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REVIEW: Season of the Witch? More like Season of the Whatever

Season of the Witch has nothing at all to do, in theme, tone or mood, with the Donovan song of the same name. If only! No great-sounding nonsense warbling about beatniks out to make it rich, or rabbits running in a ditch, or even about the necessity of picking up every stitch. Just a Crusades-era Nicolas Cage traipsing round Ye Olde Europe in chain mail and unwashed hair, trying to transport a supposed witch-girl from point A to point B at the behest of his Church — which, by the way, he’s lost faith in.

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REVIEW: Season of the Witch? More like Season of the Whatever

Quentin Tarantino vs. Stephen King: Who Has a More Baffling Year-End Movie List?

As mentioned in Broadsheet , Quentin Tarantino released his of 20 favorite films from 2010 over the weekend, and Toy Story 3 grabbed the top honor. It was followed by The Social Network , Animal Kingdom , I Am Love and Tangled . So, eclectic. But how does QT’ s list compare to famed author Stephen King’s top-ten ? Let’s investigate.

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Quentin Tarantino vs. Stephen King: Who Has a More Baffling Year-End Movie List?

Claire Foy on Season of the Witch, Dream Roles and Why Nicolas Cage Isn’t Crazy

Will 2011 be the year of Claire Foy? She’s getting an early-enough start: The 26-year-old British actress makes her big-screen debut this week in Season of the Witch , starring as a nameless, possibly accursed young woman whom a pair of 14th-century knights (Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman) must transport to an abbey in the hopes of curbing the Black Plague. If only it were that easy: One misfortune and suspicion after another befalls the knights’ quest, threatening them, their cargo, and maybe the entirety of human civilization. All in a day’s work, right?

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Claire Foy on Season of the Witch, Dream Roles and Why Nicolas Cage Isn’t Crazy