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MOVIE REVIEW

 For What It Is, Whip It Works 

Barrymore is a revelation—as a director

Oct 2, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Drew Barrymore's Whip It isn't a revelation, but fans of the aspirational sports comedy/drama probably won't do better this season, critics forecast:
  • The film is "hard to mock and easy to like." Though it won't "change the way you think about movies, roller derby or the
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entertainment • film • movie review • roller skates • Drew Barrymore • Ellen Page • Roller derby • coming of age • film criticism • Whip It

MOVIE REVIEW

 Zombieland a Gory 'Joyride' 

Woody Harrelson is great in one of the best new comedies, critics agree

Oct 2, 09 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zombieland is gory, but most critics think it's a rollicking good time. A sampling:
  • “Zombieland is a romance, a comedy, a road movie, and a freewheeling schlock horrorfest, all in one,” writes Stephanie Zacharek for Salon. “Its growling, groaning zombie villains aren't particularly menacing.
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 Love Kills Laughs 
 in Invention of Lying  


Oct 2, 09 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics agree: The Invention of Lying should have been better. It’s got a great concept, and the subversive moxy to call religion a fib, but then turns into a standard romantic comedy. Here’s what they’re saying:
  • It’s a “wickedly funny idea” with the
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comedy • movie review • Ricky Gervais • Jennifer Garner • romantic comedy

MOVIE REVIEW

 Capitalism Is Moore 
 at His Messy Best 

Filmmaker's full-on assault on the system is his richest work yet

Oct 2, 09 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Moore makes Wall Street feel his wrath in Capitalism: A Love Story, and the results, say critics, are frequently annoying, sometimes brilliant, and guaranteed to provoke—in short, everything you'd expect from Moore.
  • The movie, Moore's "liviest, most radical" yet, is no "eye-glazing tutorial on
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movie review • Michael Moore • documentary • Capitalism: A Love Story

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 Coco Before 
 Chanel Is 
 'Beautifully 
 Woven' 

Reviewers mostly positive on biopic of French designer

Sep 25, 09 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Coco Before Chanel gets mostly positive reviews for its portrayal of the legendary designer in the days before her rise to fame.
  • “The most obvious credit goes to the strong, sure performance of Audrey Tautou,” writes Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times. “Tautou
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fashion • film • movie review • Chanel • fashion designer • fashion label • Jay-ZTV • Coco Chanel • Audrey Tautou • Emile Zola • Theodore Dreiser

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 Surrogates: 
 Silly But Suspenseful  

Bruce Willis, in weird wig, tops 'smart' sci-fi flick

Sep 25, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are lukewarm about Surrogates, the new sci-fi flick starring a surprisingly hirsute Bruce Willis, in which humans command tricked-out robots who do their work and play for them.
  • It's a "preposterous movie that luxuriates in its own silliness," says Stephanie Zacharek of Salon. There's a "
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movie review • fantasy • robots • robot • science fiction • Bruce Willis • Surrogates • Jonathan Mostow

MOVIE REVIEW

 New Fame Ain't Gonna Last 

Slick remake of 1980 musical lacks the original's heart

Sep 25, 09 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fame, the new remake of the classic 1980 musical about students at New York's High School for the Performing Arts, will be entertaining enough for tweeners, say critics, but its sanitized feel and lightweight characters make it a forgettable inferior to the gritty original.
  • "As a demo reel
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movie review • High School Musical • musical • Kelsey Grammer

MOVIE REVIEW

 Love Happens 
 Is Manipulative Tripe 

Jennifer Aniston rom-com strikes out with critics

Sep 18, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - If only love didn't happen. Critics are lambasting Jennifer Aniston's new rom-com, Love Happens—the story of a courtship between a florist and a grieving grief counselor—as predictable and manipulative:
  • It's "an inorganic soap opera," writes Michael Sragow in the Baltimore Sun. "Love happens here
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MOVIE REVIEW

 Jennifer's Body Not So Hot 

Critics lambaste new film from Juno screenwriter

Sep 18, 09 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Megan Fox vehicle Jennifer's Body hits the screen today, and most if not all critics are unimpressed by this horror-comedy about a high school girl possessed by the devil.
  • "Jennifer's Body has an impressive writer in Diablo Cody, who won an Oscar for Juno, writes Claudia Puig of
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MOVIE REVIEW

 The Informant! Is 'Devilish Fun' 

Matt Damon shines as unreliable narrator in serio-comic take on corporate crime

Sep 18, 09 6:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Steven Soderbergh's The Informant! puts a comic spin on its serious story of a '90s corporate whistle-blower, say critics, with highly entertaining but sometimes muddled results.
  • Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: This "truth-based film about a compulsive liar wavers between corporate thriller and screwball comedy," with an
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MOVIE REVIEW

 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 
 Beyond Bad 

Peter Hyams remake of Fritz Lang film is boring and inept

Sep 11, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Peter Hyams' Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, a remake of Fritz Lang's noir classic, has a 0% aggregate rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Here's what critics are saying about the Michael Douglas vehicle:
  • "Michael Douglas is the only life in this dull party," writes Peter Travers for Rolling Stone.
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film • movie review • Michael Douglas • film noir • Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

FILM REVIEW

The Other Man Wastes Neeson 

Adultery story fails to seduce critics

Sep 11, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Other Man, based on a story by The Reader author Bernhard Schlink, has a starry cast including Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, and Antonio Banderas—and critics say they're wasted on this schlocky adultery story.
  • It's "a muddled little dud of a melodrama," writes Stephen Holden in
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 Crude Makes 
 Compelling 
 Case Against 
 Big Oil 

Doc tells of disastrous effects of oil extraction

Sep 11, 09 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Crude is a hard-hitting documentary about the ravages of the oil industry—Chevron is the villain here—on indigenous people in Ecuador. Critics are wowed:
  • “Here’s a powerhouse of a documentary that makes you feel mad as hell and unwilling to take it anymore,” writes Peter
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oil • film • Chevron • movie review • documentary • crude oil • Joe Berlinger

MOVIE REVIEW

 Whiteout Leaves Critics Cold 

Antarctic murder mystery a snowy wipeout for Beckinsale

Sep 11, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Antarctica's a great setting for a thriller, say critics, but the new Kate Beckinsale movie Whiteout is too mundane to bear much resemblance to a great thriller.
  • Joe Neumaier, Daily News: Whiteout, based on a graphic novel, has the makings of an enjoyable, cheesy thriller, but then "
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 9's Visuals a Perfect 10 

Film tells of burlap robot battling through frightening world

Sep 9, 09 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The creepy tale of 9, which depicts a burlap-bodied robot’s (Elijah Wood) quest for his origins while battling bad guys in a post-apocalyptic world, looks incredible—but its script leaves something to be desired.
  • “Long on imaginative design but less substantial in narrative, this dreary story of
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film • animation • movie review • animated movie

TV REVIEW

 Grown-Ups Return 
 to At the Movies 


Sep 7, 09 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - ABC execs seem to be trying their hardest to atone for the “two Bens” period of At the Movies, replacing Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz with two of print criticism’s best—AO Scott of the New York Times and and Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune. The result... More »

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New York Times • ABC • movie review • Chicago Tribune • Ben Lyons • film criticism • AO Scott • Michael Phillips • At the Movies • Ben Mankiewicz

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 This Extract Lacks Flavor 

Mike Judge effort offers a few laughs

Sep 4, 09 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Judge's Extract is a view of modern stupidity, the story of a regular guy among idiots, running a bottling plant and having trouble with his marriage. While it offers some chuckles, the Jason Bateman vehicle is no comic masterpiece:
  • “What’s most striking about Extract, beyond the
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film • comedy • movie review • Mike Judge • Jason Bateman • Extract

MOVIE REVIEW

 All About Steve 
 Bombs for Bullock 

Misfiring Sandra Bullock farce a contender for worst movie of the year

Sep 4, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Sandra Bullock vehicle All About Steve is a romantic comedy that lacks romance, comedy, or anything else that would make it watchable, say critics in almost unanimously scathing reviews.
  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Bullock, as a delusional crossword puzzle creator who stalks a TV cameraman, "hits the
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movie review • romantic comedy • Sandra Bullock • Bradley Cooper

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 Halloween II a Gory Dud 

Critics yawn over Rob Zombie's horror remake

Aug 28, 09 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dimension Films refused to screen Rob Zombie's Halloween II for critics—which is looking like a wise move based on the reviews coming out:
  • "Creatively comatose, even by the standards of a sequel to a remake," writes Rob Nelson in Variety. "Zombie's hatchet job on the
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film • movie review • horror • Rob Zombie • horror flims • movies • movie remakes

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 Woodstock Not Worth the Trip 

Mixed reviews for 1960s coming-of-age flick

Aug 28, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taking Woodstock isn’t really about the music: it’s more about coming of age on the outskirts of the festival. Critics are lukewarm about Ang Lee's latest effort:
  • “You can’t deny the smiling mood that wafts through the film like incense,” admits Anthony Lane of
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entertainment • music • film • movie review • rock and roll • Ang Lee • 1960s • Woodstock • Taking Woodstock

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