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Weekend Film Reviews

Rio; Atlas Shrugged, Part 1; The Conspirator

Hosted by Joe Morgenstern Apr. 15, 2011 Entertainment
Today, Joe considers the rich 3-D hues of Rio, a business exec struggling to keep her business alive, and the first woman executed by the US government.

Motion multiplies emotion in Rio, the 3-D animated feature from Blue Sky Studios, the company that gave us the Ice Age series...

Atlas Shurgged: Part 1 is the first installment of a projected trilogy based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand...

Mary Surratt was the first woman executed by the US government -- she was convicted of conspiracy in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The Conspirator is a courtroom drama adapted from the trial transcripts...

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