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Serious Man opens October 2nd, 2009 (limited)


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Published Sept. 27, 2009 at 2:31 a.m.

The Coen Brothers (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN) get back to their Minnesota roots with this film that blithely walks the line between comedy and drama. Set in 1967, A SERIOUS MAN centers on Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a university professor whose life is falling apart around him ...

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Toy Story 2 in 3-D opens October 2nd, 2009 (wide)


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Published Sept. 27, 2009 at 2:31 a.m.

When it was released in 1999, TOY STORY 2 joined the esteemed ranks of THE GODFATHER PART II and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK as a sequel that just might have surpassed the excellent original. In this rerelease, all the gorgeous animation from John Lasseter's film gets a 3-D update, with all the heart and genius intact ...

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Afterschool opens October 1st, 2009 (limited)


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Published Sept. 27, 2009 at 2:31 a.m.

Early twentysomething writer/director Antonio Campos makes a startlingly assured directorial debut with AFTERSCHOOL. Set in an exclusive Northeastern prep school, the film follows Robert (Ezra Miller), a confused youngster who spends most of his time watching videos on the Internet. Some of these are harmless, but some are much more troubling, including pornography and actual fights that have been captured on various consumer-grade video cameras. Robert himself doesn't appear to have violent

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Metcalf's Screening Room: Milwaukee Film Festival


Published Sept. 26, 2009 at 7:07 a.m.


In this edition of the Screening Room, OnMilwaukee.com movie expert Mark Metcalf takes a look at a handful of movies showing at the Milwaukee Film Festival, which runs through Sunday, Oct. 4. One of the films Metcalf looks at is "Theater of War," which was produced by Whitefish bay native Jack Turner and stars Academy Award winner Meryl Streep (pictured).

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Mary and Max opens September 25th, 2009 (limited)


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Published Sept. 25, 2009 at 2:14 a.m.

This claymation wonder made a splash at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. The surprising friendship between a young Australian girl named Mary (voiced by Toni Collette) and an aging New Yorker named Max (Philip Seymour Hoffman) lies at the heart of this sweet comedy. Though Mary and Max have never met, they communicate via letter, becoming close companions though they are separated by thousands of miles. Barry Humphries provides narration, while Eric Bana also supplies his voice ...

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Showtime! Milwaukee Film Festival opens tonight


Published Sept. 24, 2009 at 5:15 a.m.


It has been a long and difficult year, but the Milwaukee Film Festival is ready to rise from the ashes of its predecessor. Thanks to the hard work of Jonathan Jackson, Kyle Heller, TJ Fackelman and a board of directors that includes many of the smartest, most imaginative, active and important people in the community -- people with a deep passion for film, the creative world and Milwaukee -- this is a time to celebrate. The Milwaukee Film Festival opens today!

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Blind Date opens


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Published Sept. 20, 2009 at 2:36 a.m.

A married couple deals with a crushing loss in a way that's both funny and deeply sad in this comedy-drama from director, screenwriter, and star Stanley Tucci. Don (Tucci) and his wife, Janna (Patricia Clarkson), meet every night in the same shabby nightclub where Don performs a humorously shambolic magic act. Don and Janna's relationship has been on the verge of collapse since the death of their daughter, and they're trying to reconnect with each other through role-playing, so each evening they

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Paranormal Activity opens September 25th, 2009 (limited)


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Published Sept. 20, 2009 at 2:36 a.m.

A haunted house makes no secret of the fact it is not pleased with its new tenants in this independent tale of supernatural horror. Katie (Katie Featherson) and Micah (Micah Sloat) are a twentysomething couple who've just moved into a new home in San Diego, California. Katie has an interest in the paranormal and believes that malevolent spirits have been following her since childhood, though Micah is not so easily convinced. However, after several nights of loud noises and strange happenings,

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Clive Barker s Book of Blood opens September 22nd, 2009 (DVD)


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Published Sept. 20, 2009 at 2:36 a.m.

A pair of creepy Clive Barker stories--"Book of Blood" and "On Jerusalem Street"--provide the spine for this chilling horror film. In BOOK OF BLOOD, a woman studying paranormal phenomena and a college student with a gift for talking to the dead team up with unexpectedly erotic and unsurprisingly horrific results ...

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"Soul Power" spends too little time onstage


Published Sept. 16, 2009 at 11:31 a.m.


If you've seen a concert film before, you know that there's more to films in this genre than concert footage. Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains the Same" had lots of crazy offstage stuff, to offer just one example. "Soul Power," a new film from director Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, is no different.

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