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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Colombiana”

  COLOMBIANA – Not Even For Free:  Even the Body Count Is Dull   For a movie from the Luc Besson House of Action, COLOMBIANA is surprisingly listless and dispirited.  Besson first came to prominence as a direc...
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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Werner Herzog’s “Into the Abyss”

> Welcome to SHOWBUZZDAILY’s coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival, where the reviews will be as plentiful as we can cram into a week. TIFF started things off on a less-than-festive note with Werner Herzog&#...
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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows”





Our Review / 5 - Terrible
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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Schedule Day

> For anyone attending the Toronto International Film Festival that begins in just over 2 weeks, today was a crucial day:  the release of the Festival schedule.  (TIFF also announced some not-shabby final additions to...
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HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Wednesday Numbers – 12/29/11

> The boxoffice did more or less what it was supposed to on Wednesday, drifting down 5-10% from Tuesday.  Thursday should be fairly steady, then business should have a bit of a roller-coaster ride:  an increase on Fri...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Machine Gun Preacher”

  MACHINE GUN PREACHER:  Watch It At Home –  A True Story Rings False   MACHINE GUN PREACHER simply isn’t good enough for the story it wants to tell. And the story, a true one, is remarkable:  Sam Child...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Happy Feet Too”

  HAPPY FEET TWO:  Watch It At Home – Not So Happy This Time   Most sequels, by and large, exist only because an earlier movie made lots of money–that’s just a fact.  But sequels often at least try...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “New Year’s Eve”

  NEW YEAR’S EVE:  Not At Any Price – Calling it a “Sit-Com” Insults TV   NEW YEAR’S EVE is such a calculated piece of commercial manufacture that it deserves a Powerpoint presentation m...
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THE BIJOU @ SUNDANCE: Big-Time

> Like any showbiz stripper, the Sundance Film Festival has left its most notable revelations for last:  after releasing its Competition Entries and its Midnight and Other Fringe Titles, today the Festival announced its hi...
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THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes – 8/21/11

> There’s not much to add about the weekend grosses that hasn’t been said (see Mitch Metcalf’s round-up report here), so let’s take a look at who, apart from the studios themselves, did and didn’t ...
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THE BIJOU’S FRIDAY STUDIO SCORECARD – 12/16/11

> The last 2 weeks of the year will almost certainly bring better news for Hollywood, for reasons of tonnage alone:  there are 6 wide openings to come next week, compared to only 3 in the final weeks of 2010.  But for...
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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Gus Van Sant’s “Restless”

> Gus Van Sant has been making movies for 25 years, but Restless–apart from its technical polish–feels like the work of a Sundance newcomer. And one who’s been reading too much Salinger, while meanwhile wearin...
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THE BIJOU: A Word About Harry Potter

> Starting tomorrow, SHOWBUZZDAILY will be counting down the days to the release of HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (PART 2)  by running retrospective reviews of each of the previous films, one per day for the next we...
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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Fernando Meirelles’ “360”

> If Arthur Schnitzler had only been a member of the WGA in 1900, when he wrote the play La Ronde, and he’d had the benefit of the format rights guild members receive today, he and his descendants would be very rich indee...
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HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Friday Studio Scorecard – 12/23/11

> Anyone who thinks the boxoffice isn’t in a slump needs a new prescription for bifocals. Note:  since December 24 is a traditionally deadly day at the boxoffice (closed theatres, family plans)  that would make ...
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