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What Was Great in ’08

January 8, 2009 by

This year, Artsweek staff, like the rest of the U.S., and indeed, most of the world (besides China, perhaps), was not immune to the superpowers of Batman.
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Targeting a Net Audience

January 8, 2009 by

Independent and big-time producers alike have been pouring money into creating shows and films that are aired exclusively online. Some of these Web series have caught the attention of network televis...
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Domestic Dysfunction ****

January 8, 2009 by

I felt a sense of inevitable déjà vu as I took in Sam Mendes' "Revolutionary Road." The film stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio as a young married couple attempting to rebuild their br...
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The Neverending Story **

January 8, 2009 by

David Fincher and Brad Pitt have notably collaborated before, bringing Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club to the big screen, creating an icon of modern cinema in the process. It would then stand to reason t...
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The Sandman Cometh **

January 8, 2009 by

Adam Sandler seems an unlikely lead actor for a children's film, particularly one imbued with elements of magical realism and fairy tale-like fantasy. His crude humor, infantile antics and characteris...
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Top Dog ****

December 4, 2008 by

Hollywood films about heavy-duty social issues tend to fall into one of two categories: condescending melodramas that appeal to sentimental pre-teen girls ("Crash" and "Blood Diamond") and truly gut-w...
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The “Milk” Man ****

December 4, 2008 by

When it comes to addressing tragedy and hot-button social issues, director Gus Van Sant has plenty of experience - his previous films have addressed topics of school shootings, suicide and inner-city ...
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Female Fantasy ***

December 4, 2008 by

Twilight is the first of four best-selling young adult novels written by Stephanie Meyer, following the budding romance between the teenaged protagonist, Bella, and her 107-year-old vampire lover, Edw...
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Robotic Engineering (0 stars)

December 4, 2008 by

Wherever T-Pain is, he needs to be dragged out in front of the public and put into the stockade for crimes committed against music. He has directly contributed to this increasingly distressing vocorde...
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Third Time’s The Charm ****

December 4, 2008 by

The Killers can do no wrong and with its new album, Day & Age. The Las Vegas-based band's third record will make new fans, keep old fans and have everybody coming back for more.
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The Sounds of the Season

December 4, 2008 by

That voice... Arkansas' Adam Faucett comes straight from the netherworld releasing his second album, Show Me Magic, Show Me Out, that somehow manages to upstage his brilliant debut. Here, Faucett agai...
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Another Night in the Neighborhood

November 20, 2008 by

After only a few minutes at the Biko Co-op Garage Performance Space on Sueno Road, one gets the feeling that most weekend nights at the garage turn into wild, decadent dance parties - at least when th...
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MC Lyte Holds Court in I.V.

November 20, 2008 by

MC Lyte is known as one of the greatest female rappers of all time. With a career spanning almost 20 years, which began when her first single dropped in 1986, MC Lyte is a woman who changed the game o...
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Meet the Smiths ****

November 20, 2008 by

The Sound of the Smiths is an extensive collection of the Smiths' greatest hits, with 23 of its better-known tracks on the first disk and an impressive collection of 22 lesser-known (but equally good)...
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Bond Is Back… ***

November 20, 2008 by

James Bond movies are supposed to be fun, escapist and entertaining fare that pass in one ear and out the other without a great deal of consequence and with a great deal of snappy one-liners, smoking ...
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