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Associated Press
January 4
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Animated 'Waltz With Bashir' is critics' top pick
The groundbreaking animated documentary about Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, won the National Society of Film Critics' 2008 best picture award. more >>
Rob Thomas
January 2
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'Christmas Tale' brings out best of our worst
Please don't confuse "A Christmas Tale" with "A Christmas Story." "A Christmas Story" is the heartwarming holiday favorite about the kid with the glasses who pines for an air rifle. more >>
Rob Thomas
January 1
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Oscar contenders slowly make their way here
"Coming soon to a theater near you," the ads say. What movie lovers in smaller Midwestern cities like Madison soon learn is that "soon" and "near" are relative terms. more >>
Jane Burns
December 30
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Top of the Queue: Nostalgia is the grand prize on game show DVDs
Say the words very quietly, so no one else can hear: "The password is ... classic." The buzz phrase isn't back just because CBS debuted "Million Dollar Password" to high ratings right before Christmas. The whispers are back, too, because the original version of the classic TV game show was released on DVD just before that. more >>
Katjusa Cisar
December 23
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'Doubt' is a little too sure of itself
John Patrick Shanley's play-turned-film "Doubt," which he also directed, faces off two powerhouse actors: Meryl Streep as a traditionally minded nun on a blind mission and Philip Seymour Hoffman as her priest and the target of her vitriol. more >>
The Capital Times
December 22
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The Greats of '08
It took a lot of hours spent attending theater, watching movies, listening to CDs, rocking out at concerts and, of course, eating food, but we did it. In the following pages, we proudly present our favorites from the Madison entertainment and culture scene in 2008. more >>
Jane Burns
December 22
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Top of the Queue: Looking for a DVD Christmas miracle
Dear Santa, This request comes a little late, but you can catch me on your way back from delivering presents to the rest of the world. I won't have time to watch any DVDs 'til the holidays calm down, anyway. more >>
Rob Thomas
December 22
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Top flick picks share life-affirming tone
Last year, my top movie was "No Country For Old Men," and "There Will Be Blood" would have been in the No. 2 slot had it screened in Madison early enough to make deadline. I must have been in a real funk in '07 -- it's hard to think of two other movies that had a more pitiless view of the human condition. more >>
Rob Thomas
December 22
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Winslet can't save uneven 'Reader'
It's almost impossible to make a movie that's only somewhat about the Holocaust. No matter what topics you're trying to tackle, once you add the genocide of 6 million people into the equation, everything else gets pushed out of the frame. more >>
Rob Thomas
December 22
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'Button' a touching story of life's universal path
As a movie quote, "You never know what's coming for you" (repeated several times during "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") falls halfway between the optimism of "Life is like a box of chocolates" ("Forrest Gump") and the fatalism of "We all got it coming, kid" ("Unforgiven"). more >>