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Director Greg Mottola ("Superbad," "Adventureland") is an expert at mixing raunch and sweetness. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost ("Shaun of the Dead," "Hot Fuzz") are experts at making funny but knowing ...

This off-beat and uneven fairy tale has somethin...
A teenager feels like he doesn't fit in anywhere. It all comes together when he finds out that he has inherited some special powers from the father he last saw when he was seven months old. And he...
It occured to me as I watched this movie that this was the third time in the last few months that I was watching a large black woman bringing shock and awe to to a bunch of slender, clueless white ...
Even in a summer blockbuster, sometimes less is more.
Especially when it comes to the story. They throw in so many plots, so many battles, so many tonal shifts, so many characters, and ul...
The sensationally talented Anna Kendrick finally gets to play the lead in a story about the cutthroat world of a capella competitions. It's "Stomp the Yard" with singing, or "Glee Goes to Col...
The mood is romantic. The couple is parked in a secluded spot overlooking their charming home town. They lean in for a kiss. And then an alien rocket ship lands. I hate it when that happens.
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Hayao Miyazaki has produced another trippy fantasia, this time a fish out of water story along the lines of "The Little Mermaid." A little girl goldfish with magical powers loves a little boy and ...
Small children will enjoy this gentle story of making friends. Their families will be grateful for the fact that there is a suitable movie for younger kids and they might enjoy the pretty water-co...
Former Destiny's Child singer Letoya Luckett has the title role in this touching story of a sheltered young woman from a small town who joins a traveling gospel show. She finds her values and her ...
Like all sports stories, this is about teamwork, but the team that matters here is Terrence Howard and Bernie Mac who bring such conviction and authenticity to this story of an inner-city Pennsylva...
The title says it all. This is a classic Cinderella story about a hardworking girl from the Wisconsin dairy farm who wants to go to medical school but falls for a handsome and charming foreign exc...