Starring:
Review:
This one means well, a kiss-of-death review if there ever was
one. Paul Bettany takes an earnest shot at playing Charles Darwin,
a 19th-century man obsessed with monkeys, the origin of the
species, the death of his favorite daughter and the disapproval of
his religious wife (Jennifer Connelly). In other words, director
Jon Amiel has reduced a crucial […]

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Starring:
Heath Ledger
Review:
Heath Ledger’s last screen performance, a remarkable one
interrupted by his tragic death at age 28 in 2008, comes wrapped in
the kind of passionate provocation of a movie that the Aussie actor
favored. (
Peter Travers reviews The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus in
his weekly video podcast, “At the Movies with Peter Travers.”)
Terry Gilliam, the mad […]

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Starring:
Sam Rockwell
Review:
This mesmerizing mind-bender sneaks up and hits you hard. Sam
Rockwell, reliably brilliant, is an astronaut finishing up a
three-year stint on the moon, mining energy from lunar rock.
(Watch Peter Travers’ video review of Moon) He wants
back on Earth with his wife and daughter. His only contact is
GERTY, a robot with the sweet-sinister voice […]

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Starring:
Barney Frank
Review:
This incendiary documentary “outs” allegedly gay politicians who
oppose gay rights in order to keep their sexual identities in the
closet. Whatever you think of the pushy methods of Oscar-nominated
filmmaker Kirby Dick (Twist of Fate, Sick,
This Film Is Not Yet Rated) to examine the likes of
Idaho’s Larry Craig, Florida’s Charlie Crist and Dubya’s campaign
manager […]

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Starring:
Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron
E…
Review:
Heads up: a thunderbolt is about to rip into the blanket of
bland we call summer movies. The Dark Knight, director
Christopher Nolan’s absolute stunner of a follow-up to 2005’s
Batman Begins, is a potent provocation decked out as a
comic-book movie. Feverish action? Check. Dazzling spectacle?
Check. Devilish fun? […]

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