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- 5 ultimate summer movies
- LOS ANGELES (AP) — I'm just going to put it out there: I stole the idea for this week's Five Most list. It's not even borrowing. It's just flat-out theft. My good friend Matt Singer over at the Criticwire blog at Indiewire.com came up with a f... Full story
- Review: 'The Intouchables' is a real crowd-pleaser
- On paper, "The Intouchables" looks like eat-your-vegetables cinema: the story of a wealthy, white disabled man and the troubled black youth from the projects who becomes his reluctant caretaker. Surely, life lessons will be learned by all and an unli... Full story
- Kylie Minogue at Cannes in bizarre 'Holy Motors'
- CANNES, France (AP) — Holy cow. The most rapturous audience reception at the Cannes Film Festival has gone to "Holy Motors," a disorienting, whirling dream of a movie by French director Leos Carax. Starring Denis Lavant as a man who adopts a... Full story
- Film Review-Moonrise Kingdom
- Anderson rediscovers balance in 'Kingdom'
- The contradiction inherent to all Wes Anderson films — the juxtaposition of the meticulous artificiality of the settings and the passionately wistful emotions that are longing to burst free — is at its most effective in a while in "Moonri... Full story
- Review: No flowers on this 'Mother's Day'
- "Mother's Day," inspired by the 1980 Troma slasher flick of the same name, is notable for a chilling lead performance from Rebecca De Mornay and not much else. The home-invasion thriller from director Darren Lynn Bousman (who made the second, third ... Full story
- Film Review-Colombiana
- 'Colombiana' knows how silly, sexy it is
- A brawny B-action picture with a gorgeous, graceful woman wreaking havoc at its center: Yup, "Colombiana" is a Luc Besson movie. The director of "La Femme Nikita" and "The Fifth Element" serves as co-writer and producer here, but this is very mu... Full story
- Review: 'Fright Night' a cheeky comic remake
- Yes, "Fright Night" is a remake of the 1985 horror comedy. No, there is no originality left in Hollywood. But at least this new version stays true to its origins by having a bit of cheeky fun, and the way it contemporizes the story is really rat... Full story
- Review: Performances make 'Glee' movie tolerable
- "Glee: The 3D Concert Movie" makes you realize just how crucial Jane Lynch is to the Fox TV show's success. She's nowhere to be found in this peppy concert film, shot over two days during the recent North American tour, and her trademark snark a... Full story
- Review: 'Apes' is big, ridiculous summer fun
- Silly humans. We're so arrogant. We see a cute, cuddly baby chimp, assign all kinds of familiar characteristics to it and raise it with the loving playfulness we'd give our own children, only to find that the creature's unpredictable and feroc... Full story
- 'Crazy Stupid Love' not so crazy or stupid
- For a movie that intends to be rooted in a recognizable and insightful reality, "Crazy Stupid Love" features an awful lot of moments that clang in a contrived, feel-good manner. Because you see, it's simultaneously trying to charm us. Sometim... Full story
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