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  • Photos Colin Firth glows in study of grief

    Of all the acclaim that's come with Colin Firth's depiction of hidden grief in "A Single Man," precious little of it has focused on the physical Firth.

  • Photos More safe than 'Extraordinary'

    For its big screen debut, start-up studio CBS Films delivers what might, in an earlier age, have been a "disease of the week" TV movie.

  • Photos 'Crazy' hooks you like a country song

    In "Crazy Heart," Jeff Bridges takes the part of Bad Blake, and he takes it with both fists.

  • Denzel saves the world - and the movie

    In the future, according to "The Book of Eli," we'll all dress like we're in a Nine Inch Nails video. It is written.

  • Photos lovely and broken

    By turns warmly sentimental, serial-killer sinister and science-fiction fantastical, "The Lovely Bones" was an unlikely book to achieve worldwide success. In the film version, those mismatched elements come back to haunt the story, so to speak, making the final product more hit-and-miss than unblemished triumph.

  • Photos Hearts might not leap

    If chemistry were all, then the sparks Amy Adams and Matthew Goode set off would be enough in "Leap Year," a romantic comedy in which those sparks never quite ignite.

  • Vampire movie train keeps on rolling with 'Daybreakers'

    In the "Daybreakers" future, the vampires have it all worked out.

  • At least 'Youth in Revolt' has smarts

    "Punk" and "rebel" don't belong in the same sentence with "Michael Cera."

  • Photos Enter Holmes-o-vision in 'Sherlock'

    Any die-hard Sherlockian will tell you: Sure, Sherlock Holmes is quick to uncover clues and unmask subterfuge, even stand up to overwhelming evil. But when push comes to shove, he also can be counted on to bust out with some mucho macho action-hero moves.

  • Photos Hot prospects link '09 to '10

    Contemporary Hollywood can feel like a stagnant place, stocked with remakes and sequels.

  • Film fans: Thanks for the memories

    Nine years ago - Dec. 15, 2000, to be exact – I created The Video Guy column with the simple premise of a regular guy reviewing movies.

  • Photos Hollywood puts its take on history

    Sociologist Peter Berger once said, "The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened."

  • Photos Beautiful 'Brothers'

    "Brothers" is a movie built on that jarring disconnect between combat zone and "back home."

  • Photos Facing death is only the beginning

    Facing one's mortality always is a difficult thing to deal with in real life. It's a little easier if you're in the movies, where the plot almost always saves the day.

  • Horror classic opens film series

    Ever wish you could go to film school? The Olympia Film Society has a film series that could help you replicate the experience.

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