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Movie Review: Surprise! The Vow Is More Quirky Indie Than Mainstream Romance

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:18:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: The publicity for The Vow would have you believe it's primarily about a man (Channing Tatum) constantly re-wooing his amnesiac wife (Rachel McAdams), in a manner that subtly...

Movie Review: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Makes No Sense, but in a Totally Good Way!

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:55:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Grown-ups and reviewers aren't supposed to like movies that are almost entirely CG and PG-rated eye candy, but screw it. The inner child wins out on this one. Dwayne Johnson...

Movie Review: The Woman in Black Is Plenty Spooky, but Barely Twisty

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:57:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Daniel Radcliffe is sent to a remote village to sort out the affairs of a recently deceased eccentric who lived in a spooky old mansion. There, he sees a whole lotta dead...

Movie Review: Big Miracle a Whale Rescue Adventure That (Barely) Stays Afloat

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:47:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: This whale of a tale—an inspirational rescue-adventure about three gray whales trapped in the Arctic Circle—would be hard to swallow if it weren't based on...

Movie Review: Chronicle Is Totally Paranormal Activity for Superheroes

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:11:04 GMT

Review in a Hurry: High school outcast Andrew is a videophile who records everything, even the intense bullying he endures between classes. But all that changes when he and two other students...

Movie Review: The Grey Is Thick With Super Tense Action—Just Like Liam Neeson!

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:21:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: After their plane crashes in a frozen Alaskan wilderness, Liam Neeson and seven other men must work together to bear the cold and...a pack of angry wolves! A better than average...

Movie Review: Kate Beckinsale's Back in Black for Underworld Awakening (Fanboys Rejoice!)

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:45:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: After leaving the third film to the just-as-sexy Rhona Mitra, Kate Beckinsale is back in skintight black for the fourth installment. Death Dealer Selene (Beckinsale) wakes up in...

Movie Review: Red Tails Is Squeaky Clean, Kinda Corny World War II Action

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:10:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: George Lucas' dream project for over two decades hits the big screen with spectacular dogfights, a strong cast and an ample supply of well intentioned but clunky dialogue....

Movie Review: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Is Extremely Irritating and Incredibly Dull

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:00:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Tom Hanks mugs irritatingly as a dorky dad for a few minutes, then dies in the World Trade Center on 9-11. His kid, who may or may not have Asperger's (in a cop-out kind of...

Movie Review: Sing Praises for Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah in Joyful Noise

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:15:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Dolly Parton, Queen Latifah and Keke Palmer face off for the ultimate churchy showdown. The fairly predictable story about a choir that dreams of winning the National Joyful...

Movie Review: Contraband's Dark Turn Spoils an Otherwise Fun, Sleek Heist Flick

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Former smuggler Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) is pulled into one last job to keep his screwed-up brother-in-law Andy (and by extension, the rest of the family) out of danger....

Movie Review: The Devil Inside, the Scariest (and Only) Mockumentary Horror Flick You'll See This Week

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:15:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: The devil is back for the umpteenth time to wreak havoc on shaky cams everywhere...It must be January at the multiplex. Aren't we tired of all these demon possession flicks...

Movie Review: In a Season of Blockbusters, Don't Overlook the Silent Artist

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:00:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: It seems counter-intuitive that in this day and age, one of the biggest crowd-pleasers of the season would be a silent movie. Yet Michel Hazanavicius' tale of a fictional...

Movie Review: War Horse Shows Spielberg at His Emotional Best

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Feeling the need for steed? Pony up for this sweeping horse tale from director Steven Spielberg, which straddles the years of World War I and stars Jeremy Irvine as a young...

Movie Review: We Bought a Zoo a Warm, Delightful Holiday Experience

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:30:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Writer-director Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire) buys a zoo and let's Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson run it! Very much the kind of film that plays during the holiday...

Movie Review: Steven Spielberg Artfully Embraces His Inner Child in The Adventures of Tintin

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:08:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: The graphic novels by Hergé featuring ginger-coiffed boy detective/reporter Tintin really didn't need to be adapted into any other format. They're perfectly drawn...

Movie Review: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Isn't Bad, but David Fincher Could've Done Better

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: David Fincher brings a grand visual style to this readaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel, and the Trent Reznor-Atticus Ross score is what you would hope for. Daniel Craig and...

Movie Review: Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol an Awesome Blend of Gadgets, Comedy and Action

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:45:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Like some of the older James Bond movies, the new Mission: Impossible offers up a delicious blend of hilariously convenient futuristic gadgets, inventively staged and almost...

Movie Review: Holy Evil! Young Adult's Charlize Theron Shines as a Psychotic Ex-Prom Queen

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:00:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Juno director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody reteam for this barbed serio-comedy about a boozy author obsessed with her ex BF. Reitman and Cody again wrap snark and heart...

Movie Review: Expect More of a Schticky Bromance From Sherlock Holmes Than a Real Mystery

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Since the first film jettisoned any hope of taking Holmes particularly seriously, it's easier to sit back and enjoy the breezy tone and bizarre bromance between Holmes...