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'Brooklyn's Finest' is not so fine

By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer

Irony underlies the title of "Brooklyn's Finest," a drama about cops who are anything but fine at their jobs. And director Antoine Fuqua pounds that irony home with a sledgehammer. Fuqua rounded up a fine cast — Richard Gere, Don Cheadle,... Full story

'Alice' through a drearier looking glass

By JAKE COYLE, AP Entertainment Writer

In Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland," Alice has grown — not by "drink me" potion or "eat me" cake — into a 19-year-old girl. Working from Linda Woolverton's very Hollywood screenplay adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic tale,... Full story

'A Prophet' displays visionary talent

By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer

Jacques Audiard's "A Prophet" traces the evolution of an illiterate French-Arab inmate who uses his time well in prison, learning to read and write, studying economics, picking up a new language. Along the way, he applies his new skills and his... Full story