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To Die In San Hilario in November
News: Warner Vision have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of To Die In San Hilario for 27th November 2006 priced at 17.99. Catalan director Laura Ma returns to the wittily surreal but heartwarming style she set with her widely praised debut film, …

Poster Boy
A conservative U.S. Senator discovers that his son is gay during a re-election campaign in this indie drama from director Zak Tucker. [Rated R]

Hoodwinked
Cinema Review: Fairy tales have been spoofed before but not until this animated comedy have Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf been handcuffed, taken downtown and given the third degree by the cops. Review by Kevin O’Reilly.

75% The Illusionist
The Illusionist is an engrossing, well-crafted story of mystery, magic and intrigue that is certain to enchant, if not hypnotize, audiences.

Troops relate Iraq war from ground level (AP)
AP - “What Was Asked of Us: An Oral History of the Iraq War by the Soldiers Who Fought It” (Little, Brown and Co., 307 pages, $25.99) — Trish Wood: This war will be with us long after it’s over.

Projection Booth: Will The Joke Be On Borat — Or Santa Claus?
“The Santa Clause 3″ vs. “Borat” — box-office predictions. Also, news on “Flushed Away,” “Saw III,” “The Departed” and Pedro Almodóvar and Penélope Cruz’s “Volver.”

British Critics Dig the New Bond
Looks like the early responses to “Casino Royale” are surprisingly strong — and you’d expect the British film experts to be particularly finicky about this specific series. From Dark Horizons: “The first reviews of the new James Bond flick “Casino Royale” have started popping up in the British press,…

Box Office Wrapup: Great Success! Borat #1 in U. S. and A.
America fell in love with Borat this weekend as the underdog movie-film about a TV journalist from Kazakhstan shocked the film industry by opening at number one, despite playing in a fraction of the theaters as Hollywood’s other new offerings. Shattering expectations, the Fox hit surged ahead of two…

Weekend Wrap-Up: 10/22/06
It was a close race at the box office this weekend, as movies for adults played off against one another.

Weekend Wrap-Up: 10/29/06
The number one film in a landslide is Lionsgate’s Saw III, which is quickly becoming the most popular horror franchise ever, despite having only three films released (so far).