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		<title>REVIEW: OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (2013)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This movie makes me fear even more for the future of the Star Wars franchise.  What has happened to Disney?  Instead of inspiring wonder and amusement, they too seem to have gone the way of bland mediocrity, an opiate for &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/review-oz-the-great-and-powerful-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: LES MISERABLES (2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was on the fence about whether I was going to see this one until I learned it was directed by Tom Hooper, whose The King&#8217;s Speech was stunning.  I thought he would be good choice to bring out the &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/review-les-miserables-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>THOUGHTS ON &#8220;LINCOLN&#8221; (2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just about any film will have its strengths and weaknesses, but some of these I never expected from veteran Spielberg. Its main strength lies in the acting.  Daniel Day-Lewis is, unsurprisingly, fantastic as Abraham Lincoln.  He humanizes the president that &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/thoughts-on-lincoln/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>BRIEF REVIEW: JANE EYRE (2011)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Director Cary Fukunaga has given a new generation a gorgeous version of this classic tale.  Since its publishing in 1847, under the pseudonym Currer Bell, Jane Eyre has fascinated both readers and storytellers.  This adaptation is beautifully shot, very well-acted, and &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/brief-review-jane-eyre-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER (2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, the title tells you just about all you need to know.  Knowing the basics, I expected a silly action flick.  And it is.  The film (and presumably the book, although I haven&#8217;t read it) weaves in biographical details about &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/review-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: THE QUEEN OF SPADES (1949)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A somewhat forgotten film, The Queen of Spades seems to be making a quiet return.  Made on a small budget, the film was nominated for a BAFTA (British equivalent of the Oscars) and was screened at Cannes, before dropping off &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/review-the-queen-of-spades-1949/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the best movie of the year (at least, so far).  It&#8217;s charming but not saccharine, sweeping but not grandiose.  As it is based upon a book, story is paramount.  It is from Lasse Halstrom, the director of Chocolat, &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/review-salmon-fishing-in-the-yemen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: THE WOMAN IN BLACK (2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A crumbling manor, a mysterious curse, a sea mist and creepy deaths.  How could I (of all people) resist?  I am completely unfamiliar with the book (of the same name) by Susan Hill, which is rather unlike me.  And I &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/review-the-woman-in-black-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not a Potter nerd. &#160;I&#8217;ve read the books, and I saw most of the movies. &#160;They&#8217;re fine. &#160;Fun for the most part. &#160;But I&#8217;d never stand in line for one, or join a uberfan club in order to &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/thoughts-on-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: GLORIOUS 39 (2011)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glorious indeed.  This is a wholly original, impeccable new film from writer/director Stephen Poliakoff.  A stunning cast illuminates a finite moment in English history &#8212; the summer of 1939, on the eve of the unthinkable.   The story centers on &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/review-glorious-39/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>MESRINE: Parts Un et Deux (2008)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 1 &#8211; Killer Instinct Part 2 &#8211; Public Enemy No. 1 I have rarely been so entranced by what is primarily an action movie.  So far-reaching is the protagonist&#8217;s mayhem that it took two full length films to show &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/mesrine-parts-un-et-deux/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: RARE EXPORTS (2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is plenty to be frightened of this Christmas. &#160;At least in Finland. &#160;In the world&#8217;s farthest reaches of desolation, it gets dark by mid afternoon &#8212; and Krampas can come out to play. &#160;A father and son manage a &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/review-rare-exports/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Most Underrated Films of the Decade: Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I Capture the Castle (2003) Romola Garai stars in I Capture the Castle It has all the elements of a fantastic film &#8212; an all-star cast, fabulous production design, a gorgeous score (from Dario Marianelli) and a script based on &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/most-underrated-films-of-the-decade-part-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: THE CONSPIRATOR (2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Redford is usually an immaculate storyteller but this film was far too caught up in political history lessons to really find an emotional center.  The story is an engaging one.  Sadly the screenwriter is no better than the writer of &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/review-the-conspirator/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: BLACK SWAN</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 07:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do not bother to see this movie.  If you want to know why, read on.  If not, I don&#8217;t blame you.  I don&#8217;t want to revisit it either. Darren Aronofsky revitalized his career, along with Mickey Rourke&#8217;s, with The Wrestler.  This &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/review-black-swan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: THE WOLFMAN (2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remakes, in general, are a bad idea&#8230; and this was a remake of a B-film.  Perhaps Universal, the owners of the franchise, were looking for a way to extend their copyright on their classic horror film.  The shoot itself seemed &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/the-wolfman-2010/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: THE DARK CORNER (1946)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve truly been enjoying the discovery of Lucille Ball films that pre-date her more famous comedienne years.  I stumbled upon an early Douglas Sirk melo-noir called Lured that has somehow slipped through the cracks (my review here).  Where that was decidedly &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/the-dark-corner-1946/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: ALICE IN WONDERLAND (3D)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I put off writing this one for a few reasons.  In fact, it may be too late to influence anyone, but the irritation I felt still lingers. Burton did Alice a disservice.  There I said it. I wanted to like &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/alice-in-wonderland-3d/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: SHERLOCK HOLMES (2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwgerard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I grew up on Sherlock, quite literally.  I grabbed my dad&#8217;s heavy volumes and looked at the original Strand etchings even before I could read the complicated stories.  And Jeremy Brett IS Sherlock Holmes.  Doyle himself couldn&#8217;t have a qualm with &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/sherlock-holmes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: UP IN THE AIR (2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwgerard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I truly wish the TV commercial for this movie did not tout it as being the &#8220;from director of Juno.&#8221;  That is selling it short.  Or worse.  Juno was self-conscious in almost every aspect.  Up In The Air, however, is &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/up-in-the-air/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: YOUTH IN REVOLT (2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like most of America, I first became aware of Michael Cera with the all-too-short-lived comedy Arrested Development. Since his stint as the awkward George Michael Bluth, he has branched out to playing a slightly older but still awkward teenager looking &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/youth-in-revolt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously. They actually do. This title is not a metaphor. Like The Informant!, though less subtle, the film is adapted from a book by Jon Ronson, which is supposedly a collection of mostly true stories, and instead of saying &#8220;Based &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/the-men-who-stare-at-goats/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: THE YOUNG VICTORIA (2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brits have a love/hate obsession with their royals that is still somewhat a mystery to Americans. We have our celebrities that we love to hate but rarely, if ever, do we follow their story from birth to death. The &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/the-young-victoria/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: THE INFORMANT! (2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on a memoir/novel/autobiography of a whistleblower at a large chemical company, The Informant! is a quirky comedy that avoids the pitfalls of most similarly-tilted films. Matt Damon plays the protagonist, Mark Whitacre, an uncomfortable chemist at Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM). He &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/the-informant/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: INGLORIOUS BASTERDS (2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quentin Tarantino&#8216;s most recent outing is, well, Tarantino. He was both writer and director for this one and it is entirely referential of something else, but never anything original. Some think this makes him genius. Most find this to be &#8230; <a href="http://mwgerard.com/inglourious-basterds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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