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- Anthony Hopkins plays the legendary director in 'Hitchcock': movie review
Anthony Hopkins does a reasonably good impression of the director, but it's a tough job to take on.
- 'Chasing Ice' is a chilling look at melting glaciers: movie review
Director Jeff Orlowski follows the disappearing glaciers of the Arctic.
- Santa and co. battle a villain in 'Rise of the Guardians': movie review
The movie has its charms, but children might find the movie too intense.
- 'Lincoln': 6 actors who won Oscars for portraying historical figures 'Lincoln' actor Daniel Day-Lewis is already a frontrunner for this year's Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the sixteenth president. Here are a few other actors who took home a statuette when they portrayed real people.
- Director Ang Lee takes on the 'unfilmable' 'Life of Pi': movie review
Life of Pi: One of the challenges was preventing the leading man from being eaten by a tiger. Fortunately, this movie adaption fares better than the 'unfilmable' Clout Atlas.
- Denis Lavant gives an extraordinary shape-shifting performance in 'Holy Motors'
Lavant wows as a man who impersonates 11 different people in the course of a day.
- Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence strike romantic sparks in 'Silver Linings Playbook'
Jennifer Lawrence is remarkable in a role that's demanding in its range.
- Anna Karenina: Keira Knightley is literature's tragic heroine
Anna Karenia: When 'Anna Karenina' – starring Keira Knightley – gets a theatrical turn, curtains and catwalks make it a little arch.
- Daniel Day-Lewis plays our sixteenth president in 'Lincoln'
'Lincoln' could be more daring but shines a light on the backroom shenanigans that went into abolishing slavery.
- Bram Stoker books: The 5 best movie adaptations of 'Dracula' Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' is still the most famous of his books, and the story of the deadly vampire came to the screen with these five adaptations.
- Daniel Craig reappears as James Bond in 'Skyfall' (+trailer)
'Skyfall' features powerful performances by Daniel Craig and actress Judi Dench.
- Christopher Walken stars as a talented cellist in 'A Late Quartet'
'Quartet' follows a group of musicians that's disrupted by the health problems of one of their members.
- Sean Penn turns in an over-the-top performance in 'This Must Be the Place'
Sean Penn stars as a burned-out former rock star in 'This Must Be the Place.'
- Denzel Washington in 'Flight' (+trailer)
Some elements don't quite coalesce, but 'Flight' is a pretty good nail-biter.
- 'Orchestra of Exiles' shines a light on little-known history
The documentary about violinist Bronislaw Huberman, who saved Jewish musicians during the Holocaust by recruiting them for his orchestra, has too many reenactments but some great footage of conductor Arturo Toscanini.
- Hollywood gets back to biblical
Several Bible-based projects, including 'Noah' starring Russell Crowe and two separate treatments of the story of Moses, are due in theaters over the next few years.
- One man explores his German family's past in 'The Flat'
Israeli documentarian Arnon Goldfinger discovers his family's World War II past in the documentary.
- Two backpackers explore the country of Georgia in 'The Loneliest Planet'
'The Loneliest Planet' starts off slow, then hits the audience with a shock when the two travelers are attacked.
- 'Cloud Atlas' is occasionally exhilarating but mostly confusing (+trailer)
'Cloud Atlas' features a large cast, and it's fun to spot who's who. But the mash-up plot of 'Cloud Atlas' is largely exasperating.
- A middle school turns out chess champions in 'Brooklyn Castle'
'Brooklyn Castle' has the right moves.