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William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe opens November 13th, 2009 (limited)


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Published Nov. 10, 2009 at 3:18 a.m.

During the second half of the 20th century, William Kunstler was one of the most admired attorneys in America--and one of the most hated. Kunstler was a man who thrived on controversial cases; in the 1960s, he specialized in defending clients who ran afoul of the law on civil rights and free speech issues, and he spoke on behalf of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Lenny Bruce, members of the Black Panther Party, Native American activists, and prisoners' rights groups. Kunstler found himself in the

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On Hollywood: Talking "Paranormal Activity"


Published Nov. 5, 2009 at 6:10 a.m.


"Paranormal Activity" is the surprise hit of the year in movies. Made for $11,000 by director Oren Peli and shot at his home, the film has made over $60 million. Its young stars, Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat spoke with OnMilwaukee.com's Gino Salomone recently.

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Michael Jackson's This Is It opens October 28th, 2009 (wide)


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Published Oct. 27, 2009 at 2:21 a.m.

Michael Jackson takes a final bow in this theatrical concert film featuring rehearsal footage of the late megastar as he practiced for the 100 shows in London that never came to be. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL's Kenny Ortega handles direction duties as well as choreography chores for the HD-shot film ...

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House of the Devil opens October 30th, 2009 (limited)


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Published Oct. 27, 2009 at 2:21 a.m.

A coed struggling to pay her rent ends up taking the wrong part-time job in writer-director Ti West's old-school, 1980s-set horror flick THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL. Samantha (Jocelin Donahue) is a sweet-natured and retiring young woman, unlike her rambunctious, loud, and self-assured best buddy, Megan (mumblecore stalwart Greta Gerwig). After moving into a new apartment, Samantha is desperate for a way to make a few more bucks. When Mr. Ulman (Tom Noonan) comes on campus looking for a babysitter,

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Sunday Sound-off: Is the movie ever better than the book?


Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 7:04 a.m.


This weekend, "Where the Wild Things Are" opened in theaters and, for some, it leads to the classic question that asks if the book is better than the movie, or the movie is better than the book. What do you think? Let the wild rumpus start!

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Saw VI opens October 23rd, 2009 (wide)


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Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 2:29 a.m.

The makers of the Saw films continue to make Rube Goldberg roll over in his grave with this sixth film in the series. SAW VI finds Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) the target of a FBI investigation, but that won’t stop him from continuing the murderous mayhem started by Jigsaw ...

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Stan Helsing opens October 23rd, 2009 (limited)


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Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 2:29 a.m.

The monster movie genre gets spoofed with this Stone Village Pictures and Essential Entertainment production written and directed by Bo Zenga, producer of the first film in the SCARY MOVIE franchise. The plot revolves around a video-store employee who has to save his town when it becomes plagued by six famous movie monsters on Halloween night ...

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Antichrist opens October 23rd, 2009 (limited)


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Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 2:29 a.m.

Only two actors, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Defoe, inhabit the space of this supernatural thriller directed by Lars Von Trier. The stars play a couple who attempt to grieve for their dead child by living in seclusion in the middle of a forest. But their story does not end there: in the forest, they encounter pure evil in Satan. With Von Trier at the helm, ANTICHRIST promises to be a challenging, intelligent film that doesn’t adhere to the conventions of cinema or religion ...

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Astro Boy opens October 23rd, 2009 (wide)


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Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 2:29 a.m.

Osamu Tezuka's classic character finds a home on the silver screen with this CG-animated film. Freddie Highmore (THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES) voices Astro Boy, a robot who is a disappointment to the man who created him to replace his dead son. Astro Boy leaves his home in the high-tech Metro City and has an incredible adventure, but he must return to save both his relationship with his father and the citizens of Metro City. ASTRO BOY also features the voices of Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland,

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Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis opens


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Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 2:29 a.m.

To an even greater degree than Oskar Schindler, Dr. Israel Kasztner played a key role in saving the lives of well over 1,000 Jews from the Holocaust (1,600 in Kasztner's case; 1,200 in Schindler's). However, a fascinating and deeply sad irony lies buried in the differences between the men's stories: Schindler was a Nazi party member who manipulated the Gestapo to save the said individuals, and he died a veritable hero. Meanwhile, Kasztner was a Jew who bargained with Adolf Eichmann for the

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