Starring:
Will Arnett, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Reese
Witherspoo…
Review:
An animated funhouse that delivers on its title and ups its
scary-comic impact if you see it in 3-D. Alien dust turns Susan
(voiced by Reese Witherspoon) into 50-foot Ginormica on her wedding
day. She joins other monsters — Seth Rogen’s one-eyed blob is
my fave — to fight […]

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Starring:
Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Helena Bereen, Larry Cowan,
Li…
Review:
Once upon a better time, there were audiences who looked for
hardscrabble movies that pushed them out of their comfort zones
into uncharted territory. Hunger is such a movie. It’s an
artistic triumph that asks us to enter the H blocks of Northern
Ireland’s Maze prison, circa 1981, and watch […]

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Starring:
Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti, Rick
Wor…
Review:
Given the assault of devilishly clever plot twists that
buzz-bomb your brain like a two-hour binge of quad-shot lattes,
Duplicity goes down as too smart for its own good. Hasn’t
writer-director Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) read the
surveys that say the last thing economically challenged audiences
want is to think? […]

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Starring:
Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, J.K. Simmons
Review:
Here’s the thing about comedies: Even when the script is
freighted with formula, the right actors can keep it afloat, even
airborne. That’s where I Love You, Man really lucks out.
In a down market for giggles (Miss March? Please!), Paul
Rudd and Jason Segel are howlingly funny. […]

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Starring:
Sari Paxton, Tony Goldwyn, Monica POtter
Review:
Ten minutes into this puke-slick remake of Wes Craven’s infamous
1972 revenge classic on rape, torture and murder, I knew this
crapathon would give Watchmen a run for its money as this
weekend’s top box-office bell ringer. Such is the debased state of
American moviegoing barely three months into the new year, […]

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Starring:
Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Jason Spevack, Steve Zahn
Review:
Don’t be scammed by the “sunshine” in the title. More than a few
dark clouds roll through this tale of two sisters, played with
comic zest and quiet desperation by Amy Adams and Emily Blunt, who
decide to make a living by cleaning up crime scenes in […]

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Starring:
Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson, Elle Fanning, Campbell
Scott…
Review:
You need to keep a keen eye on Patricia Clarkson. She’s a
sorceress of an actress who makes wicked magic, be it on TV
(Six Feet Under) or stage (A Streetcar Named
Desire) and in movies from High Art and Far From
Heaven to Pieces of April, The Station Agent
and Vicky […]

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