Articles by Jill Diver
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(Ratings based on 4-star system.)
‘Alice in Wonderland’
Rated PG
★★★
Director Tim Burton’s new extravaganza, the second Disney-backed “Alice” and a bookend to the cheerily benign 1951 animated version, won’t be for everyone. It’s a little …
Greg Vellante
Correspondent
As a film about war, “Green Zone” is anything but authentic. Director Paul Greengrass attempts to mesh the excitement of films like his “Bourne” series with the topical importance of his masterpiece, “United 93,” …
By the writers of Last Word Features
(based on a 5-star rating)
Gorillaz: ‘Plastic Beach’ (Virgin)
★★★★
The electro/hip-hop/soul/pop bubbles and simmers in some of the tightest, most melodic songs the Gorillaz have produced on “Plastic Beach,” the cartoon …
San Francisco Chronicle
‘SHALL WE KISS?’ (2007. NOT RATED. MUSIC BOX FILMS. $29.95.)
Two strangers meet in Nantes, France. He lives there, and she is passing through. At the end of the evening, he goes to kiss …
