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'Tale of Despereaux'
Special to NewsdayImagine a holiday dinner table groaning with dressing, potatoes, cranberries, yams, beans, bread, butter, Burgundy -- and no meat. No tofu, either. That's the situation with "The Tale of Despereaux," a beautifully animated adventure story that possesses...Tags: Fiction, Sigourney Weaver, Movies, Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman
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Review: 'The Tale of Despereaux'
Special to Newsday(2 1/2 STARS) (G) PLOT Big-eared, outcast mouse who thinks himself a "gentleman" strives to save a princess in a world of rats and darkness. CAST Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Emily Watson, Robbie Coltrane LENGTH 1:33 PLAYING AT Area...Tags: G Rated Movies, Fiction, Sigourney Weaver, Movies, Matthew Broderick
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'Synecdoche, New York' (3 1/2 stars!) stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams
Tribune criticMost movies fling an audience from A to B to C so that the typical customer response to the average studio product—"Well, it was OK"—is elicited and there's a few more ducats in the coffers at the end of the day and no hard feelings. Being...Tags: John Malkovich, Film Festivals, Sony Corp., Jennifer Jason Leigh, Celebrity
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'Synecdoche, New York' intriguing but confusing
NewsdayYou can look it up: A synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole ("wheels" for "car") or the other way around ("the law" for "policeman"). Is art a synecdoche? Is life? Those are just two of the many, many questions posed in...Tags: Charlie Kaufman, Boca Raton, Celebrity, Catherine Keener, Movies
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Like Sisyphus On A Treadmill, 'Synecdoche' Goes Nowhere
Orlando SentinelWith "Synecdoche, New York,"the writer of the trippy "Being John Malkovich" takes us not inside the body of the eccentric actor but inside his own head for a couple of hours. But even fans of the cerebral Charlie Kaufman may find this falls under the...Tags: John Malkovich, Roger Moore, Charlie Kaufman, Hope Davis, Catherine Keener
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In 'Synecdoche,' the parts don't quite make up the whole
The hotbed of anxiety and ego that can underlie a theater rehearsal or a routine visit to a doctor's office - that's one of several emotional textures that writer-director Charlie Kaufman (the screenwriter of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation)...Tags: John Malkovich, Charlie Kaufman, Sony Corp., Arthur Miller, Celebrity
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Review: 'Synecdoche, New York'
Movie Critic" Synecdoche, New York," screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's wildly ambitious directorial debut, recalls the Jorge Luis Borges story in which the imperial cartographers make a map of the empire so detailed and true-to-life that it takes on the exact dimensions...Tags: Synecdoche, New York, Depression, Celebrity, Behavioral Conditions, Charlie Kaufman
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Cannes Film Festival announces official lineup
Eleventh-hour additions of Clint Eastwood's thriller "Changeling," starring Angelina Jolie, and Steven Soderbergh's double Che Guevara biopics, "The Argentine" and "Guerrilla," were among the big news delivered by festival general manager Thierry...Tags: Wim Wenders, Emir Kusturica, Angelina Jolie, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Atom Egoyan
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Miss Potter
MetromixRenée Zellweger shines in the charming "Miss Potter," which sketches the life and loves of literary great Beatrix Potter, author of the beloved children's book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit." Set in early 20th Century London and England's scenic Lake...Tags: Film Festivals, Ewan McGregor, Beatrix Potter, Movies, Renee Zellweger
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'The Water Horse'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAn enchanting tale of friendship and evolving relationships, "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" engagingly grafts coming-of-age movie chestnuts onto Scottish folklore. Though most of the narrative won't surprise anyone who has seen "E.T. The...Tags: Brian Cox, Movies
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'The Water Horse' is almost the stuff of legends
Mcclatchy-tribune(B-) The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep is one of the family-friendliest films of the year. That's a good thing. The problem is that even the youngest person in the family may find the story familiar. That's not so good. The film starts strong but...Tags: Sony Corp., Defense, Television, Television Industry, Brian Cox
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Rachel Griffiths is on the Emmys' buddy list
Though the majority of actresses complain about the lack of complex roles for women in film and television, Australia's Rachel Griffiths has had little to complain about in her career.
Since making an indelible impression as Toni Collette's cynical...Tags: Film Festivals, Christmas, Cinema Industry, Marathon, Television
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