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Ultimately kind to its simpleminded characters, and all demographics represented. Unfortunately, the movie has decided that you can’t be funny...

Open up Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and what do you find? A few pearls of laughter and some gem performances amid the rot of a...

How to Eat Fried Worms is not a cinematic delicacy by any means, but neither is it difficult to digest. Like a decent fast-food meal, it’s bound to...

There is no lack of "spoof-worthy" material in television's Miami Vice. The show's '80s outfits and décor are generally remembered by most with a...

With "Ice Age: The Meltdown," the writers did an amazing job in entertaining kids of all ages. In my screening, the laughter in the theater was...

You, Me and Dupree

It’s somewhat surprising to discover that Allen has followed the triumph of "Match Point" with yet another light, dialogue-heavy comedy that runs...

Lassie has taken on dozens of identities over the years – some English, some American, both period and modern. Most will remember her from the...

Although not an easy movie to watch, “Joyeux Noel” nevertheless stirs the soul to contemplate both the complexity and the tragedy of war. Director...

"The Da Vinci Code" is, if not exactly good, at least watchable during its first hour. After that, the film simply breaks down. The long stretches...

On the heels of his Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson has remade a film classic. The resulting epic lives up to most expectations, and will...

Move over, Barney. There’s a new kid in town. Or, so says my four-year-old, who dumped the purple dinosaur like a bowl of cold oatmeal after...

Despite some impressive advertising, can one movie really live up to a bigger-than-life buzz and entertain audiences from babies to grandparents? ...

"Wordplay," the new film documenting New York Times crossword puzzle-meister Will Shortz and the annual crossword competition he founded, provides...

Who knew that a friar, moonlighting as a wrestler in unflattering stretchy pants and a homemade cape, could help save a mostly unfunny summer at...