The real winner in this weekend’s box-office derby?
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That would be Morocco. None of this week’s openings earned big ratings from our reviewers and highlighted placement as a recommendable film. Though viewers may lose out, the country of Morocco stands to gain. The weekend’s two wide releases – Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Sex and the City 2 – both filmed in Morocco’s Sahara Desert, perhaps giving new meaning to the word “sandbank.”

This article appears in May 28 • 2010.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.