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It is ironic that Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 novel Jane Eyre, one of the books that could be most relied upon to elicit groans and yawns from a high school English class, is also one [...]

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This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
The Kids Are All Right is an odd little film to find in the middle of an over-stimulated Hollywood summer. Heartfelt and funny, the film is like a cool shower on an oppressively hot day—refreshing and invigorating, [...]

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This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
When did you last see a truly great Tim Burton film? Sure, there have been respectable entries (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd), but the last truly exceptional Burton film was indubitably Edward Scissorhands, exactly 20 [...]

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