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Kirsten Dunst

Bachelorette (review)

Fri, Aug 31, 2012
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This is a like comedy from Star Trek’s vicious Mirror Universe, where backstabbing and scheming are just the way things are.

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Upside Down (trailer)

Mon, Jan 09, 2012
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Kirsten Dunst says “kind of like an accessible Brazil.” Brazil isn’t accessible? *facepalm*

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Melancholia (review)

Wed, Nov 02, 2011
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Depression is like an enormous rogue planet entering your solar system and ripping your world apart…

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Melancholia (trailer)

Mon, Oct 10, 2011
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Kirst Dunset gets married, and is sad, and that makes the world end. Apparently.

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cinematic roots of: ‘Let Me In’

Mon, Oct 04, 2010
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In Let Me In, a child vampire (Chloe Grace Moretz) befriends a child nonvampire (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and violence and bloodshed ensues. This flick sprang from (among other films)…

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March 31-April 2: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Wed, Mar 31, 2010
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We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you can’t remember where you hid all those Easter eggs and you’ve gotten find ’em before they start to stink. But you can have a multiplex-like experience from the comfort of your own sofa with a collection of the right … more…

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because the origins of Spider-Man are lost in the mists of cinematic history

Tue, Jan 12, 2010
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Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, and Kirsten Dunst will not be returning for the next Spider-Man movie, and Columbia Pictures will be rebooting the franchise, starting all over and sending Peter Parker back to high school, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Or perhaps because someone thinks Spidey Goes to High School Musical is a good idea. … more…

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November 20: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Fri, Nov 20, 2009
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We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but there’s all that sighing and sulking and brooding over your immortal undead lover to do, and that’s just exhausting. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you … more…

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Spider-Man movie review: Best. Comic Book Movie. Ever.

Mon, May 06, 2002
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Spider-Man, Spider-Man / Kicked Harry Potter in the can / Blockbuster, all the way / Hundred mill in just three days / Geek out! Here comes the Spider-Man!

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