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My friend and fellow movie-lover Donald Lucas III stops by to give a quick review of David Fincher's latest "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo:" "Alright. So, between the immense  plot behind the story and the  struggles shown in the movie, many  moviegoers could possibly be  overwhelmed. Though the main story of the movie does take some  patience, once the ball starts rolling, it doesn't stop. The plot does in bits start when the original  reporter shows and is given his daunting task of solving this mystery behind the disappearance of  his   niece. Once Lisabeth shows up as his assistance, however, the plot goes into a sense of overdrive.  Now  before I end up spoiling the movie, I'll say that it's worth watching. Even though the plot  begins a bit slowly, it depicts the struggles each of the protagonists had to go through to get to that  current situation together."  ...

I admit that I did have my doubts when I walked into the theater.  As any gullible fan may know buzzed about films rarely live up to the hype (that is except "Deathly Hallows Part 2" of course).  With talks of an Oscar Best Picture win, a recent Best Picture/Best Comedy win from the Critic's Choice and Golden Globe Awards respectively and a premise too good to be true (a throwback to silent movies?  That's awesome!) I wasn't sure if I'd like "The Artist" as much as people would think I would. I proved myself wrong!  I LOVED "The Artist," and am accepting the fact it'll win Best Picture.  I'm probably on the slim margin of people who like silent movies who are under 80, I loved "Sunrise" and the original Best Picture "Wings," both silent classics.  I will be straight up: no kid will want to go see "The Artist" until it sweeps the Academy Awards, like last year for "The King's Speech."  An...

I know I'm late reviewing this but I have a pretty big awards weekend coming up.  Over this the three day weekend I'm going to be watching "The Iron Lady" and the Critic's Choice Award for Best Picture-winning film   "The Artist."  I'm slowly accepting even though I'd like "The Descendants" to take home the big prize on Oscar night "Artist" will be the victor.  Another awards-season movie you must make time to see this January is Jason Reitman's "Young Adult." Unlike Reitman's previous two films ("Juno" and "Up in the Air") this movie's gotten literally no Best Picture buzz at all.  This is very understandable.  The film is an awkward, uncomfortable and nearly scathing look at a life gone bad after high school.  I've yet to know what that feels like, and I pray it's nothing like the "Young Adult" world.  Charlize Theron, in a sure-to-be Oscar-nominated performance...