Like last year’s Snow White movies, “Mirror Mirror” and “Snow White and the Huntsman,” the new “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” comes from the Brothers Grimm, although in this case, the Grimms merely recorded a German tale that, before 1812, was an oral tradition.
But unlike 2012’s movies, “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” bravely gets a little crazy.
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Like last year’s Snow White movies, “Mirror Mirror” and “Snow White and the Huntsman,” the new “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” comes from the Brothers Grimm, although in this case, the Grimms merely recorded a German tale that, before 1812, was an oral tradition.
But unlike 2012’s movies, “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” bravely gets a little crazy.
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If anyone doubted that Pixar’s Brad Bird (“The Incredibles,” “Ratatouille”) could bring his storytelling gifts to a live-action battleship the size of “Mission: Impossible,” rest assured. Following in the formidable footsteps of Brian De Palma, John Woo and J.J. Abrams, Bird has added a potent entry to a series that has suffered nary a misstep to date.
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He’s touted as a dark horse in Oscar’s Best Actor race, a relative unknown in a field of nominees highlighted by presumed frontrunner Jeff Bridges and George Clooney. Yet Modesto native Jeremy Renner, the fair-haired star of Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker,” is no stranger to the screen, or to awards consideration.
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