Thursday, September 2, 2010

‘The Last Exorcism’ can’t take on the real thing

“Exorcism is alive and well,” the Rev. Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) declares near the start of “The Last Exorcism,” then recites a stream of facts and figures to prove the …

Thursday, September 2, 2010

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NEW RELEASES THE AMERICAN As an assassin, Jack is constantly on the move and always alone. After a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, …

Thursday, August 26, 2010

‘Lottery Ticket’: A ramshackle comedy short on laughs

The odds of you laughing during “Lottery Ticket” are slim, although they increase if you’re a fan of Ice Cube. “Lottery Ticket” is produced by Cube Vision, a company that …

Thursday, August 26, 2010

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NEW RELEASES CENTURION In ancient Scotland, a Roman officer named Quintus Dias is liberated from his Pictish captors by the Ninth Legion. The soldiers are in pursuit of the Picts’ …

Thursday, August 19, 2010

You can blame Stallone for ‘The Expendables’

Jason Statham gives the best performance. Dolph Lundgren gets the best character arc. Terry Crews gets the best gun. …

Thursday, August 19, 2010

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NEW RELEASES LOTTERY TICKET Kevin Carson, a young man living in the projects, wins $370 million in a nationwide lottery. When his opportunistic neighbors discover he has the winning ticket …

Thursday, August 12, 2010

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NEW RELEASES EAT, PRAY, LOVE In the eyes of many, Elizabeth Gilbert was a woman who had it all – a loving husband, a great apartment and a weekend home …

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Ferrell brings new life to overworked genre

The success or failure of a Will Ferrell movie has almost nothing to do with Will Ferrell. Let me explain. In a career rife with calculated buffoonery, it has become …

Thursday, August 5, 2010

‘Dinner’ takes its time, but just wait for dessert

“Dinner for Schmucks” kills an awful lot of time getting around to its titular dinner. Like the French film – “The Dinner Game” – on which it’s based, “Schmucks” takes …

Thursday, July 29, 2010

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NEW RELEASES CATS & DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE The epic struggle for control of Earth continues in this sequel to the 2001 comedy that had pet owners all …

Thursday, July 29, 2010

‘Salt’ rubs into the wounds of viewers

“Salt” is a throwback to pre-“Bourne” spy movies in which a subterranean level of stupidity was acceptable as long as there was plenty of mayhem. But despite enough hand-to-hand combat …

Thursday, July 22, 2010

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NEW RELEASES RAMONA AND BEZUS Based on the “Ramona” series of novels written by Beverly Cleary. As everyone knows, Ramona Quimby lives on Klickitat Street. The stories of her adventures …

Thursday, July 15, 2010

‘Predators’ on the prowl to reinvigorate franchise

They’re dropped from the sky, with only a parachute to save them. They land in a lush green jungle whose topography seems to resemble no known place on Earth. All …

Thursday, July 15, 2010

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NEW RELEASES INCEPTION A skilled thief steals valuable secrets from someone’s subconscious. (142 min.) n Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. n PG-13: Sequences of violence and sequences …

Thursday, July 8, 2010

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NEW RELEASES DESPICABLE ME In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rosebushes sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden …

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Hot FX, chilly story line mark ‘Airbender’

“The Last Airbender” covers a lot of ground in just under two hours, and viewers who are unfamiliar with the popular Nickelodeon animated series that inspired the film may find …

Thursday, July 1, 2010

‘Grown Ups’: Ode to aging comedic generation?

Have you ever been the newcomer hanging out with a tight group of people who’ve known each other a long time? It can get pretty tedious. You’re on the outside, …

Thursday, July 1, 2010

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NEW RELEASES THE LAST AIRBENDER Air, Water, Earth, Fire: Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. A century has passed with …

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Confusion puts hex on clever scriptwriters

A Western with a supernatural streak and a soundtrack by the hipster metal group Mastodon, “Jonah Hex” makes for one muddled pop-cultural stew. And that isn’t even counting Megan Fox …

Thursday, June 24, 2010

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NEW RELEASES KNIGHT AND DAY A wholesome Midwestern woman accidentally gets involved with an international superspy and is forced to flee the country with him while he protects a dangerous …

Thursday, June 17, 2010

‘Karate Kid’ redeems itself

Director Harald Zwart’s remake of the 1984 cult favorite “The Karate Kid” is a plodding two hours, 20 minutes long. That isn’t a running time, but a crawl. As in …

Thursday, June 17, 2010

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NEW RELEASES JONAH HEX Jonah Hex is a scarred drifter and bounty hunter of last resort, a tough and stoic gunslinger who can track down anyone … and anything. Having …

Thursday, June 10, 2010

‘Splice’ of life comes through in sci-fi movie

The long shadow of the recession may still be darkening the land, but one thing that’s booming at the box office this summer is the mad-scientist industry. First up was …

Thursday, June 10, 2010

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NEW RELEASES THE A-TEAM A group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with the U.S. military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which …

Thursday, June 3, 2010

‘Prince’ moves too slowly

Watching “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” must be what it’s like to ride a camel across the desert: slow, plodding and predictable. It gets the job done but …

Thursday, June 3, 2010

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NEW RELEASES GET HIM TO THE GREEK An ambitious intern at a record company, Aaron Green gets what looks like an easy assignment: Escort British rock legend Aldous Snow to …

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Toned-down ‘Shrek’ saves its best for last

“Shrek Forever After,” the fourth – and, by all accounts, final – installment in the hugely popular series about the personable green ogre, dispenses with many of the hallmarks of …

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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NEW RELEASES PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess, and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient …

Thursday, May 20, 2010

‘Letters’ you’ll fall in love with

A romance needs to do only one thing to succeed: Send us off feeling romantic. That’s harder than it sounds, as evidenced by the dozens of romances and romantic comedies …

Thursday, May 13, 2010

‘Harry Brown’ showcases screen icon Caine

“Harry Brown” lets Michael Caine show us his action-hero side one more time in a film that Charles Bronson would have been proud to call his own. This British “Death …

Thursday, May 13, 2010

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NEW RELEASES JUST WRIGHT Leslie Wright, a straight-shooting physical therapist, gets the gig of a lifetime working with NBA All-Star Scott McKnight. All is going well until Leslie finds herself …

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Season’s big films feature the familiar

Iron Man, Shrek, Edward Cullen and MacGruber – it must be the summer movie season. More and more, summer means familiar names and faces, some from movies you recently saw …

Thursday, May 6, 2010

‘Babies’ gives global look at first year of life

There’s not a lot of novelty to the notion that mewling, puking, peeing infants are the same the world over. Of course they are. Been there, done that, still have …

Thursday, May 6, 2010

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NEW RELEASES IRON MAN 2 The world is aware that billionaire inventor Tony Stark is the armored superhero Iron Man. Under pressure from the government, the press and the public …

Thursday, April 29, 2010

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NEW RELEASES FURRY VENGEANCE A real-estate developer moves his family from Chicago to Oregon when his job calls for him to oversee the building of a major housing development. But …

Thursday, April 22, 2010

‘Oceans’: World so near, yet so far

It was on Earth Day 2009 that Disney’s new division, Disneynature, brought out its first film, the stunningly beautiful documentary “Earth,” a visual poem to the place we all call …

Thursday, April 22, 2010

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NEW RELEASES THE BACK-UP PLAN After years of dating, Zoe has decided waiting for the right one is taking too long. Determined to become a mother, she commits to a …

Thursday, April 15, 2010

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NEW RELEASES DEATH AT A FUNERAL A day in the life of an American family who come together to put a beloved husband and father to rest. As mourners gather …

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Rush to keep up with ‘The Joneses’

There’s something about The Joneses. Their two-parent, two-teenager nuclear-family perfection – complete with shiny teeth and sexy, toned bodies – would be intimidating if they weren’t so cool, so casual. …

Thursday, April 8, 2010

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NEW RELEASES DATE NIGHT Dragged down by the daily grind, suburbanites Phil and Claire try to put the spark back in their marriage by visiting a trendy Manhattan bistro. They …

Thursday, April 8, 2010

‘Titans’ action too little, too late

At least they didn’t screw up Medusa: In the 1981 “Clash of the Titans,” she was a slithering creature with a head of snakelike tendrils (think Amy Winehouse, the early …

Thursday, April 1, 2010

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NEW RELEASES CLASH OF THE TITANS Caught amid a war between the gods, Perseus, the son of Zeus, is helpless to save his family from Hades, god of the underworld. …

Thursday, April 1, 2010

‘Last Song’ focuses on young love

The trick for any starlet making the transition from teen queen to adult roles is finding just enough edge. Miley Cyrus does that with “The Last Song,” a film built …

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