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Burke and Hare: Film Review

5:16 PM PDT 10/28/2010 by Ray Bennett

LONDON -- The setting might be 19th century Scotland, but for his first feature in a decade, John Landis is back in the land of "The Stupids" with "Burke and Hare," a so-called black comedy that is more sort of dull, spotty and yucky.

Stars Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis, a cast of well-known U.K. faces and nostalgia for Landis' best work might attract early box-office returns, but dire word-of- mouth soon will undercut that promise.

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