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Lead Photo A Christmas Carol

Josh Bell | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 (5:55 p.m.)

Listen, Robert Zemeckis, I think we need to have a talk. Remember when you used to make those cool popcorn blockbusters full of real actors and cutting-edge special effects and lots of heart?

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Lead Photo Coco Before Chanel

Julie Seabaugh | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 (5:39 p.m.)

As its name suggests, subtitled biopic Coco Before Chanel focuses on the “rags” aspect of Chanel’s rags-to-riches story.

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Lead Photo The Men Who Stare at Goats

Mike D'Angelo | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 (5:27 p.m.)

The story of an elite unit of soldiers armed with psychic powers was plenty nutty on its own—playing it for broad laughs in "The Men Who Stared at Goats" only renders it surprisingly toothless.

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Lead Photo The Fourth Kind

Josh Bell | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 (5:10 p.m.)

In 2000, Dr. Abigail Tyler uncovered supposed evidence of widespread alien abductions in Nome, Alaska. In 2009, the movie about Tyler is just another lame thriller.

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Intimate horror at the Blacklist Festival

Josh Bell | Fri, Oct 30, 2009 (12:05 p.m.)

Short horror films, beer and creepy art. What's not to like?

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Lead Photo From horror to hot dogs: Halloween’s Malcolm McDowell

Deanna Rilling | Thu, Oct 29, 2009 (8:20 p.m.)

It’s difficult to imagine the man who once played Alex in A Clockwork Orange buying a hotdog for a toddler. But that’s exactly what actor Malcolm McDowell was doing when the Weekly caught up with him.

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Lead Photo All hail John Waters, king of filth

Sarah Feldberg | Thu, Oct 29, 2009 (3:38 p.m.)

The filmmaker behind "Pink Flamingos" is bringing his one-man show to Vegas. Watch out.

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Movies about the afterlife

Josh Bell | Thu, Oct 29, 2009 (midnight)

No, Dead Man Walking is not on this list.

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Lead Photo A makeshift memorial for MJ

Josh Bell | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (4:49 p.m.)

"This Is It" is an inadequate epitaph for the King of Pop.

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Lead Photo Trick ‘r Treat

Josh Bell | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (4:46 p.m.)

Trick ’r Treat deserves points for avoiding cheap thrills and excessive gore, but its limited old-school charms are not nearly as impressive as its inflated reputation suggests.

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Lead Photo “This Is It” brings Michael Jackson back to big screen life

Melissa Arseniuk | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (12:42 p.m.)

“Michael was a great entertainer..." Joe Jackson said. "He just happened to be my son.”

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Lead Photo The Cove

Mike D'Angelo | Wed, Oct 21, 2009 (4:26 p.m.)

If you’re looking to be entertained, forget The Cove.

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Lead Photo Amelia

Mike D'Angelo | Wed, Oct 21, 2009 (4:21 p.m.)

Amelia Earhart was a woman in a male-dominated field, and Amelia beats that fact into the ground until it coughs up blood.

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Lead Photo “A Serious Man” proves to be seriously impressive

Josh Bell | Wed, Oct 21, 2009 (4:12 p.m.)

The Coen brothers are in top form with newest flick, A Serious Man.

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Lead Photo The Stepfather

Mike D'Angelo | Wed, Oct 14, 2009 (6:17 p.m.)

The 1987’s low-budget sleeper The Stepfather has long been championed as an uncommonly intelligent thriller, though it’d really be more accurate to call it primo schlock.

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A&E

Cirque reveals City Center show will be named “Viva ELVIS”
Today Cirque du Soleil revealed that the new show opening in December at Aria Resort & Casino at City Center will be titled Viva ELVIS.
Time to go for Wayne Newton?
Newton could be a great host of a Vegas variety show. But he prefers to keep his show focused on his singing and not on his legacy. The result is sad.
A Perfecto Halloween makeover
What’s blue and purple, nearly naked and doesn’t move for five hours? Weekly writer Deanna Rilling undergoing an otherworldly transformation.

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Cocktail of the Week Nov 5, 2009
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Beergarita

It was quite by happenstance that I came upon the beergarita, or perhaps it found me. I was blissfully unaware of the house-party staple’s existence until two glasses literally put ...
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