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Tim Burton's Wild Imagination Put to Good Use in Alice in Wonderland
Given that Tim Burton has been the guy responsible for everything from the lovable Edward Scissorhands to the grisly Sweeney...
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Flimsy Finale, Depraved Behavior Doom Brooklyn's Finest
Brooklyn's Finest is tough going. Its solid performances (Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes) and hints of redemption...
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Cop Out Wears Its Juvenile Humor Like a Badge of Honor
In what's supposed to be a cheeky homage to '80s crime-fighting fare like Beverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon and of course,...
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Shivers Galore on Shutter Island
Dreamlike and full of haunting imagery and music, Shutter Island is based on a novel by Dennis Lehane and is a spectacular...
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Uninspired Wolfman is a Howler
With so much going for it, The Wolfman should offer a moody atmosphere, a few good scares and actors who set the right tone...
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Josh Turner Goes Just a Tad Haywire
For better or worse, the first thing you notice when you listen to Josh Turner's fourth studio album, Haywire, isn't its...
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Indie Rock Roots Maintained on Abandon Kansas' Debut
While Abandon Kansas amassed so much attention locally that its sound earned the attention of Gotee Records, this debut EP...
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TobyMac Brings More Attitude, Extra Juice to Tonight
On this follow-up to the triumphant Portable Sounds, TobyMac once again delivers his remarkably consistent rap/hip-hop/alternative...
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OK Go Dreams Of the Blue Colour of the Sky and Your Respect
When you combine the band's penchant for innovative videos with its reputation for extremely generic, albeit fun and danceable,...
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Seabird Attempts to Quell the Tide with Rocks
For a band quoted as perfectly content "being the underdog" for their entire career if "that meant surprising the critics...
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Life and Times in Christian Music Recounted in Hear No Evil
Growing up fundamentalist in the early days of Contemporary Christian music can result in lasting ... I hate to say scars,...
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Missing the Point in Don DeLillo's Latest
For a book that is supposed to be about the end (the omega), DeLillo doesn't really make a resounding point in Point Omega....
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Tea with Hezbollah
Best-selling author Dekker and Middle East expert Medearis sat down with Islamic leaders and terrorists to talk about fundamental...
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The Unnamed is Not That Unfamiliar
Author Joshua Ferris (his first book, Then We Came to the End, was a finalist for the National Book Award) paints a grim...
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Friendship Preserved in Remarkable Creatures' Restrictive Era
Remarkable Creatures imagines the lives of two real women who rebelled against the restrictive social mores of early nineteenth...
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Not Just Child's Play in Where the Wild Things Are
Even with two talented writers onboard and a mostly faithful rendering of this seminal coming-of-age story, Where the Wild...
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Sci-Fi Not So Appealing or Funny in Gentlemen Broncos
The potential audience for Gentlemen Broncos encompasses lovers of bad science fiction, B-movies (or lower grade) and the...
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The End Isn't Quite Soon Enough in 2012
Sure, the disaster movie format provides countless opportunities to show off the latest CGI trickery, and there are a handful...
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Damon Weighs in with Great Performance in The Informant!
As whistle-blower Mark Whitacre in The Informant!, Matt Damon is 30 pounds heavier than he was as Jason Bourne in The Bourne...
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Law Abiding Citizen Hits One of the Year's Low Points
Mixing sexual violence with moments of torture-porn, Law Abiding Citizen is one of the year’s low points at the cinema—an...
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He Said/She Said: Men of a Certain Age
To illustrate possible reactions to the serio-comic Men of a Certian Age about three friends each facing his own mid-life...
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"I Was a Teenage Vampire..."
It's a great time to be a cute blood sucking teenage boy, or a girl who loves one. What’s with this trend and why do vampires...
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V: Snakes or Saviors?
They come from above, as saviors of fact and fiction often do. They come at a time when, as one character says, the world...
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The Prisoner: It’s All in Your Head
AMC’s The Prisoner promised rich production values and an interesting themes. Instead we got only confusion.
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Hipster Crime Drama NCIS: Los Angeles Just More of the Same
With the long running Law & Order franchise, three CSIs, Criminal Minds, Bones and the top-rated NCIS, it seems that audiences...
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Comics Relief: Superheroes Go Towards the Light
: The Culture Beat : with Alex Wainer
This winter both Marvel and DC are taking their superheroic characters through dark times. As I discussed months ago, the two premier comics companies have been stuck in ever darker big crossover stories that have shaken up their respective universes. read more...
Just As I Am...No...Not That One
: iPod Devotionals : with Dave Burchett
I see so much sadness and tiredness in the church. I think that this song gave me some insight into why I finally reached a point where I was ready to quit striving so hard to please God with my own strength and ability and learn to trust Him. read more...
LOST 6.5: Two Sayids to Every Story
: Lost in Translation : with Shawn McEvoy
...in which Sayid marches into Dogen's chamber and, you got it, demands answers. He gets some too, but... do they satisfy? Don't they bring up more questions? Can't the cycle just keep going forever? What's so great about all the answers? Sometimes the Man Behind the Curtain just isn't all that amazing a truth. read more...
Temporary Home
: iPod Devotionals : with Dave Burchett
The iPod Devotional features a song that is very timely given the sometimes numbing sadness of the news.  read more...
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V
reviewed by Icyslice
Anyone see V? My mate said it was good but i cant find nowhere to watch it for a brit. just have the trailers which look way good but you dont know until the series continues if its gona be just a BIG YAWN!!! like babylon... read more...
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
reviewed by missbonbon
Music had always been an integral part of my life. My father is a retired conductor of our local church's choir and I still have the music sheets containing his original compositions. My mother is an excellent pianist and... read more...
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