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Posted on March 11th, 2010 by Carey Norris

Wonderland without wonder

Wonderland without wonder

Burton’s film looks but doesn’t feel like “Alice”

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Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Carey Norris

Wolfman has more bark than bite

Wolfman has more bark than bite

Plenty of blood and guts, but little heart

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Posted on February 11th, 2010 by Carey Norris

From Paris With Love and squalor

From Paris With Love and squalor

Travolta’s new action flick is dumb, junky fun

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Posted on February 3rd, 2010 by Carey Norris

Mad Mel 2: This Time It’s Personal

Mad Mel 2: This Time It’s Personal

Gibson wants revenge, again, in Edge of Darkness

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Posted on January 27th, 2010 by Carey Norris

Yet another end-of-the-world flick

Yet another end-of-the-world flick

Legion is both ridiculous and thoroughly grim

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Posted on January 20th, 2010 by Carey Norris

Eli’s Coming

Eli’s Coming

“The Book of Eli” is a stark, well-acted apocalypse film

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Posted on January 14th, 2010 by Carey Norris

Dr. Gilliam’s Imaginarium

Dr. Gilliam’s Imaginarium

Seemingly cursed director creates uneven but dazzling film

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Posted on January 6th, 2010 by Carey Norris

Best movies of the aughts: Part two

Best movies of the aughts: Part two

Critic shares the rest of his favorite films

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Posted on December 31st, 2009 by Carey Norris

Best movies of the aughts: Part one

Best movies of the aughts: Part one

Critic Carey Norris bravely faces list-making anxiety

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Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by Carey Norris

Fantastic Mr. Fox rocks

Fantastic Mr. Fox rocks

Wes Anderson’s has crafted an excellent adaptation, one painstaking frame at a time.

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Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Carey Norris

2012 blows up the world real good

2012 blows up the world real good

2012 may be the hugest, craziest, most preposterous disaster film ever made

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Posted on November 4th, 2009 by Carey Norris

Paranormal Activity yields big scares

Paranormal Activity yields big scares

Paranormal Activity builds scares out of shadows, loud noises and anticipation.

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Posted on October 15th, 2009 by Carey Norris

Good comedians wasted in Couples Retreat

Good comedians wasted in Couples Retreat

Couples Retreat is as bland and predictable as a bad marriage.

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Posted on October 7th, 2009 by Carey Norris

Zombieland proves that the undead genre still has plenty of life

Zombieland proves that the undead genre still has plenty of life

Zombieland is not a parody of or a post-modern commentary on the zombie genre — like, say, Shaun of the Dead — but it is still a total blast.

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Posted on September 24th, 2009 by Carey Norris

Sidewalk highlights: Sunday

Sidewalk highlights: Sunday

So Long Are You Young: Samuel Ullman’s Poem and Passion • Sunday • 12:45 p.m. [...]

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Posted on September 24th, 2009 by Carey Norris

Sidewalk highlights: Saturday

Sidewalk highlights: Saturday

Official Rejection • Saturday • 1:30 p.m. • Carver Theatre
Film festivals are fun for [...]

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Posted on September 24th, 2009 by Carey Norris

Sidewalk opening night: BEST WORST MOVIE

Sidewalk opening night: BEST WORST MOVIE

In Alexander City, Dr. George Hardy is known as a dentist and one of the [...]

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Posted on September 16th, 2009 by Carey Norris

Whiteout chills but fails to thrill

Whiteout chills but fails to thrill

Despite the potency of Antarctica as a setting, Whiteout is pretty lukewarm.

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Posted on September 9th, 2009 by Carey Norris

Extract falls short of fast-paced farce

Extract falls short of fast-paced farce

Ten years after Office Space flopped at the box office and became a cult hit on [...]

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Posted on August 20th, 2009 by Carey Norris

District 9 presents a splendid sci-fi spectacle

District 9 presents a splendid sci-fi spectacle

The idea of humans meeting aliens or other frightening creatures and turning out to be [...]

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War on Dumb

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

‘The city of perpetual promise.’ Does that mean incessant failure? Or rather, that Birmingham never gives up hope?

Upon Further Review

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Part two of the college football season recap.

Column

Ringing the changes

Ringing the changes

Thoughts on navigation, prevarication & vindication

Film

Wonderland without wonder

Wonderland without wonder

Burton’s film looks but doesn’t feel like “Alice”

Small World Cartoons

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

In lieu of politics, I bring you talking roaches. Cartoonists are primary NPD sufferers.

Suburban Legends

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The world is designed to piss me off