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Book review: 'Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood' The Star-Ledger - NJ.com A glance at some Pomegranate titles — "Dark Shadows Memories," "The Dark Shadows Companion," "The Dark Shadows Almanac," "The Dark Shadows Movie Book" — tells you where the company's bread is buttered. These are niche books for the ravenous "Dark ... See all stories on this topic » The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Book Review: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Music on Film by Dave Thompson Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Like the others in the series, Thompson's little book aims at giving the reader a capsule history of the film from its inception and creation to its reception by the public and the critics. Conceived of originally as a play by actor Richard O'Brien, ... See all stories on this topic »

Ror Reviews: DARK SHADOWS Comic Book Movie Many people seem to either love or hate his movies and his style. Personally I think most of his films are pretty great (Batman, Beetlejuice, Ed Wood, Sweeney Todd etc), but there is no denying that he has thrown out a few stinkers too. See all stories on this topic »

Get Reel: Confessions of a film critic Wicked Local I have, before I became a film critic and after I became one. Go to enough movies and you're going to read a review that either loved a film you loathed or loathed a film you loved. I advise filmgoers to read a multiple of reviews before deciding on a ... See all stories on this topic »

Book Review: The Pirates! Band of Misfits: An Adventure with Scientists and An ... Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) The book includes the first two novels in The Pirates! series by Defoe, An Adventure with Scientists and An Adventure with Ahab, which also formed the basis for the movie. Defoe has also written The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists, ... See all stories on this topic »

Book Review | The Family Corleone: 'Godfather' prequel cursed with confusing plot Columbus Dispatch By Alan Johnson THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Movies sometimes become so closely associated with the books on which they are based that they are practically inseparable. Consider the memorable scene from The Godfather during which Luca Brasi — the brutal, ... See all stories on this topic » Columbus Dispatch

Reel Reviews: Summer movie season starts early Vernon Morning Star The film promises to be a veritable who's who of superheroes.But is it six movies in one? Does it cut the mustard? TAYLOR: I generally expect good things from "comic book" movies and am usually disappointed. I'm gonna say right off the bat that The ... See all stories on this topic »

10 Summer movies we are ready to see Washington Times "The Avengers'" box-office and reviews have raised the bar not just for comic book movies, but for movies over all. Can DKR live up to the hype? Is it a prequel to "Alien"? We don't know the exact answer, but the trailer gives clues that it is part of ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Times

Roger Ebert to replace thumb with emoticons in print reviews / Scrape TV - The ... Scrape TV Chicago, IL – Film review has never developed a standard format. Stars, numerical ranking, and descriptive opinions have been the standard way of declaring an overall opinion. The most unique and most power