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  • July 2008

    • 3-D Doesn't Ensure an Exciting Journey

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jul 11, 08 10:47 AM CDT

      3-D Doesn't Ensure an Exciting Journey

      (Newser) - The 3-D adventure flick Journey to the Center of the Earth is generating tepid reviews. The Brendan Fraser vehicle is “rambunctious and ridiculous,” though some younger moviegoers might enjoy it, writes Jan Stuart in the LA Times . Aimed at “kids of an age group more conversant with Dr. Seuss than Jules Verne,” the film’s “minor-league” visuals will score highest among those who have little to compare them with. More »

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      film  • movie review  • 3D movie  • Jules Verne  • Brendan Fraser

    • Hellboy Burns Up the Screen

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jul 11, 08 8:07 AM CDT

      Hellboy Burns Up the Screen

      (Newser) - Hades' greatest hero is back in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and most critics agree it's a hell of a ride. Director Guillermo del Toro returns with comic book creator Mike Mignola, ensuring the dynamic sequel is "shot through with the franchise's signature goofiness, sarcasm and good heart," writes Ann Hornaday in the Washington Post . More »

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      movie  • movie review  • action movie  • comics  • Guillermo Del Toro

    • Tell Everyone: Tell No One Is Great

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jul 5, 08 12:51 PM CDT

      Tell Everyone: Tell No One Is Great

      (Newser) - French thriller Tell No One has the critics rushing to tell the world how much they liked it. The fast-paced and thickly plotted adaptation of a novel by American writer Harlan Coben is "hot-blooded, haunting and packed with the pleasures of the unexpected," writes Peter Travers in Rolling Stone . More »

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      movie  • film  • movie review  • thriller  • foreign film

    • Tween Star Shines in The Wackness

      Metacritic  |  Jul 4, 08 11:53 AM CDT

      Tween Star Shines in The Wackness

      (Newser) - Ex-Nickelodeon star Josh Peck shines in The Wackness , a dark comedy set in 1994 Manhattan. Jonathan Levine's coming-of-age film is “both darkly funny and life-affirming, in an offbeat and offhanded way,” writes Claudia Puig of USA Today . Peck as Luke, who’s selling pot out of an Italian ice cart, “shows you the sweet, virginal kid hiding inside the outlaw poseur,” writes Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly . More »

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      movie review  • teenagers  • Nickelodeon  • Mary-Kate Olsen

    • Gonzo Gets It

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jul 4, 08 8:24 AM CDT

      Gonzo Gets It

      (Newser) - There’s a “fascinating history lesson” in the documentary Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson , “a lively collage of interviews and found materials,” writes A. O. Scott in the New York Times . The film cements the journalist's “place in the great American parade of cranks, renegades and sages,” Scott adds. It's “all you could wish for in a doc about the man,” notes Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times . More »

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      movie review  • journalist  • documentary  • Johnny Depp  • Hunter S. Thompson

    • People Don't Like You, Hancock

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jul 1, 08 11:22 AM CDT

      People Don't Like You, Hancock

      (Newser) - Everyone wants to like Hancock . The idea of a slovenly, booze-swilling superhero screwup is undeniably priceless. But “the finished product is so poorly conceived and misguided that even Will Smith… can't save it,” writes Claudia Puig of USA Today . The movie starts out irreverent and fun, then veers sharply into a melodrama “trying to be a heavier, larger-than-life romance with historical, spiritual, and sci-fi implications." More »

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      movie review  • Will Smith  • action movie  • superhero  • Peter Berg

  • June 2008

    • Gunnin' Sure to Score With Hoop Fans

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 27, 08 5:25 PM CDT

      Gunnin' Sure to Score With Hoop Fans

      (Newser) - Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot, the second documentary from Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, is no Hoop Dreams , but critics predict a slam-dunk with roundball and hip-hop aficionados. The film follows eight high school phenoms through a high-profile Harlem pick-up game and “offers a snapshot of the kind of top players who one day hope to have a shoe named after them,” writes Variety’s Ronnie Scheib. More »

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      basketball  • movie review  • documentary  • documentary film  • Beastie Boys  • Adam Yauch

    • See Wanted , Enjoy the Ride

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 27, 08 11:18 AM CDT

      See Wanted , Enjoy the Ride

      (Newser) - If you're heading out to see the new Angelina Jolie flick Wanted , critics have some advice: Lighten up and enjoy it. "It’s trash, but I love it anyway,” writes Peter Travers in Rolling Stone . The story of a “nobody” office worker who winds up “a tight, muscled killing machine” in a team of assassins, the film’s got “passion as well as pow” without “a scintilla of redeeming social value,” Travers notes. More »

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      film  • movie review  • Angelina Jolie  • James McAvoy

    • Pixar's Wall-E Proves Its Mettle

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 27, 08 9:38 AM CDT

      Pixar's Wall-E Proves Its Mettle

      (Newser) - Stunning animation, an endearing love story, and a compelling look at mankind’s future make Pixar’s Wall-E one of the best films of the year, critics agree. “This is getting to sound like a broken record: Pixar Animation Studios has just topped itself. Again,” Kirk Honeycutt writes in the Hollywood Reporter. This movie is on the must-see list for kids and adults alike, critics say. More »

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      movie review  • Pixar  • animation  • apocalypse

    • Kit Kittredge is Sweet, Simple

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 20, 08 4:00 PM CDT

      Kit Kittredge is Sweet, Simple

      (Newser) - The young girls who love the “American Girl” series are pretty much guaranteed to love Kit Kittredge: An American Girl , critics agree. Rex Reed of the New York Observer calls it “a brisk, beautifully conceived period piece that spells entertainment with a capital E,” though he admits it’s “so sweet and sanitized it makes me feel almost guilty for liking it.” More »

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      movie  • movie review  • Children's books  • Abigail Breslin

    • Get Smart Not So Clever

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 20, 08 12:15 PM CDT

      Get Smart Not So Clever

      (Newser) - The film version of the 1960s TV spy parody Get Smart can’t decide if it's an action flick or a comedy, and it shows. It’s “an action comedy that represents the worst of both worlds,” Mick LaSalle writes in the San Francisco Chronicle —“as funny as a gently smiling mime” while “bloated, confused and convoluted” in the manner of bad action movies. More »

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      film  • movie review  • comedy  • action movie  • Steve Carell

    • Love Guru Is Beyond Help

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 20, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      Love Guru Is Beyond Help

      (Newser) - Love isn't the right word to describe how most critics feel about The Love Guru , Mike Myers' first live-action comedy in 5 years. Myers stars as a self-help guru paid to revive the love life of a hockey player, but his mugging isn't enough to salvage "a collection of scattershot jokes clothes-pinned to such a slender plot," Colin Covert writes in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. More »

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      movie  • movie review  • comedy  • Jessica Alba  • Michael Myers

    • Happening Is No Big Event

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 13, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Happening Is No Big Event

      (Newser) - M. Night Shyamalan’s apocalyptic thriller The Happening is slow-paced and funny at times, leaving critics mixed in their reactions. It’s “too thoughtful for the summer action season, but I appreciate the quietly realistic way Shyamalan” tells his story, writes Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times . “It will be described as empty, uneventful, meandering. But for some, it will weave a spell.” In the movie, a father (Mark Wahlberg) tries to escape with his family. More »

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      movie review  • thriller  • Mark Wahlberg

    • Hulk Packs a Fun Punch

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 13, 08 8:00 AM CDT

      Hulk Packs a Fun Punch

      (Newser) - It’s no Iron Man , but The Incredible Hulk is a crowd-pleaser that comic book devotees and action fans will appreciate, critics say. The second adaptation of the Marvel comic in five years avoids the missteps of Ang Lee’s 2003 moody bust ( Hulk ) and “embraces its identity as a sci-fi-summer-action-blockbuster extravaganza,” writes Mick LaSalle in the San Francisco Chronicle . More »

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      movie review  • Marvel Comics  • Ang Lee  • Iron Man  • The Incredible Hulk

    • Zohan Sticks to the Lowbrow

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 6, 08 1:34 PM CDT

      Zohan Sticks to the Lowbrow

      (Newser) - The Adam Sandler comedy You Don’t Mess With the Zohan may be fun, but it probably won't do much for those outside the usual Sandler audience of teenage boys. The story of an Israeli commando-turned-hairdresser is full of “missed opportunities for sharpening silliness with satire,” writes Peter Travers in Rolling Stone . Sandler’s “need to service his fan base” clashes with his “nascent maturity,” notes Mark Olsen in the Los Angeles Times . More »

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      film  • movie review  • Adam Sandler

    • Kung Fu Panda Kicks Butt

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 6, 08 9:10 AM CDT

      Kung Fu Panda Kicks Butt

      (Newser) - Dreamworks' animal extravaganza Kung Fu Panda isn't packed full of surprises, the critics say, but top-notch visual and voice acting lift it above the standard animal adventure fare. Jack Black gives the lead character, a pudgy panda who dreams of becoming a martial arts master, a "slightly abashed suburban-couch-potato sweetness," Owen Gleiberman writes in Entertainment Weekly . More »

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      movie review  • Angelina Jolie  • DreamWorks  • Jack Black  • animation  • animated movie  • Jackie Chan  • Lucy Liu  • Dustin Hoffman  • kung fu

    • Sex Backlash Is Mostly Sexist

      Newsweek  |  Jun 4, 08 2:36 PM CDT

      Sex Backlash Is Mostly Sexist

      (Newser) - The masses have spoken: Sex and the City is a success, a tentpole, and with a $56 million opening weekend, a blockbuster even. But if you hear men talk about it, you’d think it was the most horrible thing to ever happen to cineplexes, writes Ramin Setoodeh. They grow angry and annoyed, as though they resent these girls hijacking a summer that rightfully belongs to Iron Man, Hulk, and Indiana Jones. More »

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      movie  • movie review  • sexism  • Sex and the City  • summer  • media criticism  • Carrie Bradshaw

  • May 2008

    • Critics Pumped for Steroids Doc

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  May 30, 08 5:45 PM CDT

      Critics Pumped for Steroids Doc

      (Newser) - The documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster is drawing raves for its clear-eyed, nuanced look at the world of steroid users. Christopher Bell, a bodybuilder and onetime juicer, directs and narrates an "incisive and compulsively watchable look at America's love affair with steroids," Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly writes. More »

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      movie review  • steroids  • documentary  • documentary film  • steroid use

    • The Strangers Not Welcome

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  May 30, 08 1:50 PM CDT

      The Strangers Not Welcome

      (Newser) - Critics agree that writer-director Bryan Bertino shows promise in his freshman film, home-invasion horror flick The Strangers , but they differ on whether the material was worthy of the talent. Jessica Reaves, writing in the Los Angeles Times , praises a “taut, spare thriller” that’s “enormously unsettling”—she means that as a compliment—with excellent performances from Scott Speedman and Liv Tyler. But Roger Ebert says that “all the craft in the world can’t redeem its story.” More »

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      film  • movie review  • Liv Tyler

    • Great Sex for Series Fans

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  May 30, 08 9:34 AM CDT

      Great Sex for Series Fans

      (Newser) - Sex and the City: The Movie will probably delight die-hard fans but disappoint others, critics say. “I am not the person to review this movie,” admits Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times—not a fan — who writes that he counted only “one line of truly witty dialogue.” Nevertheless, “this is probably the exact Sex and the City film that fans of the TV series are lusting for.” More »

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      film  • movie review  • Sex and the City  • Sarah Jessica Parker  • Kim Cattrall  • Cynthia Nixon  • Kristin Davis

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