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Interesting post over at Salon.com

Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen in the new Snow White flick

From Emma Mustich over at Salon.com talks to the legendary Jack Zipes regarding the latest crop of fairy tale-inspired films. Be nice if someone
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Monsters vs Aliens (An ersatz review*)

So, last night I went along with some friends to see Dreamworks’ Monsters vs Aliens – in the interests of turning off brains, disconnecting from the problems of the world and our bad/complicated/non-existent/failing relationships. Kids’ movies are good for that. Madagascar II distracted me for days from anything serious
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Watchmen … or The Philosopher-Slaughterers … or Why I Always Fight Crime Wearing Suspenders

Have just returned from the almost three hour (i.e. bladder busting) movie Watchmen. I admit my ignorance straight up – I do know Alan Moore’s work on 2000AD and ‘The Ballad of Halo Jones’ is one of my all-time favourites – but I did not know Watchmen. Having seen the movie, I’m still not sure I know Watchmen.

The aesthetics were
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