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  A.V. Talk A Christmas Carol / The Box

  This week: we talk about two very different movies featuring men and money: Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol and Richard Kelly's The Box

  November 6, 2009 | 1:31pm -

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  Review The Box

  The latest from Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly adds a few more twists to Richard Matheson's '80s Twilight Zone fodder.

  November 6, 2009 | 11:19am -

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  AVQ&A Drop-everything movies

  This week’s staff and reader question—wait, we’ll get back to you later. RoboCop is on.

  November 6, 2009 | 12:00am -

• Newswire Danny Boyle to make movie about rock climber Aron Ralston

  November 5, 2009 | 2:40pm -

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  Review Precious

  Exceptional performances transform a potentially exploitative story into art.

  November 5, 2009 | 2:05pm -

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  Review The Men Who Stare At Goats

  The existence of a secret paranormal military results in a one-joke comedy.

  November 5, 2009 | 2:04pm -

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  Review A Christmas Carol

  Charles Dickens’ holiday classic gets adapted for the digital age. 

  November 5, 2009 | 2:03pm -

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  Review The Fourth Kind

  Was it real? Or is it a hoax? The latest in gimmicky sci-fi/horror isn’t worth puzzling over.

  November 5, 2009 | 2:02pm -

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  Review Collapse

  Chris Smith’s riveting documentary gives a scarily assured doomsayer the Fog Of War treatment.

  November 5, 2009 | 2:01pm -

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  Review La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet

  The venerable documentarian Frederick Wiseman follows seven productions of the Paris Opera Ballet.

  November 5, 2009 | 2:00pm -

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  Hater Economy Got You Down? Rent Your Kids To The Entertainment Industry!

  Funnyfaces, Inc!

  November 5, 2009 | 11:15am -

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  Interview Lee Daniels and Gabby Sidibe

  The star and director of Precious talk about this year's breakout Sundance hit's unlikely journey.

  November 5, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  The New Cult Canon Hedwig And The Angry Inch

  Looking for the origin of love in a cheap seafood restaurant.

  November 5, 2009 | 12:00am -

• Newswire Wait, someone wants to host the Oscars after all: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin

  November 3, 2009 | 6:22pm -

• Hater Choose Your Own NYC Borough Adventure!

  Uncertainty.

  November 3, 2009 | 5:27pm -

• Newswire No one wants to host the Oscars

  November 3, 2009 | 2:41pm -

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  Hater Berenstain Bears Movie To Change The Way You Think About Anthropomorphic Bears

  Or something.

  November 3, 2009 | 12:15pm -

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  Interview Charlotte Gainsbourg

  The actress/singer talks about the challenges of Antichrist, her return to singing, and the mental toll of her recent health crisis.

  November 3, 2009 | 12:00am -

• Hater Have You No Shame, Direct TV?

  No. Not Garth.

  November 2, 2009 | 2:09pm -

• Newswire Joss Whedon in negotiations to take over the Terminator franchise. Sort of.

  November 2, 2009 | 1:05pm -

• Newswire Check out this exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from Mary And Max (starring Philip Seymour Hoffman)

  November 2, 2009 | 12:20pm -

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  Contest Hey Chicago, see John Woo's Red Cliff early, and for free

  November 2, 2009 | 11:47am -

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  Contest Win a bunch of Men Who Stare At Goats-related DVDs

  November 2, 2009 | 11:35am -

• Newswire Weekend Box Office: This Is It! (Yeah, right)

  November 2, 2009 | 9:31am -

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  Inventory Get omnibus: 17 salvageable segments from multiple-director anthology movies

  The A.V. Club's weekly list.

  November 2, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Better Late Than Never? The Seventh Seal

  November 2, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Newswire Funeral Friday

  October 30, 2009 | 6:45pm -

• Newswire Adam Sandler to cross-dress for laughs

  October 30, 2009 | 4:52pm -

• Newswire Short Circuit remake gets a writer and director (the news is mixed)

  October 30, 2009 | 4:02pm -

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  Review The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

  10 years later, the cult non-classic gets the sequel that its inexplicable fans inexplicably demanded.

  October 30, 2009 | 3:19pm -

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