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Superheoes and fantasy, melancholy and loss were big-screen themes
Special to The Morning CallFrom Batman and Iron Man to Hancock and the Hulk, superheroes ruled the box office in 2008. Even audience action favorites Indiana Jones and James Bond had to take a backseat to '' The Dark Knight,'' Christopher Nolan's extravaganza, which swooped away...Tags: Iron Man (movie), Batman, Meryl Streep, Mike Leigh, Gus van Sant
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Documentaries that take you for a walk in their shoes
While many of this year's feature documentary Oscar contenders focus on an inattentive (or worse) government, some are notable for their intimate portrayals of an individual. Kimberley Roberts, whose home-video footage of Hurricane Katrina forms the heart...Tags: Scott Hicks, Philip Glass, Werner Herzog, Sam Adams, Man on Wire (movie)
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New on DVD: 'Wall-E'
Wall-E
Walt Disney, $29.99/$39.99; Blu-Ray, $35.99/$40.99
After the Earth is consumed by environmental ruin, one lonely robot remains behind to clean up, and when he inadvertently nurtures new life, mankind plots its return. Within that simple premise,...Tags: Wall-E (movie), Movies, Pixar, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr.
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Odd splendor in Antarctica
(A-) Werner Herzog is a magnet for obsessives, and his lovely new film, Encounters at the End of the World, takes you places an ordinary documentary filmmaker might've gone to yet missed completely. At the invitation of the National Science Foundation,...Tags: Roger Ebert, Movies, Werner Herzog
Dec 27, 2008
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Dec 17, 2008
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Nov 16, 2008
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