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Friday, December 12, 2008 12:00 AM

"The Day the Earth Stood Still"

This supremely lame update of the sci-fi classic, starring Keanu Reeves, is assembled out of bits of every movie where an unknown whatzit threatens our way of life.
By Andrew O'Hehir

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  • Friday, December 12, 2008 05:24 PM

    I'm a fan admirer of Harlan Elison's work

    "A Boy and His Dog," made by Sam Pekinpah's pal, L.Q. Jones

    Is one of those stories

    With real meat on its bones..

    —Klytus Read Klytus's other letters

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