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Three More Mini-Reviews: Hard Candy, The Sentinel and, uh, Stick It: From my big list of 2006 movies, here are the three latest—the good, the bad and the fugly. Hard Candy - 9/10 - A gripping, closed-room psychological thriller with fantastic acting. Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson offer great performances, making…; Continue reading entry #3637

It’s the Movie, Stupid: Via the Moxie blog, this is the most interesting article I’ve read about movie economics in a long time. It’s written by Lynda Obst, a veteran Hollywood producer, and echoes the media balkanization message we’ve been hearing for the past…; Continue reading entry #3631

Hard Candy is Troubling and Problematical: After a string of Canadian films, Nova Scotian Ellen Page is getting her big Hollywood break in X-Men 3. I’m more interested to see a smaller film in which she stars: Hard Candy. It looks hard to watch but pretty…; Continue reading entry #3605

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