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October 20, 2006
New Movie Reviews: Flags of our Fathers, Prestige, and Marie Antoinette
The legendary Clint Eastwood steps behind the camera to direct another Paul Haggis script with Flags of our Fathers. Eastwood tells the story of how Joe Rosenthal's iconic photograph, "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima," turned a few soldiers into instant war heroes and, subsequently, turned their lives upside down. More a personal character story than a all-out war film, Flags of our Fathers opens wide this weekend. Also in theaters this week is The Prestige - Christopher Nolan's latest film sports a stellar cast (Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, and Scarlet Johansson) and tells the tale of two magicians who become rivals after being outed as frauds; Marie Antoinette - Kirsten Dunst stars as the titular character in Oscar®-winner Sofia Coppola's follow-up to the fantastic Lost in Translation; and Running with Scissors - Ryan Murphy's adaptation of the bestselling Augusten Burroughs memoir might have an excellent cast, but the advance buzz has not been kind to the film. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Shortbus, Sweet Land, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Flicka, The Grudge 2, Man of the Year, Infamous, Little Children, Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker, The Departed, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Employee of the Month, Jesus Camp. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films in theaters in our Movie Talk Forum Area.
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