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Written by Steve Warren
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Friday, 21 September 2007 |
 Every few months someone e-mails
a PowerPoint presentation of what the Earth looks like from the moon. We watch
it, go “Oooh!” a few times, briefly consider our insignificance in the universe,
forward it and get on with our lives. To reclaim their
self-importance the alpha males among us will, depending on their age, execute a
hostile takeover of a struggling company or try to advance to the next level of
their new videogame.
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Written by Steve Warren
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Friday, 21 September 2007 |
 Here comes that déjà vu again! On the heels of “Shoot ‘em Up,”
which opened with a pregnant woman fleeing gangsters, comes “Eastern Promises,”
which also opens with a pregnant woman in distress, although her gangsters don’t
appear until later. Like “Trade,” opening a week later in many cities, “Eastern
Promises” is about international traffic in sex slaves.
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Written by Steve Warren
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Friday, 05 October 2007 |
 There are two kinds of soap
operas: the traditional melodrama and the darkly comic satire. “The Jane
Austen Book Club” represents a third kind, with all the events that can be
crammed into six lives and those they touch, but told in a sweet, funny way.
It’s also a feast for Jane Austen fans, in case they’re hungry again after
“Becoming Jane.”
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Written by Martin Kelley
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Saturday, 15 September 2007 |
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 A phrase that will always be front and center in my mind as a classic indie film line, "Vegas, Baby!" always conjures up fun for me. I've attended the CineVegas Film Festival for 5 years now and each year I've seen it grow into an excellent film festival for both mainstream and independent filmmaking.
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Written by Steve Warren
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Saturday, 15 September 2007 |
 “Woman-in-jeopardy” thrillers used to appeal to some men’s twisted sadistic fantasies. Even though they knew they’d be punished in the end they took vicarious pleasure in watching the heroine suffer for an hour and a half before some big strong dude jumped in to rescue her. That changed in the 1970s when women started showing they could take care of themselves, epitomized by Sigourney Weaver kicking “Alien” butt.
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Saturday, 15 September 2007 |
 The last time I played Donkey Kong I made a jackass of myself. Some people who are far better at the game can also make jackasses of themselves, in different ways, as Seth Gordon shows in his documentary, “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.” It’s not about technique; Gordon just captured a great story as it unfolded.
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Saturday, 15 September 2007 |
 Billy Bob Thornton must have pacted with the devil in 2001, the year of “The Man Who Wasn’t There,” “Bandits” and “Monster’s Ball.” Their contract has long since lapsed. Thornton’s subsequent films have been spotty, more bad than good, with only “Bad Santa” showing him at his best.
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