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Hollywood's 10 Best Alien Stories

20th Century Fox's 'Alien vs. Predator'
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When Hollywood looks to the skies and brings to us beings from another world, the result is rarely good for humanity. In fact, it usually means trouble. But sometimes, just sometimes, it means box office gold and some of the greatest movies ever made. This week, with the release of the alien… Continued

Review: The Box is Uber Creepy Yet Interesting

"The Box" (2009)
"The Box" (2009) - Warner Bros.

"Not an easy film to talk about, but one worth seeing."

The Box is not an easy film to talk about. Almost every description of the film will end up as a spoiler, it's fairly high concept, and it has a few glaring problems. However, The Box also presents huge moral dilemmas and is a… Continued

Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats is Good, Not Great

"The Men Who Stare at Goats" (2009)
"The Men Who Stare at Goats" (2009) - Overture Films

"For those looking for something off the beaten path ..."

Almost 20 years ago director Roger Spottiswoode put to the screen an adaptation of an incredible book chronicling some of the crazy, unbelievable things our government, through the CIA, did during the Vietnam War. It was… Continued

Review: A Christmas Carol Not Merry Enough

Disney's "A Christmas Carol" (2009)
Disney's "A Christmas Carol" (2009) - Walt Disney Pictures

"This version of A Christmas Carol has very little story and even less Christmas cheer."

The old aphorism goes "don't throw out the baby with the bathwater," but the makers of the latest iteration of A Christmas Carol have flipped the script; they've created a film that looks amazi… Continued

Review: Don't Bother Having an Encounter with The Fourth Kind

"The Fourth Kind" (2009)
"The Fourth Kind" (2009) - Universal Pictures

"Not good, for sure, but at least it appears to have been attempting something intriguing."

When so many films are bad in lazy and ordinary ways, it's refreshing to occasionally see one that fails interestingly. The Fourth Kind is that sort of movie: not good, for sure, but at… Continued

Hey, Academy, How's About Nominating In The Loop?

Peter Capaldi as Tucker and Chris Addison as Toby - 'In the Loop' (2009)
Peter Capaldi as Tucker and Chris Addison as Toby - 'In the Loop' (2009) - IFC Films

I'm not entirely sure what to expect with this year's Oscar race. Throw everything you know out the window, because for the first time in a long time the nominees are too long a list to predict. It's just a feeling game at this stage. And here's what I feel so far:

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