The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Eclipse is the third film in the Twilight Saga, based on the book of the same name by Stephanie Meyer. Like the second film, New Moon, it presupposes that you have knowledge of the preceding movie (or the books) in order to fully understand the events as they unfold onscreen. Some of the characters in this series are supernatural beings.
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is the latest film from Mike Newell, who is probably best known for directing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. A buffed-up Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Dastan, a surprisingly agile street urchin that becomes a prince…by essentially throwing an apple.
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Clash of the Titans (2010)
Clash of the Titans is a remake of the 1981 film of the same name. It’s been decades since I’ve seen that film, but I remember it fondly and – even though the effects probably look extremely dated by current standards – I’m sure it would still hold up.
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Alice in Wonderland
At first glance, Tim Burton (the director of Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Big Fish and The Nightmare Before Christmas, among others) seems like a perfect choice to deliver a unique version of the familiar tale with the proper amount of visual spectacle, ingenuity and darkness.
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Avatar
This review won’t compare Avatar with any of the other “character in a new, strange culture” films like Fern Gully, The New World, The Last Samurai or Dances With Wolves… mainly because I’ve never seen any of those movies and the only part of Pocahontas that I remember is the excellent song “Colors of the Wind.” Also, everyone knows that Smu
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The Tale of Despereaux
The Tale of Despereaux is an animated movie based on a Newberry Medal winning book by Kate DiCamillo. The book told multiple stories and was split into four different parts, but the full title (The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread) implied that the story was about more than the mouse.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the story of a man who is born old and, instead of aging like everyone else, grows younger and it was (very) loosely based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story from 1921.
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The Twilight Saga: Twilight
During the holidays my little sister forced me to go see Twilight with her and I was fully prepared to hate it. I actually expected to hate it based on several things that I had seen in the trailer. There’s an event that couldn’t possibly escape attention (or scrutiny) and some ridiculous tree climbing, but the worst part is the vampires outside during the day.
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