rogerebert.suntimes.com - 12/24/2008
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/ / / December 23, 2008 by Roger Ebert "The Spirit" is mannered to the point of madness. There is not a trace of human emotion in it. To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material. The movie is all style -- style without substance, style whirling in a senseless void. ...
rottentomatoes.com - 12/22/2008
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Synopsis: Adapted from the legendary comic strip, THE
SPIRIT is a classic action-adventure-romance told by genre-twister FRANK
MILLER (creator of 300 and SIN CITY). It is the story of a former rookie cop... Adapted from the legendary comic strip, THE ...
The Spirit Movie Reviews, Pictures
superherohype.com - 12/24/2008
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Superhero Hype! has your exclusive look at the
final featurette on Frank Miller's The Spirit , opening
in theaters on Christmas Day. The clip, on the anatomy of a scene, features an intro by Miller and star Eva Mendes that includes a pretty darn cool ...
Exclusive New Spirit Featurette!
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Roger Ebert Bitchslaps The Spirit
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Pulitzer Prize winning film critic Roger Ebert on Frank Miller’s The Spirit:
“The Spirit is mannered to the point of madness. There is not a trace of human emotion in it. To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material.”
Read the full review on RogerEbert.com.
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... [he was an executive producer of the film of his own graphic novel] and Sin City showed a similar elevation of the graphic novel into fantastical style shows," writes Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times. "But they had characters, stories, a sense of fun. The Spirit is all setups and posing, muscles and cleavage, hats and ruby lips, nasty wounds and snarly dialogue, and males and females who relate to one another like participants in a blood oath." ...
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tengossip.com 12/16/2008 — The Spirit , a movie starring Eva Mendes , Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L Jackson , is coming out on Christmas Day. It has really cool effects my favorite part when they color one thing on the screen and leave the rest black and white.
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filmofilia.com 12/3/2008 — Will Eisner is particularly well known today for creating “ The Spirit ,” his blue-clad superhero that’s currently receiving the Hollywood treatment at the hands of Frank Miller .
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Gabriel Macht in "The Spirit"
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With his new movie, "Sin City 1.5," Frank Miller does a puzzling disservice to the work of the late Will Eisner. Miller clearly ...
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Scarlett , 23, plays femme fatale secretary Silken Floss, while Eva , 34, portrays Sand Saref, a love interest for The Spirit himself.
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ComingSoon.net - Movies 12/24/2008
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L.A. Times - Movie News 12/24/2008
Frank Miller's reimagining of the classic Will Eisner comic book series is, alas, too Bat-ty.
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