REEL TIME: Madonna screws up a perfectly lovely story and The Rock is gross

This week's new releases include sappy V-Day jawn, The Vow, Madonna's W.E. and a screening of this year's Oscar-nominated animated and live-action shorts.

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REEL TIME: Madonna screws up a perfectly lovely story and The Rock is gross

POSTED: Friday, February 10, 2012, 4:00 PM

Filed Under: Movies

No. 1: The Oscar-nominated animated shorts "range from heartwarming to slightly strange." I'm totally placing my bets on William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg's The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, which follows a stack of books that works to cheer up the downtrodden protagonist. "In turn, [Lessmore] dedicates himself to their preservation in an assortment of brief comedies, playing doctor, companion and father to the needy volumes." How cute is that!?! Read about the other oscar-nominated animated shorts here. (Ritz at the Bourse)

CITY PAPER REVIEWS OF OTHER FILMS PLAYING IN PHILLY THIS WEEK: A Dangerous Method, A Separation, Albert Nobbs, The Artist, Carnage, Chronicle, Contraband, The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Grey, Haywire, The Iron Lady, Joyful Noise, Man on a Ledge, My Week with Marilyn, Red Tails, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Underworld: Awakening, War Horse, The Woman in Black

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