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Movie Critic Dorri Olds is a Manhattan-based award-winning freelance writer who was born obsessed with movies and celebrities. She’s written for a variety of publications including The New York Times and The Jewish Daily Forward and is a weekly contributor to Petside. Olds sees a dizzying number of movie screenings, interviews A-List actors and is a member of the exclusive organization American Society of Journalists & Authors (ASJA). You may contact Dorri with your comments and questions.

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List of the 12 victims killed at the Aurora ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ premiere

Veronica Moser, 6, Alexander Boik, 18, Micayla Medek, 23, Alexander C. Teves, 24, Jessica Ghawi, 24, Jonathan Blunk, 26, Alex Sullivan, 27, Matt McQuinn, 27, John Larimer, 27, Jesse E. Childress, 29, Rebecca Ann Wingo, 32, Gordon W. Cowden, 51.

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Photo and updates of Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes

Batman 3 “The Dark Knight Rises” premiere in Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes, 24, was a Ph.D. student at the University of Colorado.

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Regal Entertainment runs ‘All Knight Long’ showings of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ for Opening Weekend

Due to the high demand for tickets to The Dark Knight Rises Regal Entertainment Group is running 72-hours of continuous “All Knight Long” screenings and “Regal’s Dark Knight Marathon” which shows all 3 Batman films for only $25 beginning 7/19/12.

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From the Batman trilogy, ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ or ‘Gotham Goes Armageddon’

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s final installment of his “Dark Knight” Batman trilogy “The Dark Knight Rises” does not disappoint. After 8 years in hiding Batman (Christian Bale) comes to Gotham’s rescue. Anne Hathaway is Catwoman, Tom Hardy plays Bane, with Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman and Michael Caine returning in their respective roles.

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‘The Awakening’ is an old school thriller—literally. It is set in 1921 at a haunted boys’ prep school in England

Rebecca Hall stars in The Awakening, an old school thriller—literally. It is set in 1921 at a haunted boys’ prep school in England and it is a spooky ghost story full of chills.

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The Wedding Beat by New York Times ‘Vows’ Columnist Devan Sipher

Devan Sipher, wedding columnist for The New York Times, has written his first novel, ‘The Wedding Beat.’ It is a humorous romantic chicklit book about a guy who writes a wedding column for a big newspaper.

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Oliver Stone does it again: Savages stars Lively, Travolta, Hayek and Del Toro

Oliver Stone serves up violence and thrills again with the new movie Savages starring John Travolta, Blake Lively, Salma Hayek and Benicio Del Toro.

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The only plus to ‘Crazy Eyes’ is its cast: Lukas Haas, Madeline Zima, Jake Busey

Rarely will you see a film as bleak as this one. If you want to get depressed about alcoholics ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ with Nic Cage is a far better choice. The movie ‘Crazy Eyes’ is yet another tale of self destruction via alcohol—and not a particularly interesting one. The lead character Zach (Lukas Haas) is a divorced father of a 5-year-old who spends every minute of every day getting drunk and drunker. Also stars Madeline Zima and Jake Busey.

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Mira Sorvino stars in ‘Union Square’ a low-budget yet high-spirited family drama

In the Indie film Union Square, Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino shows her chops once again playing Lucy, a deeply troubled, self-absorbed, erratic and emotional sister to Jenny, played by the stunning and talented Tammy Blanchard. In a powerful cameo, Patti LuPone plays their narcissistic, chain smoking mother.

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