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Review: Up in the Air a Fun Flick for a Crap Economy

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:05:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Being fired isn't funny, but Up in the Air manages to spin a witty tale about the guy who's firing you! George Clooney plays a professional corporate downsizer who's...

Review: Everybody's Fine, But This Movie Isn't

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Robert De Niro takes a break from persona-mocking Focker roles to play a lonely widower who wants to reconnect with his grown kids. Despite the title, it becomes clear that...

Review: Afghan War + Killer Performances + Tears = Total Oscar Bait Brothers

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:09:53 GMT

Review in a Hurry: War is a hell that's contagious. That's the theme running through this tale of a family nearly ripped apart by the Afghanistan conflict. But deft acting—hello...

Review: Serious Moonlight Good News Only for Fans of Meg Ryan and Duct Tape

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Nope, Moonlight isn't another Twilight sequel, though it does feature a strange love triangle—no vampires or werewolves but a wildly unbalanced attorney and her...

Review: Old Dogs Shouldn't Have Been Let Out—Bad Dogs! Bad!

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:54:41 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Who let this Dogs out—and why wasn't it put down instead? With John Travolta and Robin Williams mugging as best buds who care for two 7-year-olds, this stinky mutt of...

Review: Ninja Assassin Somehow Fails to Be the Most Awesome Movie Ever

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:55:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Remember when "from the creators of The Matrix Trilogy" meant more karate chops for your buck? After Speed Racer and now the shoulda-been-a-videogame Ninja Assassin,...

Review: The Road is Raw, Tough and All Kinds of Not-Fun

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:52:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Based on Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Road is a post-apocalyptic tale that's less Mad Max, more Wild West Cloverfield, and it impresses with a raw...

Review: The Princess and the Frog an Old-Fashioned Fairy Tale For Totes Modern Ladies!

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:50:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: In an era dominated by CGI, Disney makes a bold return to 2-D animation. The medium may be old-fashioned, but the story is thoroughly, refreshingly modern. Funny, inspiring, and...

Review: Broken Embraces Kinda Like a Telenovela for Film Snobs

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:10:27 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar returns with more high drama, and more Penélope Cruz. Broken Embraces is full of sex, betrayal, money, and blackmail—sort of a...

Review: Planet 51 Really Familiar—And Not in a Good Way

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:56:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Sure, every story has already been told, but there still could have been a smidgen of originality in this role-reversal alien-invasion pic. Staring bright animation and the...

Review: Nic Cage at His Crazy Best in Bad Lieutenant

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:55:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: You may have heard that Nicolas Cage acts completely insane in the title role of a New Orleans cop who becomes a heavy drug user. It's true...but "completely insane"...

Review: The Blind Side All Heartstrings and Sandra Bullock

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:29:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: The Blind Side doesn't pretend to be anything but a heartstrings-tugging "feel good" movie. Swelling music, tearful epiphanies, all that sentimental crap is here in...

Review: New Moon Is Either Just Fine or Way Mopey, Depending On Who You Are

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:45:00 GMT

Should you go see New Moon? Does it matter what we say? You're going to see New Moon. But if you have any lingering doubts about the second film in The Twilight Saga, we're here to help....

Review: 2012 is Total Disaster Porn Overload!

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:05:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Beyond ridiculous and overstuffed with dizzying computer effects, director Roland Emmerich's 2012 is a disaster pic that pulls no destructive punches. But at more than 2.5...

Review: Pirate Radio a Joyous Li'l Flick About Old Dudes Saving Rock 'n' Roll

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Rock 'n' roll and the high seas make an unlikely but jolly combination in this exuberantly directed film by Love, Actually writer/director Richard Curtis. Wisely, Curtis...

Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox Just Simply Fantastic

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:55:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Awkward-humor auteur Wes Anderson, Oscar-winner George Clooney, and Willy Wonka creator Roald Dahl come together for a stop-motion animated feature that doesn't seem like it...

Review: Precious is Everything Oprah Says It Is

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:49:53 GMT

Review in a Hurry: How about this for a night at the movies: Emotional and physical abuse, incest, and a role that will forever taint the usually jolly image of comedienne Mo'Nique. Precious...

Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats Silly and Outdated, Despite Clooney Cool

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:26:42 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Ditched by his wife, reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) makes a semi-suicidal beeline for Iraq. There he encounters apparent psychic soldier Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), who...

Review: Doc-Style Alien Fright Flick The Fourth Kind Just Feels...Fake

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:53:29 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Actress Milla Jovovich, in the role of "Actress Milla Jovovich," hosts an odd mash-up of supposed "found" footage and re-enacted scenes featuring herself and...

Review: A Christmas Carol Dark 'n' Faithful—Despite All the Jim Carrey 3-D

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:09:53 GMT

Review in a Hurry: No "humbugs" here. Disney animates Charles Dickens' timeless tale of a Christmas-hating miser without, well, Disney-fying it. Devoted Dickens fans will even...