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Friday, November 16, 2012

ArtInsights' Cinema Siren

'Breaking Dawn, Part 2': A Finale for the Fans

Fifth and last in the blockbuster film series debuts, based on novels by Stephenie Meyer. Rated PG-13.

• Herndon's Phoenix Worldgate 9 has round-the-clock showings of Breaking Dawn Part 2 today including at 12:15 p.m., 1:10 p.m., 1:50 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 3:40 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 6:10 p.m., 6:50 p.m., 7:45 p.m., 8:40 p.m., 9:20 p.m., and 10:15 p.m. Tickets range from $9 to $11.25 depending on time of day.  The big finale of the Twilight Saga needs no help from anyone beyond their fans, thank you very much. You need but look to the scores of Twihards who lined up at movie theaters around the world over a week before the premiere.  These fans can rest easy.  Director Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, Dreamgirls) gives them exactly what they expect. For the rest of the planet, it feels cliched and fangless until a rousing last act climbs so …

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7:12 pm on Friday, November 16, 2012

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Friday, June 1, 2012

ArtInsights' Cinema Siren

Movie Review: Snow White and the Huntsman Goes Nowhere Beautifully

This goth version of Snow White is beautiful but lacking. See Moonrise Kingdom instead.

Such promise. After Tarsem Singh's Mirror Mirror chose form over substance, we were hoping the dark take Snow White and the Huntsman offered on the age-old tale would be all it seduced us with in the previews. Oscar winning stunner Charlize Theron as the wicked queen, Chris Hemsworth, the haughty hottie we love as Thor as the Huntsman, and Kristen Stewart bringing her mixed demeanor of demure ingénue and smoldering git-er-done, goth girl all presented in a nightmarish landscape… what's not to love? Lots. No question it out-designs Mirror Mirror, which is no small feat. The actors embrace their roles and are well up to their tasks, although handicapped with a flaccid script with many shortcomings, the most frustrating of which are the …

Leslie Combemale

12:55 pm on Saturday, June 2, 2012

did you not find all the lack of character development annoying? the only one we know is the Huntsman, and the fact that they hinted at the Queen's back story but never fully explain any thing at all made me just crazy, it's like she had to act in thin air. what a drag for her!   more ›

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