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Technically, it's actually the morning of day three, but I needed time to process. Day one was Thursday, which was the day I saw Mary and Max. Snider has a full review coming, but I can already tell you he liked it more than I. To me it was typical film festival fare, slightly meandering,…

"A beautiful effort."

Passing Strange is a film I respect and admire, or more technically it's the documentary (by Spike Lee) of a musical that I greatly respect and admire. It's a movie that tackles huge themes in its two-hour running time; faith, art, love, reality,…

I recently had a chance to sit down with critically acclaimed director Ed Zwick, director of Defiance, which opens wide today. Our conversation was free-flowing and entertaining, and we hit on a lot of big topics that I think fans of his movies will find interesting. I've always considered him one…

From The Wrestler to the Big Time, Again
Mickey Rourke's comeback is official: he's being considered for a superhero movie. The Hollywood Reporter says that he's in talks to play the Crimson Dynamo, a Russian arms dealer with a nuclear-powered suit of his own, in Iron Man 2. (It also reports that Sa…

"If you're a fan of hip-hop or rap seeing Notorious is probably an obligation."

Notorious has a rough start, much like Chris Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G., did himself. However, it gets smoother as the story moves along, and by the end you find yourself bobbing your head in…

"The dozens of dogs are all really, really adorable."

It's been a booming season at the movies for dog-lovers, with Bolt, Marley & Me, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua all scoring big grosses with their warm tales of canine companionship and leg-humping. Even the art house circuit got…