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Film: Capsule Reviews Of Current Releases (Cleveland Scene) Appaloosa - A decent enough western in the old-school tradition, Appaloosa reunites Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen for the first time since 2005's A History of Violence. This time, Harris and Mortensen play hired Wild West lawmen instead of mobster adversaries. Their relaxed, easygoing camaraderie is the best thing in Appaloosa, giving it the timeless quality of a vintage buddy movie like Newman ... us.rd.yahoo.com
House of No Pain (Nashville Scene) Something funny happened between the start-up of the International Black Film Festival of Nashville and this year: Tyler Perry. In 2006, as the IBFF divided its screenings for the first time between The Belcourt and the Fisk University campus, the movie industry was still puzzling over the surpri... us.rd.yahoo.com
Goodbye Dragon Inn (2003) (New York Times) The most popular movies among NYTimes.com readers. Tsai Ming-Liang ("What Time Is It There?," "Rebels of the Neon God") is the most Euclidean of directors, a master of geometry whose films are both oblique and actute. us.rd.yahoo.com
Theater complex taking shape (The St. Augustine Record) For months, the public watched and waited for the acres of cleared land off State Road 207 to take shape as the 16-screen, 60,000-square-foot movie theater complex. us.rd.yahoo.com
Action and anti-heroes propel ‘Good Bad Weird’ (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) This self-described "Oriental Western," while a far cry from its inspiration -- Sergio Leone's now-classic Spaghetti Western of similar title and theme -- has enough production and action value going for it that it exemplifies South Korea's continuing box-office impact on international cinema. us.rd.yahoo.com
Andrzej Wajda at Walter Reade, Plus Red Art (The Village Voice) Andrzej Wajda is not only Poland's greatest filmmaker but one who, throughout his long career, has demonstrated a remarkable knack for making movies that double as political events. He's a people's artist in a way perhaps unanticipated by the Communist regime that trained and ambivalently support... us.rd.yahoo.com
The Ultimate Matrix Collection (Blu-ray) (DVD Talk) Warner Bros. // R // October 14, 2008 // Region A You always hear about films like Halloween and Evil Dead being the release queens of the industry, but what about The Matrix Trilogy ? There were separate releases for each film, and the Animatrix tie-in. us.rd.yahoo.com
Ultimate Matrix Collection (Blu-ray) (DVD Talk) Warner Bros. // R // October 14, 2008 // Region A (The reviews of all three films are taken from reviews of the previous releases of all three films.) us.rd.yahoo.com
Plimoth Plantation events and programs (Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin) Plimoth Plantation, located at 137 Warren Ave., is an educational living history museum dedicated to 17th century Plimoth Colony. us.rd.yahoo.com
Everyone Still Hates Tom Cruise [Celebrity] (Gawker) Sigh. Even though he was funny in that movie Tropic Thunder and his upcoming eye-patch epic Valkyrie actually doesn't look that bad, everyone still hates Tom Cruise. Always with the hating of Tom... us.rd.yahoo.com
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