sfgate.com - 11/19/2008
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"Twilight" will probably be a huge disappointment to those expecting a horror film, a lot of good special effects, a kinky, sexual vampire picture or any combination of the above. More time during this movie is spent talking about going to the prom than drinking human blood. The climactic battle ...
rogerebert.suntimes.com - 11/19/2008
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/ / / November 19, 2008 By Roger
Ebert If you're a vampire, it's all about you....
Why is Edward Cullen obsessed to the point of erotomania by Bella Swan? Because she smells so yummy, but he doesn't want to kill her. Here's what he tells her: He must not ...
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Twilight :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews
variety.com - 11/19/2008
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A Summit Entertainment release and presentation of a
Temple Hill production, in association with Maverick Films/Imprint Entertainment....
Produced by Greg Mooradian, Mark Morgan, Wyck Godfrey. Executive producers, Karen Rosenfelt, Marty Bowen, Guy ...
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Twilight Review - Read Variety's Analysis Of The Movie ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/18/2008
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Up until now, Summit Entertainment hasn't exactly set
the movie world on fire. Run by veteran sales...
agent Patrick Wachsberger and former Paramount vice chairman Rob Friedman, the new indie distributor and finance company has struggled to prove that it...
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How the big studios missed the boat on 'Twilight'
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... Although you may not get sucked into the world of "Twilight" after watching this movie, you will at least understand what all the fuss is about. - Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
a film of intelligent strengths and easily avoidable weaknesses, a modest film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's publishing phenomenon. - ...
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... ("gives really good swoon"), the S.F. Chronicle 's Peter Hartlaub (director Catherine Hardwicke "has a knack for making her young actors seem unpolished and real, even when the events from the book and the dialogue are inherently ridiculous"), the Star-Tribune 's ...
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antagonie.blogspot.com 11/29/2008 — I am being perfectly sincere when I claim that Stephenie Meyer's Twilight is the worst book I've ever read all the way through (there are at least a couple of worse novels that I abandoned early on). It has a perfect combination of dreadful prosody, ...
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