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Cats

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Since its debut in London in 1981, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats" has been staged continuously around the globe, seen by more than 81 million people in 50 countries and 19 [...]

Annie

NEW YORK (CNS) -- The you-know-what will come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar, in "Annie" (Columbia). It's an exuberant adaptation of the 1977 Broadway musical -- which previously became a 1982 film -- about [...]

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Talky, pretentious and filled with existential angst when the characters aren't preoccupied with spitting curses, "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" (Fox Searchlight) is visually dazzling.Morally, though, it's dead weight.This [...]

Jersey Boys

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Success on the stage does not easily translate into success on screen, particularly for a musical. And yet if the tunes are enjoyable, all is not lost. That's the case with [...]

Carrie

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Since high school bullying can now bring felony charges, the telekinetic revenge of "Carrie" (Screen Gems) seems almost quaint.Someone decided that a reboot of the 1976 horror film based on Stephen [...]

Quartet

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Dustin Hoffman steps behind the camera for his directorial debut with "Quartet" (Weinstein), a comedy-drama about musical artists who face the ultimate curtain call: a date with the Grim Reaper.Based on [...]

Anna Karenina

NEW YORK (CNS) -- "Sin has a price, you may be sure of that." The titular character (Keira Knightley) doesn't heed husband Alexei's (Jude Law) advice in the oh-so-lush new adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna [...]

To Rome With Love

NEW YORK (CNS) -- With films set in London, Barcelona and Paris under his belt, quintessential New Yorker Woody Allen extends his European tour in "To Rome With Love" (Sony Classics). His farce follows various [...]