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Reviews of recent and upcoming DVD releases Kansas City Star If you already knew that, the movie's a lukewarm and (for now) incomplete adaptation that does nothing to enhance a book that's endured just fine without it. And if you don't know who Galt is, the periodic drops of his name - often in the company of ... See all stories on this topic »

The Debt - movie review The Vine Jump forward 30 years and while Rachel (Helen Mirren) is at the launch of a book by her daughter detailing their mission, David (Ciaran Hinds) is being collected from his dingy apartment by a secret agents. David doesn't look happy; outside, ... See all stories on this topic »

J. Edgar Movie review by Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan reviews 'J. Edgar' staring Leonardo DiCaprio. See all stories on this topic »

Blu-Ray Review: 'Atlas Shrugged: Part One' Crave Online A film adaptation needs to stand on its own. There's no point in making a movie to exalt a book if that movie turns out bad enough to imply that the source material is lifeless and dull. Of course, critiquing a book, movie or anything else that exists ... See all stories on this topic »

Review: Leeds Film Festival's 11th Night of the Dead Shadowlocked From the downright predictable to the bizarre, Shadowlocked's Leo Owen reviews this year's four main features... The writer and director of 2008's horror flick Scarce, Jesse T. Cook, revisits the genre in his latest film Monster Brawl. ... See all stories on this topic » Shadowlocked

Book Review: Zombie Spaceship Wasteland By Patton Oswalt Geeks of Doom For anyone who has devoted some part of their life to devouring every movie, book, or piece of music they could get their hands on Oswalt is more than a comedian; he's a magical weaver of words, turning comic monologues overflowing with references to ... See all stories on this topic » Geeks of Doom

Do you read reviews before checking out a new book or film? If so, from where? Lawrence Journal World "Rotten Tomatoes. I don't often agree with them, but I look." "I do for movies but not books. I read movie reviews from newspapers and occasionally online." "I pick movies through word of mouth and books by my favorite authors and by recommendations." See all stories on this topic »

REDLINE BluRay Review Twitch It's not often that I write two reviews for the same film almost within a month from each other, but for Takeshi Koike's "Redline" I will gladly make an exception. Now for those with a big wallet this film was actually available already from Japan with ... See all stories on this topic » Twitch

Film review: Anonymous Canadian University Press Newswire First of all, it's not hard for a playwright to ask a friend who speaks French, or to inquire about a book on different languages, to provide a translation if his writing required it. And if Shakespeare could write, he could certainly read as well. ... See all stories on this topic » Canadian University Press Newswire