Articles by Brendan Willis

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  Angels and Demons

  Ron Howard

  PUBLISHED May 14, 2009

  Based on Dan Brown's bestselling novel, Angels and Demons improves on the formula director Ron Howard adapted for The Da Vinci Code a few y...

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  X-Men Origins: Wolverine

  Gavin Hood

  PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2009

  Despite being billed as an origin story, X-Men Origins: Wolverine doesn't pay particular focus to the early life of everybody's favourite a...

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  Bedtime Stories

  Adam Shankman

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2009

  Adam Sandler may not be known for his family-friendly humour but Bedtime Stories tones down his traditional over-the-top insanity in favour...

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  Observe & Report

  Jody Hill

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2009

  2009 seems to be the year of the mall cop movie. A few months ago, Kevin James (King of Queens) bumbled his way across the big screen in Pa...

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  Seven Pounds

  Gabriele Muccino

  PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2009

  There has been some sort of unwritten agreement that nobody will talk about what happens in Seven Pounds, apparently because knowing anythi...

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  In Electric Mist

  Bertrand Tavernier

  PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2009

  Despite the presence of recognizable movie stars like Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman and Mary Steenburgen, In Electric Mist feels like a mad...

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  Knowing

  Alex Proyas

  PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2009

  If disasters could be predicted, Knowing would never have been made. Though director Alex Proyas (Dark City, I, Robot) manages to create a...

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  Screamers: The Hunting

  Sheldon Wilson

  PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2009

  Some might call the 1995 film Screamers a cult film, though they would be wrong. The original film, loosely based on the Philip K. Dick sho...