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Death and Dark Comedy Collide in Death at a Funeral

Other than giving Luke Wilson an opportunity to star in something other than those annoying AT&T commercials, there was really no need to revisit...

Death and Dark Comedy Collide in Death at a Funeral

Believers Enlist Hollywood Pros To Save a Life

If you're a serious evangelical filmmaker, there's one response you do not want to hear: "For a Christian movie, that was pretty good." Yet when...

Believers Enlist Hollywood Pros To Save a Life

Inner Beauty Question Answered in VeggieTales' Sweetpea Beauty

Sweetpea Beauty is the first VeggieTales production created specifically for girls. Answering the question, "What is true beauty?", the veggies...

Inner Beauty Question Answered in VeggieTales' Sweetpea Beauty

Futile Clash Leaves Titanic Sense of Disappointment

The ads for Clash of the Titans suggest epic entertainment, superb special effects and the catch phrase of the year so far—"Release the...

Futile Clash Leaves Titanic Sense of Disappointment

Moral Lessons Found Lacking in Well-Acted Runaways

If The Runaways is nothing we haven't seen before in terms of its story arc, it's also notable for strong performances from Kristen Stewart, Dakota...

Moral Lessons Found Lacking in Well-Acted Runaways

Cop Out Wears Its Juvenile Humor Like a Badge of Honor

In what's supposed to be a cheeky homage to '80s crime-fighting fare like Beverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon and of course, Die Hard, Cop Out is...

Cop Out Wears Its Juvenile Humor Like a Badge of Honor

The Losers Lacks Passion and a Point

Written by Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt and based on a series of comic books, The Losers wants to pay homage to its comic roots but never gives...

The Losers Lacks Passion and a Point

Mutiny Should be Declared on the Joyless Bounty Hunter

These days, getting the girl looks a little different with Gerard Butler on the scene. Officially kicking Mr. Sensitive to the curb, his...

Mutiny Should be Declared on the Joyless Bounty Hunter

Flimsy Finale, Depraved Behavior Doom Brooklyn's Finest

Brooklyn's Finest is tough going. Its solid performances (Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes) and hints of redemption make it better than...

Flimsy Finale, Depraved Behavior Doom Brooklyn's Finest

Mythology Gets a Fun, Modern Spin in Percy Jackson & the Olympians

At first blush, it's probably tempting to simply dismiss Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as a poor man's Harry Potter. But the...

Mythology Gets a Fun, Modern Spin in Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Green Zone Might Make You See Red

Before Green Zone, Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon teamed for two of the Jason Bourne films to much better effect. Although the third Bourne film...

Green Zone Might Make You See Red

Lack of Surprises Withstanding, When in Rome Still Plays Cute

While the movie's trailer definitely had that lackluster, made-for-TV feel, perhaps it's the presence of fresh faces Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel,...

Lack of Surprises Withstanding, When in Rome Still Plays Cute

Michael Cera Shines in Twisted Youth in Revolt

Michael Cera is a star. If you didn’t know it after his role on Arrested Development, or his turns in Juno and Superbad, or after he shared top...

Michael Cera Shines in Twisted Youth in Revolt

Shivers Galore on Shutter Island

Dreamlike and full of haunting imagery and music, Shutter Island is based on a novel by Dennis Lehane and is a spectacular downer with several...

Shivers Galore on Shutter Island

Tim Burton's Wild Imagination Put to Good Use in Alice in Wonderland

Given that Tim Burton has been the guy responsible for everything from the lovable Edward Scissorhands to the grisly Sweeney Todd, it's not...

Tim Burton's Wild Imagination Put to Good Use in Alice in Wonderland