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Frozen ferries freed
By Melissa Opsal
March 5, 2010 - 11:46am
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Four ferries of the coast of Sweden are free from heavy ice.

Artic winds made it difficult for rescue crews to free the four ferries and at least 30 other ships from the Baltic Sea.

Tommy Gardebring with the Maritime Search and Rescue Center told CNN the southern portion is a lot colder, but the nouthern portion has normal levels of ice.

The ferries carrying 1,000 people are now back at port.

Review: "Invention" Invites Controversy
By Jason Berger
November 20, 2009 - 7:00pm
"The Invention of Lying", the new film from comedian Ricky Gervais, sparks debate with its polarizing views on religion.

The Invention of Lying, the new inflammatory (and very funny) comedy from TV mastermind Ricky Gervais, starts off simply enough.

Review: Enter the Void
By Nigel Smith
October 30, 2009 - 7:26pm
Gaspar Noe nixes substance for style, in his follow up to Irreversible.

Lars Von Trier. Park Chan-wook. Michael Haneke. Provocative auteurs like these are masters whose works are defined by their distinctive approach to divisive subject matter. France’s Gaspar Noe looked to be one of the tribe with his first feature, Irreversible. Told in a real-time backwards narrative, the film is infamous for an unflinching nine-minute rape sequence featured in the film’s first half. Yet as the film unraveled itself, it presented a dilemma.

Chilean film given international voice
By Tamara Vallejos
September 29, 2009 - 9:45pm
Review: 'Huacho' depicts rural Latin America in an honest and emotional way.

There’s a scene in Huacho, the feature-length debut from Chilean director Alejandro Almendras, when the camera closes in on the face of an elderly woman selling blocks of homemade cheese by the side of the road. The shot is held for an unconventionally long time, with no movement or dialogue to break up the seconds ticking by. But in those moments, the audience is able to read the hard-earned wrinkles on the woman’s face, and we can begin to absorb the profundity of a life where a...