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Lead Photo Bolt

Josh Bell | Thu, Nov 20, 2008 (midnight)

Hollywood canine Bolt (voiced by Travolta) doesn’t realize that he’s not really the superpowered dog he plays on a popular TV show.

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Lead Photo In search of Charlie Kaufman

Mike D'Angelo | Thu, Nov 20, 2008 (midnight)

I feel compelled to issue a Critic General’s Warning: Unremitting bleakness may result in viewer tedium, and futile attempts to follow this film’s maddeningly recursive storyline have been demonstrated to cause painful migraine headaches in laboratory animals.

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Lead Photo The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Tasha Chemplavil | Thu, Nov 20, 2008 (midnight)

Two children in World War II Germany embark on a friendship, each envying the other’s mysterious life behind the electrified fence. Bruno believes the camp is a leisure paradise filled with kids and games. And Shmuel knows of Bruno’s perpetually full stomach and soldier father.

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Lead Photo Fangst

Josh Bell | Thu, Nov 20, 2008 (midnight)

Twilight is all about a perverse kind of wish-fulfillment: Average teenager Bella Swan falls madly in love with perfect, ageless vampire Edward Cullen, who sweeps her off her feet (often quite literally), protects her from harm and loves her unconditionally.

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Lead Photo Not shaken, not stirred

Scott Dickensheets | Thu, Nov 13, 2008 (midnight)

Beer and Bond—if it’s not a match made in the movies, where the spy favors martinis, it’s now one made in certain movie theaters.

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Lead Photo The Bond Awards

T.R. Witcher | Thu, Nov 13, 2008 (midnight)

Gleaned from 22 movies of guns, girls and "Bond, James Bond," T.R. Witcher gives awards to the best of the best and a few of the worst.

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Lead Photo List. Bond list.

T.R. Witcher | Thu, Nov 13, 2008 (midnight)

In honor of this week's new Bond flick Quantum of Solace, T.R. Witcher takes a frighteningly detailed look at the legendary successes and massive failures of the Bond franchise - 22 movies deep, and counting.

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Lead Photo Breakneck Bond

T.R. Witcher | Thu, Nov 13, 2008 (midnight)

There are those who like James Bond frothy, and those who like him dark. After many decades of mostly froth, the Daniel Craig era has returned Bond to something close to his literary roots—a tough professional—but even author Ian Fleming’s Bond was never this pissed off.

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Lead Photo Spacebabes, aliens, pimps, prostitutes and wounded soldiers

Josh Bell | Thu, Nov 13, 2008 (midnight)

Not known for its film making scene, Las Vegas has been responsible for at least five films released to DVD in the past year.

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Lead Photo Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer

T.R. Witcher | Thu, Nov 6, 2008 (midnight)

It’s that smile, those lusty teeth, somehow coy and seductive, warm and haughty. It’s a lush “I don’t give a damn” smile.

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Lead Photo Repo! The Genetic Opera

Mike D'Angelo | Thu, Nov 6, 2008 (midnight)

Any movie that stars both Sarah Brightman and Paris Hilton seems destined for cult status, and the most surprising thing about Repo! The Genetic Opera, adapted for the screen from a popular stage musical, is that it’s receiving a general release rather than heading directly for the midnight circuit.

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Lead Photo Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Josh Bell | Thu, Nov 6, 2008 (midnight)

Melman becomes the giraffes’ doctor, Gloria is seduced by a hippo lothario, Marty blends in with the zebra herd, Julien tries to become king of the savannah, and the penguins get busy fixing the plane.

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Lead Photo What Just Happened

Benjamin Spacek | Thu, Nov 6, 2008 (midnight)

What Just Happened is not so much a movie about movies as it is a movie about filmmakers bickering and arguing.

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Lead Photo Utopian and despairing

Mike D'Angelo | Thu, Nov 6, 2008 (midnight)

Rachel Getting Married, an emotionally wrenching family melodrama with a uniquely paradoxical tone, at once utopian and despairing, easily ranks among the year’s best films.

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Soul Men

Jeffrey M. Anderson | Thu, Nov 6, 2008 (midnight)

No matter what else is going on in Soul Men, it’s difficult not to be moved by the posthumous performances of Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes, especially when they appear on camera together, or in one scene, leave a room together.

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A&E

‘A living gallery’
Co-directors Richard Havey and Gail Gilbert have created the Nevada Dance Project—a dance umbrella that offers the opportunity for contemporary choreographers and dancers to show their best work, new or preexisting, but always original.
Dray, his art head for Atlanta
For those who keep an eye on the arts district, Dray’s departure—for Atlanta—changes the metabolism of the scene a little.
R.I.P. TRL
MTV managed to pack Times Square one more time this past Sunday for the last episode of TRL, dubbed Total Finale Live, although nostalgia was pretty much the only reason for anyone to show up.

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Cocktail of the Week

Cocktail of the Week Nov 20, 2008
by Xania Woodman

The Capital Grille $1,000 Luxury Martini

What could be better than a martini and caviar? Nothing! Especially when the caviar in question is a limited-edition White Topaz and Diamond Caviar rope bracelet, served up with a ...
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