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Blonde, beautiful – and twisted
Amanda Seyfried may be starring in the box-office hit Dear John, but she’s also got a hankering for dark, difficult roles
Oscar’s worst oversights
-- and some deserving nominees
The Globe's Liam Lacey and Rick Groen offer their analysis of the Academy Awards
Johanna Schneller
David v. Goliath
Now, about those Oscar nominations. As always, I tip my hat to the lowly writers, who got it right once again.
The Avatars of their era
10 films that forever changed movies
Film Friday
I Killed My Mother (J'ai tue ma mere)
An archetypal teen takes on his mother’s inner tiger
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Analysis
How 10 best-picture nominees change everything
If the 'best' in Best Picture is to retain any artistic meaning, The Blind Side has no place in this parade
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Johanna Schneller: Fame Game
Smarten up, Paul
It's about time Paul Bettany found the stardom that is his due
R.M. Vaughan: Q&A
Jerry Bruckheimer’s big imprint
A superproducer as busy as this had better know how to multitask
Sundance Film Festival
A Runaway success
An out-of-control train, by an animator who thinks we’re doomed
Bernard Émond explores faith, hope and now charity
Filmmaker’s La Donation poses the question: What is a meaningful life?
Cameron's Avatar now king of the world
Titanic sunk as the all-time worldwide box-office champion.
She knows no boundaries
With a film at Sundance, director Adriana Maggs is more than happy to open up about darker days
Film Friday
Tolstoy as bedroom farce
Despite its literary pedigree, The Last Station is a stagy production that mixes ribaldry and campy overacting
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A worthy story, but it fails to evolve on screen
The attempt to represent genius in traditional Hollywood films often leads to directorial overkill
Biting off more than it can chew
There’s no disguising the fact that Dwayne Johnson isn’t much of an actor
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