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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
***1/2
Charlie Bucket, a boy from an impoverished family, wins a candy bar contest and is given a tour, along with four other children, of the amazing factory run by the eccentric Willy Wonka and his staff of Oompa-Loompas. |
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Wedding Crashers
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Vaughn and Wilson star as a pair of divorce mediators who spend their weekends crashing weddings in a search for Ms. Right...for a night. But everything changes when one of them falls for the daughter of an influential and eccentric politician.
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Fantastic Four
* *
Marvel's first family of comic superheroes takes the world by storm as the longest running comic book series in history comes to the big screen.
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The Island
* * 1/2
Lincoln Six-Echo (McGregor) is a resident of a seemingly utopian but contained facility in the mid-21st century. Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island," reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet.
But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie. |
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Bad News Bears
* * 1/2
Morris Buttermaker, a former pro baseball player works as an exterminator. As the new coach of the Bears, the most losing team in Little League history, Buttermaker has his work cut out for him. |
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War of the Worlds
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A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells's seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it.
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Hustle & Flow
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Though DJay, a streetwise Memphis pimp, has always had a way with words; this philosopher-hustler lives a dead-end life at the fringes of society. Still, DJay wonders what happened to all the big dreams he had for his life. |
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The Devil's Rejects
* * 1/2
The horror and chaos continues a few weeks after the events depicted in "House of 1000 Corpses," as the murderous Firefly family is forced on the lam after a bloody showdown at their home. |
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Batman Begins
* * * 1/2
Christopher Nolan's film explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham.
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March of the Penguins
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Emperor penguins overcome daunting obstacles in order to return to their breeding grounds for mating season. This tells the story of one year in the life of a flock as they trek across the Antarctic on an annual journey that invokes just about every major life experiencel.
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