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Alpha movie review: dog tired

Thu, Aug 23, 2018
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The remarkable Ice Age setting is all that distinguishes — and not by much — a depressingly conventional boy-and-his-dog story.

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January 15: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Fri, Jan 15, 2010
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We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, except the apocalypse has arrived, and you’ll be busy protecting your books from rampaging hoards of desperate readers. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, … more…

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The Book of Eli (review)

Fri, Jan 15, 2010
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Denzel was carrying the fire, right, Papa? Yes. The book was the fire? Yes. No. The boy wouldnt understand.

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my week at the movies: ‘The Book of Eli,’ ‘Fish Tank’

Mon, Jan 11, 2010
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Slow week while everyone except me jets off to Sundance. Warner Bros. is holding The Book of Eli (opens in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. on January 15) till Wednesday night, which doesn’t inspire great hope, but at least it is screening. It’s all about how Our Hero Denzel is carrying Viggo Mortensen’s flame … more…

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