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Bizarre tale from the future

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Real Steel, a tale of a boy and his metallic 8-foot man-pet, may well drill past its own tin-plated inanities and strike gold, or oil, or something. My kid wants to see it; therefore I think it’ll be a hit...

reel to reel | Week of Oct. 13, 2011

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1911...

The dreaded ’20’

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It´s a close call, given the lousiness and the scolding tone of much of her material, but Anna Faris survives What’s Your Number? with eccentric comic charm intact. Dumb film; smart comedienne...

Serious as cancer

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It´s a cancer film; no getting around it. But the tender and funny 50/50 addresses its protagonist’s health crisis and chances for survival directly, with a refreshing lack of narrative hemming, hawing or embroidery, so that it becomes something more: a picture with ...

reel to reel | Week of Oct. 6, 2011

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1911 Jackie Chan’s 100th movie: Starring Jackie Chan and co-directed by the star and Zhang Li, 1911 tells the story of the founding of the Republic of China when Sun Yat-sens forces overthrew the Ming Dynasty. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society 50...

When the system wins

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It doesn’t take long for Alex Cox, University of Colorado Boulder assistant professor and director of such cult classics as Repo Man, Sid & Nancy, Walker and The Highway Patrolman (which screens at the International Film Series on Wednesday, Oct. 5), to show his ...

Thanks, Morgan Freeman

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I’ll be honest, in the spirit of the honestly shameless heartwarmer Dolphin Tale. I saw it in a somewhat distracted, agitated state...

Acting skills gone missing

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Twilight alumnus Taylor Lautner makes his debut as a leading man in a film tailor-made for him. Abduction puts Lautner in motion and never goes wrong as long as he remains in motion...

reel to reel | Week of Sept. 29, 2011

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50/50 When a young man is diagnosed with cancer, he and his best friend try to cope with the shock. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT Abduction See full review Page 37. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks...

Cinematography and ski porn

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From the opening shots of Solitaire, the new ski film from Sweetgrass Productions, you know you’re in for something different...

Driven by fashion to mediocrity

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Drive begins extremely well and ends in a muddle of ultra-violence, hypocrisy and stylistic preening, which won’t be any sort of deterrent for those who like its looks...

Women, poorly portrayed

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Thwarted by the same awkward timing that zonked Confessions of a Shopaholic two years ago, just when shopaholics began to seem extra-heinous, the film version of I Don’t Know How She Does It doesn’t know how to do what I think it’s trying to do...