Starring:
Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana
Review:
Oscar can relax. The epic crowd-pleaser the Academy lusted for
is here, the one to show that the geezer voters are hip to what the
kids want (3-D IMAX) and what the industry needs (the kind of
wowser you’ll pay to see on a big screen). James Cameron’s
tone-deaf but thunderously exciting Avatar, costing […]

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Starring:
Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Mandla Gaduka, William
A…
Review:
Fanboys were orgasmic when producer Peter Jackson previewed
District 9 at July’s Comic-Con in San Diego.
Variety tagged it the “thinking person’s alien movie.” I’m
assuming Transformers 2 is the stupid person’s version.
And since Michael Bay’s attack on the human thought process has
already grossed $380 million in the U.S. […]

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Starring:
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent,
Helen…
Review:
Harry is better than ever, a triumph of visual wonder and
emotional storytelling. Only Muggles, who wouldn’t know Slytherin
from Gryffandor, will dismiss it as kid stuff for the multitudes
who drank the Kool Aid of J.K. Rowling’s seven books. The rap on
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the […]

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Starring:
Shia LeBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel
Review:
It’s tempting to dismiss Michael Bay’s long, loud and ludicrous
sequel to 2007’s Transformers with one word —
hunkajunk. On every level this movie is as bankrupt as GM. But
there is more to be said about a movie this gargantuan ($200
million spent on robot hardbodies) and galactically stupid.
Transformers: The Revenge […]

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