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'Alien vs. Predator' is a matchup that we (the audience) are bound to lose
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Daily Breeze
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August 24, 2004
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"Alien vs. Predator" has taken in $63.1 million in two weeks and,
like so many important movies, this one opened in first place and
quickly dropped until it trailed inferior products like "The Princess
Diaries."
Naturally any movie featuring Julie Andrews as Julie Andrews is
bound to do well. But the thought of such silliness finishing ahead
of the Alien/Predator match is a case of a species fiddling while
home planet burns. Go ahead, enjoy watching the devil possess another
kid in the week's numero uno, "Exorcist: The Beginning" while space
invaders prepare to turn us into sushi.
In my mind, now is the time -- as Bob Costas might say -- to "get
real" on the really big issue facing this ...
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August 20, 2004 ;
624 words
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FILM REVIEW: 'Alien Vs. Predator' a deadening journey
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August 23, 2004 ;
586 words
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