Articles by Alan Bacchus

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  Chrysalis

  Julien Leclercq

  PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2009

  Without the honour of a theatrical release this French action import gets its straight to video premiere, marketed with a desperate hook: "...

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  Body of Lies [Blu-Ray]

  Ridley Scott

  PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2009

  Ridley Scott, though one of the most revered directors working today, seems to have made more mediocre movies than good ones. His latest, f...

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  Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About his Father

  Kurt Kuenne

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2009

  In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a young 28-year-old doctor, was murdered, a heinous, premeditated crime that left his infant son, Zachary, without a...

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  Jonas Brothers 3-D Concert Experience

  Bruce Hendricks

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2009

  Just why did these moderately talented, averaging-looking dudes get the golden ticket to tweener stardom? Because of that venerable Disney...

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  Flash of Genius

  Marc Abraham

  PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2009

  Flash of Genius is a great story stuck in a mediocre film with the misfortune of being compared to some truly great recent efforts about ob...

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  How to Get Rid of the Others

  Anders Rønnow Klarlund

  PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2009

  Scandinavians and Danes, in particular, do dark comedy really well. One of cinema's best and least known writers is the prolific Anders Tho...

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  The International

  Tom Tykwer

  PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2009

  Tom Tykwer is one of cinema's most original and adaptive directors. We all know his visual acuity from Run Lola Run, but his underrated Per...

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  MGM: When the Lion Roars

  Frank Martin

  PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2009

  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, once the great studio of Hollywood glamour and prestige, now a mere shadow of itself, is brought back to life with thi...