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Article: 'Tis the holiday movies season
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
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First, the bad news: The holiday movie season begins with The End
next weekend.
Now, the good news: The End is just the beginning.
Confused?
You needn't be.
The End comes in "2012," Hollywood's latest bid at wiping out
mankind with another round of big fat digital effects.
It comes again, several weeks later, albeit at a lower pitch, in
"The Road."
But not even digital doomsdays can stop what lies beyond it:
spooning vampires ("The Twilight Saga: New Moon"), retro-animation
("The Fantastic Mr. Fox," "The Princess and the Frog"), Clint
Eastwood riding again ("Invictus"), James Cameron pushing technology
again ("Avatar"), Sherlock Holmes kicking butt ("Sherlock Holmes")
and - mamma mia - ...