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Review: 'The Road' is the feel good movie of the year

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The Road starts with shots of green leaves and colorful trees. Hold on to these moments and enjoy them because the rest of the film is a grey and...
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Review: 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' is cussing fantastic

Wes Anderson has repeatedly made movies about his daddy issues; every one of his films deals with men trying to gain the love and respect of his...
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Review: Where the Wild Things Are

It's interesting to think about how Where the Wild Things Are is only Spike Jonze's third feature length film. It has been ten years since Being John...
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The Essential Directors: # 1 The Coen brothers

While the Examiner Essentials celebrates unique and classic film, the Essential Directors are the people who can fill a whole Examiner Essentials list...
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The Examiner Essentials: 20 films to watch

For convenient navigation, here's an easy to scan page containing the first twenty entries into the Examiner Essentials series. These twenty films are...
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The best and worst book-to-film adaptations: 5 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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When discussing the best book-to-film adaptations, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas stands out as a success in wrangling a wild narrative and boiling it...
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The best and worst book-to-film adaptations: 4 - Dreamcatcher

If you're playing along at home, you'll notice that this series is a back and forth type of deal. No Country for Old Men was a best of, I Am Legend...
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The best and worst book-to-film adaptations: 3 - The Warriors

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Installment one was a "best" and installment two was a "worst." So here's another example of one of the best: Walter Hill's The...
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The best and worst book-to-film adaptations: 2 - I Am Legend

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Most people who saw the film I Am Legend probably had no idea the movie was based on a book. And even if they did, there's a chance they had no idea...
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The best and worst book-to-film adaptations: 1 - No Country For Old Men

"The book was better." How many times has that phrase been uttered? Films and books are two different forms of media, and there is no reason...
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