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Disney's Bolt Is a Starry Dog Story Disney's Bolt Is a Starry Dog Story
This toon teaches you don't have to jump through hoops to be a hero.
With his blazing white coat and pig-pink ears, to say nothing of the zigzag of lightning cut into his flank, the eponymous canine lead of... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: November 20, 2008
House House
Now playing.
A few months ago, Lionsgate issued a trailer for Saw V that tried to fake out viewers into thinking they were watching an ad for a Christian... More>>
By Luke Y. Thompson
Published: November 20, 2008
Latest James Bond Flick, Quantum of Solace, Confuses and Bores Latest James Bond Flick, Quantum of Solace, Confuses and Bores
But Daniel Craig is still hot.
Those of us who adored Casino Royale, the 2006 reboot of the haggard, self-parodic James Bond franchise, had some trouble trying to decide where... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: November 13, 2008
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Now playing.
The five-year-old didn't laugh as much as his 40-year-old father, which, granted, isn't the basis upon which to conclude too much. Then again,... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: November 13, 2008
Bernie Mac and Samuel L. Jackson in Soul Men Bernie Mac and Samuel L. Jackson in Soul Men
The late comic has exited this world on a high note.
If the dream of every comic is to have his humor live on long after he has left the stage, then the late Bernie Mac has exited this world on a... More>>
By Chuck Wilson
Published: November 06, 2008
Paul Rudd in Role Models Paul Rudd in Role Models
Smarter and bawdier than your average boys-to-men movie.
Paul Rudd wears the constant look of glazed-eye amusement; everything seems to tickle him, even that which annoys or frustrates or disappoints... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: November 06, 2008
Kevin Smith Blows His Wad with Zack and Miri Make a Porno Kevin Smith Blows His Wad with Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks star in this strictly soft-core flick.
Ostensibly, Zack and Miri Make a Porno should be money-shot Kevin Smith: Pals make a porn to pay the bills and, in the process of gettin' it on... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: October 30, 2008
Angelina Jolie in Changeling Angelina Jolie in Changeling
Clint Eastwood's latest takes on a serial killer and the system.
On a double bill with L.A. Confidential, Chinatown, or almost any film made after 1970 about institutional corruption in Los Angeles, Clint... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: October 30, 2008
Saw V Saw V
Now playing.
For fans of the deathtrap-redemption horror series and its central figure, John "Jigsaw" Kramer (Tobin Bell) — and realistically, only the... More>>
By Luke Y. Thompson
Published: October 30, 2008
Edward Norton in Pride and Glory Edward Norton in Pride and Glory
New York cop drama holds the audience hostage.
Pride and Glory doesn't make any effort to disguise precisely what it is: a barely held-together string of vignettes lifted from every cop movie... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: October 23, 2008
Max Payne Max Payne
Now playing.
If Oscars were handed out for fake snow, director John Moore's bleary, dreary, sub-Sin City big-screen videogame would clean up like Ben-Hur: By... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: October 23, 2008
Oliver Stone's W. Oliver Stone's W.
The director assigns motive to Dubya's MO, but at this point, who cares?
W. might be less frenzied than the usual Oliver Stone sensory bombardment, but in revisiting the early '00s by way of the late '60s, this... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: October 16, 2008
The Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees
Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah in a flick that's all honey and no sting.
A young woman fights off her brutal husband; a gun goes off; a marble spins on the floor where a toddler sits unattended. From B-movie... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: October 16, 2008
City of Ember City of Ember
Now playing.
The struggle at the center of City of Ember, another treat from the maker of Monster House, is one for the good of all mankind. But what were the... More>>
By Ed Gonzalez
Published: October 16, 2008
Leonardo DiCaprio in Body of Lies Leonardo DiCaprio in Body of Lies
Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve.
A new kind of war movie for a new kind of war, Body of Lies is about the War on Terror as it is being waged on the ground, in the air, but most... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: October 09, 2008
Beverly Hills Chihuahua Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Now playing.
Undersize lapdogs make me grumpy even when they don't talk, wear pink booties, and shop Rodeo Drive. So I came to Beverly Hills Chihuahua with... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: October 09, 2008
Bill Maher's Religulous Goes Nowhere Bill Maher's Religulous Goes Nowhere
Redolent of Roman decadence and authority gone mad, the title Religulous rolls pleasingly off the tongue. But Bill Maher's one-man stand-up... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: October 02, 2008
Anne Hathaway Shines in Rachel Getting Married Anne Hathaway Shines in Rachel Getting Married
Those who believe that Jonathan Demme went all soft with Philadelphia and never recovered might not be reassured by his latest movie, an ensemble... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: October 02, 2008
Shia LaBeouf Can't Save Tepid Eagle Eye Shia LaBeouf Can't Save Tepid Eagle Eye
Director D.J. Caruso fancies himself a hipster Hitchcock, with Shia LaBeouf as his snarky Jimmy Stewart. Last year the duo remade Rear Window and... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: October 02, 2008
Sex Crime Sex Crime
Choke adaptation needs the Heimlich.
There's a whole lotta fucking going on in Choke, Clark Gregg's adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's first-person novel about a sex addict named Victor... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: September 25, 2008
Very Minor Miracle
No matter the runtime and budget, Spike Lee's WWII drama is an epic bore.
On some level, you've got to hand it to Spike Lee. There are probably less than a handful of directors working in Hollywood today who could put... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: September 25, 2008
The Family That Preys The Family That Preys
Now playing.
"You're a woman scorned with no prenup. That's a recipe for good livin'" is just one of the zingers Kathy Bates gets to deliver as Charlotte... More>>
By Chuck Wilson
Published: September 25, 2008
Our Friends and Neighbors Our Friends and Neighbors
Racial tension, above and below the surface, in Neil LaBute's Lakeview Terrace.
Earlier this year, when I found myself assigned to jury duty on a drug-related trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court, our jury foreman turned... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: September 18, 2008
Righteous Kill Righteous Kill
Now playing.
Where once the decline of Robert De Niro's and Al Pacino's prodigious talent inspired howls of anguish and impassioned critical essays, it's a... More>>
By Tim Grierson
Published: September 18, 2008
Intolerable Cruelty Intolerable Cruelty
Remarkably consistent, the Coens make another mockery with Burn After Reading.
Masters of the carefully crafted cheap shot, Joel and Ethan Coen have built a career on flippancy. Given their refusal to take anything seriously... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: September 11, 2008
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