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OBLIVION

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • April 19, 2013 12:30 AM
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Truly original science-fiction ideas are few and far between, at least within the realm of Hollywood moviemaking, so "Oblivion" scores points for both its premise and its execution—up to a point.
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DISCONNECT

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • April 12, 2013 12:30 AM
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At a time when so many movies offer nothing but escape, it’s refreshing to encounter one that has something to say about modern society, and a great cast to bring it to life.
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Brighton Rock—movie review

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • August 26, 2011 6:41 AM
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Sometimes one can admire a film without truly liking it; that’s how I feel about the ambitious British remake of Brighton Rock. Graham Greene’s 1938 novel, first filmed in the late 1940s, has been cleverly reworked to take place in 1964, at the time of the “mods and rockers” riots in Brighton, signifying a time of change in England. That is just one of many clever moves by writer-director Rowan Joffe, who is able to explore some of the seamier aspects of the novel that censorship (and matters of taste) made impossible in 1947.

One of the new movie’s great strengths is its—

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