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AFRICAN CATS
A Disney nature feature looks at life in a lion pride from the viewpoint of a young kitten
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WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
A depression-era drama with Reese Witherspoon, and vet school student who joins as second-rate circus
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TYLER PERRY’S MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY
Perry is back as the grandmother on a mission when she tries to help a family member with a medical problem.
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1. THE KING’S SPEECH:
If you think you have heard enough about this Best Picture Oscar-winner, but haven’t yet seen the film …here is your chance. It’s a remarkable “little” film done on a small budget, but with great character development and a number of great performances, including those of both Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter. There is a PG version coming too, taking out some of the profanity that exists here. Rated 14A.
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2. GULLIVER’S TRAVELS:
Jack Black is a new kind of Gulliver, not much like the one in the Jonathan Swift novel. He’s a travel writer who wangles a trip to impress a girlfriend, but gets lost in the Bermuda Triangle, and wakes up like Swift’s Gulliver, tied down by Liilliputians who just want to contain him. Beyond that, where the original was an intense social satire, this one trades on Black’s physical comedy which, in this case, really doesn’t fit the format. He soon becomes a hero – then a bum – and then embarks on a plan to have the little people’s faith in him reinstated. Rated PG.
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3. RABBIT HOLE:
: A drama that features the death of a child, and the resultant challenges for the surviving family members, is not new (“Ordinary People”) nor is it particularly uplifting subject matter. Nicole Kidman was nominated for an Oscar for her performance here, and that was full value for the job she did, rising above the difficult subject matter, and bringing a new perspective to a difficult issue. You won’t walk away smiling, but you won’t want to kill yourself either. Aaron Eckhart co-stars. Rated PG.
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TAKERS:
Despite some serious plot holes, this is a pretty good thriller. Will you see the ending coming? Probably!
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ARTHUR
Russell Brand is better than one might expect as the man-child who will inherit a fortune – maybe
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HANNAH
Disappointing spy thriller with not enough “thrill.”
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YOUR HIGHNESS
A most disappointing, vulgar, and profane knights-in-armor story starring Danny McBride, which is the problem!
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