Naked Gun's" David Zucker (from a script he wrote...Tags: Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Dennis Hopper, James Woods, Michael Moore
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Movie review: 'An American Carol'
Orlando SentinelOne hundred and sixty-five years after Charles Dickens called for civic reform, compassion, humanity and charity to be watchwords in human life with A Christmas Carol, Hollywood's most rabid conservatives have rallied to make An American Carol, a comedy...Tags: Jon Voight, Genetics, Medical Research, Terrorism, Michael Moore
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Doubletake: Strong in the fundamentals
The SwampDoubletake, the summer sensation, is back for the new fall season. Join Tribune correspondents Jim Tankersley and Jim Oliphant every day as they tackle the mysteries of the political universe and, well, breed alpacas to make a little cash on......Tags: Government, Consumer Electronics Industry, Ron Paul, Jimmy Carter, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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New on DVD: 'Stop-Loss,' 'The Ruins' and 'Superhero Movie'
STOP-LOSS (R) (3 STARS) Plot An Iraq war veteran ( Ryan Phillippe) gets a "stop-loss" order - the U.S. military's policy of pressing troops back into service after their original stint is up. Also features Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Timothy...Tags: Pamela Anderson, Wars and Interventions, Movies, International Military Interventions, Ryan Phillippe
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'Superhero Movie' (a blockbuster spoof as edgy as a butter knife)
Tribune newspapers"Superhero Movie" is a movie for the 9-year-old in all of us. That's a demographic that apparently doesn't include "Scary Movie 3" and "4" writer Craig Mazin, writer-director on this tiresome take on "Spider-Man," "The X-Men," "Batman" and "The...Tags: Batman, Scientology, Spider-Man, Barry Bonds, Buddhism
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'Music's' Melodrama Drowns Out Message
Zap2It.comHow are message movies problematic? Let me count the ways, and in doing so illustrate some of what plagues "Music Within," a well-intentioned biopic about disability crusader Richard Pimentel that starts strong but eventually collapses under its weighty...Tags: Woody Allen, Movies, Neil Simon
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Greeks and geeks
Times Staff WriterAs one movie festival this weekend celebrates everything Greek, another pays tribute to all that is geek. The first Los Angeles Greek Film Festival opens tonight at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills with the U.S. premiere of Udayan Prasad's "Opa!"...Tags: Los Angeles, Matthew Modine, Montana, Ed Harris, Festive Event
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