MOVIE REVIEW; Howard & Hanks still can't crack the code; "Angels & Demons" is a beautiful, but oddly cold, prequel.(VARIETY)(Movie review)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | May 15, 2009| | Copyright

Byline: COLIN COVERT; STAFF WRITER

Since "The Da Vinci Code" sparked an un- holy religious controversy, let's take a moment to catch our collective breath before plunging into "Angels & Demons." Like most Hollywood thrillers, "Angels" is a collection of factual, historical and scientific nonsense that would take more than the film's 139-minute running time to debunk. Although it cloaks itself in a mantle of scholarship, it's rooted in reality about as firmly as "Twilight," "Harry Potter" and "Star Trek." That said, how does it work as fantasy? Not so well, even ...

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