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OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sam Raimi Stars: James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King, Tony Cox, Bruce Campbell, Abigail Spencer. This is a prequel to Victor Fleming’s beloved 1939 classic film based on the novel from L Frank Baum. It takes us into the mystical, magical land [...]

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TAKE THIS WALTZ

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sarah Polley Stars: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby, Sarah Silverman. Canadian actress Sarah Polley (The Sweet Hereafter, Go, etc) has always brought a fierce intelligence and compassion to her sensitive portrayals of wounded and conflicted women, and she brings the same qualities to her films behind the camera as [...]

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MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Simon Curtis Stars: Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench, Julia Ormond, Emma Watson, Zoe Wanamaker, Toby Jones, Dougray Scott, Derek Jacobi. Hollywood created a superstar, but fame was the steep price Marilyn Monroe had to pay for her image. There are lots of apocryphal stories concerning the behaviour [...]

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BLUE VALENTINE

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Derek Cianfrance Stars: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Faith Wladyka, Mike Vogel, Ben Shenkman, Jen Jones, Maryann Plunkett. Featuring a couple of brave, career-best performances from its two talented stars, this independent film offers a candid, intimate and bittersweet valentine to a marriage that is collapsing. While emotionally devastating, Blue Valentine [...]

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