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Review: ‘Inkheart’
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Inkheart, based on the young-adult fantasy series by Cornelia Funke, begins with Meggie Folchart traveling with her father Mortimer. Mo is a bookbinder and travels far and wide repairing books in small villages and seemingly out of the way places. While wandering around waiting for her father in one of these places, Meggie is…
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2009 Academy Awards Nominations Announced
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Below is the shortlist for the 81st Academy Awards. The winners in each category will be announced on February 22nd at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Make your predictions now! Best Picture The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire Stephen Daldry…
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Warner Bros. And Fox Settle, ‘Watchmen’ Maintains March 6th Release Date
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According to the Holly wood Reporter, Warner Bros. and Fox have come to terms over the distribution rights to Watchmen. No details were released, as expected, but word is that Fox will get a sizable chunk of the box office grosses. I’m of the opinion that all the hoopla surrounding this legal tussle will…
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Ricardo Montalbán 1920-2009
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On the heels of the death of Patrick McGoohan comes news of the loss of Ricardo Montalbán. Montalbán died on January 14, 2009, at his home in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 88 due to “complications from advancing age” according to his son-in-law Gilbert Smith. It is known that he suffered a…