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Will Smith plays the last man on earth in this third mov...
Tyler Perry's movies are review-proof. Not just because he does not let critics see them before they are released, knowing that his audience won't care about reviews, but because they do not lend ...
There are none so straight as those who pretend to be gay. That seems to be the premise of Adam Sandler’s latest slacker comedy. But its mild pleasures are spoiled by its belief that homophobi...
Two guys who are super-smart and super-rich,
Warren Buffet and
Pete P...
There's a chance, but a very slight chance that 20 years from now this could be one of those films whose pulpiness overcomes its dopiness. But I doubt it.
Oh, it is fun to see Wanda de Jes...
Love at first sight can be thrilling, but it can very very inconvenient when it happens to a bride who is walking down the aisle at the time. Especially if the loved-at-first-sight object of affec...
In the future, according to this film, our currency will not be money but time. Everyone gets 25 years. Then the clock starts ticking down. If you have not earned, begged, borrowed, stolen, o...
Like some of the food made with the substances produced by the corporation at the heart of this story, this movie is pleasant but leaves a sour aftertaste. It is inspired by the real-life story of...
Spike Lee's brilliant direction and a clever and surprising script from first-timer Russell Gewirtz provide an ideal setting for four of the most watchable actors in the business in a heist film th...
Werner Herzog continues his exploration of the darkness and the light within the human spirit with "Into the Abyss," a documentary about why and how we kill each other, in violation of the law and ...
Every one of us at times hears the call of the wild, to match the wild of the outdoors to the wild that is inside us, to leave behind all of the petty complications of civilization and test ourselv...
Every one of us at times hears the call of the wild, to match the wild of the outdoors to the wild that is inside us, to leave behind all of the petty complications of civilization and test ourselv...
Ricky Gervais has come up with a fresh and enticing premise but -- I have to be honest -- it is imperfectly executed. It has the gloss of a romantic comedy because it gives us the fun of knowing t...
Everyone can tell that Abby (played by screenwriter Jennifer Westfeldt) is adorable. Her parents dote on her. A jittery subway mugger is disarmed by her – literally. She has not managed to sel...
A performance by Meryl Streep of endless intelligence, skill, and sensitivity cannot keep this impressionistic portrait of Baroness Margaret Thatcher from being exactly the sort of sentimental nons...
A boy whose parents turn their house into a nursing home can be expected to develop an interest in death. Ten year old Edward ("Son of Rambow's" Bill Milner) is more than interested. He is fascin...
It goes to 11.
Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth") has made a documentary featuring three generations of guitar gods: Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), The Edge (U2), and Jack White (The White Str...
A stressed-out teenager impetuously checks himself into a mental hospital in this semi-autobiographical tale based on
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Posted on Wednesday February 23, 2011