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All capsule reviews are excerpts from Dennis Willis' book Flick Nation.

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (2008)
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon
SCR: Justin Haythe; Based on the novel by Richard Yates
DIR: Sam Mendes
R / 1:59 / RELEASE: 12/26/08
BOX: $21,941,000
www.revolutionaryroadmovie.com
Brutal and searing adaptation of Yates’ novel captures a married couple in freef… Continue

KILLSHOT (2009)
Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Thomas Jane, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
SCR: Hossein Amini
DIR: John Madden
R / RELEASE: 1/23/09
BOX: $18,643
http://www.weinsteinco.com/#/film/killshot
Crimi… Continue

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the nominees for The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards and you can check out the entire list below. The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, January 11th, 2009, at The Beverly Hilton with a live telecast airing on NBC at 8 PM (EST).

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...or to quote Billy Crystal, "he's only mostly dead!"

Roger Ebert strikes an unnerving note but puts word to what every print (and otherwise) film critic has been thinking lately. It's a really powerful piece about the death of intelligent conversation and the rise of mediocrity.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/11/death_to_film_critics_long_liv.html

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In the fast-moving world of the interwebs, the arrival of a much-anticipated movie trailer can immediately kill or hype up a film's buzz like shockwaves. And now, the full-length teaser to J.J. Abram's revisionist-but-still-canon take on Star Trek is upon us.

The jumping off points are many...

Kirk as rebellious kid. Spock as caged animal. Eric Bana as the guy from Star Trek: Nemesis. The redesigned bridge, the faithful uniforms, the casting, the special effects...

Set your… Continue