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...stakes, those films also raised the bar. In a box-office landscape where audiences demand epic grandeur, adolescent drama, and, above all, realism from their fantasies, how is Lewis’ simple bedtime myth to compete?At an elaborately-choreographed interview session in New York City last month, the film??s director, producer, and six principal actors make their pitch. Whirling through talking points with flashes of genuine charm, the creative team returns more than once to the example set by two particular feats of cinematic wizardry.Producer Mark Johnson takes the most direct route, naming them nonchalantly...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Disney Lionizes Faith, Fantasy in 'Wardrobe' | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

...Theron, Kusama was able to move past the genre surface to more deeply explore the nuances of her film??s characters and themes. Theron notes: “I find a lot of times that element of humanity is kind of missing in these kinds of stories, and that so much focus gets placed on just the visual and just the futuristic aspect of it that the human core of it is always lost...

Author: By Kevin Ferguson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Monster’ Actress Turns Sexy Super-Heroine | 12/2/2005 | See Source »

...Rent” movie, and I loved it. I’m not gonna lie: I blubbered for most of the film. I fell for every cheesy line and every truly beautiful song. There’s just one problem: much of the film??s message is absolutely absurd.For those of you who have been living under a rock in outer space, “Rent” is a movie about young artists living in New York’s Alphabet City at the beginning of the 1990s. It starts with the diverse cast explaining that...

Author: By Samuel M. Simon, | Title: Politics for Rent | 11/28/2005 | See Source »

...Rent”’s schizophrenic shifts between dramatic scenes and musical set pieces are better suited to Bollywood than Hollywood.Steven Chbosky’s screenplay also disappoints. He does little more than transcribe the musical’s libretto: almost all of the film??s dialogue—even that which is not sung—rhymes. This gives the movie an unfortunate Seussian feel, and drains the tension from the film??s darker scenes.Stephen Goldblatt’s murky and colorless photography won’t be winning any awards either. Because...

Author: By Bernard L. Parham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rent | 11/17/2005 | See Source »

...series of interviews with him and his second wife, June Carter (Reese Witherspoon). The film follows the singer’s life for more than 30 years, examining his highs and lows while steering clear of exploitative “VH1: Behind the Music” territory. Despite the film??s depiction of Cash’s brother’s horrific early death, a rocky relationship with his father, a failed marriage, and the ubiquitous ’60s addiction to “the pills,” this is no foray into bathos. Cash?...

Author: By Alexandra M. Fallows, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Walk the Line | 11/17/2005 | See Source »

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