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Review: Precious Is Everything Oprah Says It Is

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:49:00 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Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats Silly and Outdated, Despite Clooney Cool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 19:26:00 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 18:53:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Actress Milla Jovovich, in the role of Actress Milla Jovovich, hosts an odd mashup of supposedly "found" footage and reenacted scenes featuring herself and other name...

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

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:09:00 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...

Review: The Box is Hilarious—But Doesn't Mean to Be (Hi, Cameron Diaz!)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:41:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: This preposterous Cameron Diaz thriller offers a promising premise: A mysterious box bestows riches in exchange for killing a stranger. But then it dumps in existentialism,...

Review: Napoleon Dynamite + Battlefield Earth = Gentlemen Broncos!

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:44:17 GMT

Review in a Hurry: An odd attempt at satirizing the world of pulp sci-fi writers. This confused tale of a boy with a promising manuscript, the girl who tries to make a low-budget movie out of it,...

Review: Michael Jackson's This Is It a Fitting Goodbye (Bonus: It's Also a Great Movie)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:17:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: The legions of fans who have bought their tickets to experience Michael Jackson's last performance need only know that thankfully, This Is It is just that. The...

Review: Paranormal Activity Real Simple, Real Scary

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:09:00 GMT

Originally published Sept. 25, 2009 Review in a Hurry: One of the decade's scariest films arrives without the hype that surrounded the soon-to-be compared with The Blair...

Review: Saw VI the Year's Best Supergory Movie About Health Insurance

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:45:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Capitalism beware! Michael Moore was a pussycat compared to Saw's John "Jigsaw" Kramer (Tobin Bell), whose we-mean-it-this-time last posthumous wish was apparently...

Review: Amelia a Thin Lifetime-y Biopic That Won't Let Swank Soar

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:10:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Hilary Swank dons more than just a pilot's cap to become Amelia Earhart, legendary '30s aviator and folk hero. But in this careful and bland biopic, the two-time Oscar...

Review: Astro Boy Missing Iconic Kid-Robot Charm

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:35:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: One of the original icons of Japanese anime—the robot boy with the atomic heart—gets a Hollywood upgrade in this sporadically entertaining but somewhat muddled...

Review: The Vampire's Assistant Only Kinda Sucks

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:12:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Can't get your fill of bloodsuckers? Then drink up, hard-core fang fans, because Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant doesn't totally suck, though it's not...

Review: Dreary Law Abiding Citizen Makes Death Wish Look Like Fun

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:25:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler star in a ridiculous vigilante, revenge fantasy flick that gets so tangled in the knotty issue of justice, it ends up strangling itself with...

Review: Where the Wild Things Are a Rowdy Rumpus (That'll Totally Make You Cry)

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Artfully oddball director Spike Jonze brings his aesthetic to the much-loved children's book about a rowdy kid who leaves home to become king of the monsters, only to find...

Review: The Stepfather Just Another Watered-Down Serial Killer Remake

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:27:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: A lazy PG-13 redo of the enjoyable 1987 R-rated suspense flick about a serial killer in search of the perfect family. The original is notable for being a breakthrough role for...

Review: Couples Retreat a Fun-Free Vacay—With Man Boobs!

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:05:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Four unlikable couples gather at an all-inclusive marriage-counseling resort in this predictable rom-com, which takes all its comedy cues from the school of...

Review: Zombieland Total Flesh-Eating Undead Fun

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:35:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Zombieland looks on the bright side of an undead apocalypse: You can take what you want, smash anything you like, and if you meet a beautiful girl your age, she's probably...

Review: Whip It a Rowdy Roller Romp (Thanks, Drew!)

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:20:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: In her directorial debut, Drew Barrymore decides Oscar can wait. Instead of big issues and dramatic acting, Whip It is more like an indie rock album that tween girls everywhere...

Review: A Serious Man a Serious Movie—In a Coen Bros-y Kind of Way

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:01:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: The Coen Brothers, once again, artfully defy conventional Hollywood storytelling, filling their frightening and funny new movie with wormy characters and frigid themes. And...

Review: The Invention of Lying Subversive and Clever—But Then Not

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:55:42 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Garner star in The Invention of Lying, a comedy of such startlingly wit that it's abrupt and conventional turn can be forgiven. The...