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The Dark Knight Rises and almost wows, Trishna fumbles a classic and Beasts of the Southern Wild may just be one

Christian Bale as The Dark Knight broods, sulks and finally swoops onto screens all over.

Peace Out, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Collaborator, Neil Young Journeys and Ice Age

This week's new movies in Vancouver span the spectrum from ho hum to happening.

“What have they done to the earth? What have they done to our fair sister?”

“From the air I could see 3000-5000 feet of black smoke… and what seemed like one fire was actually dozens of fires," Kris Krug writes from the Gulf, where he traveled to document the BP Deepwater Hor