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With due respect to roller coasters and pirate ships, the most transportive ride at the Disney theme parks is Peter Pan's Flight, which glides us on wires above a Neverland of lost innocence that looks like 19th century London. At its best, Disney's new 3-D, animated version of "A Christmas Carol" achieves a similar soaring effect, but it's eerie rather than wondrous.
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James Nesbitt shines in vengeance tale 'Heaven'

If there's a Gaelic translation of "forgive and forget," you won't hear it from Joe Griffen. Joe was a lad in a Catholic enclave of Northern Ireland when he saw his brother gunned down by a Protestant gangster. Decades later, the only way that Joe (James Nesbitt) will extend a hand to the killer (Liam Neeson) is with a weapon.
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Biopic of designer is sidetracked in 'Coco'

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was the pioneering designer of elegantly simple clothing that focused attention on the woman within. The biopic "Coco Before Chanel," which traces the Chanel aesthetic to the designer's hardscrabble youth, is suitably restrained, but the woman within it is as hard and unsmiling as a mannequin.
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UFO flick too unbelievable to be scary

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October 2009

'NY' vignettes make Big Apple easily digestible

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Legendary hotel's wild days are over in 'Chelsea'

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Environmental 'Earth Days' tells little that's new

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'Amelia' soars but doesn't reach for the stars

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Enjoyable 'Astro Boy' has heart in the right place