Likely turn-off for fish-lovers
The End of the Line, an eco-mentary that warns against overfishing, baits its hook with alarmist rhetoric and aversion therapy.
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A May-September love story
About 20 years ago, filmmaker Stephen Frears and screenwriter Christopher Hampton adapted the novel Dangerous Liaisons. From Choderos de Laclos' defining document of 18th-century French literature, they spun a movie that brilliantly contrasted the cynics, who play love as a sport, against the romantics, visibly elevated by the union of two souls.
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Transformers 2: Bigger, not better
Movies don't get more mega than Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, a 21/2-hour sequel long on boom-boom-pow and short on boom-boom-wow!
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Over the line again, this time on homophobia
Brüno, Brüno, Brüno, my little strüdel. Did you really wave your Wiener schnitzel at Ron Paul, interview Paula Abdul about humanitarianism as she sat on an undocumented worker, and confuse hummus with Hamas while brokering peace in the Middle East?
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Chéri **1/2 (out of four)
Directed by Stephen Frears, with Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates and Rupert Friend, distributed by Miramax. Running time: 1 hour, 32 mins.
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'Flickgrrl'
Inquirer film critic Carrie Rickey offers her take on movies at http://go.philly.com/flickgrrl
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Coppola's newest family drama
At 70, Francis Ford Coppola still has it. Tetro, his feverish and operatic family drama that pits father against son, brother against brother and artist against block, has palpably recharged the filmmaker. And it will electrify audiences despite a curious last act when secrets and blood are spilled promiscuously.
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A director explores men who dare death
Slim as lightning, Kathryn Bigelow makes movies charged with adrenaline and electricity, action thrillers like Blue Steel and Point Break. The 6-footer with the radiant presence of a Redgrave and the steel nerves of a high-wire artist is drawn to stories about daredevils addicted to the rush.
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Next year, Oscars to field 10 best-picture nominees
With yesterday's news that in February, the Oscars will field 10 best-picture nominees, the horse race that is the Academy Awards promises to look a lot more like - a horse race.
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