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Whiteout Leaves Critics Cold

Antarctic murder mystery a snowy wipeout for Beckinsale

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 11, 2009 7:40 AM CDT

(Newser) – Antarctica's a great setting for a thriller, say critics, but the new Kate Beckinsale movie Whiteout is too mundane to bear much resemblance to a great thriller.

Joe Neumaier, Daily News: Whiteout, based on a graphic novel, has the makings of an enjoyable, cheesy thriller,

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