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[Review] The Blind Side

Movies like this tend to separate the cynics from the optimists. While it is based on an incredible true story (in Memphis, a well-off white family, the Touhys, brought in a large young black man raised in the projects named Michael Oher and eventually adopted him), the film doesn't feel real all the time....
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Idris Elba To Get His Thor On

With January fast approaching, any news regarding Kenneth Branagh's Thor gets more and more exciting, all adding to the possibility of this long-gestating comic book adaptation actually getting underway. So far the film's casting news has been rather spectacular, from Anthony Hopkins to Natalie Portman, and this news follows suit: Idris Elba is in....
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[Review] The Twilight Saga: New Moon

The Twilight Saga: New Moon is a slight improvement over the first installment, but still remains as a void of mediocrity. This forgettable sequel features the same formula as the first film with the similar character dilemmas to the cringe inducing relationships, its all the same. This isn't a bad movie per say, but its annoyingly dull. ...
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New Moon Director Chris Weitz Retiring

Director Chris Weitz, the slightly less-accomplished half of the Weitz brothers (who came on to the scene with American Pie), has decided to call it quits, right after he makes a Bicycle Thief-inspired script titled The Gardener. ...
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Does iTunes Extras Spell The Demise of Hard Media?

The other day fellow Film Stage writer Hash Aguirre told me he purchased J.J. Abrams' summer hit Star Trek on iTunes via a digital file. I was extremely confused when he told me this because like me, Hash is a big time hard disc media supporter. This is when he hit me with a bomb shell I was never expecting [...]...