&#39;Phantom&#39; film as personal affront
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Rumors had been spreading among hard-core devotees of Andrew Lloyd Webber&#39;s musical &quot;The Phantom of the Opera&quot; that the famous chandelier scene would not appear in the lavish movie adaptation of the popular production.
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&quot;Rendition,&quot; which takes a critical  look at the U.S. practice of detaining suspected terrorists in  foreign jails, brought a dose of torture and political  timeliness to the Toronto International Film Festival on  Friday.
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How to avoid bad movies in the name of a good cause.
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One of the big lessons of becoming a father is that you no longer see yourself as the sole protagonist of your movie.
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THE SOUND of running water. The shadow of a figure beyond the shower curtain. And then the jangle of that curtain being ripped open, and the close-up of a woman screaming, and the stab of Bernard Herrmann&#39;s music on the soundtrack.
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Opening a film with a small child straining on a toilet and talking about poop isnÂt just a bad idea; itÂs an invitation to unfortunate metaphor.
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Inspired by the plays of  Euripedes, Jessica Yu brings a fresh and bracing slant to the  psychology of personality in &quot;Protagonist,&quot; her documentary  look at four lives defined by fanaticism.
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Jamie Kastner calls his documentary âKike Like Meâ a âblack comic road movie about identity.â
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Beware films with protagonists depicted as vastly more sensitive than their fellow characters. The result may be a crock like âCashback.â
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Comment is free: Martin Kettle: They chose a good week to launch a film about loss of rights and liberties - but the basic premise simply does not stand up.
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and then wraps up the film by telling you why it all matters and how you&#39;re supposed to feel, well, then that movie is flawed.
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It may be hard to believe that anybody has not seen &quot;The Phantom of the Opera&quot; after more than 65,000 performances in 18 countries since 1988, but on Wednesday the
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To see something they have never seen before should be every moviegoer&#39;s greatest hope. It&#39;s one of the chief reasons why true movie buffs are constantly seeking out new kinds of films; it can be entertaining
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Damn those movie critics - and I make that statement fully understanding the irony behind it. Every now and then, for whatever reason, it seems as if critics get together in a secret clubhouse and decide to tear a picture to shreds.
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The film versions of Patrick Marber&#39;s Closer and Andrew Lloyd Webber&#39;s The Phantom of the Opera were among those honored by The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
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This film does come from Karan Johar's heart, but it is the celluloid equivalent of self-pity.
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This film version of the super successful, long running stage musical &#39;The Phantom of the Opera&#39; is virtually a recreation of the stage show, complete with swirling mists, candles rising from