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This fairy-tale/love story is rendered even more surreal by the sheer multitude of CGI’s that take you across imaginary forests and rivers.  While a US “Global Giant” tries to take over rare resources owned by the Avatar people, a scientist (Sigourney Weave) uses an injured soldier to try and win over the hearts and minds [...]

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Wonderful Disney animation mixes melancholy and fantasy in this lenghty “never too late to pursue your dreams” adventure.

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J.J. Abrams directs a compatible crew through their intergalactic early years (Chris Pine as the charismatic Captain Kirk, Zachary Quinto as the half Vulcan, half human Spock, Zoe Saldana as the poised Lt Uhura, Anton Yelchinas as the chirpy Chekov and Karl Urban as everyone’s favorite Doctor).

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Is there a chance for young love to survive when high school senior, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is smitten, but not bitten by her pale, brooding classmate (Robert Pattinson)?  This vampire chick flick, based upon Stephenie Meyer’s novels aimed at teen girls hits the mark with those dying for an uncommon take on mindless romance. [...]

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Extra special effects highlight the battle between an ancient warlord (Jet Li) awakened from the dead and modern day adventurers (Brendan Fraser, Luke Ford, Maria Bello, John Hannah) trying to remedy historical research gone out of bounds. Throw in a few romantic interludes, and you’ve got a sequel worth watching.
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Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie are transported once again to Narnia, this time to help restore the handsome Prince Caspian X to the throne at Cair Paravel.  A conspiring uncle, a Centaur, a badger, a dedicated dwarf, and a gallant mouse are among the characters that turn this time travel fable into a family [...]

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A recently separated mom (Mary-Louise Parker) moves her kids (Highmore playing twins, and Bolger) into a spooky house once owned by their institutionalized aunt (Joan Plowright). If you favor fantasy, then you will enjoy the creatures that inhabit the house and interact with the humans providing a modest plot a [...]

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A storybook princess (Amy Adams) reconsiders her future with prince charming (James Marsden) and his step-mother (Susan Sarandon) when she encounters a Manhattan lawyer (Patrick Dempsey) and his adorable daughter (Rachel Covey). Disney creates just the right mix of animation, singing, dancing, and storyline to please adults and children alike.
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Director/writer John Turturro utilizes quite a cast (Susan Sarandon, James Gandolfini, Kate Winslet, Mary-Louise Parker, Mandy Moore, Aida Turturro, Christopher Walken, Steve Buscemi, Bobby Cannavale, Eddy Izzard, Elaine Stritch) in his quirky musical. Conversations are loosely based upon banter that Turturro overheard growing up in his New York neighborhood, while scenarios and [...]

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Tim Roth is the central character in Francis Ford Coppola’s interpretation of Mircea Eliade’s novella. Allegory, regeneration, Hindu enlightenment, romance, eros, philosophy, supernatural powers, Nazis, Romanian extremists, highly evolved intellect and linguistics are splattered across the screen leaving their mark like random paint balls for audiences to absorb.
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