After some initial skepticism, I drank the Kool Aid on Watchmen a while back. The more I see of it, the more I like it. It’s still hard to imagine a 2-hour movie doing the graphic novel justice, but Zack Snyder seems to have approached it in the right spirit and I admire the fact [...]

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A couple of months back, something Daniel Getahun said in a comment thread got me to thinking about doing a multi-blog look at James Bond in anticipation of the release of Quantum of Solace. Well, I’m good at coming up with ideas, but pretty miserable at following through on them. Nevertheless, as proof that you can’t [...]

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Mathieu Amalric and Catherine Deneuve in the LiC pick of the week:
Arnaud Desplechin’s A Christmas Tale 
Kind of a strange lineup this week with only one new wide release, a few limited releases and a handful of movies opening in New York only. Nevertheless, there is some great and potentially great stuff here. I highly recommend [...]

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