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Is 3D the new reality?
Forget cinema verité or the documentary. You need special glasses to see the new reality in movies.
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'Coraline' is a dream in 3D
The new stop-motion animation film from Henry Selik is visually inventive, psychologically rich, and technically innovative.
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Meryl throws Kate's Oscar in doubt
Look at the list of nominees, and you'll see the usual suspects, a favored newcomer and a ringer. But after 6 nominations and no wins, this should be Kate Winslet's year - even if for the wrong movie. But there's room for Doubt...
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Best Actor: Faces of the male
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View Photo AlbumThis year's contenders in the Best Actor category present a mixed lot, but a not unfamiliar one. There are no freaks here - unless you count Mickey Rourke's wrestler with a heart of gold; no one dying of an incurable illness, no superhero contending with larger-than-life forces of evil. Unfortunately.
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Best Picture a battle of unequals
From "Benjamin Button" to "Slumdog Millionaire": how the Oscar nominations for best picture stack up.
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'Revolution Road': there goes the neighborhood
Just a few minutes into the movie "Revolutionary Road," you say to yourself: This can't end well.
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CHRISTIAN KALLEN writes about film, both current and classic — what to watch and what to miss. With an emphasis on alt-TV movies, overlooked expressionism, troubled subtext and local film events, In the Dark provides an alternative to the blockbuster mentality.
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