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No Film Friday again today, as we’re still too busy with the festival A few of the films that played at the festival are out already, with Neil Jordan’s The Brave One, David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises and Julie Taymor's Across the Universe all on general release. Not even new release Mr. Woodcock escapes a connection—it’s directed by Craig Gillespie, director of festival film Lars and the Real Girl.

last night. We should probably admit our biases up front, though. First of all, we've never read the books and we've only seen the first movie. Gasp in horror if you must, but we have no plans to change this state of affairs. Second of all, we love musicals. We really love musicals. We especially love when musicals are fashioned from obviously inappropriate source material. In truth, we were secretly hoping for tap dancing orcs (don't worry, there are no tap dancing orcs - damnit!). Finally, we are a sucker for a good wind machine effect. So we may, in fact, be the ideal audience for this spectacle - unconcerned with the purity of the adaptation and just out for a good time.