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October 20, 2009

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WALK THE LINE
(Comcast Free Movies) James Mangold’s account of Johnny Cash’s early life has the ups and downs of a country ballad. What makes it special is the intensely romantic love story between Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) and June Carter, whom Reese Witherspoon plays with rare emotional completeness. Watching these two work their way toward marriage feels like a two-hour honeymoon. (PG-13; runs through Nov. 30) WESLEY MORRIS

THE BROTHERS BLOOM
(Comcast Movies and Events) A con game about con games, this fable about brotherly scam artists (Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody) is manic fun until you realize the entire movie is going to be pitched at the same pace. It’s like being trapped in a hall of mirrors with a performing poodle that doesn’t know how to stop. (PG-13; runs through Dec. 3) TY BURR

JUMANJI
(Comcast Free Movies) Lots of computer-generated technical dazzle in this fantasy about jungle animals escaping a supernatural board game and terrorizing a New Hampshire town. Robin Williams is sympathetic as a grown boy trapped in the game. But a lame script holds down the enjoyment level. (PG; runs through Dec. 1)

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