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Fred Claus; Christmas fun both naughty AND nice
Matthew Smith Like Christmas songs and Christmas cookies, Fred Claus comes from the same cutter as the Christmas movies before it. Mixed with themes similar to 2003’s Elf, and 1994’s The Santa Clause,...
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Golden Compass lacks direction
Belle Lin Let’s make one thing clear: The Golden Compass is New Line Cinema’s last-ditch attempt at milking all it can from the epic fantasy franchise. Desperately hoping to make Philip Pullman’s His...
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All you could wish for This Christmas
Ariel Kendall Imagine your feelings of joy and laughter wrapped into one package: the joy of going home. “This Christmas,” a Sony Pictures film, is a story of The Whitfield household, a close-knit...
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Sweeney Todd is bloody brilliant
Tiana Daun An adaptation from Steven Sondheim’s 1979 Broadway musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, directed by Tim Burton (Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands) is fantastic and bloody...
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Juno keeps it real and serious
Dannah Waukazo Juno is set in the ever-changing seasons of Minnesota and follows teenaged Juno (Ellen Page) throughout her nine months of pregnancy and the choices she makes. Everything about this...
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Youth have fun and get serious with film at showcase
List of 2008 filmmakers:“Hoop Dreams” by Evan Gabriel and Patrick Risberg“Impartment” by Nicholas Larkins and Aysha Mazumdar Stanger“The Great Fairy Journey,” by Anja Maijala, Abby Peddle and Ellie...
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