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Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) [PG]-- W.I.P. Scale™ Rating: $12.25
Review-lite: Alvin and the Chipmunks directed by Tim Hill and starring Jason Lee as Dave with the voices of Justin Long as Alvin, Matthew Gray Gubler as Simon, and Jesse McCartney as Theodore, despite a formulaic plot, brings the chipmunks into the new millennium with CGI animation endowing them with more character than 2D animation ever could. You'll be singing their tunes and believing in them before you know it. Ian Cross plays the 'bad' guy to smarmy perfection. With great music and dance numbers, great and funny/funky chipmunk animated antics, and a solid story, Alvin and the Chipmunks is the perfect family holiday film of 2007. (click for full details and complete review)
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) [R]-- W.I.P. Scale™ Rating: $14.25
Review-lite: As sinister as it is spectacular, Tim Burton's adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's acclaimed Broadway Musical, Sweeney Todd, rises from the darkness on the incredible performances of leads Helen Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp. Unbelievably, these two sing their songs and carry the story of a barber who is falsely imprisoned so that the judge and accuser can pursue his wife and adopt his child. A bloody, horribly tragic film culminates with mistaken identities as Todd must reconcile his vengeful serial murders with the hope of restoring the long-lost love of his daughter, Johanna. The dark ending seals the fate qualifying it as a spectacular downer. There's no question as to the overall achievement of the filmmaking: the acting, directing, lighting, music, special effects, costumes, make-up are all universally of the highest skills around, it's just hard to leave with a sense of anything other than deep and lasting regret. (click for full details and complete review)
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