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

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:25:00 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: Broken Embraces Kinda Like a Telenovela for Film Snobs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:24:00 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 00:40:00 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: The Blind Side All Heartstrings and Sandra Bullock

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:35:00 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: Nic Cage at His Crazy Best in Bad Lieutenant

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:30:00 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: 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 03:05:00 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: 2012 Is Total Disaster-Porn Overload!

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:05:00 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: 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...