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Bits: ‘Wall-E’: An Homage to Mr. Jobs

by By DAMON DARLIN June 30th, 2008 | Movie Reviews
“Wall-E,” the Pixar movie, is chock-full of references to Apple products. Perhaps that’s because Steven P. Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, used to own Pixar.


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Redford Is to Keep His Mark on Sundance Channel

by By JACQUES STEINBERG June 30th, 2008 | Movie Reviews
Mr. Redford is also working with the new owner on efforts to bring more documentaries to the cable channel, which specializes in independent films.


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Movie Review | ‘Trumbo’: When an Eloquent Voice Was Stilled in Hollywood

by By STEPHEN HOLDEN June 30th, 2008 | Movie Reviews
Peter Askin’s stirring documentary “Trumbo” gives you reasons to cheer but also to weep.


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Critic’s Choice: New DVDs: ‘Mishima’ and ‘Framed’

by By DAVE KEHR June 30th, 2008 | Movie Reviews
New this week are the handsome, superbly restored edition of Paul Shrader’s 1985 film “Mishima” and the 1975 film “Framed,” one of the last old-school film noirs.


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WALL-E

by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews June 30th, 2008 | Movie Reviews








Starring:

Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger,
K...

Review:

First image: the Earth as a garbage dump, a future reduced to
ruins. For the past 700 years, what's left of humanity has been
cruising the skies in a spaceship. Only a tiny robot,
WALL-E (for Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth class),
scoots around on urban terra firma compacting trash into piles that
grow into skyscrapers.
First sound: a voice lifted in song: "Out there/there's a world
outside of Yonkers." The tune is "Put On Your Sunday Clothes," a
merry ditty from the forgotten 1969 movie version Read More
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