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Film Review: Machete
Robert Rodriguez’s unofficial sequel to his half of Grindhouse is a lot like its predecessor—gory, funny and, in the end, somewhat disappointing. More »
Film Review: Going the Distance
An aspiring journalist and a music-industry slacker discover the many downsides of long-distance romance in this formulaic comedy, which relies too heavily on the charm of stars Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. More »
Film Review: The American
Anton Corbijn’s plodding attempt at a ’60s Euro-thriller makes for a scenic travelogue but offers little in the way of drama or intrigue. More »
Film Review: The Last Exorcism
A documentary crew following a disillusioned preacher gets more than they bargained for when he agrees to perform a "fake" exorcism on a naïve country girl. More »
Film Review: Takers
It takes a thief—six of them, actually, in this glossy Michael Mann-lite caper drama of a high-precision L.A. team out for one last big score, and a lone-wolf cop with nothing to lose. More »
Film Review: Piranha 3D
Silliness reigns in Alexandre Aja’s agreeably cartoonish remake of the ’70s exploitation picture. More »
Film Review: The Switch
A misjudged lightness of tone and a predictable structure neuter the neuroticism and strange maliciousness of this Jennifer Aniston/Jason Bateman rom-com. More »
Film Review: Lottery Ticket
A disappointing, trite comedy overrun with African-American stereotypes. More »
Film Review: Nanny McPhee Returns
The charm is decidedly strained in this overwrought, grating sequel to the original film, a surprise box-office hit. More »
Film Review: Tales from Earthsea
A wizard and his apprentice battle an evil necromancer who is searching for immortality in this animated adventure drawn from the writings of Ursula K. Le Guin. More »
Film Review: Eat Pray Love
Despite splendid scenery and an appealing Julia Roberts, the film of Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-seller about her year-long spiritual quest fails to capture the humor and uplift of the book. More »
Film Review: The Expendables
Is The Expendables a self-conscious joke or a sly throwback to grindhouse fare like Enzo Castellari’s The Inglorious Bastards, which pitted the B-list likes of Fred Williamson, Bo Svenson and Peter Hooten against a pack of barking Nazis? How you perceive it depends on which side of the age divide you fall, but either way it’s a contender for the manliest movie ever made. More »
Film Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Magical realism meets Mortal Kombat, as magical combat and mortal realism fire up a sweet, funny and blindingly original first-love tale. More »
Film Review: Step Up 3D
The second sequel to 2006’s Step Up is an even mix of innovative dance and clichéd drama. More »
Film Review: Middle Men
Professional fixer tries to protect two creeps who helped develop Internet porn from predatory gangsters and crooks. Mixed-up morality tale should have had more impact. More »
Film Review: The Other Guys
Smart, funny send-up of buddy-cop movies wields wit and satire even while cars crash, storefronts explode, and Will Farrell and Mark Wahlberg exchange jibes as eager police partners pursuing big prey. More »
Film Review: Dinner for Schmucks
A clockwork French farce becomes a rambling Hollywood buddy comedy that’s alternately hilarious and cringe-inducing. More »
Film Review: Charlie St. Cloud
A sentimental tearjerker about grief, miracles, letting go, moving on, second chances, the healing power of love, and the perpetual allure of pretty young movie stars. More »
Film Review: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Pets play spy games in this children’s movie that both spoofs high-tech espionage pictures and caters to single-digit sensibilities with gags about butt-sniffing canines. More »
Film Review: Ramona and Beezus
Just try not to smile as you watch the imaginative misfit Ramona make classic childhood mistakes in this ebullient adaptation of Beverly Cleary’s timeless series. More »
Film Review: Salt
Angelina Jolie again proves her action bona fides in this fast-paced but ultimately silly thriller about Russian sleeper agents targeting America. More »
Film Review: Inception
A professional information thief who steals straight from his victims’ unconscious minds undertakes one last job that inevitably proves more complicated than he imagined. Dazzling, riveting spectacle from Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan. More »
Film Review: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
There’s a lot of money onscreen in Jerry Bruckheimer’s latest family-friendly blockbuster, but it can’t hide the two-bit story and script. More »
Film Review: Predators
A well-crafted, solidly entertaining meat-and-potatoes action movie that gives the titular creatures their best showcase since the original Predator. More »
Film Review: Despicable Me
In a different year, Despicable Me would have been the animation hit of summer, but Toy Story 3 is a hard act to follow. Still, Steve Carell is convincingly Gru-some as the world’s most vulnerable super-villain, and his lovable yellow minions are incorrigible scene-stealers. More »
Film Review: The Kids Are All Right
Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo give award-caliber performances in this funny and poignant comedy about a lesbian couple whose teenage children seek out their biological father. More »
Film Review: The Last Airbender
Young superhero battles enemy nation in a rickety live-action adaptation of a Nickelodeon animated series. More »
Film Review: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
There’s no middle ground with the Twilight saga: You either surrender to Stephenie Meyer’s swoony tale of forbidden love, squeaky-clean teen style, or you just don’t get it. More »
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Metropolitan Opera HD series adds 300 theatres
“The Met: Live in HD,” the Metropolitan Opera’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series of live performance transmissions into movie theatres around the world, will expand in its fifth season to 1,500 theatres (an increase of 300 theatres), while adding Egypt, Portugal and Spain to its network of now 46 participating countries. More »
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