DAVID GERMAIN

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Review: Bella mopes through pretentious `New Moon'

Where would Hollywood be without that old standby, the vampire-werewolf-schoolgirl love triangle?

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Cage uncuffs inner bad cop for `Bad Lieutenant'

Nicolas Cage figures he owes no apologies when critics gripe about all the Hollywood action flicks he's done.

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The end is near as Hollywood does the apocalypse

It's the end of the world as we know it, and Hollywood feels fine.

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Review: `Pirate Radio' rolls when it should rock

No movie can be all bad when juiced up with a soundtrack of more than 50 classic rock tunes.

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And the Oscar goes to... B-movie king Corman

Roger Corman, memorably dubbed "the Orson Welles of the Z-Movie" and "the Pope of Pop Cinema," never expected the words "Academy Award recipient" would accompany his name.

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Review: `Fantastic Mr. Fox' is mighty fine

It may not merit the adjective in its title, yet the animated yarn "Fantastic Mr. Fox" offers some of the most goofy fun you'll have at a theater this season.

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Review: `Men Who Stare at Goats' has fuzzy vision

A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney's "The Men Who Stare at Goats," and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: "More of this is true than what you might imagine."

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Carrey, Zemeckis capture 21st century Scrooge

Technology finally has caught up with Charles Dickens' imagination.

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Review: `Precious' is great American cinema

As Hollywood closed specialty divisions that aimed for quality and personal stories, as studios focus more and more on superhero sagas and action blockbusters, cinema fans have rightly wondered, who's left to make great American movies?

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Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit

Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of the line to separate movie-goers from their cash?

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Review: `House of the Devil' puts horror in limbo

Low-rental 1980s horror returns with filmmaker Ti West's "The House of the Devil," which scores points for restraint and attention to detail but defaults when the mortgage comes due with a bloody, pointless, uninspired climax.

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King of Pop aims for king of music film status

The 50 comeback concerts Michael Jackson planned in London last summer sold out in a few hours.

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Review: Earhart tale `Amelia' circles, never lands

Considering the risks Amelia Earhart took, losing her life in the call of aviation, Hilary Swank and director Mira Nair don't put much on the line in their film biography "Amelia."

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Hollywood gushes bloodsuckers in vampire boom

Vampires have been an eternal force in Hollywood horror since silent-movie days, yet they have risen to new heights as the "Twilight" franchise, TV's "True Blood" and other incarnations put the bite on viewers.

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'Paranormal Activity' slays 'Saw' with $22 million

"Paranormal Activity" has won a weekend battle of fright films over part six of the "Saw" franchise.

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Danger lurks in Jonze adaptation of `Wild Things'

Spike Jonze recalls how Maurice Sendak urged him to make the movie version of "Where the Wild Things Are" as dangerous as the book was when the children's classic came out in 1963.

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Sheen kicks Blair, Frost habit for soccer sideline

Michael Sheen never felt he was playing second fiddle as British leader Tony Blair or TV interviewer David Frost.

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Polanski arrest puts latest film `Ghost' on hold

Roman Polanski's arrest in Switzerland has left his latest film in limbo, with several months of work before the political thriller is ready for theaters.

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Polanski lives through dazzling highs, dire lows

Roman Polanski has lived through a striking collection of bizarre, triumphant and tragic events, his calamity rivaling some of the darkest horrors he has depicted on screen.

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Barrymore wheels into directing with `Whip It'

Drew Barrymore chose a real balancing act for her directing debut. She does it on wheels, directing and acting alongside "Juno" co-star Ellen Page in "Whip It," a rowdy tale of roller-derby women.

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No more docs? Moore mulls post-`Capitalism' career

Michael Moore says he made his latest documentary, "Capitalism: A Love Story," as though it were his last. And it might be.

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`Chloe' debuts amid condolences for co-star Neeson

Liam Neeson's colleagues on the sexual thriller "Chloe" reiterated their condolences over the death of his wife and gratitude for his quick return to finish the film.

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Damon turns `Informant' on pre-Bourne career fears

Matt Damon was thrilled when Steven Soderbergh called eight years ago asking him to play a tubby oddball with a self-destructive talent for spinning colossal lies.

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Rossellini makes a `Porno' with Web short films

Isabella Rossellini has established herself as the world's most prominent porn artist specializing in the lusty behavior of bugs, barnacles, shrimp and starfish.

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Damon, demons, Darwin among Toronto fest offerings

The cinema smorgasbord of the Toronto International Film Festival has something for all tastes, a place where zombies, demons and vampires share screen time with art films, Hollywood awards contenders and studio crowd-pleasers.

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