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

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:54:00 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-video-game Ninja Assassin,...

Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox Just Simply Fantastic

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:53:00 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: 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 postapocalyptic 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: 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: 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...