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Entries from October 1, 2006 - November 1, 2006
The Prestige
Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 in Movie Reviews
[National Review Online, October 23, 2006]
For the first few minutes of “The Prestige,” I wondered if the projectionist had loaded the trailer by mistake. After a brief, surreal opening shot (but file it away for later), we hear wise old stage-magician Cutter (Michael Caine) describing in voice-over the three “acts” of a magic trick.
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Infamous
Posted Friday, October 13, 2006 in Movie Reviews
[National Review Online, October 13, 2006]
When David Cathcart completed his screenplay about Truman Capote, he phoned Bingham Ray, the head of United Artists, and offered to send it over. Ray responded, “It’s on my desk.” This surprised Cathcart, since he thought the work hadn’t yet left his own desk. Ray insisted, “I’m looking at it right now. ‘Capote’ by Dan…”
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Open Season on Beauty
Posted Sunday, October 1, 2006 in Movie Reviews, Christian Life, The Culture
[Dallas Morning News, October 1, 2006]
“I didn’t like the part in the restaurant,” Hannah, my 6-year-old granddaughter, said. We were leaving a screening of Sony’s new animated feature, “Open Season,” and I was trying to remember any scene in a restaurant. When she said it was “too messy,” I realized that she meant an early scene where the movie’s lead characters, a suburban bear and a one-antlered deer, run loose in a mini-mart.
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