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		<title>Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Movie Review (B-)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 16:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the combined might of uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Jake Gyllenhall&#8217;s rockin&#8217; abs and respected director Mike Newell (Donnie Brasco, Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time hits Memorial Day weekend with a big question mark: will this video-game based movie finally pass over the threshold of wretched to mediocre and inspire a franchise in vein of Pirates of the Caribbean? I&#8217;ll always argue a movie&#8217;s success should be based on its merits as a film rather than comparison to a video game, but the short answer is this: Prince of Persia is both fun and miles beyond its pixel-inspired brethren. And while it shares the common theme of a heroic orphan thrust into a world of magic and adventure, it does lack a Depp-like meat hook and falls short of Pirates charm&#8211; though, surprisingly, not by much. Steeped in the craggy canyons, expansive deserts and mile-high minarets of a romanticized height-of-power Persian Empire, The Prince of Persia succeeds in taking the Cliff note narrative of 2003&#8242;s video game of the same title&#8211; invading prince discovers a dagger able to turn back time and eventually helps a princess recover it to thwart the evil plans of a duplicitous court adviser&#8211;and beefs it out with enough neutral (though slightly overstuffed) mythology, plucky character and surrounding quest to elevate it beyond the simple cut and paste/flat fan service of previous game to film failures. To its credit, Prince of Persia feels sufficiently epic, loaded with lavish costumes, desert-rosed set design and deeper than expected plotting. Prince of Persia&#8217;s characters follow the same route&#8211;they&#8217;re not deep or groundbreaking by any means but they fare decently, if only acting as well-dressed decently acted pins to bounce Jake Gyllenhall&#8217;s Prince Dastan toward a date with destiny. Exceptions include the always dependable Alfred Molina as the just-short-of-scene-stealing crowd-pleasing thief/man of business sidekick, Sheik Amar. Gemma Arterton (as Jake&#8217;s foil Princess Tamina) brings a fun (if at times skirting the bounds of overbearing) pluck to the Princess Leia-cut heroine&#8211; as well as a refreshing reminder of what beautiful women look like when they don&#8217;t pursue anorexia&#8217;s shallow facsimile of &#8220;beauty&#8221; by throwing up what they just ate at the craft services table. Ben Kingsley, as nefarious royal adviser Nazim, effortlessly oils his way through a villainous role he seems to phone in during the B-level off-season. In whole, Prince of Persia delivers on its promise of summer movie enjoyment and should leave adventure seeking audiences both satisfied and transported. That&#8217;s not to say it&#8217;s without its flaws&#8211; by midpoint, the sword fights and roof-jumping action (based on the core game play of the video game series) tend to lose steam on each of their many incarnations and the muddy mythology weighs in where it doesn&#8217;t need to. This all leads to a supremely disappointing third act conclusion, again inspired by 2003&#8242;s Prince of Persia game. The telegraphed trickery is weak, with an undermining twist that disappointingly lands a body blow to...]]></description>
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		<title>New Prince of Persia Trailer Surprisingly Not Turdtastic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t care for the Prince of Persia video game franchise. I&#8217;m not a huge fan of Jake Gyllenhaal (although I did like him in Zodiac) and I&#8217;m usually hit and miss with everyone&#8217;s favorite guy that once played Gandhi, Ben Kingsley (Shutter Island). So, to say the least, I have not been in the Cartwheel Club for Disney&#8217;s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. From posters to trailers, thus far the movie has failed to hook me. Imagine my surprise when this recently released second trailer for The Sands of Time actually warmed my cold heart just a bit. I still think it&#8217;s going to suck, but I&#8217;m to the point where I actually want to see it now. That&#8217;s a big step for me. Big. Check out the trailer below and let me know your thoughts. Am I just having a great day, or does this trailer seem better to you, as well?]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Review: Shutter Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s something mesmerizing about Martin Scorsese and the answer as to what finally dawned on me while watching him accept the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes almost a month ago. No, it’s not his furry caterpillar eyebrows tucked behind his bold, thick-framed glasses, nor is it his infectiously happy speech and big-toothed grandpa grin. To be precise, it’s his absolute and lasting love of all things cinema, which was unmistakable as I listened to his gracious remarks after receiving the prestigious award from the Hollywood Foreign Press. Don’t believe me? Consider Scorsese’s 64 Oscar nominations and 15 wins (along with 51 Golden Globe nominations and 9 wins) over the last 42 years and show me another director with the similar accolades who isn’t considered one of the greatest of all-time. Add to Scorsese’s resume his romance with film history and film preservation and it’s easy to see the pure love and craftsmanship he saturates in each and every movie he directs. Nothing could be truer of his newest picture, Shutter Island, faithfully adapted from the 2003 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, who is also the brains behind Gone Baby Gone and Mystic River (made into fantastic movies by Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood, respectively). Shutter Island is a dark crag of rock jutting out of the Atlantic Ocean and a seemingly short ferry ride from Massachusetts’ mainland. Set in 1954, toward the end of the Second Red Scare, the movie opens with two U.S. marshals – Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) – heading to the island and Ashecliffe Hospital, a home for the criminally insane, as well as a recent patient escape – this one a particularly violent triple murderess, Rachel Solando. As the deputy warden (John Carroll Lynch) takes them to meet the head of the hospital, Dr. Crawley (Ben Kingsley), the atmosphere of the island’s inhabitants – even the rustic and antique buildings – seem to mirror the oncoming physical and psychological storm brewing in the movie’s margins. I think it’s important to note here, despite the trailers suggesting otherwise, Shutter Island is not a horror movie. It’s not even really a scary movie, yet I was full of unease and dread through most of the runtime. And rightfully so, because a simple task of finding a missing person on a tiny island isn’t so simple when everyone, from the chief physician to the marshals themselves, has a grim cellar of secrets clamoring to escape. I can’t say much more without revealing plot points that could be construed as spoilers, but suffice it to say, Scorsese and screenwriter Laeta Kaolgridis stay true to Lehane’s original work. I was particularly fascinated with the artistry given to Marshal Daniels’ dreams, memories and waking nightmares. There is one particular scene, when Daniels is remembering his service in World War II and the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, that is so beautiful and repulsive all at once that I couldn’t help...]]></description>
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