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A man and a boy (superbly played by Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee) trudge across a namelessly devastated America, searching for food while avoiding becoming same for roaming gangs of cannibals. Probably the best of the recent spate of post-Apocalyptic movies, this one gets the atmosphere right and the characters, too. But that said, it’s ...
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In this Hollywood origin story of Japan’s Atom Boy, a brilliant robotics scientist who recently lost a son creates a super-robot kid with all his son’s memories, but then spurns the final product as too emotionally upsetting. Maybe it’s all the hair gel. Rejected robokid, renamed Astro Boy for some reason, hangs with some human ...
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Screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga tries his hand at directing in the wake of his split with director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Together, the two made the excellent Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel. This film interweaves three narratives. The first involves the troubled sexaholic owner of an upscale restaurant (Charlize Theron in another strong performance). The second ...
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