Capsule reviews of films playing the week of Dec. 3 (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
By Matt Brunson Current Releases: AUSTRALIA Director Baz Luhrmann's frenzied approach, which worked just fine for Moulin Rouge! and Romeo & Juliet, ends up hurting this roller coaster of a romantic epic. As Lady Sarah Ashley, who journeys to Australia and ends up trying to protect her late husband's cattle ranch from being taken over by rival King Carney (Bryan Brown), Nicole Kidman never fully ...
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Fiction review: "November 22, 1963" (The Oregonian)
Even for those of us born long after John F. Kennedy's assassination, the images from that day are as familiar as memory. In "November 22, 1963," his genre-defying fourth novel, Adam Braver peers beyond the screen of public experience...
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Nicole Kidman drifts about like a lost porcelain doll (Times Online)
Oh dear, oh dear. The Australians are investing a huge amount of expectation, and many millions of promotional dollars, in an epic movie intended to reinvigorate tourism and a sense of national pride.
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