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Entries from November 1, 2003 - December 1, 2003
Master and Commander
Posted Saturday, November 15, 2003 in Movie Reviews
[Our Sunday Visitor, December 7, 2003]
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
The opposite of "chick flick" is "guy flick," the kind of film that's expected to appeal to "real men." It has predictable elements: big explosions, naked girls, and high-speed chases. "Master and Commander" is a different kind of guy flick, because it's more thoroughly about "real men," who have normal-size, realistic powers rather than superhuman ones.
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Elf, Matrix Revolutions
Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2003 in Movie Reviews
[Our Sunday Visitor, December 14, 2003]
Elf
Step up and shake hands with the movie that is going to be playing in the next room every Christmas for the rest of your life. "Elf" appears to have been planned with that small-screen destiny in mind: uncomplicated camerawork usually features one big image in the middle of the screen, an image you can identify without squinting even as far away as the refrigerator.
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