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"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" **** (out of four): There's more than enough blood, guts and yes, glory to go around in Tim Burton's masterful big-screen spin of the culty musical "Sweeney Todd." The results? To die for.

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The most twisted, deranged and blood-splattering film of the year has arrived at last, and it's every bit as wonderful as you might expect. Tim Burton and Johnny Depp reteam for the sixth (!) time to bring Stephen Sondheim's award-winning show "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" to the movie-going masses, revisiting their trademark gothic charm ("Edward Scissorhands") and canning the shticky tripe ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"). It's safe to say — the boys are back in town.

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