Phantom panned by US critics
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IT has taken Andrew Lloyd Webber years to finally bring his musical version of The Phantom Of The Opera to the big screen. Judging by the early reviews in the bigger US newspapers, he may now be wondering why he bothered.
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Arts & entertainment: Â· Thousands join queue for British release Â· Money-spinning power rivals Hollywood movies
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Out of the mouths of puppets. A tune in the marionette parody "Team America: World Police" mocks the war epic "Pearl Harbor" and suggests its star, Ben Affleck, needs acting lessons.
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Ghosts seem to be stalking the theatres last Friday. Both the releases Rakht and Hum Kaun Hain were supernatural thrillers with ghosts walking in and out of the frames unselfconsciously.
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The Phantom of the Opera, a rare big screen adaptation of a musical, opens this weekend. With the musical grossing $3.2 billion worldwide with stints in New York, London, and Toronto, it was worth the gamble to producers.
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A startlingly convincing portrayal of Adolf Hitler in a new German movie about his last 12 days is causing controversy with critics challenging its treatment of the "monster" as a human being.
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Rumors about the death of the American musical are greatly exaggerated.
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Since its premiere in 1986, Andrew Lloyd Webber&#39;s megamusical &quot;The Phantom of the Opera&quot; has become the most frequently performed stage show in the world.
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After being released in Italy last month, Dan Brown's book, 'Angels and Demons' has been getting mixed reactions.
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The hit film's depiction of the ancient Persians is being denounced in Iran as another American insult
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Critics and admirers alike have their say on what they hate and love about Rahman's music.
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It has been ridiculed by critics and shunned by cinema-goers but the latest film from the controversial director Oliver Stone has still managed to raise hackles across the US.
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The so-called &quot;special relationship&quot; between Britain and the United States has been called into question by British commentators,  after the US reluctantly released the cockpit video showing a friendly-fire killing following its leak to the media.
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The countless fans of the stage version may prefer to get their music of the night there, but for those without access to a live performance, the film version of &quot;The Phantom of the Opera&quot; offers a solid sense of what the show is.
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Movie accents more Bangalore than Bangor US film critics have lined up to have a pop at the "Welsh" accents in The Last Sin Eater - "a creepy religious drama" regarding a Welsh immigrant community living in America's Appalachian mountains.â¦
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The sixth film version of âThe Phantom of the Opera,â Gaston Lerouxâs enduringly popular musical, is literally awash in the Andrew Lloyd Webber music that made it such a mega-hit on international stages.
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The question at this point is whether ``The Phantom of the Opera&#39;&#39; is even intended to be frightening. The tale has become such a product of modern popular art that its original inspiration, ``the