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Science writer Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) tries to save his family, including Lilly (Morgan Lily), from global cataclysm in 2012.

'2012': A disaster-flick compendium

By Roger Moore The Orlando Sentinel

Nothing like a dandy evening's apocalypse to take the edge off recession, unemployment and Afghanistan. With 2012, Roland "Day After Tomorrow" Emmerich serves up World's End 4.0, with cataclysmic effects showcasing what volcanoes, tidal waves and earthquakes will do once that fabled Mayan calendar runs out on Dec. 21, 2012.

'Pirate Radio': A silly '60s love song

By Roger Moore The Orlando Sentinel

Richard Curtis makes romantic, sentimental and overlong comedies filled to the rafters with friends as cast members. He's a British Judd Apatow — indulgent, substituting sweetness for edge, charm for shock value.

Family reviews: '2012,' 'Pirate Radio'

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'A Christmas Carol': Jim Carrey is everywhere, but the humor is not

By Roger Moore The Orlando Sentinel

The new Disney A Christmas Carol is another epic achievement in motion-capture animation, advancing the art form closer to photo-realism than The Polar Express or Beowulf. Dazzling, ornate visuals take us to the snowy London of 1837, swooping over its digital rooftops and down its digital chimneys. Faces take on musculature, expression and detail.

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