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The Script - Movie Reviews The Immortals Contactmusic.com 'A man's seed can be his most brutal weapon,' says [costar Mickey] Rourke, as the monstrous King Hyperion, in what is definitely the film's grossest line, though not its most ridiculous." The film does score one decent review from a major newspaper ... See all stories on this topic » Contactmusic.com

Reviews: Death and Wigs The Atlantic Wire Friday means movies are opening, which means movie reviews! Today we cover a Werner Herzog documentary about capital punishment and an Adam Sandler movie about plain old regular punishment. One of the pleasures of watching Werner Herzog's documentaries ... See all stories on this topic » The Atlantic Wire

Investigating the Federal Bureau of Movie Reviews Columbus Dispatch (blog) Cleveland native Harvey Pekar is best known for his comic book series American Splendor, which was adapted for an Academy Award-nominated film of the same name in 2003. Pekar, who lived in Cleveland Heights for much of his life, died just last year ... See all stories on this topic »

New Movie Reviews: 'J. Edgar,' 'Jack and Jill,' 'Immortals,' 'Melancholia ... Hollywood Reporter The movie, a collaboration between Eastwood and Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, also stars Naomi Watts and Armie Hammer. The biopic opened first in select markets before its nationwide expansion Friday. Meanwhile, Sandler plays both title ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywood Reporter

Book Review: Screen World Volume 62: The Films of 2010, Edited by Barry Monush Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) It's not the easiest task, and if you've got a couple sawbucks to spare and wanted a quick overview of what was going on in cinema last year, then Screen World 2010 is a great industry bathroom book. The "last year" part may be the hardest pill to ... See all stories on this topic »

Movie: 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' has breakout performance from an Olsen Buffalo News Ever since I saw filmmaker Sean Durkin's unsettlingly creepy "Martha Marcy May Marlene" at the Toronto International Film Festival, I've been reading reviews describing the film's ending as "ambiguous." True, the film's ending isn't at all explicit. ... See all stories on this topic » Buffalo News

Reviews of movies new and still in town Ottawa Citizen Its video-game look and hilariously elevated dialogue make it one of the ironic delights of the season. (Jay Stone) A little Canadian film about a large subject. Jordan Prentice is a small person who lives a lonely life until he adopts a dog and ... See all stories on this topic »

BREAKING DAWN Early Reviews: Bella/Edward Sexless Honeymoon Lame and Disappointing Alt Film Guide (blog) Below are three The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 review snippets — all pans — from major trade publications. After reading Todd McCarthy's take on the film in The Hollywood Reporter (see below), I believe it's clear that there'll be a Special ... See all stories on this topic »